Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967 - 1814-1935
Mr. James Andrew Sullivan of Green wood Drive, Dothan, died Monday, March 24, 2003, at Southeast Alabama Medical Center following an extended illness. He was 83. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, March 27 at Ward-Wilson Memory Hill Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Billy Hammonds officiating. Burial will follow with full military honors at Ward-Wilson Memory Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Henry Allen Thomas of Daleville died Monday, March 24, 2003. He was 73. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Friday, March 28 at Forest Hills Baptist Church in Daleville with the Rev. Roy Stewart officiating. Burial will follow at Shady Grove Assembly of God Cemetery in Coffee Springs. The body will be placed in the church one hour prior to services. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Pittman Funeral Home of Geneva.
Mr. Henry Buford Adkinson of Louisville died Monday, March 17, 2003, at Crowne Health Care of Eufaula after an extended illness. He was 94. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, March 20 at Louisville United Methodist Church with the Rev. Donald Phillips officiating. Burial will follow at Louisville Cemetery.
Mr. John Barbosza of Enterprise died Wednesday, March 19, 2003. He was 85. Funeral arrangements and list of survivors are incomplete and will be announced later by Patterson-Sorrells Funeral Home of Enterprise, 334-347-9598.
Mr. Charles "Sam" Braswell of Graceville, Fla., died Wednesday, March 19, 2003, in Graceville, Fla. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday, March 21 at Graceville Community Church. Burial will be at new Hope Assembly of God Church Cemetery in Graceville, Fla. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 20. Williams Funeral Home of Graceville, Fla., 850-263-5116, is in charge of arrangements.
Flonnie Frances Brooks of Dothan died Wednesday, March 19, 2003. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Byrd Funeral Home of Dothan, 334-793-3003.
Jetie King Butler of Opp died Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at Opp Nursing Facility. She was 87. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, March 20 at Wyatt Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Hickory Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be 1 to 2 p.m. today at Wyatt Funeral Home Chapel. Family requests in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to The Alzheimer's Association or The Diabetes Association.
Essie Mae Carter of Bryant Street, Abbeville, died Monday, March 17, 2003, at West Side Terrace in Dothan. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Headland Peoples Funeral Home, 334-693-2855.
Ervin M. Ellis died Wednesday, March 19, 2003, at Palmyra Nursing Home. He was 79. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday, March 21 at Harvey Funeral Chapel. Burial will be at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Harvey Funeral Home.
Mr. W. F. "Bill" Faust of North Union Avenue, Ozark, died Tuesday evening, March 18, 2003. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later through Holman Funeral Home of Ozark, 334-774-5348.
Ms. Inia Maria Jones of Campbellton, Fla., died Wednesday morning, March 19, 2003, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was 21. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Christian Memorial Chapel of Graceville, Fla., 850-263-6834.
Mrs. Janice Geraldine Justice of Perry Sellers Road, Hartford, died Monday, March 17, 2003, in Killeen, Texas, after an extended illness. She was 62. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday, March 21 at Sorrells Funeral Home Chapel in Slocomb with the Revs. John W. Hicks and Al Norris officiating. Burial will follow at Tabernacle United Methodist Church cemetery. Sorrells Funeral Home of Slocomb, 334-886-7777, is in charge of arrangements.
Robert (Bubba) McNealy of Martin Luther King Drive, Headland, died Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at Dale Medical Center in Ozark. He was 64. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Headland Peoples Funeral Home, 334-693-2855.
Mrs. Jean Richardson Paul of Elba died Wednesday, March 19, 2003, at Elba General Hospital. She was 88. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, March 21 at First Baptist Church of Elba with the Rev. Mart Gray officiating. Burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery in Elba. Visitation will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at Hayes Funeral Home. The Paul family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 507, Elba, Ala. 36323 or the Eris and Jean Paul Memorial Scholarship, University of Alabama Alumni Association, P.O. Box 861928, Tuscaloosa, Ala. 35486. Hayes Funeral Home of Elba, 334-897-2225, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Stonewall Jackson Peacock of Slocomb died Tuesday, March 18, 2003, following a brief illness. He was 82. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, March 20 at Madrid Assembly of God Church with the Revs. Jerry Harden and Gene Gainous officiating. Burial will follow at Madrid City Cemetery. Ward-Wilson Memory Hill Funeral Home of Dothan, 334-792-4194, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Richard K. Reaves of Dothan passed Monday, March 18, 2003, at Southeast Alabama Medical Center. He was 85. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Levite Funeral Home of Dothan, 334-794-5036.
