Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967 - 1814-1935
Lettie Johnnie Smith
93, homemaker
ATHENS -- Funeral for Lettie Johnnie Smith, 93, of Athens will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Spry Funeral Home with Larry Inman officiating.
Burial will be in Madison City Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour before the service at the funeral home.
Mrs. Smith died Monday, Jan. 22, 2001, at Athens-Limestone Hospital. She was born Jan. 17, 1908, in Madison County. She was a homemaker and a member of Capshaw Baptist Church.
Survivors include one son, Alvie Smith of Alexander City; two daughters, Essie Todd of Lynchburg, Tenn. and Ruth Thomas of Athens; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Bonnie Mae Tate
97, homemaker
PICAYUNE, Miss. -- Funeral for Bonnie Mae Tate, 97, of Picayune will be Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at Picayune Funeral Home with the Rev. Billy Ray Hines and the Rev. Edward Murphy officiating.
Burial will be in Mill Creek Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 8 at the funeral home.
Mrs. Tate died Saturday, Jan. 20, 2001, at Crosby Hospital. She was born June 1, 1903, in Picayune to Newton Mitchell and Laura Lee Mitchell. She was a homemaker and a member of Antioch Baptist Church. She was the widow of Loyd E. Tate and the mother of David E. Tate and Bonnie Necaise.
Survivors include one son, Loyd D. Tate of Decatur; three daughters, Betty Murphy of Rockhill, S.C., Gloria Shanahan of Poplarville, Miss., and Helen Ladner of Waveland, Miss.; two brothers, the Rev. Herman H. Mitchell and Jack W. Mitchell, both of Picayune; two sisters, Hattie Fern Johnson of Picayune and Ursula Lawrence of Somerville; 16 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and 15 great-great-grandchildren.
Kenneth Hoyle Waters
67, retired truck driver
HARTSELLE -- Funeral for Kenneth Hoyle Waters, 67, of Trinity will be Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Parkway Funeral Home with the Rev. Roy Harbin and the Rev. James Hawkins officiating.
Burial will be in Caddo Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 8 at the funeral home.
Mr. Waters died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2001, at Decatur General Hospital. He was born Aug. 30, 1933, in Lawrence County to Ernest Waters and Edna Hays Waters. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1954 to 1957. He was a truck driver for 35 years until he retired in 1991. He was the brother of the late Hollis Waters.
Survivors include his wife, Rita Gail Waters; one son, Mark Waters of Hillsboro; two daughters, Sabrina Gail Harris of Speake and Karmen Waters Hill of Trinity; two brothers, Marlon Waters and Bobby Waters, both of Decatur; four sisters, Marjorie Waters Coffey of Moulton, Sue Waters Boyer of Hartselle, and Opal Waters Morris and Ruby Waters McIlwain, both of Decatur; six grandchildren; and three step-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Johnny Boyer, Todd Boyer, Greg Waters, Gerald Morris, Ronnie Sims and Jeff Whitlow.
Grandsons will be honorary pallbearers.
Louise Hattie Cox
85, homemaker
ATHENS -- Funeral for Louise Hattie Cox, 85, of Athens will be Thursday at 1 p.m. at Spry Funeral Home with Randy Pyle and Robert Hall officiating.
Burial will be in Mitchell Cemetery in Anderson. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 9 at the funeral home.
Mrs. Cox died Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2001, at Limestone Health Facility. She was born Dec. 10, 1915, in Limestone County. A native of Lexington, she was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include two sons, Lloyd Cox of Athens and Tommy Cox of Gary, Ind.; one daughter, Dorothy Hannah of Athens; one brother, Clarence Kirby of Athens; one sister, Lois Peek of Harvest; 12 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.
Grandsons will be pallbearers.
Eunice Parker Holley
89, Genesco Shoe retiree
PULASKI, Tenn. -- Funeral for Eunice Parker Holley, 89, of Pulaski will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Carr & Erwin Funeral Home with the Rev. John Abernathy Smith officiating.
Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 9 at the funeral home.
Mrs. Holley died Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2001, at National Health Care. She was born Aug. 28, 1911, in Alabama to Willie Parker and Minnie Dutton Parker. She retired from Genesco Shoe Factory. She was the widow of Clyde Holley.
Survivors include one son, Paul Wayne Holley of Pulaski; two daughters, Myrtle Thompson of Pulaski and Joyce Pope of Cullman; one brother, Earl Parker of Falkville; seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Calvin Thomas Shannon
55, barber
ATHENS -- Funeral for Calvin Thomas Shannon, 55, of Elkmont will be Thursday at 1 p.m. at Taylor-Ardmore Funeral Home with the Rev. Sammy Brister officiating.
Burial will be in Gatlin Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 5 to 9 at the funeral home.
Mr. Shannon died Monday, Jan. 22, 2001, at Athens-Limestone Hospital. He was born Feb. 17, 1945, in Limestone County to Deemer Shannon and Neeter Hobbs Shannon. He operated a barbershop in Ardmore and was a member of the Lion's Club and Community Baptist Church. He was engaged to Sherry Short of Elkmont.
Survivors include one son, Randy Shannon of Shelbyville, Tenn.; one daughter, Ka Ann Varner of Sulphur, Okla.; three sisters, Martha Wales of Columbia, Tenn., and Jessie Williams and Bessie Smith, both of Ardmore; and three grandchildren.
Mary Sue Breedlove Smith
78, homemaker
HARTSELLE -- Funeral for Mary Sue Breedlove Smith, 78, of Guntersville was to be today at 3 p.m. at Peck Funeral Home with the Rev. Anthony Barnes and the Rev. John Smith officiating.
