Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967 - 1814-1935
James Edward "Jim" Baxley of Milton, Fla., died Friday, Jan. 10, 2003, after a battle with an incurable, malignant brain tumor. He was 72. Funeral services were held Monday, Jan. 13 at Lewis Funeral Home Chapel with elders Howard Grayson, Kip Pardee and Wayne Blocker officiating. Some of James' favorite songs were presented by Shirley Frizzel, Dwight Lindsay and Karen Logan. Family received friends Sunday, Jan. 12 at the funeral home.
Robert G. Chastain of South Woodland Road, Daleville, died Tuesday morning, Jan. 14, 2003, at Flowers Hospital. He was 75. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Patterson-Sorrells Funeral Home of Enterprise. Other arrangements and survivors are incomplete and will be announced later by Patterson-Sorrells Funeral Home, 334-347-9598.
Katrina Garrison of Prattville died peacefully Monday, Jan. 13, 2003, at UAB Medical Center. She was 31. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church of Prattville with Dr. Travis Coleman, the Rev. Ronnie Brewer and Dr. Rick Lance officiating. Burial will follow at Prattville Memory Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to State Board of Missions, Attn. Katrina Garrison Sumner Memorial, P.O. Box 1180, Montgomery, Ala. 36111.
Mrs. Amie Asalene VanLandingham Hughes of Hartford died Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2003, following an extended illness at her home. She was 97. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16 at Sardis Methodist Church with the Rev. Robert Marley and the Rev. Gary Stringfellow officiating. Burial will follow at Pondtown United Methodist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight at the funeral home. Flowers will be accepted or donations may be made to Wiregrass Hospice of Enterprise.
Gladys M. Kirkland passed away Tuesday morning, Jan. 14, 2003, at Flowers Hospital after an extended illness. She was 87. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16 at Southern Heritage Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ray Jones officiating. A private Burial will follow at Selma Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight at the funeral home.
Mr. Oscar Vaughan Lawhorn of Chancellor died Jan. 12, 2003, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was 58. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. today at Pittman Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Don Tew officiating. Burial will follow at Providence Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will accept flowers or memorial contributions may be made to Providence Methodist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Mr. Junior Thompson, 3215 State Highway 85, Geneva, Ala. 36340.
Elizabeth (Vassie) Murphy Palmer Moore, a resident of Westside Terrace, died early Sunday evening, Jan. 12, 2003, following an extended illness. She was 89. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. today at Clark Cemetery with the Rev. Johnny McCurdy officiating and Southern Heritage Funeral Home & Crematory officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Wiregrass Hospice, P.O. Drawer 2127, Dothan, Ala. 36302; Clark Cemetery, c/o David Faulk, 2376 S. Brannon Stand Road, Dothan, Ala. 36303; Napier Field Methodist Church, c/o James G. Payne, 162 Daniels Drive, Napier Field, Ala. 36303.
Mrs. Doris K. Morgan of Dothan died Monday, Jan. 13, 2003, at Flowers Hospital. She was 87. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16 at Ward-Wilson Memory Hill Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Phil Craddock and the Rev. Randy Woodham officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. Flowers will be accepted or contributions may be made to Alzheimer's Resource Center, P.O. Box 1170, Dothan, Ala. 36302.
Mr. Phillip Myers Reagan of Montgomery died Monday, Jan. 13, 2003, at his residence after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 33. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. today at Union Baptist Church Cemetery.
Margaret (Parker) Robinette a loving wife, sister and aunt to a host of relatives, died on Monday, Jan. 13, 2003, at her home in Enterprise. She was 80. Graveside services will be 11 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 16 at Meadowlawn Cemetery with the Rev. Johnny Belcher and the Rev. Steve Worth officiating. Burial will be at Meadowlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Sardis United Methodist Church, c/o Rev. Steve Worth, 3902 County Road 610, Enterprise, Ala. 36330.
Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Still Bassettof Cullman, formerly of Roanoke, died Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2003, at Hanceville Nursing Home in Hanceville. She was 86. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 18 at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Coley M. Holloway and the Rev. Tim Craft officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Quattlebaum Funeral Home in Roanoke. Mrs. Bassett will lie in state for one hour prior to the service beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday. Memorials may be floral or the family requests donations be made to Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
Kevin Buie of King Road died Wednesday evening, Jan. 15, 2003, after suffering an apparent heart attack. He was 46 years old. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 18 at Cedar Springs Baptist Church with Dr. Johnny Roberts officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. The body will be placed in the church one hour prior to service time. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight at Southern Heritage Funeral Home.
