Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967 - 1814-1935
MR. J.B. SCAIFE, SENIOR
MR. J.B. SCAIFE, SENIOR, DIED DEC. 1, 1955 IN OMEGA, ALABAMA, IN BULLOCK COUNTY, ALABAMA. HIS PARENTS ARE BILL SCAIFE AND MARGARET MCMILLIAN SCAIFE OF BULLOCK CO. HIS WIFE SINCE 1933 IN BULLOCK CO. ARE LULA MAE HOUGH SCAIFE AND CHILDRENS: J.B. SCAIFE JR., WILLIE LEE SCAIFE, IRENE SCAIFE HAWTHORNE, CHARLIE FRANK SCAIFE, LEROY SCAIFE, MAJOR TOM SCAIFE, LORRAINE SCAIFE WHALEY MORGAN. THESE ARE THE CHILDREN. HIS SISTERS AND BROTHERS ARE: CORENE SCAIFE NEAL, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA; PAUL SCAIFE, TROY, ALABAMA; GERTRUDE SCAIFE REYNOLDS, TROY, ALABAMA; CHARLIE SCAIFE, FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA; BRAZELL (GENCIE) SCAIFE ADAMS, LOFTON, FLORIDA, AND SEVERAL COUSINS OF THE ALABAMA AREA SISTERS-IN-LAW, ANNIE RUTH SURRY, CAROLINE THOMAS, MATTIE LEE (BETT) COPELAND, CELIE ADAMS, ALL OF SACO, ALABAMA, AND TWO BROTHERS-IN-LAW, JOSH THOMAS, BILLY ADAMS; SEVERAL NEPHEWS AND NIECES. SERVICE MOUNT OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH IN BULLOCK CO., FUNERAL HOME BEN HARRIS IN TROY, ALABAMA. J.B. SCAIFE WAS BORN AUGUST 1919 IN OMEGA, ALABAMA. BROTHER L.C. SCAIFE OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA AND ARMILLA SCAIFE KNOX OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA, HIS BABY SISTER.
Jesse Homer Tiller
Jesse Homer Tiller, born January 8, 1888 in Cherokee County, AL, died January 29, 1970, marriage Alma Harp on December 25, 1907. Alma was born September 2, 1888, died August 24, 1968. Both were buried in the Fife Cemetery, Cherokee County.
Marzett Hawkins, Sr.
Marzett Hawkins, Sr., died March 1982, in Alliance, Starke County, Ohio, born October 3, 1921, in Gilbertown, Choctaw County, Alabama.
Marzett Hawkins, Sr., age 60, of 11340 Webb Ave. N. E., died at Molly Stark Hospital at 9:30 A.M., Monday following a one-year illness. Mr. Hawkins, was born in Gilbertown, AL, October 3, 1921, to the late Annie Watson-Hawkins and Rail Hawkins, and had lived in Alliance, Ohio for 37 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, his grandmother, Elizabeth Graham-Watson, his great-grandmother, Clora Campbell, and great-grandfather, Edinborough Graham, and his great-great-grandparents, Celia and Pry Campbell, two uncles, Marshall Watson, Sr. and Ed Watson, Sr., an aunt, Flora Watson-Chapman, a great aunt, Josephine Campbell-Kirksey and a great uncle, Isaac Campbell. A U.S. Army Veteran of World War II, he was retired from Babrock and Wilcox Tubular Products, where he was employed as a loader in the finishing department. Surviving are his wife Alberta Kirksey-Hawkins; three daughters, Mrs. Charles (Kathy) Dailey of Alliance, Amy and Ariane Both of the home, a son, Marzett Hawkins, Jr., of the home, a sister, Nettie Mae Hawkins of Louisville, KY, a brother, Bryant Young of Akron, OH, and two grandchildren and an uncle, Chester Watson of Citronelle, AL. Services will be held at 1 p. m. Friday at Noble Street Church of God in Christ, with Elder David Howard of the Holy Temple Church of God in Christ officiating. Burial will be in Alliancee City Cemetery. Friends may call at the church, Thursday, 7-9 p. m. SIBLEY FUNERAL HOME has charge of arrangements. (S.S.D.I. stated death date only as March 1982)
Marshall Remis Watson, Sr.
Marshall Remis Watson, Sr., died May 14, 1980, in Prichard, Mobile County, Alabama, born March 14, 1897, in Gilbertown, Choctaw County, Alabama.
