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Glenn Edward Grandison, 58, died Friday, June 26, 2020. Mr. Grandison was born Feb. 16, 1962, to Willie and Betty Cowans, in Wilcox County, Ala. A 1980 graduate of T.R. Miller High School, he retired from Georgia Pacific in 2018 with 38 years of service. He was a member of the Second Saint Saloam Missionary Baptist Church and spent a lot of time in the outdoors. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, June 30, at Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral home with Rev. Willie Blue officiating. Burial followed at Calvary Mennonite Church Cemetery in...
Ronald Wayne Gresham, 65, died Thursday, June 18, 2020, in Yelm, Wash. Mr. Gresham was a native of Flomaton and former resident of Colorado who had resided in Yelm for the past eight months. He was of the Christian faith. A graveside service was held Wednesday, July 1, at Traveler's Rest Cemetery with Bro. Dennis Bowman officiating. Burial followed with Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mr. Gresham is survived by one daughter, Alisha Crutchfield of North Carolina; one brother, Hughey (Gail) Gresham of Monroeville; four sisters,...
Nolen Ray Tollison, 9, died Wednesday, June 24, 2020, in Birmingham, Ala. Master Nolen finished third grade at Five Points Elementary School and was an Alabama fan who loved sports, fishing and the outdoors, playing with his siblings and family. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Monday, June 29, at Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Sis. Helen Stewart officiating. Burial followed at Steadham Cemetery with Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Master Nolen is survived by his parents, Logan Tollison of Molino, Fla. and Tiffany Maddox...
Rosemary Bowen Wall, 69, died Thursday, June 25, 2020, in Atmore. Mrs. Wall was a native of Frisco City, Ala. and former resident of Eight Mile, Ala., who had resided in Atmore for the past seven years. She was of the Baptist faith and a homemaker. The funeral was held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 30, at Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home. Burial followed at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery with Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Wall is survived by two sons, Rex Vincent (Billie Jo) Wall of Atmore and Brian (Sherry) Wall of Saraland, Ala.;...
Sybil Louise Havard Evans, 92, of the Riverview community in Brewton, died Friday, June 19, 2020 following a brief illness. Mr. Perry was born Aug. 17, 1927, in Brewton. Of the Baptist faith, she attended the W. S. Neal School System and worked as a saleslady of S & H Green Stamps. She had resided in Mobile but returned to Brewton in 1969. The funeral was held at 12 p.m., Tuesday, June 23, at Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Jeff Edwards and Speaker Debra Freeman officiating. Burial followed at Fort Crawford Cemetery in East...
Bonletter Booth Holt, 82, of Flomaton, died Saturday, June 20, 2020. Mrs. Holt was born April 3, 1938, to George Bailey and Sally Roberson Booth in Brewton. She had been a lifelong member of the Flomaton community, where she was a homemaker and worked beside her husband in th family business, Holt Construction Company. She was a member of Flomaton First Freewill Baptist church, where she taught Sunday School. The funeral was held at 1 p.m., Monday, June 22, at Flomaton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jeff Harris officiating. Burial followed at...
Cathline McAlister Hill, 91, died Thursday, June 18, 2020. Mrs. Hill was born Sept. 30, 1928, to Charles Edward and Gertrude Steele McAlister in Franklin County, Ala. The youngest of seven children, she grew up on a dairy farm near Russellville, Ala., and moved to Brewton in 1950 with her husband. The couple opened Hill's Jewelry, where she worked as bookkeeper, helping her husband run the business. A graveside service was held at 1 p.m., Saturday, June 20, at Union Cemetery with Rev. Mike Roberts officiating and Craver's Funeral Home...
Diane Linda Lilley, 65, of Goodway, Ala., died Monday, June 15, 2020, in Mobile. Mrs. Lilley was a native of Frisco City, Ala. Who had resided in Goodway for the past 45 years. A homemaker, she was a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. The funeral was held at 10 a.m., Thursday, June 18, at Enon Baptist Church with Bro. Pete Dunn officiating. Burial followed at Enon Baptist Cemetery with Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Lilley is survived by her husband of 45 years, Raymond L. Lilley of Goodway; one son, Rusty (Shawn)...