Burial was to be in Forrest Chapel Cemetery.
Mrs. Smith died Monday, Jan. 22, 2001, at Barfield Health Care in Guntersville. She was born Sept. 2, 1922, in Morgan County to Dick Breedlove and Pearl Thompson Breedlove. She was a homemaker and a lifetime member of United Methodist Women. She was the widow of the Rev. Freeman M. Smith, with whom she served in Methodist churches in the North Alabama District for 40 years.
Survivors include one adopted son, Bandith Pathammavong of Anaheim, Calif.; two daughters, Naomi Barfield of Grant and Anna Ruth Davis of Luverne; and 10 grandchildren.
Pallbearers were to be Dwight Breedlove, Danny Cox, Jimmy Cox, Joe Cox, John Cox, Tony Cox, Gary Garner and Larry Garner.
Jewel Dean Taylor
69, homemaker
MOULTON -- Funeral for Jewel Dean Taylor, 69, of Mount Hope will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Lawrence Funeral Home with the Rev. Phillip Russell and the Rev. David Phillips officiating.
Burial will be in Smyrna Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 9 at the funeral home.
Mrs. Taylor died Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2001, at her home. She was born April 11, 1931, to Lawrence Hill and Myrtle Walls Hill. She was a homemaker and a member of Smyrna Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Edward Taylor; two sons, David Reeves of Courtland and Danny Reeves of Decatur; one daughter, Gail Wilbanks of Trinity; two stepdaughters, Sue Nell Trapp of Phil Campbell and Dorothy Shields of Mount Hope; one brother, Joe Hill of Somerville; five sisters, Viola Shubert of Arkansas, and Leoto Brown, Molly Jones, Dorothy Faye Davis and Naomi Ray, all Georgia; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and five step-grandchildren.
Grandsons and sons-in-law will be pallbearers.
Herbert William Wallace
HARTSELLE -- Funeral arrangements for Herbert William Wallace, 80, of Hartselle, who died Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2001, at his home, will be announced by Peck Funeral Home.
Onell Owens Warren
70, homemaker
Funeral for Onell Owens Warren, 70, of Moulton will be Thursday at 1 p.m. at Freeman Tabernacle Baptist Church with the Rev. Edward Martin officiating.
Burial will be in Moulton Cemetery with Sharpley Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends one hour before the service at the church.
Mrs. Warren died Monday, Jan. 22, 2001, at her home. She was born Nov. 30, 1930, in Lawrence County to Robert and Ida Owens. She was a homemaker and a member of Freeman Tabernacle Baptist Church. She was the widow of Emmett Warren Jr.
Survivors include two sons, Charles Warren and Tracy Warren, both of Moulton; four daughters, Minnie Warren of Decatur, Melesia Warren and Delphine Warren, both of Moulton, and Brenda Abernathy of Town Creek; one brother, Fletcher Owens of Moulton; three sisters, Girte Owens of Moulton, and Arbelia Harrington and Pearl Grace, both of Decatur; and four grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Otis Barnes, Posey Gholston, Rayburn Owens, Billy Gholston, Clyde Young and Jerry Gholston.
Kenneth Hoyle Waters
67, retired truck driver
TRINITY -- Funeral for Kenneth Hoyle Waters, 67, of Trinity was to be today at 3 p.m. at Parkway Funeral Home with the Rev. Roy Harbin and the Rev. James Hawkins officiating.
Burial was to be in Caddo Cemetery.
Mr. Waters died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2001, at Decatur General Hospital. He was born Aug. 30, 1933, in Lawrence County to Ernest Waters and Edna Hays Waters. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1954 to 1957 and was a truck driver for 35 years until he retired in 1991. He was the brother of the late Hollis Waters.
Survivors include his wife, Rita Gail Waters; one son, Mark Waters of Hillsboro; two daughters, Sabrina Gail Harris of Speake and Karmen Waters Hill of Trinity; two brothers, Marlon Waters and Bobby Waters, both of Decatur; four sisters, Marjorie Waters Coffey of Moulton, Sue Waters Boyer of Hartselle, and Opal Waters Morris and Ruby Waters McIlwain, both of Decatur; six grandchildren; and three step-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Johnny Boyer, Todd Boyer, Greg Waters, Gerald Morris, Ronnie Sims and Jeff Whitlow.
Grandsons will be honorary pallbearers.
Curley Bankston
75, Teamster
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Funeral for Curley Bankston, 75, of Cleveland, formerly of Decatur, was to be today at New Jerusalem Baptist Church with Gaines Funeral Home directing.
Mr. Bankston died Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2001, at his home. He was born Nov. 27, 1925, in Decatur to Andrew and Lillie Bankston. He was a Teamster and attended Decatur Negro High School.
Survivors include one sister, Millie Campbell of Decatur.
Betty E. Neely
57, homemaker
GUNTERSVILLE -- Funeral for Betty E. Neely, 57, of Union Grove was to be today at 3 p.m. at Guntersville Memorial Chapel Funeral Home with the Rev. Byron Laird officiating.
Burial was to be in Marshall Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Neely died Jan. 23, 2001, at Crestwood Hospital in Huntsville. She was born May 17, 1943, in Albertville to Ervin Rogers and Etta Rogers. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Billy Joe Neely, who is employed in Decatur; two sons, Michael Neely of Viera, Fla., and Christopher Neely of Barstow, Calif.; her mother, Etta Woods of Albertville; four sisters, Elsie Joiner of Bucks Pocket, and Adene Payne, Charlotte Caldwell and Freda Kitchens, all of Albertville; one brother, Anthony Rogers of Albertville; and four grandchildren.