Mr. Fred Searcy of Chadwick Circle, Dothan, died Sunday, March 16, 2003, at his residence following a brief illness. He was 75. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, March 20 at Ward-Wilson Memory Hill Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Dr. Harvey Luke and Lee Singley officiating. Burial will follow at Winslett Chapel Cemetery. Ward-Wilson Memory Hill Funeral Home of Dothan, 334-792-4194, is in charge of arrangements.
David Leonard Spears, retired command sergeant major, U.S. Army, of Newton died early Wednesday morning, March 19, 2003, at his residence. He was 66. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, March 21 at The Chapel of the Wings in Fort Rucker, Ala., with Chaplain Lt. Col. Don Thrasher officiating. Graveside services with full military honors will be 2 p.m. Friday, March 21, 2002, at Sunset Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Byrd Funeral Home. Flowers are being accepted or memorial contributions may be made to Wiregrass Hospice, P.O. Drawer 2127, Dothan, Ala., 36302 or a favorite charity. Byrd Funeral Home of Dothan, 334-793-3003, is in charge of arrangements.
Minnie Tolbert of Headland Avenue died Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at Flowers Hospital after an extended illness. She was 77. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced at a later date along with a complete list of survivors by Varner Funeral Home of Dothan, 334-671-1455.
Eugene Thomas of Abbeville died Monday, March 17, 2003, at Southeast Alabama Medical Center in Dothan. He was 79. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, March 21 at New Hope Freewill Baptist Church in Abbeville with the Rev. Eddie Baker officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Stanford and Sons Funeral Home of Abbeville, 334-585-5344, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Troyace Crutchfield of Geneva passed away Friday, March 21, 2003, at Flowers Hospital in Dothan. He was 66. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. today, at Devco Baptist Church in Geneva with the Rev. J. Robert McMicken, the Rev. Dennis Singletary and the Rev. Olen Strickland officiating. Burial will follow in Eunola Cemetery with Bottoms Garden Chapel Funeral Home in Geneva directing. Bottoms Garden Chapel Funeral Home in Geneva, 334-684-2082, is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Marie McLellan Faulk, of 611 W. Pullum Street, Samson, and Magnolia Wood Lodge of Troy, died Saturday, March 22, 2003 in Troy following an extended illness. She was 93. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday in the First Baptist Church of Samson with Dr. J. Chris Adams, and Rev. Ralph Aaron officiating. Burial will follow in the Traveler's Rest Cemetery with Pittman Funeral Home of Samson directing. Visitation will be Monday from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. in the funeral home. Mrs. Faulk will be placed in the church one hour before time for services. The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, honorariums may be made to the Traveler's Rest Cemetery Fund, 4 North Canal Street, Samson, AL., 36477 or to Enterprise Hospice of Troy. Pittman Funeral Home, 334-898-7141, is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Bessie Peters Gilley, age 86, a resident of the Ozark Nursing Facility and formerly of Slocomb died Friday, March 21, 2003 at Dale Medical Center after an extended illness. Funeral services will be today at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Sorrells Funeral Home Slocomb with Rev. Bobby Ned Peters officiating. Burial will follow in the Panther Creek Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery with Sorrells Funeral Home of Slocomb directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday from 3 until 5 p.m. Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to Southern Care Hospice, 2623 Montgomery Highway,Suite 1, Dothan, AL 36302. Sorrells Funeral Home of Slocomb, 334-886-7777, is in charge of arrangements.