Mr. Alto Glenn Casey Sr. of North Morris Street, Slocomb, passed away Thursday morning, Jan. 16, 2003, at Flowers Hospital following a brief illness. He was 85. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 18 at Sorrells Funeral Home in Slocomb with the Rev. Dan Raley officiating. Burial will follow at Slocomb City Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 9:30 a.m. to service time Saturday at the funeral home. At all other times, the family will be at their home at 241 N. Morris St. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church of Slocomb (Building Fund), P.O. Box 428, Slocomb, Ala. 36375.
Mr. Donald Lewis Flint of Newton died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2003, at the family residence after a brief illness. Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. today at Pilgrim Home Baptist Church with the Rev. Buddy Hood officiating. The family will receive friends noon to 1 p.m. today at the church. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.
Marie Jones Grimsley of Webb Road, Dothan, died Saturday, Jan. 12, 2003, at Oakview Manor Nursing Home in Ozark after an extended illness. She was 85. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18 at Oakey Grove Community Church in Haleburg with the Rev. E.C. Melton, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Varner Memorial Funeral Home Chapel.
Eason Knight Harris of Bess Nook Road, Bonifay, Fla., passed away Monday, Jan. 13, 2003, at his residence. He was 51. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 18 at Gully Springs Baptist Church with the Rev. Garry Taylor and the Rev. Jesse Reeder officiating. Burial with military rights will be at Bonifay City Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Peel Funeral Home Chapel in Bonifay.
Issac Harris of Dothan died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2003, at Southwest Georgia Regional Hospital following injuries he sustained in a vehicle accident. He was 54. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18 at Behold the Lamb of God Ministries in Dothan where the Rev. Terry Owens is pastor and with the Rev. Roy White officiating. Burial will follow at Crestlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Memory Chapel Funeral Home. The cortege will assemble at 1:20 p.m. Saturday at 1014 S. Bell St.
Ernest Hornsby Jr. of 515 South Iroquois Ave., Headland, died peacefully Tuesday night, Jan. 14, 2003, at his residence following an extended illness. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. today, Jan. 17 at St. Columba Catholic Church with Father Patrick Gallagher and the Rev. D Harold Grant officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Hill Cemetery with Byrd Funeral Home directing. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to "Sarah E. Goree Scholarship Fund," c/o Compass Bank, P.O. Box 2006, Dothan, Ala. 36302 or Wiregrass Hospice, P.O. Drawer 2127, Dothan, Ala. 36302.
Cora Lue Snell of Cottonwood passed away Thursday morning, Jan. 16, 2003. She was 61. Funeral arrangements and survivors will be announced by Hammond Funeral Home of Dothan, 334-792-7913.
Mack Snell of Caryville, Fla., originally from Enterprise, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2003, in a VA Regional Hospital in Biloxi, Miss. He was 77. Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 19 at Bethany Baptist Church of Enterprise. Burial will be at Bethany Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today, Jan. 18 at Searcy Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to American Cancer Society, c/o Linda Andress, The Citizens Bank, P.O. Box 310900, Enterprise, Ala. 36331.
Timothy Franklin Sowell of Broad Street, Headland, died late Tuesday night, Jan. 14, 2003, at his home after an extended illness. He was 13. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. today, January 17 at New Prospect Free Will Baptist Church, near Edwin, with the Rev. Danny Henderson, the Rev. Tim Trimble and the Rev. Lisa Stokes officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. The body will be placed in the church one hour prior to the services.
Mr. K.L. Tice of Emmons Drive, Dothan, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2003, at his residence following a brief illness. He was 69. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17 at Harper's Joy Assembly of God Church with the Rev. Eddie Littlefield officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.
Alvin Lee Ussery of Walnut Street, Cary, N.C., died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2003, at his residence. He was 78. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 18 at Cary Chapel of Brown-Wayne Funeral Home in Cary, N.C. The family will receive friends one hour prior to services. Burial will follow at Raleigh Memorial Park.
Mrs. Opal Ruth Aycock of State Lake Road, Midway, passed peacefully surrounded by loved ones Saturday, Jan. 18, 2003, at Crowne Health Care after an extended illness. She was 71. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21 at The Church of Jesus Christ-Latter Day Saints in Dothan with Bishop David Evans and Bishop David Bynum officiating. Interment will immediately follow at Memory Hill Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20 at Kent-Thonton-Meadows Funeral Home of Dothan.
