OBITUARIES

Elsie Patrick

Elsie Patrick

Jan 9, 2022

Elsie C. Patrick, 88, of Leroy, passed away Sunday, January 9, 2022 at her residence. She was born in Gilbertown on Wednesday, January 11, 1933. She had been employed as a bookkeeper for 45 years at Vanity Fair. She was a faithful member of the First Baptist Church of Leroy where she served for 62 years as the church treasurer....

James Murphy

James Murphy

Jan 9, 2022

James Alton Murphy, 75, of Grove Hill, passed away Sunday, January 9, 2022 at Jackson Hospital in Montgomery. He was born on Thursday, October 24, 1946 in Grove Hill. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a very active member of the Masonic Lodge in Grove Hill and Coffeeville. He had been employed as a paper maker at...

Arnold Trogdon

Arnold Trogdon

Jan 8, 2022

Arnold R. Trogdon, 78, of Grove Hill, passed away Saturday, January 8, 2022 at Mobile Infirmary. He was born in North Carolina on December 28, 1943. Prior to retirement, he had been employed in the ENI Department at Boise Cascade (PCA). He was an avid reader, especially novels in the western genre by Louis Lamour. He also enjoyed "tinkering and...

Marion Savage

Marion Savage

Jan 6, 2022

Marion Lawrence Savage, 86, of Jackson, passed away Thursday, January 6, 2022 at the William F. Green Veteran's Home in Bay Minette. He was born in Jackson on Sunday, August 11, 1935. He served his country in the U.S. Marines, the U.S. Air Force and the National Guard. He had been employed at Boise Cascade (now PCA) prior to retirement...

Terry Turnbow

Terry Turnbow

Jan 3, 2022

Terry M. Turnbow, 61, of Grove Hill passed away Monday, January 3, 2022 at Mobile Infirmary Medical Center. He was born in Illinois on September 9, 1960. He was a dedicated employee in the sales and parts departments of Gulf Coast Truck and Equipment Company. An avid outdoorsman, he loved hunting, riding motorcycles and yard work. He was preceded in...

Richard Lambard

Richard Lambard

Dec 30, 2021

Richard E. Lambard, Jr., 79, of Gainestown, passed away Thursday, December 30, 2021 at a family residence in Mobile. He was born in Butler on Tuesday, January 13, 1942 to Richard E. Lambard, Sr. and Barbara Jo White Lambard. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he retired with the rank of Lieutenant Commander having served 25 years, primarily aboard Polaris...

Harold Platt

Harold Platt

Dec 30, 2021

Harold Thompson "Pete" Platt, 87, of Escatawpa, passed away Thursday, December 30, 2021 at Washington County Nursing Home in Chatom. He was born in Escatawpa on November 19, 1934 to H.M. Platt and Virgie Causey Platt. A member of Four Points Baptist Church, he had retired from Alabama Dry Docks and Shipbuilding Company in Mobile. Prior to that, he was...

Lillian Older

Lillian Older

Dec 30, 2021

Lillian Juanita Williams Older exchanged her earthly angel wings for her Heavenly angel wings on Thursday, December 30, 2021. She was born on Wednesday, December 19, 1923 to Herbert Williams and Willie Mae Reynolds Williams. She was raised in Fruitdale, Alabama and after marrying Carl Edward Older, they raised their family in Grand Bay, Alabama. Lillian was a caring wife,...

Herman Boutwell

Herman Boutwell

Dec 29, 2021

Herman Walter Boutwell, 93, of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at Jackson Health Care Facility surrounded by family. He was born in Laurel, MS on Sunday, January 29, 1928 to Walter Boutwell and Maggie Arnold Boutwell. A member of the First Baptist Church of Jackson, he was a retired pipe fitter and welder with Ciba Geigy (now...

William Wynn

William Wynn

Dec 22, 2021

William P. "Billy" Wynn, 79, died December 22, 2021 at his home in Frankville. Billy attended Millry Church of God House of Prayer. He loved searching for a good deal wherever one may be found and spending time with his family, even if it was just stopping by for a moment on the way down the road. Billy is survived...

