Obituaries

Funeral services for Mrs. Lauranne Watkins, age 81, of Fayette, were held Monday, Sept. 9, 2019 from Nelson Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in Fayette Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Watkins died Saturday, Sept. 7 at Morningview Estates.

Funeral services for Mr. Ray Holsonback, age 80, of Kennedy, were held Monday, Sept. 9, 2019 from Kennedy Baptist Church. Burial followed in Kennedy City Cemetery. Mr. Holsonback died Friday, Sept. 6 at Baptist Triangle Hospital in Columbus, Miss. Nelson Funeral Home of Fayette directed.

Funeral services for Mr. Joshua Devin Bush, age 18, of Fayette, were held Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 from New Liberty Free Will Baptist Church. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Bush died Friday, Aug. 30 in Fayette.

Funeral services for Ms. Betty K. Jones, age 70, of Northport, were held Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, at 10 a.m., from Holy Spirit Catholic Church with Father Michael Deering officiating. Burial followed in Sunset Memorial Park. Ms. Jones died Wednesday, Sept. 4 at DCH – Northport. Norwood-Wyatt Chapel of Fayette directed.  

Funeral services for Mrs. Marie Lynn Anderson Smith, age 48, of Winfield, were held Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019 from the McGraw Memorial Chapel of Miles Funeral Home. Burial followed in the West Alabama Memorial Gardens in Gu-Win. Mrs. Smith died Friday, Aug. 23 at her residence. Miles Funeral Home of Winfield directed.

Mr. Ralph Pike, age 81, of Fayette, died Friday, Aug. 30, 2019 at Diversacare in Winfield. A graveside service was held Monday, Sept. 2 from Carolwood Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery in Northport. Bro. Scott Montgomery officiated. Nelson Funeral Home of Fayette directed.

Funeral services for Mrs. Billie Fowler, age 91, of Fayette, were held Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019 from Nelson Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in Fayette Memorial Gardens. Bro. Scott Davis and Bro. Marlin Mayfield officiated. Mrs. Fowler died Friday, August 30 at DCH Regional Medical Center. Nelson Funeral Home of Fayette directed.

Funeral services for Mr. Jonathan Wilson, age 68, of Fayette, were held Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019 from Nelson Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in Fayette Memorial Gardens. Rev. R. L. Coats officiated. Mr. Wilson died Wednesday, Aug. 21 at DCH Regional Medical Center. Nelson Funeral Home of Fayette directed.

Mr. Robert L. Culp, age 81, of Fayette, died Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. A memorial service was held Tuesday, Aug. 27 from Nelson Funeral Home Chapel. Nelson Funeral Home of Fayette

Mrs. Sandra Sue Mullally, age 77, of Fayette, died Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019 at her residence. She’s now in heaven with her loved ones. Mrs. Mullally was born May 5, 1942 to Hilton and Flora Mae Woods Palmer.

Funeral services for Mrs. Phebe Palmer, age 79, of Fayette, were held Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019 from Unity Grove Church. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Palmer died Monday, Aug. 26 at her residence. Nelson Funeral Home of Fayette directed.

Funeral services for Mrs. Erania Redmond, age 70, of Fayette, will be held Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, at 1 p.m., at Norwood-Wyatt Chapel. The body will lie in state one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Public viewing will be Thursday, Aug. 29 from 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Redmond died Wednesday, Aug. 21.

Funeral services for Mr. H. B, Westbrook, age 90, of Fayette, were held Thursday, Aug. 22, at 2 p.m., at Norwood-Wyatt Chapel. Burial followed in Pea Ridge Cemetery. Mr. Westbrook died Tuesday, Aug. 20 at Fayette Medical Center. Norwood-Wyatt Chapel of Fayette directed.

