Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967 - 1814-1935
Mr. David Stewart of Ozark died Saturday, Oct. 5, 2002, at his residence. Funeral services will be announced later by Trawick Funeral Home of Ozark, 774-8374.
Florrie Balkcom Woods of Dothan, formerly of the Bethel community, near Echo, died Friday night, Oct. 4, 2002, in the Extendicare Hospice Services Facility in Dothan following an extended illness. She was 86. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Monday at Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, near Echo, with Pastor Paul Estes officiating and Holman-Headland Mortuary directing. The family will receive friends from 2-4 p.m. today at the mortuary in Headland. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Martha Hughes, 7300 E. County Road 36, Ozark, Ala., 36360.
Carlton Alley, of 726 of North County Road 9, Newton, died Sunday morning, December 1, 2002 at his residence following a brief illness. He was 90. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 4, 2002 at Bay Springs Church (Wicksburg Community) with Rev. Randall Taylor and Rev. Coley M. Holloway officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Byrd Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 until 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Mr. Alley will be placed in the church one hour prior to service time on Wednesday.
Joe Lee "Jack" Bedsole of Eufaula died Monday, December 2, 2002, at home in Eufaula. He was 80. The funeral will be 2 p.m. today at Chapman Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Randy Stokes officiating. Burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery Addition in Eufaula.
Colonel Harrison R. Christy Jr., (U.S.A.F. Ret.) 86, of 102 Holly Lane, died Monday morning, December 2, 2002 at Flowers Hospital. He was 86. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday, December 4, 2002 at First United Methodist Church Chapel with Dr. Lawson Bryan officiating. Burial will held 2:00 p.m. EST in Fort Mitchell National Cemetery with Byrd Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 until 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Byrd Funeral Home, 793-3003, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. D. Oliver Gibson died Sunday, December 1, 2002, in the Dale Medical Center in Ozark. He was 77. The funeral will be 11 a.m. Thursday in the Greater Sardis Missionary Baptist Church on Reynolds Street in Ozark with the Rev. S.C. Hudson officiating. Burial will be in the Westside Cemetery. Trawick Funeral Home, 774-8374, is in charge of arrangements.
Dr. Kirby Lamar Hart Sr., of 208 Hazelwood Ave., died Monday morning, December 2, 2002 at his residence. He was 86. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, December 3, 2002, at First United Methodist Church with Dr. Lawson Bryan officiating. Private Burial will follow in Dothan City Cemetery with Byrd Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends in the church parlor from 10:00 until 11:00 a.m. today prior to service time. Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, 1380 West Main Street, Dothan, Alabama, 36301 or Southern Care Hospice, 2623 Montgomery Hwy, Suite 1, Dothan, Alabama 36302.
Mrs. Lillie Pearl Holmes, age 80 of Enterprise, died Saturday afternoon Nov. 30, 2002 in Enterprise. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. today from Patterson-Sorrells Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Cliff Quincey officiating. Burial will follow in the Bethany Baptist Church cemetery with Patterson-Sorrells Funeral Home directing. The family will be at the home of Virginia & Leamon Herring, Co. Road 610 (Bethany Community).
Iona "Jo" Cannon Johnson of Reynoldsville, Ga., formerly of Dothan, died Monday, December 2, 2002. She was 75. The funeral will be 4 p.m. EST Tuesday in Ivey Funeral Home Chapel in Bainbridge, Ga. Burial will be in West Bainbridge Cemetery in Bainbridge, Ga., with the Revs. James A. Cannon and Joe Johnson officiating. Online visitors may sign the online guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com.
Mr. James Wesley King Jr. of Dothan died Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2002 at Southeast Alabama Medical Center in Dothan. He was 25. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Patterson Street Freewill Baptist Church in Dothan with the Rev. Adolph Noble officiating. Burial will follow in Gates of Heaven Cemetery with Unity Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be today at the funeral home from 1-8 p.m. Family hour will be from 6-7 p.m.
Mrs. Annie Lou Portwood, age 85, of Portwood Circle, Ariton, Alabama died Monday morning, December 2, 2002 in Ozark Nursing Facility, Ozark, Alabama following a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 4, 2002 from Bethel Assembly of God Church, Ariton, AL with Rev. Robert Hamilton and Rev. Randy Adams officiating. Burial will be in the Ariton Cemetery with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark directing. Family will receive friends at the funeral home chapel Tuesday from 6 until 8 p.m. Her body will be placed in the church one hour prior to service time. Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions to Ariton Cemetery Fund c/o Earl Thompson, Route 2, Ariton, AL 36311.
