Betty Jo Mason

Sep 24, 2015

Betty Jo Mason, age 89, died peacefully on Thursday morning, September 24, 2015, at Riverwood Assisted Living in Rome, Georgia. Betty Jo was born on February 23, 1926 in Florence, Alabama the youngest child of Benjamin Franklin Mason and Opha Roberts Mason. She graduated from Coffee High School and spent most of her life in Florence. Betty Jo worked for...

Gladys Holcombe Harris

Sep 23, 2015

Gladys Holcombe Harris, 101, of Florence passed away on Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at her home. A graveside service will be at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday at Tri-Cities Memorial Gardens. Elkins Funeral Home is assisting the family A longtime member of the Baptist Church, Gladys was preceded in death by her first husband, Floyd Holcombe, her second husband, Walter D....

Martha June Pittman

Sep 22, 2015

Martha June Franklin Pittman Decatur Funeral for Martha June Franklin Pittman, 80, of Decatur, will be Thursday September 24, 2015 at 2 p.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran church with Pastor Eddie Scheler officiating and Ridout's Brown-Service Funeral Home directing. Burial will be in Hasting Cemetery, Ardmore, AL. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Mrs. Pittman who died...

Charles "Bill" Cochran

Sep 20, 2015

BILL COCHRAN Charles William "Bill" Cochran III, of Florence, died Tuesday, September 22, 2015. The celebration of Bill''s life will be Friday at 1:00 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, Florence with the Rev. Robert Sparkman and the Rev. Gary Formby officiating. A time of visitation will be held in the church atrium from 11:00-1:00 p.m. The committal service...

Bobbie Nell Garnett Ward

Sep 20, 2015

Bobbie Nell Ward Decatur The toughest woman ever known lost her battle with congestive heart failure and multiple strokes on September 20th, 2015 and passed away in her home. Bobbie Nell Garnett Ward, otherwise known as "Bobbie," born August 25, 1933, worked for Point Mallard as campground manager for more than 25 years. She touched the lives of so many...

Helen Sleeper (O'Connor) Sleeper

Sep 19, 2015

Helen N. Sleeper, age 92 of Florence, died Saturday September 19, 2015 at Lauderdale Christian Nursing Home after a brief illness. Church services in her memory will be said in Texas, California, Kentucky, Delaware, and Georgia, in the hometowns of her seven living children. Mrs. Sleeper was a loving mother, grandmother and an American patriot. Her radiant smile and optimistic...

Jerry Roberts

Sep 19, 2015

Jerry Roberts Falkville Funeral for Jerry Roberts, 38, of Falkville will be Friday, September 25, 2015, at 1 p.m. at Ridout's Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel with Phillip Hardin officiating. Burial will be Thursday, September 24, 2015 from 6 to 8 at the funeral home. Mr. Roberts died Saturday, September 19, 2015. He was born January 8, 1977 in Alabama to...

Margaret Gail Mcdonald

Sep 17, 2015

Wanda Gail McDonald Decatur Wanda Gail McDonald, 52, died September 17, 2015. Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 8 at Ridout's Brown-Service Funeral Home. Funeral will be Sunday at 2 p.m. in the chapel with burial in Roselawn Cemetery. She is survived by her mother, Margaret McDonald.

Robin Willis Watkins

Sep 14, 2015

Robin Willis Watkins Decatur Funeral service for Robin Willis Watkins, 54, of Decatur, will be Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Ridout's Brown-Service Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Caddo Cemetery. He was preceded in death by his father, Willis E. Watkins and sister, Ginger Pitts....

Willard Raburn Terry

Sep 14, 2015

Funeral for Willard Raburn Terry, 74, from Moulton will be Thursday at 2:00 PM at Elliott Brown Service Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Charles Canterberry officiating. Visitation will be Wednesday Sept, 16, 2015 from 6 until 8 pm at the funeral home. Mr. Terry, who died Monday Sepember 14, 2015 at his residence, was born on September 30, 1940 in...