Mr. Marshall Watson, Sr., born March 14, 1897, to the late Elizabeth Campbell Graham-Watson, a native of Gilbertown, Alabama, and a resident of Prichard, Alabama, departed this life, May 14, 1980. He leaves to cherish his memories, a devoted wife, Mrs. Flossie Watson, Prichard, Alabama, two sons, Mrs. Joe Watson, Detroit, Michigan, Mr. Marshall Watson, Jr., Meridian, Mississippi, three daughter, Mrs. Annie Benjamin, Richmond, California, Mrs. Nettie Sprueill, Danbury, Connecticut, Mrs. Ruby Weathers, Prichard, Alabama, one brother, Mr. Chester Watson, Citronelle, Alabama, ten grandchildren, one great-grandchild, five sisters-in-law, two daughters-in-law, two sons-in-law, a devoted friend, Mr. Otto Howard, Prichard, Alabama, several cousins, nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. Services, Saturday, May 17, 1980, 11:00 A.M., Reese's Funeral Home, 925 Bessemer Avenue, Prichard, Alabama, Rev. Randolph Shelby, officiating. Interment, Prichard Memorial Cemetery.
Edward/Edenborough "Ed" Watson, Sr.
Edward/Edenborough "Ed" Watson, Sr., died September 1957, in Alliance, Starke County, Ohio, born February 24, 1911, in Gilbertown, Choctaw County, Alabama.
Ed Watson, Sr. of 435 N. Liberty Ave., a clipper at the American Steel Foundries, for 15 years, died Tuesday, September ? 1957, at 10:45, p. m. at City Hospital. Mr. Watson, 46, was ill, for three months. A resident of Alliance, Ohio for 16 years, Mr. Watson came here from Gilbertown, Alabama, where he was born, February 24, 1911, he was preceded in death by his parents, Elizabeth Graham-Watson and Sidney Harmon, and his grandmother, Clora Campbell. He was a member of the Pinehill Baptist Church in Gilbertown. He is survived by his wife, Annie Bell Nicholson-Watson, four daughters, Annie Ruth Watson, Daisy Lee Watson and Arlynn Watson of the home, and Mrs. Annie Mae Watson-Blue of Alliance, Ohio; three sons, Ed Watson, Jr., David Watson and Aron Watson, a sister, Amie Watson-Hawkins, of Alliance, Ohio, two brothers; Marshall Watson, Sr. of Plateau, Alabama and Chester Watson of Citronelle, Alabama, and five grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p. m., Saturday at the Second Baptist Church. In charge is Rev. A. B. Adams, Pastor. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p. m. Friday, at the Sibley Funeral Home. Interment will be made in the City Cemetery.
Nathaniel "Buck" Bumpers
Nathaniel "Buck" Bumpers, died February 13, 1978, in Mobile, Alabama, born August 26, 1894 in Coffeeville, Clarke County, Alabama.
Born August 26, 1894, to the late Martha Williams-Bumpers and Robert "Bob" Bumpers, Bro. Buck Bumpers was a native of Coffeeville, Alabama and a resident of Mobile, Alabama for a number of years. He passed this life at the Doctors Hospital, February 13, 1978, at 12:30 A. M. He was united in Holy Matrimony to Mrs. Hattie Law (Howze). He was a member of the Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church. He leaves to mourn his passing, a devoted wife, Mrs. Hattie Bumpers, three sisters; Mrs. Alberta Bumpers-Williams, of Plateau (Prichard), Alabama, Miss Annie Mae Bumpers of Prichard, Alabama, Mrs. Connie Weavers of Chatokm, Alabama; two brothers, Mr. Ollie Bumpers of Orchid, Alabama and Mr. Earnest Bumpers of Toulminville, Alabama; one sister-in-law, Mrs. Rachel Bumpers, a host of other relatives and friends. Services, Saturday, February 18, 1978, 11:00 o'clock, A.M., Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church, 1712 Chestang Street, Prichard, Alabama, Dr. Fred L. Sanderson, Pastor. Interment, Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Coffeeville, Alabama.
Nancy Law-Lassiter
Nancy Law-Lassiter, died August 17, 1973, in Prichard, Mobile County, Alabama, born March 5, 1915, in Coffeeville, Clarke County, Alabama.
Born March 5, 1915, Sister Nancy Lassiter, a native of Coffeeville, Clarke County, Alabama, and a resident of Plateau, Alabama for a number of years, passed suddenly, August 17, 1973 at a local nursing home. She leaves to mourn her passing, a devoted husband, Mr. Howard Lassiter, Pateau, Al., a devoted Mother, Mrs. Albert Collins of Prichard, Al., six sisters, Mrs. Nettie Dickinson, and Mrs. Flossie Watson of Prichard, Al., Mrs. Beatrice Jackson and Ms. Eartha Murphy of Oakland, Ca., Mrs. Grace Horn of Detroit, Mi., and Mrs. Ida Lou Johnson of Coffeeville, Al., one brother, Mr. James Law of Boston, Ma., a father and mother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lassiter, Butler, Al., five aunts, five uncles, two sisters-in-law, one devoted, Mrs. Annie Mae Kirksey, Philadelphia, Pa., Mrs. Ora Lee Law of Boston, Ma., five brothers-in-law, Mr. Robert Lassiter, Butler, Al., Jerome Dickinson and Mr. Marshall Watson, Prichard, Al., Mr. Clifford Horn, Sr. of Detroit, Mi., and Mr. Clarence Jackson, Sr., of Oakland, Ca., devoted friends; Mrs. Claudine Martin and Mrs. Lela Thompson of Prichard, Al., a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Services, Friday, August 14, 1973, 2:00 PM, First Hopewell Baptist Church, 664 Shelby Street, Magazine, Al, Rev. John McCarty Minister. Interment in Oaklawn Memorial Cemetery, Hodge Funeral Chapel directing.
