09/11/99
MOBILE COUNTY
Joshua B. Head
Joshua Brandon Head, an infant, died Wednesday at a local hospital.
Survivors include his parents, Jeremy and Marti Head; a brother, Jared Carbonneau; maternal grandparents, Doyle and Sheila Williams; paternal grandparents, Gilbert and Diane Head; and maternal great-grandparents, Wallace and Grace Lee, all of Mobile; and paternal great-grandmothers, Edna Doody of New Jersey and Josephine Head of Florida.
Graveside services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday in Mobile Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are by Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home.
Lelton Looney
Lelton "Dick" Looney, who retired from Brookley Air Force Base as a paint and cleaner foreman, died Thursday at his home in Eight Mile. He was 82.
Looney was a native of northern Alabama. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Lois Stevens Looney of Eight Mile; six children, Lelton Ray Looney of Alexandria, La., Wayne Looney and Judy Wallace, both of Eight Mile, Betty Henries of Bon Secour, Jean Pierce of Waynesboro, Miss., and Mary E. Fail of Semmes; two sisters, Lena Holifield and Annie Holifield, both of Laurel, Miss.; 21 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.
Services are set for 2 p.m. today at Valhalla Memorial Funeral Home in Semmes, with burial in Valhalla Memorial Gardens.
George L. Strauser
DAUPHIN ISLAND - George Lee Strauser, who formerly worked as a steel fabricator, died Thursday at the age of 58.
Strauser, a U.S. Air Force veteran, was a native of St. Louis and resident of Dauphin Island for the past 10 years.
Survivors include his mother, Bonnie M. Strauser of Frisco City, Ala.; two daughters, Leeann Marie Strauser of Kansas City, Mo., and Kim Strauser of Green Bay, Wis.; a stepson, Terry Wilkerson of St. Louis; three sisters, Shirley Westfall and Dodie Simms, both of Dauphin Island, and Patricia Johnson of Frisco City; and a brother, Buford Strauser of Wentzville, Mo.
Services are set for 1 p.m. today at St. Francis Episcopal Church on Dauphin Island, with visitation from 11 a.m. until services. Burial will be in Dauphin Island Cemetery. Arrangements are by Wolfe Funeral Home of Fairhope.
Peter Sykes
Peter "Pop" Sykes, who had worked as a laborer, died Sept. 4 at a local hospital.
Sykes, 59, was a lifelong Mobilian.
Survivors include four brothers, Clifton Sykes of Hillside, N.J., David Sykes of California, and Douglas Sykes and Phillip Burden, both of Mobile; seven sisters, Mary Henson of Newark, N.J., Tina Henson of Hillside, and Juanita Frazier, Madeline Kidd, Elouise Turner, Inez Lorraine Hill and Renae Hickbottom, all of Mobile.
Viewing will be from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at Christian Benevolent Funeral Home. Viewing will also be after 9 a.m. Monday at Revelation Missionary Baptist Church, with visitation from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. services. Burial will be in Whispering Pines Cemetery.
William S. Turner Jr.
CITRONELLE - William Samuel Turner Jr., a retired manager, died Thursday at a local hospital. He was 66.
Turner, a native of Neely, Miss., was a resident of Citronelle, where he was known as "Mr. Ben Franklin" because he managed the Ben Franklin Store.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War.
Turner was of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include his wife, Emogene Turner; and a son, Richard Turner, both of Citronelle; two daughters, Sheryl Cavanagh of Dallas and Donna Bordeaux of Grand Bay; a brother, Joe Turner of Hattiesburg, Miss.; three sisters, Irene Prince of Jonesboro, Ark., Jackie Aversa of Jersey City, N.J., and Ann Williams of Hattiesburg; 11 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday at Freeman Funeral Home in Citronelle, where services are set for 11 a.m. Monday. Burial will be in Pine Crest Cemetery in Citronelle.
James D. White Sr.
James D. "J.D." White Sr., a member of Mount Ararat Missionary Baptist Church, died Thursday at his home in Theodore. He was 64.
White, affectionately known as "Chief" to family and friends, was a native of Beaumont, Miss.
At church, he served as a trustee.
Survivors include his wife, Laura D. White of Theodore; seven children, Juan White, Felecia Abrams, Lucrese Davis, Charmaine Wilks, Faye White and James White, all of Theodore, and Sonja Pena of Savannah, Ga.; three brothers, Lewis White, Amos White and John White, all of Theodore; two sisters, Celestine Guy and Earnestine Jones of Mobile; 12 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Viewing will be from noon to 5 p.m. Monday at Christian Benevolent Funeral Home. Viewing will also be after 9 a.m. Tuesday at Mount Ararat Missionary Baptist Church on Washington Boulevard in Theodore, with visitation from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. services. Burial will be in Lawn Haven Cemetery.