On August 10, 2019, Ray L. Rumanek, loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend to many, died at the age of 88 at UAB Hospital in Birmingham. His funeral Mass was held at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Tuscaloosa Wednesday, Aug. 14, at 11 a.m., with Father Michael Deering, Father John Fallon, and Father Vernon Huguley officiating. Burial followed at Tuscaloosa Memorial Park. Norwood-Wyatt Chapel of Fayette directed.

Mr. Zacaris Michael Salinas, age 19, of Winfield, died Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019 in Berry. Burial will be at a later date in Seagoville, Texas. Norwood-Wyatt Chapel of Fayette

Funeral services for Mrs. Deborah Lyle Bailey, age 65, of Fayette, were held Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, at Unity Baptist Church. Rev. Steve Stamps and Rev. Wil Corbett officiated. Burial followed at Housh Chapel – Camp Comfort Community Cemetery. Mrs. Bailey died Saturday, Aug. 17 at UAB Hospital.

Mr. Allen Dale Pinkerton, age 59, of Kennedy, died Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019 at DCH Regional Medical Center. There will be no service. The body was cremated. Nelson Funeral Home of Fayette directed.

Funeral services for Mrs. Isabella Freeman Scipio, age 96, formerly of Fayette, were held Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019 from Shady Grove Baptist Church. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Scipio died Friday, July 26 in Florida. Nelson Funeral Home of Fayette directed.

Mrs. Chastity Jones, age 30, of Fayette, died Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019 at her residence. The body was cremated. Nelson Funeral Home of Fayette directed.

Mr. Alfred Bircheat, age 78, of Fayette, died Monday, Aug. 5, 2019 at his residence. A memorial service was held Friday, Aug. 9 at Nelson Funeral Home Chapel. Bro. Tommy Smith officiated. Nelson Funeral Home of Fayette directed.

Funeral services for Mr. Jessie Levenston Hancock, age 90, of Berry, were held Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, at 1 p.m., at Alta Baptist Church. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. Rev. Eric Milligan and Rev. Steven Tyree officiated. Mr. Hancock died Monday, Aug. 5 at his residence. Norwood-Wyatt Chapel of Fayette directed.

Funeral services for Mrs. Wynell Martin, age 77, of Muscle Shoals, formerly of Fayette, were held Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, at 4 p.m., at Norwood-Wyatt Chapel with Rev. Darryl Ballew and Rev. Jared Lovelace officiating. Burial followed at Fayette Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Martin died Monday, Aug. 5.

ELIZABETH STILWELL VANCE Graveside services for Ms. Elizabeth Stilwell Vance, age 87, of Northport, were held Monday, Aug. 5, 2019 at 1 p.m. at Elmwood Cemetery. Father Frank Muscolino officiated. Ms. Vance died Friday, Aug. 2 in Tuscaloosa. Norwood-Wyatt Chapel of Fayette directed.

Funeral services for Dr. Louis Jackson Montgomery, age 88, of Pecos, Texas, formerly of Fayette, were held Saturday, August 3, 2019 at Miles Funeral Home. Burial followed in Mayfield Church of Christ Cemetery. Dr. Montgomery died Sunday, July 21 at Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in McKinney, Texas. Miles Funeral Home of Winfield directed.

Funeral services for Mr. John Thomas Campbell, Sr., age 86, of Vestavia, were held Monday, July 22, 2019 at Dawson Memorial Baptist Church in Homewood. Entombment was at Jefferson Memorial Gardens, South in Birmingham. Mr. Campbell died Thursday, July 16.

Graveside services for Ms. Martha Earnest, age 68, of Fayette, will be held Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019 at 10 a.m. from Union Grove Baptist Church Cemetery – Flatwoods. Ms. Earnest died Friday, Aug. 2 at her residence. Nelson Funeral Home of Fayette directed.

Funeral services for Mrs. Margreet Long, age 96, of Fort Payne, were held Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019 from Nelson Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in Boone Cemetery. Mrs. Long died Thursday, Aug. 1 at Crowne Health Care in Fort Payne. Nelson Funeral Home of Fayette directed.

