Obituaries

Dec 23, 2022

Peggy Nichols Dunklin passed away December 23, 2022 at the age of 78. She was born May 12, 1944 to the late Pauline Taylor Nichols and Eugene Nichols. She retired from Robertson Bank after 40 years of service. She was a Pink Lady at Whitfield Regional Hospital in Demopolis and was a member of First Baptist Church of Demopolis....

Dec 16, 2022

Sharon Lanette Blue passed away December 16, 2022 at the age of 76. She was born August 13, 1946 to the late Frances Margarite Lindsey and Melvin Henry Shelby Ford. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Blue and son, Larry Blue. She is survived by her sister, Virginia Carol Broadhead; nephew, Pete (Tammy) Broadhead, Marc (Nita)...

Dec 14, 2022

Paul Randall Lewellen passed away December 14, 2022 at the age of 74. He was born September 11, 1948 to the late Paul Lewellen and Doris Kelly Lewellen. He was preceded in death by his sister, Sherry Tyler. He is survived by Sylvia Thrailkill; children, Paul (Sharon) Lewellen, Jr. and Jennifer Estrada; grandchildren Hanna (Jeremy) Hooe, Trey (Claire) Lewellen,...

Dec 5, 2022

Bermer (Bucky) Jenkins Shepard, Jr. passed away December 5, 2022 at Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital

in Pensacola, Florida at the age of 68.

He was preceded in death by his mother and stepfather, Janice Sue (Charles) McCloud; father and

stepmother, Bermer (Buck) Jenkins (Patsy) Shepard, Sr.; stepbrother, Richard Goude; brother-in-law,

Dec 4, 2022

Robert Daniel Lee passed away on December 4, 2022, at the age of 66.

Mr. Lee was preceded in death by his son, Jacob Drake Lee.

He is survived by his wife, Ruth Ann Lee; children, Jeremy Joseph Lee, Michael Justin Lee, Joshua Shane Lee, Jared Dustin Lee, and Jessica Hope Lee Hughey; 12 grandchildren;...

Dec 2, 2022

Deborah Britton Williams passed away on December 2, 2022 at the age of 63. She was born June 15, 1959 to the late Carl and Lorene Britton.

She is survived by her husband, Mark Williams; daughter, Jessica Baumgartner; sons, James Baumgartner, Michael and Matthew Johnson; 6 grandchildren; sisters, Carol Wade and Donna Crocker and brothers, Robert and...

Nov 29, 2022

Rex Patton Waldrop passed away November 29, 2022 at Kirkwood on the River in Bir-mingham, Alabama at the age 87.

He was preceded in death by his son, Barry Glen Waldrop.

He is survived by his beloved wife, Juanita Leith “Nita” Waldrop; his children, Steven Rex (Tatyana) Waldrop, Alison Waldrop Stewart, Thomas Keith (Debra) Waldrop;...

Nov 27, 2022

Jimmy Wayne Griffin, age 65, passed away November 27, 2022. He was preceded in death by his son, Jimmy Wayne Griffin, Jr.; mother, Gladys P. Griffin and brother, William R. Griffin. He is survived by his daughter, Penny Griffin; grandsons, Jimmy W. Griffin, III and Jaydon Griffin; father, Jim Griffin; sister, Phyllis (Joseph) Kuss; brothers, Gary (Louise) Griffin, Thomas...

Nov 26, 2022

Dr. John Leslie Carmichael passed away 26 November 2022 at home with his family beside him.

The eldest son of Dr. John Leslie and Grace Donald Carmichael, John was born in Fairfield, Alabama on 5 April 1930. John graduated from Phillips High School in Birmingham in 1947, then attended Vanderbilt University, graduating with a degree in economics....

Nov 23, 2022

Robert Elmer Stoudenmire passed away November 23, 2022 at the age of 79. He was born December 14, 1942 to the late Robert O. Stoudenmire and Jewell I. Stoudenmire. He loved bowling and was proud that he had bowled a "Perfect 300." He and his late wife were married at the Selma Bowling Alley at the edge of the...

Nov 22, 2022

Michael Trent Jordan passed away November 22, 2022 at the age of 34. He was born November 25, 1987 to Michael Vernon Jordan and Patricia Dodson Jordan.

He was preceded in death by his son, Connor Michael Jordan; paternal grandparents, Emory D. Jordan and Rose M. Jordan and maternal grandparents, Cecil E. Dodson and Dorothy J. Dodson....

Nov 22, 2022

SFC Richard Clint Green, Sr. , USA, Retired of Autaugaville, Alabama and formerly of Loxley, Alabama passed away Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at the age of 83. He was born March 3, 1939 to the late Lester Pettus Green and Myrtle Lee Bridges.

Richard joined the Alabama...

Nov 22, 2022

Patsy Ruth Stone Shepard passed away on November 22, 2022 at the age of 85. She was born January 8, 1937 to the late Gordon and Winnie Stone.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Bermer Shepard, Sr.; son, Richard Goude; brother, Benny Stone; sisters, Ann Sanders and Peggy Meyer and son-in-law, Jimmy Burnside.

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Nov 18, 2022

Helen Meigs Edwards

 

Born October 31, 1941, in Selma, AL, she passed away on November 18, 2022, at her home in Selma, surrounded by her family.

 

Helen is preceded in death by infant twin daughters; her parents, Myrtle Oakes Meigs and Willie Fulton Meigs, grandparents, John Mike and Jennie Suther Oakes and Willie William and Nora Hunt Meigs.

 

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Nov 9, 2022

Vermelle Phillips Bamberg passed away November 9, 2022 at the age of 93. She was born August 30, 1929 to the late Albert Coleman Phillips, Sr. and Lola Mae Morgan Phillips. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 72 years,Thomas Floyd Bamberg, Sr.; siblings, Albert Coleman Phillips, Jr., Robert "Bobby" Lee Phillips, Louise Spain, Grace Mixon...

Nov 4, 2022

Amazing wife and mother, Johnie Nell (Hammonds) Hobdy, 74, died on November 4, 2022.

She and her husband, Harrell, were true testaments of their wedding vows, celebrating 54 years of marriage.

She is survived by her husband, four children, 14 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. She is also survived by siblings Dorothy, Wanda, John, Tim,...

Nov 3, 2022

Stella Marie Rhyne Hobdy of Hayneville (Trickem), Alabama passed away peacefully, into eternal life on Thursday, November 3, 2022 at the age of 103 at Clay County Nursing Home, Ashland, Alabama. She lived a long and wonderful 103 years, seven months and four days.

She was born March 30, 1919 in Benton, Alabama to Brady and Laura Marie...

Nov 2, 2022

Helen Duke Jatko left to be with the Lord on November 2, 2022 at the age of 76. She was born April 25, 1946 to the late James A. Duke, Sr. and Murrell Lucille Thomas Duke. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Roger Duke, Sr. and Randy Duke. She is survived by her husband of 52 years,...

Oct 21, 2022

Helen Pugh Cook passed away October 21, 2022 at the age of 81. She was born May 22, 1941 to the late John Dewitt Pugh and Pearl Burge Pugh. She is preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Cook; son, Tim Cook; daughter, Linda McCormick; grandson, Thomas Curtis Cook; great-grandson, Damien Day. She is survived by her children, Raymond...

Oct 21, 2022

Ann Rasberry passed away October 21, 2022 at the age 76. She was born of September 13, 1946 to the late Hal Buck Wallace and Frances Payne Wallace. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Rasberry, Jr.; brother, John Wallace; sister, Sara Sims and brother-in-law, William Grover. She is survived by her children, Hank (Magnolia) Rasberry and...