Sara Elizabeth Gourley, a resident of Henry County Nursing Home in Abbeville, passed away early Saturday morning, March 22, 2003, following an extended illness. She was 25. Funeral services will be 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 25 at Southern Heritage Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. R. Lawson Bryan officiating. A private Burial will be at Memory Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:30 to service time Tuesday at the funeral home. At all other times, the family will gather at the home of her father and mother. Southern Heritage Funeral Home & Crematory of Dothan, 334-702-1712, is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Mildred Tucker Grace of Hooper Cherry Road, Dothan, passed away Saturday, March 22, 2003, at Flowers Hospital in Dothan. She was 90. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday, March 24 at Kent-Thornton-Meadows Funeral Home Chapel in Dothan with the Rev. R.L. Middleton Sr. officiating. Burial will follow at Cottonwood City Cemetery. At other times, the family will be at the home of daughter, Dannye and Donald Skipper, 92 Three S Road, Dothan. Kent-Thornton-Meadows Funeral Home of Dothan, 334-793-1117, is in charge of arrangements.
James R. Morris of Glenwood Street, Dothan, died Saturday, March 22, 2003, at Extendicare. He was 81. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, 2003 at the Gardens of Memory Cemetery with Wiregrass Hospice Chaplain Paul Cowley officiating and Ward-Wilson Memory Hill Funeral Home directing. The family will recieve friends at the funeral home from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday evening. The family requests that contributions be made to the Wiregrass Hospice, Inc., P.O. Drawer 2127, Dothan, AL. 36302. Ward-Wilson Memory Hill Funeral Home of Dothan, 334-792-4194, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Ray Benjamin Parrish, of Ozark, died Sunday morning, March 23, 2003, in Flowers Hospital. He was 60. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, 2003, at Daleville First United Methodist Church with the Reverend John McCullough officiating, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. Visitation will be at Daleville First United Methodist Church following the service on Tuesday, with the family receiving friends during this time. At other times the family will be at the family home, 599 Parker Hills Drive in Ozark. Mr. Parrish was preceded in death by his parents, Wilma Chalker Parrish and Ray Dalton Parrish. Holman Funeral Home of Ozark, 334-774-5348, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Ronnie Shepard, 47, of Clio, died Saturday, March 22, 2003, at his home. Graveside services will be held Tuesday, March 25, 2003 at 11 a.m. at the Pine Level Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Kenneth Earles officiating and Keahey Funeral Home directing. A private family visitation will be held at Keahey Funeral Home in Clio one hour prior to the service time on Tuesday. Keahey Funeral Home, 334, 397-4242, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Graham Wayne (Arkansas) Smith of Dothan died peacefully at his home Saturday, March 22, 2003. He was 66. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 26, 2003 at 2 p.m. at Memphis Baptist Church with Reverend Ernest O'Neal officiating. Burial will follow at Gardens of Memory with Kent-Thorton-Meadows Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends Tuesday, March 25, 2003, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Kent-Thornton-Meadows Funeral Home of Dothan, 334-793-1117, is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Catherine Byrd of South Saint Andrews, Dothan, formerly of Cottonwood, died Monday, March 17, 2003, at Extendicare Health and Rehab Center Hospice Facility. She was 77. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 19 at Berean Baptist Church with the Rev. Raymond Holt officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Hill Cemetery. Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to Wiregrass Hospice, P.O. Drawer 2127, Dothan, Ala. 36302.
Willie C. Dozier of Lodge Street, Newville, died Sunday, March 16, 2003, at Wesley Manor Methodist Home in Dothan. He was 83. Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 20 at Cedar Grove Baptist Church in Abbeville with the Rev. Knight officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 19 at Headland Peoples Funeral Home Chapel.
Mary B. Harding of Enterprise died Saturday, March 15, 2003, in Enterprise. She was 75. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 19 at Searcy Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Walker Epps officiating. Searcy Funeral Home of Enterprise is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Janice Geraldine Justice of Perry Sellers Road, Hartford, died Monday, March 17, 2003, in Killeen, Texas, after an extended illness. She was 62. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday, March 21 at Sorrells Funeral Home Chapel in Slocomb with the Rev. John W. Hicks officiating. Burial will follow at Tabernacle United Methodist Church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
The Rev. Don Kruse of Hartford died Sunday, March 16, 2003, at his home in Hartford. He was 58. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 19 at the First Baptist Church of Coffee Springs with the Revs. Robert Beasley, Dr. John Granger and Dicky McAllister officiating. Burial will follow at Meadowlawn Cemetery with the Revs. Billy Joe Williams and James Preachers officiating. The body will be placed in the church one hour prior to service time. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Gideons, P.O. Box 310173, Enterprise, Ala. 36331.