Mary Malone Law-Pugh
Mary Malone Law-Pugh, died May 24, 1971, Grove Hill, Clarke County, Alabama, born October 14, 1875, in Coffeeville, Clarke County, Alabama.
The late Mary Pugh was bron October 14, 1875 in the Ebenezer Community, Route 1, Jackson, Alabama. Her mother was the lated Lucy Malone-Law. She departed this life about 4:30 a.m., Monday, May 24, 1971 at the Grove Hill Memorial Hospital, Grove Hill, Alabama. The deceased lived her entire life in the community of her birth. She joined Ebenezer Baptist Church at an early age, where she was a faithful member until her health failed. She was marriage to the late Creagh Pugh. To this union, six children were born. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Zeola Carter, Rt. 1, Jackson, Al., Mrs. Pearlie Dubose, Jackson, Al., four sons, Zan, Dan and Sidney Pugh, all of Route 1, Jackson, Al; L. V. Pugh, Decatur, Michigan; five sisters, Ida Johnson, Route 1, Coffeeville, Al., Nettie, Nancy and Flossie, all of Prichard, Al, Precious Bee, Oakland, Ca., one brother, James Law, twenty-two grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, four sisters-in-law, four daughters-in-law, two sons-in-law, and a host of othe relatives and friends. Services, Sunday, May 30th, 1971, 11:30 AM, at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, Route 1, Jackson, Alabama. Rev. A. U. Elliott, Officiating, Jackson Funeral Services, directing. Interment, Ebenezer Cemetery.
James/Jimmy "I.J." Law, Jr.
James/Jimmy "I.J." Law, Jr., died May 14, 1996, in Norfolk, Virginia, born February 1, 1922, in Coffeeville, Clarke County, Alabama.
On Tuesday, May 14, 1996, the Almighty God, in his infinite wisdom and love, called our beloved, Mr. James "Jimmie/I.J." to be with Him eternally. Mr. Issie James Law, as he called himself, was born February 1, 1922 in Coffeeville, Alabama, to the late Mr. Jimmie Law, Sr. and the late Alberta Pugh Bumpers-Law. He was the husband of Mrs. Orelia Law. He spent the last 20 some-odd years in Norfolk, Virginia. He was preceded in death by several sisters, Nancy Law-Lassiter, Nettie Law-Dickinson, Ida Law-Johnson, Cardelia Law-Bryant, Ada Law, Mary Law-Pugh; all of his brothers, Andrew Law, Levert Law, Elie Law, Dossie Law, Charlie Law, and Little Jim Murphy. He leaves to mourn their loss, four sisters, Flossie Law-Watson, of Prichard, Alabama, Grace Daws-Horn of Highland Park, Michigan, Beatrice Law-Jackson of Oakland, California and Eartha Murphy of Oakland, California. He also leave seven children; Eric J. Law of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Wallace Law of Mattopan, Massachusetts, Leillani Law-Campbell of Scituate, Massachusetts, Dessirree Kenku of Decatur, Georgia, Adreennee Law of Mattopan, Massachusetts, Jemmerrell Fischer of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Jane Knight of Erial, New Hampshire. He also leave several grandchildren; Eric Law, Torgeanna Law, Lemor Law, Danielle Law, Sheriff Kenku, Silofa Kenku, Rashada Kenku, Lance Law, Tameka Law, Kerry Law, Sean Fischer, Nirya Kenku, Nigel Kenku, Malana Campbell, Royla Campbell, and Trelani Law; great-grandchildren; Sheriff Kenku, Jr., Lariff Kenku, Natasha Carter, Richard Tyreen, and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and close friends. Services, Saturday, May 08, 1996, 1:00 P. M., Hale Funeral Home Chapel, 2100 Ballentine Blvd., Norfolk, Virginia, 23604, Rev. James Lassiter, Officiating. Interment, Woodlawn Memorial Gardens.
Ethel Taylor-Brooks
Ethel Taylor-Brooks, died June 11, 1998, in Mobile County, Alabama, born Sept. 18, 1905, in Clarke County, Alabama.