Mrs. Annie Laurie (Clark) Booth, a resident of Wiregrass Nursing Home, died Friday, Jan. 17, 2003, after a lengthy illness. She was 82. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21 at Fellowship Baptist Church in Hartford with the Rev. John Spears, the Rev. Keener Batchelor and the Rev. Stratton Colonna officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20 at Sorrells Funeral Home of Geneva. At all other times, the family will be at the home of a son, 107 N. Liveoak St., Geneva. Flowers will be accepted or contributions may be made to Fellowship Baptist Church Building Fund, c/o Pat Turner, 305 Frances Drive, Hartford, Ala. 36344.
Billy A. Clark of Geneva died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2003, at Flowers Hospital in Dothan. He was 41. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. today, Jan. 19 at Isagora Methodist Church in Holmes County. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Mr. Clark will be placed in the church one hour prior to service time.
Minnie "Lois" Collins of Jacksonville, Fla., passed away peacefully Thursday, Jan. 16, 2003, in Jacksonville. She was 85. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. today, Jan. 19 at Bottoms Garden Chapel Funeral Home Chapel of Hartford with Dr. Ralph Brannon officiating. Burial will follow at New Zion Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m., one hour prior to the service, Sunday at the funeral home.
Mr. Bev Edwards of Wetumpka died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2003, in Manchester, Ky. He was 73. Funeral services will be 2:30 p.m. today, Jan. 19 at Gassett Funeral Home Chapel in Wetumpka with the Rev. Steve MacInnis and the Rev. Glen Butler officiating. Interment will follow at Pineview Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the American Heart Association.
Malinda Gregory Gibbons of East Washington Street, Abbeville, died Friday afternoon, Jan. 17, 2003, at Extendicare Hospice Services Facility in Dothan. She was 91. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. today, Jan. 19 at Holman-Abbeville Mortuary Chapel with the Rev. Teddy Ward officiating. Burial will follow at Abbeville Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. today at the mortuary. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church of Abbeville Building Fund, P.O. Box 606, Abbeville, Ala. 36310.
Mrs. Willie Bell Harris of Gordon passed away Thursday, Jan. 16, 2003, at Southeast Alabama Medical Center. She was 76. Funeral arrangements are incomplete but will be announced later by Allen Funeral Home of Dothan, 334-794-6759.
Brooklyn Helms of Dothan died Friday, Jan. 17, 2003, at Children's Hospital of Alabama-Birmingham following a brief illness. She was 21 months old. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20, 2003, at Holman-Headland Mortuary Chapel with the Rev. Rick Brewer officiating. Burial will follow at Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery near Capps, Ala. The family will receive friends from noon to 1 p.m. Monday at the mortuary in Headland. At other times, the family will be at the home of her mother, Brenda Green e, 200 Sweetwater Drive, Apt. 21B, Dothan.
Norman Helms of County Road 43, Clayton, died late Friday night, Jan. 17, 2003, at his home after an extended illness. He was 82. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. today, Jan. 19 at Corinth Baptist Church, near Texasville, with the Rev. Clyde Hancock and the Rev. Earl Brogden officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. The body will be at the family residence until one hour prior to the services when it will be placed in the church. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. today in the church fellowship hall. Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to Wiregrass Hospice of Eufaula, P.O. Box 1378, Eufaula, Ala. 36072-1378.
Mrs. Carolyn Sue Creamer Hinson of West Cook Road, Taylor, died Saturday, Jan. 18, 2003, at Southeast Alabama Medical Center following an extended illness. She was 60. Complete arrangements and a list of survivors will be announced later by Ward-Wilson Memory Hill Funeral Home, 334-792-4194.
Rex Ketcham of Ocala, Fla., died Saturday, Jan. 18, 2003. He was 87. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Marion County. Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later by Hiers Funeral Home of Ocala, Fla., 352-629-7171.
Mr. Keith Antonio Lewis of North Avenue, Richmond, Va., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2003, in Richmond. He was 40. Funeral arrangements are incomplete but will be announced later by Allen Funeral Home of Dothan, 334-794-6759.