Mr. Albert Powell, a resident of 800 Harden Road in the Madrid community, died early Sunday December 1, 2002, at his residence following an extended illness. He was 82. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, December 3, 2002, in the Ward-Wilson Memory Hill Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jerry Harden officiating. Burial will follow in the Ward-Wilson Memory Hill Cemetery. Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to SouthernCare Hospice.
Eleanor Jean Ryals, of 508 Owens Street, died November 30, 2002 at University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham following a brief illness. She was 68. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, December 3, 2002 at Byrd Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ray Jones officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park with Byrd Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends in the chapel from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. prior to service time today. At other times the family will be at the home of a daughter, Vickie Carter, 303 Southern Oak Drive in Dothan. Flowers are being accepted or memorials may be made to Ridgecrest Baptist Church, 1231 Fortner Street, Dothan, Alabama, 36301.
Mr. Junior L. Ward, age 67, of Woodstock, Ga., died Saturday, Nov. 30, 2002 in Nassau, Bahamas. A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at the Wesleyan Fellowship in Marietta, Ga., with Rev. Tom Tanner officiating. Funeral services will be thursday, Dec. 5, 2002 at 10 a.m. from the Westside United Methodist Church in Geneva, with Rev. Teddy Ward and Rev. Jack Reynolds officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens with Pittman Funeral Home of Geneva directing. Visitation will be Wednesday, from 6-8 p.m. in the funeral home at 203 S. Commerce St. in Geneva.
GREENUP, Ill., - Mrs. Mary Frances Wilbourn, age 84, a former resident of Dothan died on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2002 at the Sarah-Bush Lincoln Hospital in Mattoon, Ill. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today at Berean Baptist Church with Rev. Raymond Holt officiating. Burial will follow in Ward-Wilson Memory Hill Cemetery with Ward-Wilson Memory Hill Funeral Home directing. The family will be receiving friends at the church from 10 to 11 a.m. prior to the service today. Flowers will be accepted or contributions may be made to Berean Baptist Church, 1381 East Cottonwood Road, Dothan, Ala., 36301.
James (Billy) Edward Wyrosdick, age 60, of Elba, Ala., died on Monday, Dec. 2, 2002. Billy was a resident and farmer in the Basin Community for many years. A funeral service for Billy Wyrosdick will be held Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002, 2 p.m. at Wyatt Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Sam Totten officiating. Interment will follow at New Home Cemetery in the Basin Community. Visitation will be held at Wyatt Funeral Home this evening between 6 and 8 p.m.
Mrs. Helen Ann Brackin of Route 4 in Ozark died Wednesday morning, Nov. 27, 2002, at her residence following a long illness. She was 46. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home with the Rev. W.L. Sheffield officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark directing. Family will receive friends from noon until service time Friday at the funeral home. She was preceded in death by her husband Willie Woodrow Brackin in 2000.
Master Caleb Marcus Devine, age 6 months, infant son of Kellie and Wayne Devine, of Newton (Wicksburg Community) died Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2002, at the family residence. Funeral arrangements and survivors are incomplete and will be announced later by Sorrells Funeral Home of Slocomb, 886-7777.
Mr. Jeffery Hugh Dollar of Cordele, Ga., died Monday, Nov. 25, 2002, at his residence. He was 31. The family will be at the home of Alfred and Frances Dollar, 1800 State Road 95, in Gordon. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time but will be announced later by Kent-Thornton-Meadows Funeral Home in Dothan, 793-1117.
Monroe Porter Dukes of Donalsonville, Ga., passed away at his residence Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2002. He was 86. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Friday at the chapel of Evans-Skipper Funeral Home with interment in Friendship Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Eric Boomer officiating. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. today at Evans-Skipper Funeral Home, or anytime at the home of Moldon Dukes, MLK Drive in Donalsonville.
Iona Blanche (Boyette) Hayes, a resident of Wesley Manor, died there Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2002, after an extended illness. She was 99. Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. Friday at Memory Hill Cemetery with Dr. Lawson Bryan officiating and Byrd Funeral Home directing. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Joe Hayes Memorial Fund for Bibles and Hymnals, c/o First United Methodist Church, 1380 West Main St., Dothan, Ala., 36303.
Ricky Helms of Geneva died Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2002, at Southeast Alabama Medical Center. He was 54. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Bottoms Garden Chapel Funeral Home in Geneva with the Rev. John Chance and the Rev. Danny Burns officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Home Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery in Thurston with Bottoms Garden Chapel Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Mr. James Maddox of Daleville died Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 27, 2002, in Flowers Hospital. He was 67. Funeral arrangements are incomplete but will be announced by Patterson-Sorrells Funeral Home of Enterprise 347-9598.
