Carolyn Pierce
Jun 19, 2020
Carolyn Faye Pierce, 76, of Deer Park, passed away Friday, June 19, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Leakesville, MS to Percy and Audrey Middleton on July 22, 1943. She enjoyed hunting, fishing, traveling the United States and spending time with her family. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, John Wayne Pierce; son, Jerry Pierce...
Virginia Cauley
Jun 18, 2020
Dr. Virginia Elizabeth Cauley, 88, passed away June 18, 2020 at Azalea Trace Nursing Home in Pensacola, FL due to complications of the COVID virus. She was born in Barlow Bend on October 24, 1931 to Earl Leon and Virginia Flinn Cauley, the third of four children. She loved her brothers, Carl, Robert and Clyde, all of whom preceded her...
Sarah Smith
Jun 17, 2020
Sarah Lou Jones Smith, 85, of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at her residence surrounded by family. She was born in Crystal, Indiana on September 7, 1934 to Perry and Iva Jones. She had been employed as a seamstress and clerk with local dry-cleaning establishments. She was a member of the Old South Antique Car Club and...
Tommie Knapp
Jun 16, 2020
Tommie Irene Knapp, 71, of Saraland, passed away Tuesday, June 16, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Hawthorn on November 24, 1948 to Lewis and Irene Parnell. She retired as a credit representative and customer service agent with J&J Furniture. She enjoyed professional and college football and baseball, crossword puzzles and watching television. Her greatest joy, however, was...
Erwin Tillman
Jun 13, 2020
Erwin Eugene Tillman, Jr. 77, of Leroy, passed away Saturday, June 13, 2020 at Mobile Infirmary. He was born in Mobile on December 24, 1942 to Erwin E. Tillman, Sr. and Etta Elase Hudson Tillman. He was a member of Jackson First Assembly of God. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he was a member of the West Mobile...
Terry Cartwright
Jun 12, 2020
Terry L. Cartwright, 68, of Fruitdale, passed away Friday, June 12, 2020 at his residence. He was born in Yellow Pine on March 12, 1952 to Chess and Nancy Cartwright. A family man, he also enjoyed spending time fishing, mowing grass and mechanic work. He was a retired truck driver who used the CB handle “Easy Money.” He was preceded...
Margarette Smith
Jun 6, 2020
Margarette Ann Smith, 85, of Jackson, passed away Saturday, June 6, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Grove Hill on November 1, 1934 to William “Sam” James and Mary Lou Odom James. She retired with the credit bureau in Houston, TX and was a member of Antioch Baptist Church. She enjoyed reading and window shopping. She was preceded...
Marion Bumpers
Jun 5, 2020
Marion “Bumpy” Bumpers, 93, of Grove Hill, passed away Friday, June 5, 2020 at Jackson Medical Center. She was born in Selma on August 6, 1926 to Robert Albert Bumpers and Martha Williams Bumpers, both of who preceded her in death. Although she never married or had any children of her own, Bumpy dedicated her life to teaching children...
Jerry Butts
Jun 1, 2020
Jerry Thomas Butts, 70, of Grove Hill, passed away Monday, June 1, 2020 at his residence. He was born September 20, 1949 to Thomas and Nell Jackson Butts. A member of Stave Creek Baptist Church, he enjoyed spending time with his family and having family cookouts, cutting grass, washing his cars and riding his Ranger ATV. He was also a...
Donna Davis
May 26, 2020
Donna Lynn Davis, 51, of Chatom, passed away Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at Mobile Infirmary. She was born in Roanoke on February 17, 1969 to Henry W. Sheppard, Sr. and Linda Lynch Sheppard. She was employed as the activities coordinator at Washington County Nursing Home and was a member of Millry Holiness Church where she served as the church pianist...
Elton Williams
May 23, 2020
Elton Wade Williams, 66, of Fruitdale, passed away May 23, 2020 at his residence. He was born August 12, 1953 to Thomas G. Williams and Claire Williams. A 1971 graduate of Fruitdale High School where he was an honor student, he loved his Fruitdale Pirates football and baseball team. He earned a degree in forestry from Mississippi State University in...
Zachary Thornton
May 21, 2020
Zachary Jeremiah “Zack” Thornton, 17, of St. Stephens, passed away Thursday, May 21, 2020 in Wagarville. He was born in Jackson on March 12, 2003 to Holly Morris and Jacob Thornton. A proud member of the Leroy High School Bruin Band, he was also a member of the drama club and the Vocational Technical Program. His many hobbies included fishing,...
Robert Dickinson
May 20, 2020
Bobby C. Dickinson Jr., 62, of Gosport, passed away Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at his residence. He was born November 18, 1957 to Robert C. and Carolyn Chapman Dickinson. While attending Livingston University, he started his own timber company that became a successful, lifelong passion. He enjoyed hunting, watching Auburn University football and spending time with his family. He...
Straughter "Butch" Dungan
May 19, 2020
Straughter J. “Butch” Dungan, 67, of Millry, passed away May 19, 2020 at his residence. He was born December 7, 1952 in Leakesville, MS to Rue Merrill Dungan and Margaret Harris Dungan. A self-employed logger, he enjoyed spending time with his family, hunting, fishing and watching The University of Alabama football. He was preceded in death by his parents;...
Ellen Williams
May 19, 2020
Ellen Marguritte Williams, 81, of Leroy, passed away Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Yellow Pine on June 4, 1938 to Herschel Adam Wood and Marguritte Johnston Wood. A retired teacher and librarian with the Washington County Board of Education, she was also a member of The First Baptist Church of Leroy where she...
Robert Gartman
May 17, 2020
Robert Allen Gartman, 64, of Camden, passed away Sunday, May 17, 2020 at Vaughan Regional Medical Center in Selma. He was born in Mobile on March 1, 1956 to John Allen Gartman and Alice O’Guynn Gartman. He dedicated his life to a coaching career that spanned 32 years, earning his teams seven state championships along the way. He coached at...
Ward Jackson
May 17, 2020
Ward Alexander Jackson, 82, of Jackson, passed away Sunday, May 17, 2020 at Jackson Medical Center. He was born on May 17, 1938 to John H. Jackson and Clara Hicks Jackson. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, prior to his retirement, he had been employed as a manager with Air Gas for more than 45 years. He was a...
Gladys Dearmon
May 15, 2020
Gladys Estell Taylor Dearmon, 94, of Jackson, passed away Friday, May 15, 2020 at Jackson Health Care Facility. She was born in Reform on March 13, 1926 to Hosea B. Taylor and Etta Nichols Taylor. A charter member of Forest Avenue Baptist Church, she enjoyed camping and gardening which permitted her to share the foods she produced with her...
Michael Reid
May 14, 2020
Michael Darren Reid, 50, of Jackson, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2020 in Grove Hill. He was born in Jackson on October 6, 1969 to Lamar and Ann Brown Reid. A truck driver with Billy Barnes trucking for almost 18 years, he enjoyed restoring older vehicles and Alabama football. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of...
Barbara Hicks
May 10, 2020
Barbara Ann Odom Hicks, 65, of Semmes, passed away Sunday, May 10, 2020 at Mobile Infirmary. She was born June 12, 1954 in Thomasville to Willie Odom and Annie Pearl Harvell Odom. A homemaker, she was a gifted musician who could play several instruments and sing. She often wrote songs and poetry and also enjoyed sewing, especially clothing for her...
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