Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967 - 1814-1935
Chaney P. Washington
COTTONDALE - Chaney P. Washington, of 3650 McGee Road, died January 27, 2002, in Perry, Ga. Services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church with pastor Gregory Bentley officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Oak Memorial Park with Van Hoose and Steele Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be 10:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. today at the funeral home. The body will lie in state one hour prior to service.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Solomon W. Washington, Jr.
Survivors include a loving and devoted son, Solomon W. Washington, III (Pam); grandchildren, Melanie M. Washington and Solomon W. Washington IV.
Mildred Jeannette Tate
DEMOPOLIS - Mildred Jeannette Tate, age 80, of 105 Windsor Street, died January 31, 2002, at Bryan Whitfield Memorial Hospital in Demopolis. Graveside services will be held Saturday, February 2, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. in Riverside Cemetery. Dr. Art Luckie officiating. . Kidd-Robbins Funeral Directors directing. Visitation is Saturday, February 2, 2002, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Mr. & Mrs. H. A. Tate.
Survivors include one niece, Sarah Ann Pepper, Helen, Ala.; two nephews, Raymond Yarbrough, Adamsville, Ala.; David Yarbrough, Demopolis, Ala.
Send flowers or donations to First United Methodist Church, 200 West Decatur Street, Demopolis, AL.
Petrina Denell Nixon
GREENSBORO - Petrina Denell Nixon, age 21, of 376 Finch Drive, died January 25, 2002, at Hale County Hospital. Services will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, St. Mary’s AME Church with Rev. James Berks officiating. Burial will follow in Martin Cemetery with Washington-Paige-Rollins' Mortuary of Green sboro directing. The body will lie in state one hour prior to service.
Petty Freeman Jones
VERNON - Petty Freeman Jones, age 48, passed away Sunday, January 27, 2002 at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, February 2, 2002 at 11:00 a.m. at Otts Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Bethel Church of Christ Cemetery. Bro. Tony Lawrence officiating. Visitation will be tonight at 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Virginia Kate Rayfield Duncan
TUSCALOOSA - Virginia Kate Rayfield Duncan, age 61, of 8076 Laurel Oaks Lane, died January 31, 2002, at DCH Regional Medical Center. Services will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South with Rev. Billy Gray officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Hill Gardens with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. Visitation is tonight from 7-9 at the funeral home.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Mary Ball Rayfield and father, Dolph Rayfield.
Survivors include daughters, Katie Tillman (Danny) of Tuscaloosa and Mary Jo Cummings (Scott) of Tuscaloosa; grandchildren, Sarah Kate Tillman, Samantha Grace Cummings and Joseph Austin Cummings.
Pallbearers will be O. P. Royster, Lucious Rayfield, Wayne Crawford, Bo Ball, Anthony Ball, Ron Springer, Perry Turner and Robey Butler.
Honorary pallbearers are James Florence, Dr. Larry Skelton, friends of Little Sandy Baptist Church, Tuscaloosa City Night High School Employees and Best Western Park Plaza employees.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to the American Red Cross or the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
William R. Chandler
TUSCALOOSA - William R. Chandler, age 53. died January 28, 2002, in DCH Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 2, 2002, at 1:00 p.m. from Elizabeth Baptist Church. Rev. Vernon Swift will officiate. Burial will follow in Cedar Oak Memorial Park with Rollins’ Mortuary directing. The family will receive friends in Rollins’ Mortuary Chapel tonight (Friday, February 1, 2002) from 6-7 p.m. The body will lie in state at the church one hour prior to funeral time.
Tom Akins
COKER - Tom Akins, age 87, died January 29, 2002 at DCH Regional Medical Center. Services will be held Friday at 11:00 a.m. from Sunset Chapel. Rev. Dan Williams is officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park. Visitation is tonight from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Sunset Funeral Home is directing.
Survivors include his spouse, Dovie Traweek Akins, Coker; daughter, Sharon Gilliland (Phillip), Coker; son, David Montgomery (Martha), Brighton, Tenn.; grandchildren, Miranda Gilliland, Coker; Michael Montgomery, Matthew Montgomery, Amy Gustafson & Kim Gustafson, Brighton, Tenn.
Tom was a World War II Veteran and survivor of Pearl Harbor. He was a member of the Harvest Baptist Church. Tom was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. He will be greatly missed by all the knew him.
Pallbearers will be Michael Montgomery, Matthew Montgomery, Mike Ray, Joe Rice, Luther Jacobs, Kyle Williams, Frederick Gilliland, and Dale Traweek.