Mrs. Johnnie Mae McLeod died Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2002, at Flowers Hospital in Dothan. She was 75. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Trawick Funeral Home of Ozark, 774-8374.
Yancey Parker of Enterprise died Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2002, at Medical Center Enterprise. He was 88. The funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Walker Epps officiating. Burial will follow in Meadowlawn Cemetery with Searcy Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until service time Saturday at First Methodist Church.
Mrs. Rebecca Morris Redding, a native of Daleville, died Nov. 27, 2002, at her home in Springfield, Ga. She was 87. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later through Holman Funeral Home of Ozark, 774-5348.
Mr. Curtis Frank Rollins, a resident of North County Road 75 in Columbia, died early Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2002, at his residence following an illness of several months. He was 88. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. today at Ward-Wilson Memory Hill Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. David Cook officiating. Burial will follow in Ashford City Cemetery with Ward-Wilson Memory Hill Funeral Home directing. Flowers will be accepted or contributions may be made to Columbia Rescue Squad.
Dale Otis Smith of Benton Store Road in Ashford died Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2002, at his residence. He was 71. Interment services will be held at Union Cemetery in Uhrichsville, Ohio, at a later date. Byrd Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Southern Care Hospice, 2623 Montgomery Hwy., Ste. 1, Dothan, Ala., 36303.
Mrs. Frances McCollough Sphaler, a resident of Kissimmee, Fla., formerly of Elba, died Monday, Nov. 25, 2002, in Orlando. She was 85. Funeral arrangements are incomplete but will be announced later by Patterson-Sorrells Funeral Home in Enterprise, 347-9598.
Mr. Clifford Genle Standridge of County road 73 in Newville died Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 27, 2002, in Dale Medical Center following a long illness. He was 81. Graveside services will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Forrest Meadows Cemetery East in Gainesville, Fla. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home. Mr. Standridge was a veteran of World War II where he served in the U.S. Army. He retired from the water department of Gainesville, Fla., after 37 years of service. He is preceded in death by his wife Rena Louise Standridge in 1976.
Mr. Sam Sunday of Cottonwood died Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2002, at Southeast Alabama Medical Center following an extended illness. He was 70. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Ward-Wilson Memory Hill Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Luther Pumphrey officiating. Burial will follow at Crestlawn Memorial Cemetery with Ward-Wilson Memory Hill Funeral Home directing. Ward-Wilson Memory Hill Funeral Home of Dothan, 792-4194, is in charge of arrangements.
Marcus Caleb Devine, age 6 months, infant son of Kellie and Wayne Devine, of Newton (Wicksburg Community) died Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2002, at the family residence. Funeral arrangements and survivors are incomplete and will be announced later by Sorrells Funeral Home of Slocomb, 886-7777.
Mr. Jeffery Hugh Dollar of Cordele, Ga., died Monday, Nov. 25, 2002, at his residence. He was 31. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Campbellton Cemetery in Campbellton, Fla., with Kent-Thornton-Meadows Funeral Home presiding. The family will receive friends from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. At other time the family will be at the residence of Alfred and Frances Dollar, 1800 State Road 95, in Gordon. In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Jeffery Dollar fund, at the Regions Bank, 3201 Ross Clark Circle in Dothan.
Iona Blanche (Boyette) Hayes, a resident of Wesley Manor, died there Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2002, after an extended illness. She was 99. Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. today at Memory Hill Cemetery with Dr. Lawson Bryan officiating and Byrd Funeral Home directing. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Joe Hayes Memorial Fund for Bibles and Hymnals, c/o First United Methodist Church, 1380 West Main St., Dothan, Ala., 36303.
Robert Bruce Jerkins of Geneva died Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2002 in Doctors Memorial Hospital, Bonifay, Fla. He was 75. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Pittman Funeral Home with Dr. Gene May officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens with Pittman Funeral Home of Geneva directing. Visitation will be from 6 - 8 p.m. today in the funeral home.
Mr. James Maddox of Daleville died Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 27, 2002, in Flowers Hospital. He was 67. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday from the Daleville Baptist Church with Rev. James Kilpatrick officiating. Burial will follow in the Meadowlawn Cemetery with Patterson-Sorrells Funeral Home of Enterprise presiding. The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 5 - 8 p.m. The body will be place in the church one hour prior to the service. Flowers will be accepted or contribution could be made to Coffee County Gideons, P.O. Box 310179, Enterprise, Ala. 36331-0173.
