Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967 - 1814-1935
Rex H. Riley Sr. of Eufaula died Wednesday, May 7, 2003, at his home in White Oak Shores. He was 80. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, May 9 at First Assembly of God Church in Eufaula with the Rev. Carlos Toile officiating. Burial will be 2:45 p.m. Friday at Meadowlawn Cemetery in Enterprise.
Edward Earl "Smiley" Rogers of Dothan passed away peacefully Monday, May 5, 2003, at his sister's home in Dothan. He was 55. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, May 10 at Green wood United Methodist Church Cemetery in Green wood, Fla. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Ward Wilson Funeral Home in Dothan.
Annie Rachel Thomas of Dothan died Tuesday night, May 6, 2003, at Flowers Hospital. She was 57. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Saturday, May 10 at Byrd Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Adolph Noble officiating. Burial will follow at Gates of Heaven Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Nghiem Van Tran of Dothan, died Sunday, May 4, 2003. He was 57. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 10 at St. Columba Catholic Church with Father Bieu Nguyen officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Friday at Byrd Funeral Home. The wake service will be 6 p.m. Friday at St. Columba Catholic Church.
Mrs. Eunice White Ward of Donalsonville, Ga., passed away Wednesday evening, May 7, 2003, at her residence. She was 88. A Celebration of Life Service will be 2 p.m. (EST) at Jakin Baptist Church in Jakin, Ga., with the Rev. Luther Hastey officiating. A private interment will follow at Jakin Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Southwest Georgia, 1323 E. Shotwell St., Bainbridge, Ga. 39817 or to the charity of your choice.
Marie Eddins Whitehead of County Road 53, Abbeville, died Wednesday night, May 7, 2003, in the emergency room of a Dothan hospital. She was 81. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Friday, May 9 at Oakey Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Don Adams and the Rev. Dave Collins officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. The body will be at the residence of Elaine and Bob Culp, 5333 County Road 99 (Oakey Grove community). Mrs. Whitehead will be placed in the church one hour prior to the services. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Abbeville Fire and Rescue, 201 Bradley St., Abbeville, Ala. 36310.
Mrs. Doris Elaine Baker of Jimmie Lane, Dothan, died Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at Southeast Alabama Medical Center. She was 70. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday, May 16 at Ward-Wilson Memory Hill Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Don Clark officiating. Burial will follow at Gardens of Memory Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Flowers will be accepted.
Mr. L.A. Bennett of Midland City passed Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at Flowers Hospital. He was 73. Funeral arrangements are incomplete but will be announced by Memory Chapel Funeral Home of Dothan, 334-792-7051.
Mr. Robert Cleveland Blackburn of Andalusia died Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at Andalusia Hospital. He was 69. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, May 15 at Keahey Funeral Home.
Millie Maxine Pert Crutchfield of Geneva went to be with the Lord Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at Mariner Health of Bonifay, Fla., after an extended illness. She was 90. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, May 15 at Devco Baptist Church in Geneva with preachers Talmadge Butler and Ronnie Baine officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be 7 to 9 p.m. at Bottoms Garden Chapel of Geneva.
Dustin Robert Kanis of Hartford passed away May 11, 2003, in Hartford. He was 13. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, May 15 at Hartford Baptist Church with the Rev. Scott Cox officiating. Burial will follow in Michigan. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Bottoms Garden Chapel Funeral Home.
Samuel H. (Sam) King of Dothan passed away Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at Mariner Health in Bonifay, Fla. He was 61. A celebration of life service will be 6 p.m. Friday, May 16 at Southern Heritage Funeral Home Chapel with Hospice Chaplin Eddie Biss officiating. A social gathering of all family and friends will take place immediately following the service in the Southern Heritage parlors. Refreshments will be served.
Mrs. Eloise Kirkland of Dothan passed Monday, May 12, 2003, in Montgomery. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Friday, May 16 at Cherry Street AME Church with the Rev. Dennis Terry officiating. Interment will follow at Crestlawn Cemetery. The body will be placed in the church one hour prior to services. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Unity Funeral Home.
Katherine Stephenson Oates of East Church Street, Headland, died Thursday afternoon, May 14, 2003, at her home after a short illness. She was 93. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, May 17 at Headland United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday in the church sanctuary.