Honorary pallbearers are Lydia Stefanescu, M.D. and staff, Mohan Krishnamoorthy, M.D., members of Lord of the Harvest Baptist Church, Anne Williams, Bobbie & Frederick Gilliland, Blanche Rice, Luther and Dean Jacobs, Jimmie and Hurbert Morris, Mack & Jean Shultz, Nancy & Steve Dunaway, and friends and neighbors of the Coker Community.
Rhoda Alice Hargrove
NORTHPORT - Rhoda Alice Hargrove, age 94, died January 29, 2002 at her residence. Services will be held today at 10:30 a.m. from Magnolia Chapel of Northport. Wendell Winkler, Dan Winkler, Mike Winkler and Dr. Tim Winkler will officiate. Burial will follow in Green lawn Cemetery. Clayton –Thompson Funeral Home of Port Arthur, Texas is directing. Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home of Northport is handling local arrangements.
Survivors include her husband, Felton T. Hargrove, Northport; daughter, Betty S. Winkler, Northport; five grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and six great great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Craig Kanaday, Scott Smith, Daniel Winkler, Matthew Winkler, Jacob Winkler, Zack Winkler and Asa Winkler.
Honorary pallbearers are members of Northport Church of Christ, Dr. John Summerford, and Dr. Donald Scott.
Janie Maude Nettles Lavender
MOUNDVILLE - Janie Maude Nettles Lavender, age 75, of 16082 Old Green sboro Road, died January 29, 2002 at her residence. Services will be held Friday at 2:00 p.m. from Moundville United Methodist Church. Rev. T. Grant Parker, Sr., will officiate. Burial will follow in Havana United Methodist Cemetery. Visitation is tonight from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. The body will lie in state one prior to funeral service. Oakhill Funeral Home of Moundville is directing.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Samuel Cornelious Nettles Sr. and Janie Maude Rikard Nettles, three brothers, Samuel Cornelious Nettles Jr., William Henry Nettles, Dr. James Dennis Nettles.
Survivors include her spouse, John D. Lavender of 51 year, three sons, Thomas Nettles Lavender (Jane), Salem, Ala.; Samuel Dennis Lavender (Dawn), Moundville, Ala.; James Franklin Lavender (Debbie), Moundville, Ala.; sisters, Lou Ellen Nettles Griffin, Arlington, Ala.; Mildred Nettles Cook, Pine Hill, Ala.; two granddaughters, two grandsons, three sister-in-laws, Frances Moss Nettles, Monroeville, Ala.; Rosemary Semon Nettles, Arlington, Ala.; Alda Mae Lavender, Moundville; one brother-in-law, Frank M. Windham, Destin, Fla.
Jane Lavender was born on December 1, 1926 in Arlington, Alabama, Wilcox County. She was a graduate of Pine Hill High School, Pine Hill, AL, the University of Alabama, Lloyd Noland Hospital School of Medical Technology.
She was an active member of Moundville United Methodist Church, Asulikit Club, Chief Tuskaloosa Chapter of NDDAR, R. E. Rodes Chapter #64 of U. D. C. and Tuscaloosa County Farmers Federation Women’s Committee.
She was a loving and devoted wife, mother and friend. We loved her deeply and she will be missed.
Pallbearers will be Abe Crum Cook, William Melzar Nettles, William Phillip Griffin, John Cornelious Nettles, Thomas Frank Windham, and Jeffrey Paul Windham.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to Moundville United Methodist Church Life Center or Hospice of West Alabama.
Annette Calhoun Leach
HOLTON, Kan. - Annette Calhoun Leach, age 66, of 6950 K16 Hwy, formerly of Hale Co., Alabama, died January 19, 2002 at Holton Community Hospital. Services were held January 22, 2002 at 1:30 p.m. from Mercer Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Kyle Scheideman officiated. Burial followed in Olive Hill Cemetery. Mercer Funeral Home directed.
She is preceded in death by her parents, L. M. and Viola Calhoun.
Survivors include her spouse, Arley Leach, daughters, Pam Van Tyle (Steve), LaCygne, Kan.; Shirley McDowell, Topeka, Kan.; sons, Patrick O. Heptinstall (Beth), Harrisburg, Ill.; Thomas Leach (Valerie), Tonganoxie, Kan.; brothers, Julius Harold Calhoun (Shelby), Newbern, Ala.; Norman F. Calhoun (Florence), Marion, Ala.; six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Chris D. Van Tyle, Patrick J. Heptinstall, Harold McGranahan, Bill Sanders, Mike Gilliland and Jim Simpson.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to Holton Community Hospital Bldg. Fund c/o of the funeral home, 1101 W 4th St., Holton, Kansas 66436
Rev. Billy F. Mealer
FAYETTE - Rev. Billy F. Mealer, age 55, of 639 1st Ave. NW died January 29, 2002 at DCH Regional Medical Center. Services will be held Friday at 2:00 p.m. from Souls Harbor Church. Burial will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery. Visitation is tonight from 6-9 p.m. at the funeral home. Nelson Funeral Home of Fayette is directing.
