Lloyd Gilchrist
Nov 23, 2020
Lloyd Gilchrist, 73, of Dickinson, passed away November 23, 2020 at his home with his loving family by his side. Born December 22, 1946 to Edward Dennie Gilchrist and Lovella Jane Kinman Gilchrist. Lloyd worked for Scotch Lumber as a Game Warden for 32 years, his hobbies were hunting and fishing the land and waterways around Grove Hill. He especially...
Mary Brunson
Nov 20, 2020
Mary Jean Howell Brunson, 80, of Jackson, passed away Friday, November 20, 2020 at Jackson Health Care Facility. She was born in Coffeeville on April 18, 1940 to David and Esther McCloskey Howell. She was a member of Stave Creek Baptist Church in Jackson. She had been a minister’s wife for most of her adult life, but she had also...
Richard Postma
Nov 12, 2020
Richard “Dick” Dwight Postma, 77, of Grove Hill, passed away Thursday, November 12, 2020 at Grove Hill Memorial Hospital. He was born in Tracy, MN on January 20, 1943 to Lawrence and Madeline Ykema Postma, both of whom preceded him in death. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he was an armorer aboard the USS Independence during the Bay of...
Glan Rawls
Nov 11, 2020
Glan Rawls, 85, of Leroy, passed away Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at Mobile Infirmary. He was born in Red Level on September 30, 1935 to Calvin and Merlie Gorum Rawls. A member of The First Baptist Church of Leroy, he was also a veteran of the U.S. Army and served during the Korean Conflict. He was a devoted family man...
Christopher Mcvay
Nov 10, 2020
Christopher Ryan “Bubba Mac” McVay, 43, of Grove Hill, passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at Providence Hospital in Mobile. He was born in Grove Hill on March 7, 1977 to Royce and Alice McVay. A 23-year veteran of the Grove Hill Fire and Rescue Department, he earned the rank of captain. He was also a very active member...
Elsie Monk
Nov 9, 2020
Elsie Rae Baugh Monk, 95, of Grove Hill, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 9, 2020. She was born in Grove Hill on November 7, 1925, to Robert and Annie Laura Danzy Baugh. She was a wife and homemaker for forty years, assisting her husband, Francis, in all of his businesses until his death in 1982. She aged gracefully as...
Faye Gunn
Oct 28, 2020
Faye Gunter Gunn, 89, of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at her residence surrounded by family. She was born in Carlton on October 8, 1931 to John Gunter and Willie May Hogg Gunter. A member of Rockville Baptist Church, she had been employed as a general merchandise manager at Winn Dixie and TG&Y. She was lifelong resident of...
William Carter
Oct 25, 2020
William Gaines Carter, 81, of Jackson, passed away Sunday, October 25, 2020 at Jackson Medical Center. He was born in Jackson on October 8, 1939 to Stancel P. Carter, Sr., and Nellie Smith Carter. He retired after 44 years of service at McMillan Bloedel, now know as Weyehauser. He was a member of Witch Creek Baptist Church where he served...
Bennie Dolbear
Oct 22, 2020
Bennie Lenard Dolbear, 81, formerly of Chickasaw, passed away on Wednesday, October 22, 2020 in Theodore, Alabama. He was born August 2, 1939 to Ellis Drake Dolbear and Lillie McDonald Dolbear. A veteran of the US Air Force, he was tasked with maintaining the F-104 Starfighter. He was later employed as a commercial painter and was a proud member of...
Betty Hall
Oct 22, 2020
Betty Harrison Hall, of Gulfport, MS and formerly of Jackson, passed away at her residence on October 22, 2020, three days before her 88th birthday She was born in Tallahatta Springs on October 25, 1932 to John Turner Harrison, Sr. and Daisy Bagley Harrison. She married her high school sweetheart, Billy Frank Hall in June of 1951 and for the...
Clarence Watters
Oct 21, 2020
Honorable Clarence James Watters, 89 passed away on October 21, 2020. He was born May 5th 1931 in Suttle, Alabama to Joe C. Watters and Louise L. Watters. He is survived by two brothers, Travis (Caroline) Watters and Alan (Sue) Watters, three children Vicki (Clarence) Watters Hawkins, Veda Watters and Jim (Shirley) Watters, three grandchildren, Joseph (Carmen) Hawkins, Hannah (Chris)...
Gerald Black
Oct 21, 2020
Gerald Ray Black made his last big play as the starter of this life, Wednesday, October 21, 2020, at Mobile Infirmary Hospital, where he lost his 10 year battle with congestive heart failure during a double bypass and mitral valve replacement. It was only fitting that he be at the hospital where he was born, December 1, 1966, to Alfred...
Boykin Turner
Oct 19, 2020
Boykin Platt Turner, 92, died at his home on October 19, 2020 in Malcolm, Alabama. Mr. Turner was born on March 31, 1928 in Hawthorn, Alabama to his parents, William W. and Gertrude P. Turner. He was a lifelong resident of Washington County. He graduated from Leroy High School in 1949. He married Mary Florence Richardson from Frankville, Alabama. Boykin...
Laverne Mcdonald
Oct 17, 2020
LaVerne Lowery McDonald, 91, of Jackson, passed away Saturday, October 17, 2020 at her residence surrounded by family. She was born in Jackson on December 2, 1928 to Ellis E. Lowery and Mae Bell Williamson Lowery. She had been an active, lifelong member of The First Baptist Church of Jackson where she taught Sunday School and was a member...
George Bedsole
Oct 16, 2020
George E. “Buck” Bedsole, 78, of Grove Hill, passed away Friday, October 16, 2020 at SAAD Hospice in Mobile. He was born in Grove Hill on January 3, 1942 to Howard Woodrow Bedsole, Sr. and Nancy Jane Smith Bedsole. He was a co-owner of the B&F Farm Store in Grove Hill for many years and also did accounting work and...
Anna Anderson
Oct 16, 2020
Anna Gibson Anderson, 71, of Gainestown, passed away Friday, October 16, 2020 at Springhill Medical Center in Mobile. She was born in Choctaw County on March 2, 1949 to Samuel Elijah Gibson and Rosa Lee Murphy Gibson. A member of Perry’s Chapel United Methodist Church in Gainestown, she had been a caretaker for senior citizens and had been previously employed...
Sarah Miller
Oct 14, 2020
Sarah Martin Miller, 91, of Grove Hill, passed away Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at her residence surrounded by family and friends. She was born in Choctaw County on August 15, 1929 to James C. Martin and Sadie Bush Martin. A veteran educator in several schools in Clarke County, she retired as the Vocational Director with the Clarke County Board of...
Dayton Mathews
Oct 8, 2020
Dayton Royce Mathews, age 86, of Jackson, went to be with God on October 8, 2020. His final moments were solemn, peaceful and spent in his home, surrounded by loved ones. Royce was born on February 1, 1934 in Jackson. Royce was a Korean War veteran who spent time patrolling the Czechoslovakian/German border in the European Theatre. He married Margaret...
Christopher Abston
Oct 8, 2020
Christopher Wilson “Chris” Abston, 43, of Livingston and formerly of Jackson, passed away at his residence on Thursday, October 8, 2020. He was born in Butler on May 24, 1977. A fan of the University of Alabama, he was an avid fisherman and also enjoyed woodworking, going to the beach, camping and playing games with his children. He had been...
Bonita Deas
Oct 7, 2020
Bonita Graham Deas, 79, of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Mobile on April 5, 1941 to Maurice Graham and Ola Small Graham. A homemaker, she was an active member at River Hill Baptist Church. She enjoyed working in her yard, cooking, entertaining her family and friends, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren....
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