Gwendolyn Ann Newton, 78, of Century, died Saturday, June 20, 2020. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, June 27, at Apostolic Faith Church in Century. Burial will follow at Pleasant Cemetery in Century with McMurray-Jackson Funeral Services directing....
Wilburn Carlos Perry, 86, of Brewton, died Thursday, June 18, 2020 following a brief illness. Mr. Perry was born Sept. 15, 1933, in Marion County, Ala. A former resident of Birmingham, he moved to Brewton in 1961. He graduated from Winfield High School in 1954 and served in the 31st Dixie Division of the Alabama National Guard, retiring as a mechanical engineer from Brewton Iron Works. A member of Brewton First Baptist Church, he was involved with Little League baseball, softball and basketball. Mr. Perry is survived by his wife, Betty Jo...
Leonard Dean Roberson, 76, of Flomaton, died Saturday, June 20, 2020. Mr. Roberson was born Aug. 31, 1943, in Brewton and was a lifelong member of the Flomaton community. An avid outdoorsman, he worked as Market Manager for the meat department of Green's IGA grocery store. He was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, June 25, at Flomaton Funeral Home with Rev. Rusty Burnham officiating. Burial followed at Pineview Cemetery with Flomaton Funeral Home directing. Mr. Roberson is survived by two sons,...
John Charles Adams, 80, of Century, died Wednesday, June 10, 2020. Mr. Adams was a native of Century who attended Carver High School and later retired as a machine operator at an iron foundry. He enjoyed fishing. A graveside service was held at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, June 20, at Century Cemetery with Rev. Russell Fountain officiating. Burial followed with Turner Funeral Chapel directing. Mr. Adams is survived by one sister, Mattie B. Smith of Century. Mr. Adams was preceded in death by his parents....
Yvonne Savage Bradley, 67, of Cantonment, Fla., died Saturday, June 13, 2020. Mrs. Bradley was a native of Tarboro, N.C. who resided in Walnut Hill, Fla. for many years and Cantonment for two weeks. Employed at the Grain Elevator in Walnut Hill and as a substitute teacher for the Escambia County (Ala.) Board of Education, she was a member of Gaines Chapel AME Church in Atmore, where she worked in various positions, including as a Sunday School teacher and Women's Day Coordinator. The funeral was will be held at 12 p.m., Friday, June 19, at New...
Bobbie Louise Hayles Caraway, 86, of McCullough, Ala., died Wednesday, June 10, 2020. Mrs. Caraway was born to William Levi “Bud” and Ethel Olene Jones Hayles in Lottie, Ala. Working at V.J. Elmores, she married and moved to Mobile, where her husband worked at Brookley Field, until it closed. The couple moved to McCullough and began farming. A homemaker, she kept the books for the farm and was a member of Eastern Star. The funeral was held at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 13, at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Jeremy Jones off...
Rosa Mae Carroll, 88, of Monroeville, died Monday, June 15, 2020. Mrs. Carroll was born in Century, Fla. and resided in Monroeville for the last 26 years. Of the Christian faith, she was a homemaker who had several hobbies, including sewing, quilt-making and gardening. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, June 19, at Flomaton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Crary Memorial Cemetery in Century with Flomaton Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Carroll is survived by four daughters, James H. Carroll of Ohio, Thomas H. (Bobbie Jo) Carroll of...
Ernest Jerry Hall, 86, died Friday, June 12, 2020. Mr. Hall was born Jan. 12, 1934, to Ernest and Velor Davis Hall, in Oak Grove, Fla. A farmer, cattleman, and Merchant Marine Chief Engineer on various vessels sailing the world, he served in the U.S. Army from 1952 to 1955 as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division. Mr. Hall is survived by the mother of his children, Mildred Marie Hadley Hall of Perdido, Ala.; one son, Mark (Debra) Hall of Oak Grove; one sister, Jackie Brown of Bratt, Fla.; nine grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren....
Ella Mae Knight, 105, of Atmore, died Monday, June 15, 2020, at Atmore Nursing Care Center. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, June 20, at Mt. Gillead Baptist Church in the Freemanville community. Burial will follow at Pierce Rabb Cemetery with Turner Funeral Chapel directing....