Willie David Colvin
ALICEVILLE - Willie David Colvin, age 56, died January 26, 2002, at DCH Regional Medical Center. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Solid Rock Primitive Baptist Church. Burial will follow in New Cemetery with Lavender Funeral Service directing. Visitation will be 12 noon until 8 p.m. today. The body will lie in state one hour prior to service.
Eloise J. Tarwater
TUSCALOOSA - Eloise J. Tarwater, widow of Dr. James Sidney Tarwater, Alabama's first mental health commissioner, died on Jan. 30, 2001, at LaRocca Nursing Home. The funeral will be on Friday at 10 a.m., at First United Methodist Church, with Rev. Duncan Hunter, Dr. Mack Chapman, and Rev. Kennard C. Smith officiating. The burial service will follow at Tuscaloosa Memorial Park. The family will receive friends tonight from 5-7 at the Bryce House on Bryce Hospital Lawn.
Born Stephen Eloise Jenkins on April 22, 1905, in Atlanta, Mrs. Tarwater was the daughter of Stephen Thomas Jenkins and Mollie Allgood Jenkins of Oneonta.
She is survived by her son, Dr. Thomas Sidney Tarwater, and his wife, Barbara, of Northport.
She was valedictorian of her senior class at Blount County High School, attended Athens College for three years, then graduated from The University of Alabama in 1925, with a B.A. in French. While at the University, she was sponsor for an ROTC company, was a member of Chi Omega, the social sorority; and Kappa Delta Pi, education honorary. She later attended the University as a graduate student prior to accepting a teaching job at Gurley.
On July 28, 1926, she married Dr. Tarwater, who, at that time, was a psychiatrist at Bryce Hospital. Sharing his interest in mental health, she began to volunteer her time to enhance the quality of life for patients at the hospital. From the time Dr. Tarwater was superintendent of the Alabama State Hospitals in 1950, until his retirement as state mental health commissioner in 1970, she was a leading figure in the everyday life of Bryce.
Widely known for her charm and wit as a gracious hostess, and her ability to make others feel at ease in her presence, she made her mark on countless church, civic, and social activities in this area. A member of First United Methodist Church, she had been a member of the administrative board, Circle #4 of the United Methodist Women, and held other official duties. She designed Chitwood Hall at the church, spearheaded church parsonage improvement, and, for decades, was a cook and cook supervisor of major renown during the church's annual Thanksgiving luncheons.
Engaged in local garden club endeavors, she was distinguished also for her abilities in flower arranging. For more than half a century, her arrangements captured attention at the UA President's Mansion, private clubs, weddings, mental health functions, and at numerous other social events.
Her community service further included work in the old Community Chest in its first years of life, and the old Infantile Paralysis Association, Cub Scout instruction, PTA, Quest Club, Amelia Gayle Gorgas Chapter, UDC; Women's Auxiliary of the Tuscaloosa County Medical Society, DAR, and other groups.
In 1967, for the first time in its 111-year history, the Alabama Mu Chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at the UA awarded a woman, Mrs. Tarwater, its "Man of the Year" Award. At that time, she was president of the Minerva Club, for mothers of SAE members, and under her leadership the fraternity house had undergone extensive redecoration.
In 1991, she was honorary chairman of the Decorator Showhouse at the former superintendent's residence at Bryce – the first such enterprise of the Mental Health Association in Tuscaloosa County.
In 1995, she was honored by the Nu Beta Chapter of Chi Omega for 60 years of service, with a scholarship to the University named in her honor.
Pallbearers will be A. K. Callahan, Jr., Nicholas Latimer, Tom Latimer, Robby Keefer, John Keefer, and John Crutcher.
Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Omer Baker, Ernest Williams, Danny Rountree, Dr. T. H. Patton, Dr. Philip LaMoreaux, A. K. Callahan, Dr. Gordon King, David McGiffert, Dr. Bill Shamblin, Robert Harris, Bill Barton, Dr. Sam Darden, and Evelyn Hardy and her employees at LaRocca Nursing Home.
The family suggests that any memorials be given to the First United Methodist Church or to the Mental Health Association in Tuscaloosa County.