Linda Harrell

Linda Harrell

Dec 20, 2021

Linda Wilson Harrell, 77, of Grove Hill, passed away Monday, December 20, 2021 at George Regional Hospital in Lucedale, MS. She was born in Alabama on September 22, 1944 to Thomas Harris Wilson and Mary Ellen Faile Wilson. A longtime hairdresser in Grove Hill, she was also a devoted member of Grove Hill United Methodist Church where she sang in...

Rosemarie Boyles

Rosemarie Boyles

Dec 20, 2021

Rosemary Weldert Boyles, 90, formerly of Leroy and Semmes, passed away Monday, December 20, 2021 at her son's residence in Clanton. She was born in Germany on April 12, 1931. She had been raised in the Catholic Church, but she became active in Baptist churches in recent years. She had been employed with Kmart and enjoyed crochet and travel. She...

Maudie Goldman

Maudie Goldman

Dec 16, 2021

Maudie Lee Loper Goldman entered her eternal home on December 16, 2021, at 93 years old. She was born on the 24th of February, 1928, in Yarbo, Alabama to parents Henry and Pearlie Scott Harvison. She remained a resident of Yarbo for all of her life and was a faithful member of Reynolds Holiness Church. A devoted wife and family...

Harriet Elliott

Harriet Elliott

Dec 14, 2021

Harriet Elizabeth Priest Elliott, age 82, departed from this world on December 14, 2021 in Hillsborough, North Carolina, following a brief illness. She was welcomed with open arms into the Kingdom of Heaven by her husband, Frank Rea Elliott; her mother, Marjorie Fendley Priest; her father, Leroy Richard Priest; her sister and brother-in-law, Frances Priest McVay and Dr. Leon Victor...

Barney Turner

Barney Turner

Dec 11, 2021

Barney L. Turner, 80, of Chatom, passed away Saturday, December 11, 2021 at his residence. He was born in Chatom on Tuesday, March 4, 1941. A member of Springbank Baptist Church in Chatom, he had been active in several area churches where he had served as the music director. He was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed turkey and deer hunting...

Jannie Baugh

Jannie Baugh

Dec 7, 2021

Jannie L. Baugh, 87, of Grove Hill, passed away December 7, 2021. Mrs. Baugh was born on August 24, 1934, in Vineland, Alabama to parents Robert Durad and Amanda Elrod Casteel. Jannie loved her family and was a wonderful mother who cared for her family. She loved to garden earlier in her years, her word search books, but as the...

Donald Mccants

Donald Mccants

Dec 7, 2021

Donald Longmire McCants, Jr., 89, of Chatom, passed away Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at his home surrounded by family. He was born in Franklin on April 18, 1932. A member of True Vine Baptist Church in Chatom, he was also a member of the Harley Davidson Club in Mobile. He loved his job as a trucker driver, riding motorcycles and...

Karen Jordan

Karen Jordan

Dec 4, 2021

Karen R. Jordan, 77, of Coffeeville, passed away Saturday, December 4, 2021 at her residence. She was born in Pascagoula, MS on Friday, August 18, 1944. A founding member of New Faith Baptist Church in Coffeeville, she was a devoted church member where she served on numerous committees. She enjoyed cooking, playing the piano and traveling, especially to the beach....

Patricia Springer

Patricia Springer

Dec 3, 2021

Patricia May Sherwood Springer, 92, of Jackson, passed away Friday, December 3, 2021 at Mobile Infirmary. She was born in San Diego, CA on Friday, November 15, 1929. She was a nursing graduate of Mobile General Hospital in 1963 and devoted much of her adult life to caring for critically ill patients at USA Hospital in Mobile. She was a...

Deanne Wilson

Deanne Wilson

Nov 30, 2021

DeAnne Dunagan Wilson, 53, of Grove Hill, passed away November 30, 2021 at UAB Hospital in Birmingham. She was born in Grove Hill on November 14, 1968. She had been employed as a magistrate with the City of Jackson and was a member of First United Methodist Church in Jackson. A giving, loving person, she enjoyed spoiling those she loved....