Rena Mae Foote
Sep 25, 2015
Rena Mae Foote Decatur Rena Mae Foote, age 68, of Decatur died Friday, September 25, 2015. She was born July 18, 1947, in Jefferson County to Lee Byrd and Maggie Black Byrd. She was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church in Somerville. Ms. Foote was preceded in death by a daughter, Tracie L. Jeffers. She was also preceded in death...
Ruth Darby (Clemons) Darby
Sep 25, 2015
Ruth C. Darby, 92, of Florence died Friday, September 25, 2015, at Columbia Cottage. A graveside service will be Monday, September 28, 2015, at 11:00 AM at Tri-Cities Memorial Gardens with Bro. Wayne Wood officiating. Elkins Funeral Home is assisting the family. Mrs. Darby was preceded in death by her parents, Clyde and Mary Pitman Clemons; three sisters, Mozelle Rhodes,...
Rev. William S. Hart
Sep 24, 2015
Reverend William S. Hart, 80, of Florence died Thursday, September 24, 2015, at Southern Tennessee Regional Care in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Visitation will be Sunday, September 27, 2015, from 1-2 PM at Milner''s Chapel. Funeral services will follow at 2 PM with Ricky Green officiating. Burial will be at Emmaline Stutts Cemetery. Elkins Funeral Home is assisting the family. Rev. Hart...
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...