Sister Ethel Taylor Brooks: Mrs. Ethel Taylor Brooks was born September 18, 1905 to the late Mr. Lawrence Taylor and Mrs. Laura Johnson Taylor, in Clarke County, Alabama. She departed this life at a local hospital on Thursday, June 11, 1998. She confessed Christ at an early age and became a member of th Good Hope Baptist Church, Glenden, Alabama. Later she moved to Plateau, Alabama and became a member of First Hopewell Baptist Church. She lived in Plateau for 75 years. She was united in Holy Matrimony to the late Mr. Joe Brooks on March 18, 1922. Many loving, beautiful memories will be cherished by her survivors based on her long and fruitful life. She is survived by two sisters, Alice (Elijah) Peters, Willie Mae (Albert) Watts, god child, Mrs. Ethel Todd; 30 nieces and nephews, one devoted, Rev. Lemuel (Ezonia) Taylor, Jr., 103 great nieces & nephews, one devoted, Rev. Jeffery (Betty) Taylor, Jr.; 99 great-great-nieces and nephews; and 8 great-great-great-nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends. Services, Saturday, June 20, 1998, 11:00 A. M., First Hopewell Baptist Church, Plateau, Alabama. Rev. John McCarty, Pastor, officiating Minister. Interment, Oaklawn Cemetery. Final arrangements are entrusted to Reese Funeral Home, 925 Bessemer Avenue, Prichard, Alabama.
Della Mae Law Johnson-Brown
Della Mae Law Johnson-Brown, died January 1, 1999 in Coffeeville, Clarke County, Alabama, born September 2, 1919, in Coffeeville, Clarke County, Alabama.
The late Sister Della Mae Brown, was born September 2, 1919, in Clarke County to the late Mrs. Ida Lou Law-Johnson and Clarence Johnson of Coffeeville, AL. She confessed Christ at an early age and joined Ebenezer Baptist Church. She departed this life on Friday morning, January 1, 1999. She was united in marriage to Mr. Early Brown, who preceded her in death; to this union seven children was born, two of which preceded her in death; Nelson and Leon Brown of Coffeeville, AL. She leaves to cherish her loving memories; five children; James (Luberta) Brown, Annie (Ezell) Coats, Frank (Clara) Brown, all of Coffeeville, AL; Ethel (Edward) Lemay, Roxbury, Mass; Cecil (Wanda) Brown, Silas, AL; nineteen grandchildren, thirty great-grandchildren, four great-great-grandchildren; one sister who preceded her in death (Zeola Johnson), of Coffeeville, AL; two brother-in-laws; John W. (Dester) Brown, Roscoe (Australia) Brown. A host of aunts, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends, one devoted aunt, Sister Flossie Law-Watson. Services, Wednesday, January 6, 1999, 1:00 p. m., Greater Ebenezer Baptist Church, Ebenezer, Alabama. Rev. John Wimberly, Pastor, Rev. Albert Ridgeway, Officiating. Mosley Funeral Home, directing. Interment, Ebenezer Cemetery.
Douglas McArthur "Mack" Benjamin, Sr.
Douglas McArthur "Mack" Benjamin, Sr., died May 26, 1999, in Mobile County, Alabama, born May 12, 1942 in Oak Hill, Wilcox County, Alabama.
Mr. Douglas McArthur "Mack" Benjamin, Sr., a native of Oak Hill, Alabama, born May 12, 1942, former resident of Chicago, Illinois and a resident of Mobile, Alabama for a number of years, departed this life Wednesday, May 26, 1999 at a local hospital. He was survived by his wife, Jeanette Henry-Benjamin; four children, Linda (Emory) Cooper, Todd-Nita Mitchell of Mobile, Mark Holmes and Raquell Benjamin, of Chicago, Illinois (three were not added, he had seven children, and one passed), five brother; Melvin Benjamin of McIntosh, Alabama, Robert (Willodean) Benjamin of Chicago, Illinois, Collin (Annie Grace), James (Audrey) and Enoch (Helen) Benjamin all of Mobile, Alabama; eleven grandchildren; LaShanda, LaMario, Tanguray, Carlos and Emory Benjamin all of Prichard, Arron and Mark Holmes, Aaron and Eric Benjamin of Chicago, Illinois, TaShaundra Mitchell and Laton'e Owen of Mobile; two great-grandchildren, Calvin Knight, III and Calaysia Knight and a great host of other relatives and friends. Services were Tuesday, June 1, 1999, 11:00 a.m., Reese Funeral Home, 925 Bessemer Avenue, Prichard, Alabama 36610, Reverend C. L. Manzie Officiating Minister, Interment at Prichard Memorial Cemetery, Prichard, Alabama.