Mr. Cullen Pittman Sr. of Panama City, Fla., and formerly of Jacob City, was found dead at his residence on Red Wood Avenue Wednesday evening. He was 78. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Christian Memorial Chapel of Graceville, Fla., 904-263-6834.
Linda Robinson of Dothan died Tuesday, May 13, 2003, after an extended illness. She was 58. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, May 16 at Kent-Thornton-Meadows Funeral Home Chapel of Dothan with David Matthew Sprayberry and Woodrow Farrington officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. At other times, the family will be at the home of her sister and brother-in-law, Shirley and David Sprayberry, 404 Girard Ave. Flowers will be accepted or donations may be made to Covenant Hospice, 207 W. Adams St., Dothan, Ala. 36301.
Colonel (US Army-retired) George G. Tillery slipped the surly bonds of Earth Tuesday, May 13, 2003, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, May 17 at the Chapel of Wings, Fort Rucker, Ala., with Chaplain Marvin Vickers officiating. Visitation will be 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Chapel of Wings, Fort Rucker. Full military honors will be observed at 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at Fort Myer Post Chapel with burial to follow in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Joyce Goldenberg Hospice Residence, 10075 Hillview Road, Pensacola, Fla. 32514.
Mrs. Gertie C. Watford of Dothan died Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at Flowers Hospital following an extended illness. She was 92. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Friday, May 16 at Berean Baptist Church with the Rev. Raymond Holt officiating. Burial will follow at Gardens of Memory Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 15. Flowers will be accepted.
Robert "Bob" W. Brion of Enterprise died Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at Southeast Alabama Medical Center, Dothan. He was 84. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Searcy Funeral Home of Enterprise, 334-347-2517.
Mrs. Nora K. Butler of Blackshear Street, Dothan, passed Monday, May 19, 2003, at her residence. She was 94. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Levite Funeral Home of Dothan, 334-794-5036.
Randall B. (Mutt) Cooper of Enterprise died Monday, May 19, 2003, at Medical Center Enterprise. He was 72. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, May 22 at Searcy Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain Talmadge Butler and the Rev. John Belcher officiating. Burial will follow at Lime Springs Methodist Cemetery.
Beulah Eugenia Earnest, a resident of Wesley Manor, died there Tuesday, May 20, 2003. She was 90. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, May 24 at Bethel Primitive Baptist Church in Bonifay, Fla., with the Rev. Ralph Sigler officiating. Burial will follow at Bethel Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from noon to service time Saturday at Bethel Primitive Baptist Church.
Mrs. Maggie L. Evans of Geneva, and formerly of Florala, died Tuesday, May 20, 2003 in Wiregrass Nursing Home after a long illness. She was 92. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Pittman Funeral Home with the Minister Larry Brady and the Rev. Michael Lawler officiating. Burial will follow in Green wood Cemetery in Florala with Pittman Funeral Home of Geneva directing.
Mrs. Ethel Beatrice Gilley of Dothan died Wednesday, May 21, 2003, at Bay Medical Center in Panama City, Fla., after an extended illness. She was 90. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, May 24 at Kent-Thornton-Meadows Funeral Home Chapel in Dothan. Burial will follow at Tabernacle Methodist Church Cemetery near Hartford. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Tabernacle Methodist Cemetery Fund, Attn. Edith Hicks, 1504 Buena Vista Drive, Dothan, Ala. 36303.
Clifford Lynn Knight of Andrews Avenue, Enterprise, died Saturday, May 17, 2003, at Southeast Alabama Medical Center. He was 61. Memorial services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, May 22 at Patterson-Sorrells Funeral Home Chapel with full military honors.
Judy Horsley Landrum of Clayhatchee died Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at her home in Clayhatchee. She was 46. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 23 at Searcy Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Robert Beasley, the Rev. Michael Turner and the Rev. James Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Shiloh Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Martha Jean Mathis Mitchell of Hundley Road, Slocomb, died Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at Southeast Alabama Medical Center from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was 57. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, May 23 at Westgate Church of Christ with Minister Bryan Dunaway officiating. Burial will follow at Christian Home Church of Christ Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Byrd Funeral Home. Mrs. Mitchell will be placed in the church one hour prior to service time on Friday. Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to Agape, Wiregrass Office, P.O. Box 311541, Enterprise, Ala. 36331.
