10/01/99
MOBILE COUNTY
Mildred Stanley
Mildred Sheryl "Missy" O'Connor Stanley, a lifelong Mobilian, died at a local hospital Wednesday from injuries sustained in a traffic accident. She was 50.
Survivors include her brother, Ronnie O'Connor of Mobile; two sons, Daniel Stanley of Malcolm, Ala., and Thomas Stanley of Mobile; and two grandchildren.
Visitation will be at noon today, with services at 2 p.m., at Serenity Funeral Home. Burial will be in Serenity Memorial Gardens.
Claudia M. Tunstall
Claudia Mae Tunstall, a Mobile native and Prichard resident, died Tuesday at a local hospital. She was 46.
Survivors include two daughters, Carolyn Tunstall and Debra Tunstall; a son, Frederick Tunstall; six sisters, Mary Thomas, Annie Marie McCovery, Ethel Rivers, Velma Davis, Thelma Anderson and Patricia Williams; two brothers, Duke Tunstall and Robert Lewis Tunstall; and 18 grandchildren.
Visitation will be at 9 a.m. Saturday, with services at 11 a.m., at Reese Funeral Home. Burial will be in Plateau Cemetery.
Thomas E. Hicks
Thomas Edward Hicks, an International Paper Co. retiree, died Wednesday in a local hospital. He was 88.
A lifelong Mobile resident, Hicks had worked as a purchasing agent for the paper company before retiring after 38 years.
He was a lifetime parishioner at St. Pius X Catholic Church. Hicks had spent over 32 years as a volunteer with the Mobile Association for Retarded Citizens. He was a World War II veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Emma Lucille Hicks; a son, Patrick E. Hicks; and a sister, Alyce H. Perez, all of Mobile; and two grandsons.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Radney Funeral Home on Dauphin Street, with the rosary recited at 5 p.m. Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Pius X Catholic Church, with burial in Catholic Cemetery.
Ruby J. Steadham
Ruby J. Steadham, a registered nurse who retired from Mobile Infirmary, died Monday at her home.
Mrs. Steadham had been a resident of Mobile since 1934.
Survivors include a son, Charles E. Steadham of Mobile; a sister, Grace M. Doddridge of Yuma, Ariz.; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
There will be a procession today beginning at 1:30 p.m. from Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, with graveside services at 2 p.m. in Mobile Memorial Gardens.
Memorials may be made to Palmer's Orphanage in Columbus, Miss.
Virginia L. Osterholtz
Virginia L. Osterholtz, who lived in Mobile for 43 years, died Tuesday at a local medical facility after a brief illness. She was 83.
Mrs. Osterholtz was a native of Atlanta.
Survivors include two daughters, June C. Dollar of Atlanta and Linda O. Humphrey of Mobile; two sisters, Nelle Hornsby of Atlanta and Jimmie Young of Jacksonville; four grandsons; and four great-grandsons.
Private services are planned. Radney-Belmany Funeral Home on Grelot Road is handling arrangements.
Memorials may be made to Mercy Medical of Wilmer Hall.
Darryl W. Ely
Darryl Wayne Ely, an Army veteran, died Wednesday in Mobile at the age of 42.
Ely, a lifelong Mobile resident, had been a mail carrier with the U.S. Postal Service.
Survivors include his mother, Eva Bell Matthews; a daughter, Denise Buford; a brother, Roberto T. Singleton; a sister, Rose Mary Matthews; his grandmother, Theressa Matthews; and two grandchildren.
Viewing will be from noon to 5 p.m. today at Christian Benevolent Funeral Home. Viewing also will be after 10 a.m. Saturday at the Church of God Pentecostal, 818 Telegraph Road in Prichard, with visitation at 11 a.m. and services at noon. Private burial will take place in Barrancas National Cemetery in Pensacola.
MONROE COUNTY
Lillian I. Booker
GOODWAY, Ala. — Lillian Inez Booker, who had operated a store in the Goodway community, died Wednesday at the age of 78.
Mrs. Booker was a lifelong Goodway resident.
Survivors include a son, Danny Booker of Goodway; and three grandchildren.
Services are set for 11 a.m. today at Johnson Funeral Home in Monroeville, with burial in Sowell Old Field Cemetery in Goodway.
MARENGO COUNTY
Marvin J. Hall
LINDEN, Ala. — Marvin Jackson Hall, who had worked as a paper maker with Gulf States Paper Co., died Wednesday at a hospital in Birmingham. He was 60.
Hall, a native of Marengo County, was a resident of Linden and a member of Linden Baptist Church. He was an Army veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Josephine Hall; and his father, James William Hall, both of Linden; two sons, Scott Graham Hall of Woodstock, Ga., and James Hunter Hall of Birmingham; a daughter, Melissa Carol Perrell of Arab, Ala.; and three grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. today at O'Bryant Chapel Funeral Home in Linden. Services are set for 11 a.m. Saturday at Linden Baptist Church, with burial in Linden Memorial Park.
10/02/99
MOBILE COUNTY
Virginia L. Osterholtz
Virginia L. Osterholtz, who lived in Mobile for 43 years, died Tuesday at a local medical facility after a brief illness. She was 83.
Mrs. Osterholtz was a native of Atlanta.
Survivors include two daughters, June C. Dollar of Atlanta and Linda O. Humphrey of Mobile; two sisters, Nelle Hornsby of Atlanta and Jimmie Young of Jacksonville; four grandsons; and four great-grandsons.
Private services are planned. Radney-Belmany Funeral Home on Grelot Road is handling arrangements.
Memorials may be made to Mercy Medical or Wilmer Hall.
CLARKE COUNTY
Fannie Sue Andrews
JACKSON — Fannie Sue Andrews, a homemaker, died Thursday at a Jackson health care facility. She was 88.
Ms. Andrews was a member of First Baptist Church of Fulton.
She is survived by a son, Bobby Andrews of Deatsville; and three daughters, Faye Harvell of Thomasville, Alma Green of Orange Beach and Mary Sue Pritchett of Selma.
Services will be at 4 p.m. today at O'Bryant Chapel Funeral Home, with visitation one hour before. Burial will be in Bassetts Creek Baptist Cemetery in Grove Hill.
OTHER
Sarah Lyles
MONTGOMERY — Sarah �Lyles, a former resident of Bashi in Clarke County, died Thursday at a hospital in Montgomery. She was 90.
Mrs. Lyles, a native of Campbell, Ala., was a resident of Montgomery. She was a former seamstress in the garment manufacturing business and had been active in various civic organizations.
Survivors include two sons, Tom B. Lyles of Bashi and Charles H. Lyles of Marietta, Ga.; a daughter, Frances L. Harper of Montgomery; 13 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at O'Bryant Chapel Funeral Home in Thomasville, Ala. Services are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Bashi United Methodist Church, with burial in the church cemetery in Bashi.
Margaret E. Manning
MONTGOMERY — Margaret Earnestine Manning, who lived in Atmore for nearly 70 years, died Thursday. She was 89.
Mrs. Manning, an Alabama native, was a resident of Montgomery. She was a retired sales clerk with Bedsoles.
Survivors include a son, Earl E. Manning of Roanoke, Ala.; two daughters, Bell Batechelor of El Paso, Texas, and Betty Brock of Montgomery; two brothers, Doug Turnipseed of Aliceville, Ala., and J.D. Turnipseed of Bowling Green, Ky.; a sister, Francis Carroll of Hurtsboro, Ala.; 13 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.
Graveside services are set for 10 a.m. today in Oak Hill Cemetery. Arrangements are by Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home of Atmore.