BALDWIN COUNTY
Jim L. Adams
BROMLEY - Jim Lloyd Adams, who had served as a deacon at Bromley Baptist Church, died Friday at a local nursing facility. He was 82.
Adams, a native of Andalusia, Ala., was a longtime resident of Bromley.
Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Alice Rider Adams of Bromley; two daughters, Nadine A. May of Flower Mound, Texas, and Julia Louise Wright of Daphne; a sister, Nobie Henderson of Pensacola; nine grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at Wolfe Funeral Home in Daphne. Viewing will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Bromley Baptist Church, followed by services at 3 p.m. Burial will be in Bay Minette Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Bromley Baptist Church Building Fund or a favorite charity.
Donald L. Thomas
Donald Lee Thomas, a former Bay Minette police officer, died Thursday at a local hospital.
Thomas, 64, a native of Centerville, Ala., was a resident of Bay Minette, where he had served for 14 years with the police department.
He was also worked as a truck driver with Radcliff Marine.
Survivors include a son, Donald Ray Thomas of Bay Minette; two daughters, Rebecca Lister of Perdido, Ala., and Jeannie Lambeth of Bay Minette; and four grandchildren.
Services are set for 2 p.m. today at Norris Funeral Home, with burial in Crossroads Cemetery.
CHOCTAW COUNTY
Helen D. Knight
SILAS - Helen DuBose Knight, a former teacher with the Choctaw County Board of Education, died Thursday at a hospital in Meridian, Miss.
Mrs. Knight, 81, was a native and resident of Silas.
Survivors include a son, Jerry Knight of Melvin, Ala.; a daughter, Jane Ward of Ocean Springs, Miss.; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Services are set for 2 p.m. today at Bumpers Funeral Home in Pine Mill, Ala., with burial in Edgar Cemetery in Silas.
CONECUH COUNTY
Mary A. Salter
EVERGREEN - Mary Alice Salter, a resident of Evergreen, died Thursday at a hospital in Evergreen. She was 58.
Survivors include her husband, William Salter; her mother, Alice Salter ; a daughter, Deborah Ealum; and a son, Ricky Salter, all of Evergreen; four sisters, Sue Hawsey and Ethel Wiggins, both of Evergreen, Dorothy Salter of Biloxi, Miss., and Margie Urquhart of Monroeville, Ala.; and two grandchildren.
Services are set for 2 p.m. today at Cope Funeral Home in Evergreen, with burial in Lone Star Cemetery.
ESCAMBIA COUNTY
Maurine Rutherford
ATMORE - Maurine J. Rutherford, a homemaker and Atmore resident, died Thursday in Atmore.
Mrs. Rutherford, 98, was an Alabama native.
Survivors include three daughters, Elizabeth Hurt of Montgomery, Maurine Nelson of Birmingham and Sarah Hall of Canoe, Ala.; a sister, Sarah J. Harvey of College Park, Md.; five grandchildren; and a number of great-grandchildren.
Graveside services are set for 3 p.m. today in River Ridge Cemetery in Franklin, Ala. Arrangements are by Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home of Atmore.
OTHER
Hettie Boswell
DUBLIN, Va. - Hettie Ann Mabel Boswell, who had worked as a nurse for many years at several hospitals in the Mobile area and as a private-duty nurse, died Wednesday.
Mrs. Boswell, 88, a native of Millry, Ala., was a resident of Dublin.
Survivors include a daughter, Ann Bolt of Dublin; a son, William Boswell of Huntsville; a sister, Clara M. Donelly of Mobile; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Services are set for 11 a.m. today at Barnwell Baptist Church in Barnwell, Ala., with burial in Pine Rest Memorial Park in Foley. Pine Rest Funeral Home of Foley is handling arrangements.
Memorials may be made to the Barnwell Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 918, Point Clear, AL 36564.
Charles M. Grimes
SEASIDE, Calif. - Charles Marion Grimes, 79, a native of Mobile who played on Spring Hill College's 1939 football team, died of congestive heart failure Monday.
Grimes graduated from Murphy High School in 1937 and attended Spring Hill and the University of Detroit before enlisting in the Army, from which he retired after about 30 years of service.
He served in Germany during World War II and in Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
Survivors include his wife Chris Grimes of Seaside; two sons, Charles and Mark Grimes; and numerous cousins.
Funeral services are scheduled for Tuesday in Seaside.