Mr. John O’Reilly, age 47, of Fayette, died Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at DCH Regional Medical Center. The body was cremated. Nelson Funeral Home of Fayette directed.

Funeral services for Mr. Lanny Wade Moore, of Tuscaloosa, were held Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 5 p.m. at Langford-Gwinn Funeral Home. Burial followed in Woodruff, S.C. Mr. Moore died Tuesday, July 23 in Tuscaloosa. Norwood-Wyatt Chapel of Fayette

Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Kelly, age 93, of Robertsdale, formerly of Fayette, were held Monday, July 29, 2019 at 1 p.m., from Nelson Funeral Home. Burial followed in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Mrs. Kelly died Monday, July 22 in Robertsdale. Nelson Funeral Home of Fayette directed.

Graveside services for Mr. Carl Crienton Wallace, age 88, of Berry, were held Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. at the Davis Family Cemetery. Bro. Kenneth Bozeman and Bro. Scott Montgomery officiated. Mr. Wallace died Sunday, July 21 at Hospice of West Alabama.

Mr. George Richard Bolling, Sr., age 82, of Fayette, died Sunday, July 21, 2019 at his home in Fayette.

Funeral services for Mrs. Maxine Hill Butler, age 96, recently of O’Fallon, Mo., were held Sunday, July 28, 2019 at 3 p.m. from Nelson Funeral Home. Burial followed in Fayette City Cemetery. Mrs. Butler died Monday, July 22.

Funeral services for Mr. Rayford Orville Kimbrell, age 64, of Berry, were held Tuesday, July 23, 2019 from Pea Ridge Community Church. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Kimbrell died Sunday, July 21 at Fayette Long Term Care.

Funeral services for Mr. Delmer Bowles, age 92, of Fayette, were held Saturday, July 20, 2019 from Southside Baptist Church. Bro. Robert Parrish and Bro. Russ McDonald officiated. Burial followed in Fayette Memorial Gardens. Mr. Bowles died Thursday, July 18 at Fayette Long Term Care.

Funeral services for Ms. Vergie Stough McDonald, age 79, of Huntsville, were held Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 12 noon at Holy Family Catholic Church in Fayette. Father Anthony Weis officiated. Burial followed in the New Liberty Freewill Baptist Cemetery in Bankston. Ms. McDonald died Sunday, July 21 in Huntsville. Norwood-Wyatt Chapel of Fayette directed.

Mr. William Moon, age 72, of Berry, died Saturday, July 20, 2019 at his residence. A private service will be held. Norwood-Wyatt Chapel of Fayette

Graveside services for Mr. Douglas Atkins, age 61, of Birmingham, were held Saturday, July 20, 2019, at 12:30 p.m. at Memory Hill Gardens. Mr. Atkins died Tuesday, July 16 in Birmingham. Norwood-Wyatt Chapel of Fayette directed.

Funeral services for Mr. James Norman Dunn, age 70, of Northport, were held Wednesday, July 10, 2019 from Phillips Chapel FWB Church. Bro. Terrell Jones officiated. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Dunn died Sunday, July 7 at Hospice of West Alabama. Nelson Funeral Home of Fayette directed.

Mr. Roger Dale Cantrell, age 47, of Berry, died Monday, July 8, 2019 at his residence. The body was cremated. Nelson Funeral Home of Fayette

Funeral services for Mr. James Melvin Kimbrell, age 92, of Berry, were held Wednesday, July 10, 2019 from Nelson Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in Pleasant Hill Cemetery – Berry. Mr. Kimbrell died Sunday, July 7 at Fayette Long Term Care. Nelson Funeral Home of Fayette directed.

Mr. John G. Kalson, age 54, of Fayette, died Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at his residence. Mass was held Monday, July 15 at Our Lady on the River Parish St. Catherines Catholic Church, Algonac, Mich. Burial followed in St. Catherines Cemetery, Algonac, Mich. Nelson Funeral Home of Fayette