Judge G. Lloyd, 78, of Atmore, died Monday, June 8, 2020. Mr. Lloyd was born Aug. 14, 1941, to John and Issie Lloyd, in Frisco City, Ala. and was a retired foreman from Scott Paper Company/Kimberly Clark with more than 37 years of service. He had several hobbies, including woodworking, and enjoyed the outdoors. A graveside service was held at 11 a.m., Thursday, June 11, at the Huxford Community of Christ Cemetery with Min. Beth Linam officiating. Burial followed with Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home directing. Mr. Lloyd is survived by his wife,...
Louise O. Miniard, 93, died Wednesday, June 19, 2020, in a Pensacola hospital. Mrs. Miniard was born in Conecuh County, Ala. to Jospeh Samuel and Olivia Oliver and had been a longtime resident of Montgomery before returning to the Castleberry area in 1997. A member of London Baptist Church, where she was a Sunday School teacher for preschoolers, she had worked at Hollywood Nut Products in Montgomery. A graveside service was held at 2 p.m., Saturday, June 13, at London Baptist Church with Dr. Larry Patterson officiating. Burial followed with...
George Vance Painter, 91, of Brewton, died Friday, June 12, 2020, at a local nursing facility following a brief illness. Mr. Painter was born July 1, 1928, in Shelton, Connecticut, later living in Fairfax, Va. and then became a long time resident of Brewton. A 1945 graduate of Freeport High School in Long Island, N.Y., he also graduated from Rensselaer College in Troy, N.Y. He was a U.S. Navy veteran with 23 years of service who had retired from Brewton Iron Works with 19 years of service, as well as a member of the St. Stephens Episcopal...
Charles Edward Thompson, 72, died Friday, June 12, 2020. Mr. Thompson was a native of Atmore who had resided in Flomaton for most of his life. Of the Baptist faith, he was a retired operator with Vanity Fair with 33 years of service and worked as caretaker of the Sardis Baptist Cemetery for more than 16 years. He was an avid outdoorsman. The funeral was held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, June 16, at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Earle Green officiating. Burial followed at the Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery with Petty-Eastside Chapel...
Tina Denise Travis, 41, of Foley, Ala., died Wednesday, June 10, 2020, in a Mobile hospital following a brief illness. Mrs. Travis was born March 2, 1979, to Jimmy R. and Juanita Travis in Mobile. A graduate of Mary G. Montgomery High School and Faulkner State College, she was employed as an automotive finance manager and attended Center Point Church in Mobile. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, June 17, at Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. David Bane officiating. Burial followed at Beulah Cemetery in Brewton with...
Donald “Lefty” Benjamin Boutwell, 80, of Jay, Fla., died Sunday, June 7, 2020, in a Pensacola Hospice following a brief illness. Mr. Boutwell was born Aug. 6, 1939, to Desmond and Vera Campbell Boutwell in Jay, where he was a lifelong resident. A member of Jay United Methodist Church and 1957 graduate of Jay High School, he owned and operated Boutwell Feed and Seed and worked as a farmer. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Thursday, June 11, at the Cornerstone Christian Church with Rev. Bobby Carnley, Rev. Cecil Jackson and Rev. Fredrick Bar...
Leo Dean Dixon, 84, of Brewton, died Thursday, June 4, 2020. Mr. Dixon was born Aug. 3, 1935, in Munson, Fla. and had been a resident of the Brewton area since 1963, coming from Milton, Fla. Of the Protestant faith, he was a retired truck driver. Mr. Dixon is survived by one son, Christopher Dixon of Port St. Joe, Fla.; one sister, Shirley Copeland of Catawba, N.C.; two grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren. Mr. Dixon was preceded in death by his wife, Lucille L. Dixon; and one brother, Tommy Decader Dixon....
Evelyn Pauline Savage Dorman, 88, died Tuesday, June 2, 2020, in the Andalusia hospital. Mrs. Dorman was born July 24, 1931, to Elie and Celie Minchew Watson, in Escambia County, Ala. She had been a resident of Brewton and Mississippi before moving to Andalusia in 1992. Of the Pentecostal faith, she was a homemaker. A graveside service was held at 11 a.m., Friday, June 5, at Beulah Cemetery with Bro. Daniel Rodgers officiating. Burial followed with Craver's Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Dorman is survived by two sons, Larry (Pamela) Harold of...
