OBITUARIES

Lena Wilson

Lena Wilson

Jul 26, 2022

Lena Allday Wilson, 94, of Leroy, passed away Tuesday, July 26, 2022, at Washington County Nursing Home. She was born in Sunflower on Tuesday, October 9, 1927. Prior to retirement, she had been employed at Vanity Fair. A member of First Baptist Church, she had served as the WMU Director and was very involved in all aspects of church activities....

Richard Gates

Richard Gates

Jul 25, 2022

Richard Lamar Gates, 62, of Fulton, passed away Monday, July 25, 2022, at Covenant Care Hospice at Sacred Heart in Pensacola. He was born in Pine Hill on Monday, November 23, 1959, and had been a truck driver, carpenter and professional guitarist. He loved spending time with his grandchildren and his beloved dogs. He was an avid fan of The...

Jimmy Beech

Jimmy Beech

Jul 23, 2022

Jimmy Don Beech, 84, of Chatom, passed away Saturday, July 23, 2022, at Washington County Hospital. He was born in Yarbo on Wednesday, July 28, 1937, to Wister Cain Beech and Lomie Mosley Beech. He retired as the plant manager at Conoco Phillips in Chatom and was a member of Chatom Baptist Church where he had served as Sunday School...

Robert Key

Robert Key

Jul 21, 2022

Robert Dale Key, 65, of Jackson, passed away Thursday, July 21, 2022, at his residence. He was born in Camden, AR, on August 15, 1956, to James Duard Key and Sarah Elizabeth Carter Key, both of whom preceded him in death. Prior to retirement, he had been employed as a millwright with Boise (now PCA) Paper in Jackson and had...

Dennis Courington

Dennis Courington

Jul 16, 2022

Dennis G. Courington, 67, of Coffeeville, passed away Saturday, July 16, 2022, at Choctaw Health and Rehab in Butler. He was born in Bessemer on Thursday, July 29, 1954. He was stricken with GBS (Gullian Barre Syndrome) at the age of 16. It was with great determination and by the grace of God that he overcame the disease. Although it...

Rebecca Johnson

Rebecca Johnson

Jul 14, 2022

Rebecca Leigh Johnson, 70, of Millry, passed away Thursday, July 14, 2022, at her residence. She was born in Washington County on Tuesday, November 6, 1951. She retired after 35 years of service to Washington County Hospital as the medical records supervisor and a licensed practical nurse. She enjoyed reading, beautiful flowers and sitting on the porch watching hummingbirds. She...

Michael Knapp

Michael Knapp

Jul 14, 2022

Michael Ray Knapp, 64, passed away on July 14, 2022. Born on December 11, 1957, in Chatom, Alabama to parents Clarence Gilbert and Willie Grey Newburn Knapp. Michael moved to Semmes, Alabama in 1960 where he attended school. He graduated from Mary G. Montgomery in 1976. He worked at Semmes garage while going to high school. He married Karen Hall...

Ruby Anderson

Ruby Anderson

Jul 13, 2022

Ruby Lee Lundy Anderson, 82, of Hobson, passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2022, at her residence. She was born in Seaboard on Sunday, October 15, 1939. She had held several jobs while her husband was in the Navy, but she retired at Washington County Hospital as a nurse's aide. A long-time member of Hobson Assembly of God Church, she had...

William Hardy

William Hardy

Jul 13, 2022

William Winfred Hardy, 56, of Clarke County, Alabama, was born on October 4th 1965 to parents LB. Winfred Hardy and Kathryn Pauletta Hardy in Mio, Michigan. He was called home to heaven on July 13th, 2022. William was a proud resident of Clarke County for 24 years where he shared his life with his wife of 15 years, Dawn Hardy,...

Bonnie Loper

Bonnie Loper

Jul 10, 2022

Bonnie Loper, 80, of Chatom, passed away, Sunday, July 10, 2022, at her residence. She was born in Millry on Sunday, November 16, 1941. A faithful member of Spring Hill Baptist Church in Millry, she was a longtime member of the choir. She had been employed in a number of roles at various Chatom businesses, including LPN and insurance manager...