Sam P. McInnis of Ariton died Wednesday evening, November 27,2002, in Flowers Hospital following a brief illness. He was 77. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m Saturday from the Chapel of Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home with Rev. Guy Causey officiating. Burial will be in Center Ridge Baptist Cemetery with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home tonight from 6 - 8 p.m. Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions to Center Ridge Baptist Church, Rt. 2, Ariton, Al. 36311.
Frankie Jewel Miller of 108 Sue Ellen Court, Headland, died Tuesday, Nov. 26, at Southeast Alabama Medical Center. He was 63. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Bell View Baptist Church in Shorterville with Rev. Charles Davis officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Headland Peoples Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be from 6 - 8 p.m. today in the chapel of Headland Peoples Funeral Home.
Opal Hicks Nelson of 2401 Headland Avenue died Wednesday, November 27, 2002, at Flowers Hospital following a brief illness. She was 81. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1, 2002 at Byrd Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Lester Ford officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 until 8 p.m. Saturday. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 3012 West Main Street, Dothan, Ala., or Milhous Memorial Fund, 134 High Street, Montgomery, Ala. 36104.
Yancey Parker of Enterprise died Wednesday, November 27, 2002, at Medical Center Enterprise. He was 88. The funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday, November 30, 2002, at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Walker Epps officiating. Burial will follow in Meadowlawn Cemetery with Searcy Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until service time at First United Methodist Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Enterprise State Junior College Performing Arts, Continuing Education and Technology Center building Fund; the Army Aviation Museum at Fort Rucker; the First United Methodist Church of Enterprise; or the Enterprise Nursing Home.
Rebecca Morris Redding, a native of Daleville, died Wednesday, November 27, 2002, at her home in Springfield, Ga. She was 87 years old. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Daleville Baptist Church with the Reverend James Kilpatrick officiating. Interment will follow in Daleville City Cemetery with Holman Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Redding will be laid to rest next to her late husband, Arthur Edward Redding. Visitation will be at Holman Funeral Home at 995 South Union Avenue in Ozark from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. today, with the family receiving friends during this time.
Dale Otis Smith of Benton Store Road in Ashford died Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2002, at his residence. He was 71. Interment services will be held at Union Cemetery in Uhrichsville, Ohio, at a later date. Byrd Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Southern Care Hospice, 2623 Montgomery Hwy., Ste. 1, Dothan, Ala., 36303.
Frances Floyd Roberts Smith, formerly of Abbeville and Urbana, Ill., died Monday, November 25, 2002 in Reston, Va. She was 90. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, November 30, 2002, in the Abbeville Memorial Cemetery with Darden Kirby officiating and Holman-Abbeville Mortuary directing. The family will receive friends from 11:30 a.m. Saturday until time to depart for the cemetery.
Mrs. Frances McCollough Sphaler, a resident of Kissimmee, Fla., formerly of Elba, died Monday, Nov. 25, 2002, in Orlando. She was 85. Graveside funeral services will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday from the Pleasant Ridge Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in the Victoria community with Rev. Billy Paul McCollough officiating and Patterson-Sorrells Funeral Home directing.
Emma Mae Whatley Starling, a resident of Apartment 20, Southdale Apartments, Abbeville, died early Thursday afternoon, November 28, 2002, in a Dothan hospital after an extended illness. She was 87. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, November 30, 2002, in the Hickory Grove Free Will Baptist Church with Minister Bob Blalock and Rev. John W. Helton, Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Holman-Abbeville Mortuary directing. The family will receive friends from 5 - 7 p.m. today at the mortuary in Abbeville.
Mr. Sam Sunday of Cottonwood died Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2002, at Southeast Alabama Medical Center following an extended illness. He was 70. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Ward-Wilson Memory Hill Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Luther Pumphrey officiating. Burial will follow at Crestlawn Memorial Cemetery with Ward-Wilson Memory Hill Funeral Home directing.
Ina McLeod, 69, of 2011 County Road 33, Ozark died Wednesday evening at her home. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Rose Baptist Church in Skipperville with the Rev. J. Bennett officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. today at the funeral home. The body will lie in state from 10-11 a.m. Saturday at St. Rose Baptist Church. Ozark Memorial Chapel will be directing.
Robert C. White entered into eternal rest Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2002, at Southeast Alabama Medical Center in Dothan. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. EST today at First Missionary Baptist Church in Georgetown, Ga. Burial will follow in the Berry Chapel Church Cemetery in Georgetown. Visitation will be from 3:30-8:30 p.m. EST today.