Mr. Henry Augustus "Gus" McDuffie of Westville, Fla., died Friday, Jan. 17, 2003, at Wiregrass Medical Center after a brief illness. He was 83. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. today, Jan. 19 at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Walton County, Fla., with the Rev. Frank McIntosh and the Rev. Omar Deen officiating. Burial will follow at McDuffie Cemetery in Holmes County. The body will be placed in the church one hour before service time.
Mrs. Geraldine Trawick McKinney of Columbus, Ga., died Saturday, Jan. 18, 2003, at St. Francis Hospital in Columbus. She was 84. Funeral services will be 2:30 p.m. (CST) today, Jan. 19 at White Oak United Methodist Church in Eufaula with Dr. Brad Hicks officiating. Visitation will be from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. today at the church.
Sandy Myers Patterson of Dothan died Saturday, Jan. 18, 2003, after suffering a massive heart attack. She was 51. A memorial service will be 3 p.m. today, Jan. 19 in the chapel of First Baptist Church of Dothan with Dr. James Reed officiating. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be sent to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 6267, Dothan, Ala. 36302, or Wiregrass Humane Society, 255 Jerry Drive, Dothan, Ala. 36303.
Mrs. Tommie Burns Poole, a resident of Enterprise Nursing Home (formerly of Dothan), died Friday, Jan. 17, 2003. She was 93. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 20 at Searcy Funeral Home Chapel in Enterprise with the Rev. Glen Butler officiating. Burial will follow at Ward-Wilson Memory Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today, Jan. 19 at Searcy Funeral Home. At other times, the family will be at the home of Lee and Jean Solomon, 113 Vintage Lane, Enterprise. The family invites friends to lunch at 1 p.m. following interment at the Solomons' home. Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity.
Mr. Julian Levi Tyler of Dexter Street, Dothan, died Saturday, Jan. 18, 2003, at Wesley Manor following an extended illness. He was 83. Complete arrangements and a list of survivors will be announced later by Ward-Wilson Memory Hill Funeral Home of Dothan, 334-792-4194.
Nettie Williams Austin, a resident of Wesley Manor, died Wednesday night, Jan. 8, 2003. She was 90. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. today at Byrd Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Bob Gross officiating. The family will receive friends from 1 to 1:45 p.m. today at the funeral home chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Wiregrass Hospice, P. O. Drawer 2127, Dothan, Ala. 36302 or Wesley Manor Retirement Center, "Sanders Wing", 718 Honeysuckle Road, Dothan, Ala. 36305.
Tanya Renee Brown of Long Road, Gordon, died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2003, following a brief illness. She was 32. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11 at Snowhill A.M.E. Church in Malone, Fla., with the Rev. Samuel Everett officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Viewing and visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Hammond Funeral Home. Miss Brown's body will be placed in the church one hour prior to the funeral.
Gladys Hagan Busch, a resident of Wesley Manor, died Tuesday night, Jan. 7, 2003, at Flowers Hospital. She was 97. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13 at Wesley Manor Retirement Center with the Rev. Lynn S. Nesbitt, the Rev. Hays McKay and the Rev. Kyle Gatlin officiating. Graveside services will be held in Versailles Cemetery, Versailles, Mo. with Kidwell-Garber Funeral Home directing.
William Martin (Billy) Capps Jr. of Enterprise died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2003, at his home in Enterprise. He was 84. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. today at Meadowlawn Cemetery with Dr. Frank Wells officiating. Burial will follow at Meadowlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon today at Searcy Funeral Home.
David Coe of Woodland Drive, Dothan, died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2003, at his residence. He was 100. Funeral services arrangements will be announced by Byrd Funeral Home, 334-793-3003.
Mrs. Virginia Hughes Elmore of Lake Butler, Fla., died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2003, from injuries suffered in an auto accident. She was 72. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Sunday at Archer Funeral Home Chapel in Lake Butler with Simon McDaniel officiating. Burial will follow at Rehobeth Baptist Church Cemetery in Dothan. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Emory David Evans of South Alice Street, Dothan. died early Wednesday morning, Jan. 8, 2003, at Southeast Alabama Medical Center. He was 76. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 11 at Byrd Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Larry Adams and the Rev. Steve Etheridge officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Hill Cemetery . The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mr. Marcus E. Faulk of County Road 41, Louisville, died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2003, at Dale Medical Center in Ozark. He was 20. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11 at Louisville Elementary School in Louisville. The body will be placed in the school one hour prior to service. Interment will be at First Baptist Church Cemetery in Clio.
