OBITUARIES

David Gahlinger

Dec 26, 2024

David Gahlinger, age 84, passed away peacefully on December 26, 2024. Born on March 23, 1940 in Shively, Kentucky to Clarence and Lavada Gahlinger, David lived a life marked by devotion to family, faith, and education. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indiana Institute of Technology, which laid the foundation for his long and successful...

Walter Benjamin Jones

Dec 25, 2024

Walter Benjamin Jones was born July 28, 1940 in Lucedale, Mississippi to Lou Hurst and Rev Mack Jones.

Ben graduated from Auburn High School and Livingston University with a B.A. in history. He grew up in Chatom, Alabama. In 1963, he married Mary Binion Turner. They had three children; Benjamin Edward (Tina), Elizabeth Mitchell (Kenny), and Binion Turner...

Lori Canterbury

Dec 23, 2024

Lori Jeanette Canerbury, 51, of Tibbie, Passed away on December 23, 2024, she was born on November 28, 1973.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Friday,December 27, 2024, at Fairhope Baptist Church in Tibbie with a visitation one hour prior to services.

Maurice Elizabeth Fleming

Dec 21, 2024

Maruice Elizabeth Dunlavy Fleming of Whatley passed away December 21, 2024. Maurice was born on August 18, 1937 to Martin Owen Dunlavy Jr. and Ina Mae Moss Dunlavy Cruitt. Maurice leaves behind memories cherished by her family and friends whose lives she deeply touched. She loved her children deeply and found the most joy in life through her beloved grandchildren;...

Claire Williams

Dec 20, 2024

Claire Lee Dickinson Williams, 91, of Fruitdale, passed away on December 20, 2024, at the Washington County Nursing Home with her loving family by her side. She was born in Deer Park, Alabama on February 16, 1933, to parents Montree Lee and Lillian Dickinson.

Claire attended Deer Park School and graduated from Fruitdale High School. She was a stay-at-home mom...

Dorothy Jernigan

Dec 16, 2024

Dorothy Jean Pritchett Jernigan, 89, of Robertsdale, formerly of Grove Hill, passed away on December 16, 2024. She was born on August 16, 1935, to parents Franklin Cleveland and Ruth Daisy Rush Pritchett. Dorothy worked at Vanity Fair and eventually owned and operated an upholstery shop in Fairhope, AL. She enjoyed the outdoors, working in her garden, planting flowers, and...

Judy Sullivan

Dec 15, 2024

Judy Kay Sullivan, 70, of Millry, passed away on December 15, 2024, with her loving family by her side. She was born on July 21, 1954, to parents Thomas Edward and Mamie Ruth Hoven Sullivan. Judy worked for Vanity Fair and Teledyne, after retiring she enjoyed spending time at her home reading, crocheting, spending time with her grandchildren, all the...

Paula Reid

Dec 11, 2024

Paula Jones Reid went to be with the Lord on December 11, 2024. Paula is survived by her daughter Shawna Reid Weekley (Chris) and her grandchildren MaiLin, AnnaLi, and Adrian Weekley. She was preceded in death by her father, Paul Stevenson Jones, mother, Maude Foscue Jones, and sister Merilyn Jones.

Paula was born on October 20, 1940. After graduating from...

Sidney Hoven

Dec 11, 2024

Sidney S. Hoven, age 95, of Salitpa passed away December 11, 2024 at his home surrounded by loved ones. Sidney was born September 29, 1929 to Grady H. and Noma B. Hoven. Sidney proudly served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He found his passion as a tugboat captain and later went on to work for the...

Fernando Montes

Dec 8, 2024

Fernando Montez (Montez), of Indianapolis, IN, formerly of Ohio and California, Passed away December 8, 2024. He was born in Yurecuaro, Michoacan, Mexico on February 14, 1977. His friends are trying to locate any family, please call 251-246-2363.