Cynthia Boykin

Cynthia Boykin

Jul 5, 2022

Cynthia Ann "Cindy" Boykin, 74, of Northport, passed away on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at Heritage Health Care and Rehab in Tuscaloosa. She was born on Saturday, July 12, 1947, in Birmingham to William Andrew Millsap, Jr. and Margaret Israel Millsap, both of whom preceded her in death. She had been a longtime educator with the Clarke County Board of...

Evelyn Tucker

Evelyn Tucker

Jul 5, 2022

Evelyn Howard Tucker, 90, of Saraland, passed away Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at Mobile Infirmary. She was born in Tibbie on Monday, July 20, 1931. A lifelong homemaker, she enjoyed sewing, crochet, knitting, cooking and dancing. She had a "green thumb" and raised beautiful flowers and loved to watch the butterflies in her flower garden. She was preceded in death...

Jon Lane

Jon Lane

Jul 3, 2022

Jon Albert "Albo" Lane, 69, of Frankville, passed away Sunday, July 3, 2022, at Jackson Medical Center. He was born on Friday, November 14, 1952, in McIntosh. He had been employed as a foundryman with Rolls Royce Marine Division and was a member of McIntosh Baptist Church. He enjoyed playing and watching golf and darts and playing guitar. He was...

Carlyon Carpenter

Carlyon Carpenter

Jun 29, 2022

Carlyon Sue Parnell Carpenter, 75, of Chatom, passed away Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at her residence. She was born in Leakesville, MS on Monday, October 14, 1946. She had been employed as safety inspector at Brown & Root and was a member of Millry Baptist Church. She enjoyed sewing, painting pictures, floral design at the Chatom Florist and also raised...

Margaret Harris

Margaret Harris

Jun 29, 2022

Margaret Ann Buskirk Harris, 91, of Jackson, passed away at Living Center of Pensacola on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. She was born in Ohio on Tuesday, March 21, 1931. Prior to retirement, she had been employed as a registered nurse at the Arrington Nursing Home (now Jackson Healthcare Facility) for approximately twenty years. She enjoyed interior decorating, sewing and raising...

Brian Crouch

Brian Crouch

Jun 28, 2022

Brian Edward Crouch, 32, of Chatom, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at a family residence. He was born in Mobile on Monday, April 16, 1990, to Kenneth William Crouch and Rita Ann Massey Crouch. He was an active member of the Chatom Masonic Lodge #740 and attended church at Spring Hill Baptist Church. He was also a member of...

Bentley Clark

Bentley Clark

Jun 26, 2022

Bentley Rayn Clark, seventeen months, passed away Sunday, June 26, 2022, at the family residence in Coffeeville. He was born November 30, 2020, in Grove Hill, AL. He was described by his family as a happy, bubbly baby who was a "night owl." He had a sweet disposition and was calm and relaxed most of the time. He is...

Barbara Whitehead

Barbara Whitehead

Jun 24, 2022

Barbara M. Whitehead, 72, of Jackson, passed away Friday, June 24, 2022, at Ascension Providence Hospital in Mobile. She was born in Pewee Valley, KY to Robert Walker Maddox, Jr. and Mary Francis Burnett Maddox, both of whom preceded her in death. A longtime member of the First United Methodist Church of Jackson and the Wesley Bible Class, she enjoyed...

Lois Oates

Lois Oates

Jun 22, 2022

Lois Carpenter Oates, 84, of Millry, passed away Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at her residence surrounded by family. She was born on Thursday, July 1, 1937, in Washington County. A member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Millry, she had been employed at Vanity Fair Mills as a seamstress prior to retirement. She enjoyed sewing, quilting, gardening, cutting grass and...

Albert Dykeman

Albert Dykeman

Jun 22, 2022

The Rev. Albert George Dykeman, 90, of Jackson died June 22, 2022. He was born the youngest of four boys on Feb. 14, 1932, to the late George Raymond and Flossie (Ellis) Dykeman in Poughkeepsie, NY. While serving as a radar instructor at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss., during the Korean War, he chose to leave the...