Daniel Coxwell

Dec 8, 2024

Daniel Heath Coxwell, 37, of Chatom, Passed away on December 8, 2024. In Huntsville after a courageous fight with his illness. Heath was born on September 5, 1987, to parents Randall Keith and Bonnie Faye Carpenter Coxwell in Waynesboro Mississippi. He enjoyed gaming and worked as an EMT in Mobile and Baldwin counties.

Preceded in death by his parents...

Ernest Parden

Dec 6, 2024

Ernest Quitman Parden, age 89, of Petal, Mississippi died December 6, 2024, at the Hospice of West Alabama facility in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He was born August 5, 1935, in Coffeeville, Alabama to Henry Savage and Ruthie Lillian Parden. He was a US Army Sergent Veteran that served during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of Crestview Baptist Church in...

Kimberly Wade

Dec 6, 2024

Kimberly Bishop Wade, 62, of Jackson, passed away on December 6, 2024, at USA Medical Center. She was born on March 30, 1962 in Erin, Tennessee. In her earlier years, Kim worked at Vanity Fair for over a decade followed by her career at the hardware store, currently Dozier Hardware, until her retirement. Kim was not one to sit idle...

Roland Guy

Dec 4, 2024

Roland Joseph Guy "RG", age 80, of Laurel, MS was called to his heavenly home on December 4, 2024, surrounded by loved ones. He was born on December 12, 1943, to Eugene and Annie Lauria Guy in Jackson, AL. He graduated from Coffeeville High School and lived in Jackson until 1990 when he moved to Laurel, MS.

He loved the...

Margaret Patrick

Dec 4, 2024

Margaret Cobb Patrick, age 93, born August 24, 1931, passed peacefully on December 4, 2024, in Mobile. A resident of Jackson, Alabama, and a longtime faithful member of Forest Avenue Baptist Church, Mrs. Patrick was known for her warm smile, love of cooking, and sassy sense of humor. She has been reunited with her parents, Reuben F. Cobb and Belle...

Nettie Lucille Pritchard

Dec 1, 2024

Nettie 'Lucille' Pritchard, 79, of Salitpa community, passed away at SAAD Hospice Retreat on December 1, 2024. She was born on February 26, 1945, to parents Robert and Ella Jean Elmore in the Frankville community. Lucille worked at Vanity Fair and after retiring she enjoyed spending time on the computer playing her games, gardening and flowers, she was known to...

Rebekah Noble

Nov 17, 2024

Rebekah McClure Noble, 97, passed away November 17, 2024. Rebekah was born August 10, 1927 to Edward Oscar and Bernice McClure but most people knew her as Sister Baby, Mother, or Granny. Mrs. Noble was a longtime member of First United Methodist Church of Jackson where she joyously sang in the choir. A traditional Southern matriarch, Mrs. Noble was dedicated...

Melton DuBose

Nov 14, 2024

Melton DuBose, 92, was called to his heavenly home on November 14, 2024 surrounded by loved ones. Melton was born April 5, 1932 to Lemuel Henry DuBose II and Leota York DuBose in Jackson. After graduating from Jackson High School, Melton entered the U.S. Air Force in 1951 and was honorably discharged in 1955. He used his GI Bill to...

Norma Beard

Nov 2, 2024

Norma Louise Waite Beard

January 24, 1936-November 2, 2024

Former Jackson Mayor Norma Waite Beard passed away on November 2, 2024, at her home in Jackson. Born on January 24,1936 in Souwilpa and raised in Gilbertown, she lived in Jackson since 1964.

Mayor Beard served three terms as head of the city from 1988-2000. During her tenure,...

John Michael Brown

Oct 31, 2024

John Michael Brown, 70, of Leroy, Alabama passed away at Jackson Medical Center on October 31, 2024. Michael was born on May 15, 1954, to parents Tollie and Sarah (Reeves) Brown. Michael graduated from Jackson High School in 1972 where he was a star football player with the Jackson Aggies. He attended Auburn University where he walked on with the...