April 2024

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Alabama Ledger www.AlabamaLedger.com D eath Notices The following Death Notices are published as a courtesy of the Alabama Ledger and local funeral homes. To include more information, or a photo of your loved one, in a future edition of the Alabama Ledger contact us at 256-506-7368. You can also find more obit information on the Sand Mountain Obits Facebook Page. Adams Brown Service Funeral Home Justin Keith "Grim" Lee, age 25, of Madison Mary Doretha "Dody" Alexander, age 70, of Albertville Larry Thomas Huffstutler, age 79, of Albertville Betty Carolyn Holderfield, age 80, of Albertville Myrtis Inez Hancock, age 91, of Douglas Merleu K. Johnson, age 94, of Horton Kyle "Danny" King, age 74, of Albertville Jason Wayne Snider, age 42, of Albertville Charles "David" Hayes, age 64, of Albertville Myrle Daphine Clements, age 88, of Albertville Meredith Ann Battle, age 50, of Albertville Johnny Mack Irvin, age 78, of Huntsville Adams-Buggs Funeral Home in Gadsden Linda Hackett-Johnson, age 67, of Gadsden Eugene Dunn May, age 76, formerly of Cuba, AL

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James Michael Hardy, age 35, of Birmingham Bobby Lee Hamby, age 71, of Mentone James Raymond Evans, age 53, of Mentone Carson Blake Bowling, age 11, of Fort Payne Earnestine Hall Beatty, age 88, of Rainsville

Glennis Wayland Burns, age 73, of Attalla Phillip McBay, age 71, of Boaz James Michael Daniell, age 66, of Attalla Brenda Lancaster Cole, age 77, of Gadsden Sherry Cromer Gaskin, age 66, of Boaz Willie J. Sweatt, age 82, of Attalla Larry Wayne Reliford, age 68, of Boaz Donald Max Crocker, passed away at age 80 Jeffery Ray Slaten Jr., age 58, of Boaz Dorothy Marilyn Nix, age 89, of Attalla Wayne McCulligh, age 88, age Piedmont Gwen Bradley, age 89, of Gallant

Dr. William Coleman Gibson, age 97, of Fort Payne Ethel Bernette Watson Ceaser, age 72, of Fort Payne W.T. Wilson Funeral Home Amanda Leigh Crist, age 39, of Boaz Daniel Thomas Beliveaue, age 69, of Albertville Infant Connie Neil Tinsley passed away Jennie Maria Phillips Badgett, age 54, of Collinsville Brenda Faye Lands, age 78, of Henagar Donna Jane Bynum Gilliland, age 71, of Fyffe Timothy Howard "Tim" Helms, age 52, of Henagar Rev. Billy F. Garner, age 90, of Shiloh June Annette "Mater" Hills, age 57, of Fyffe Snowden Ensley "S.E." Dupree Jr., age 77, of Fort Payne Martha Johnson Snellings, age 78, of Albertville Jenttie Summerford Galvan, age 93, of Bowden, GA Charles Thomas Williams, Jr., age 65, of Boaz Robert Ray "Bobby" Wofford, age 70, of Section Peggy Joyce Hamby Banther, age 79, of Rainsville Barbara Beatrice Bolinger Bryson, age 75, of Geraldine Clyde Clark, age 75, of Pisgah Charles Keith Baldwin Sr., age 84, of Huntsville Joseph Earl Stone, age 87, formerly of Asbury Tim Shawn Trussell, age 72, of Albertville Claude Robert Bagley, age 78, of Austell, GA BOAZ MAN KILLED IN CRASH - A single- vehicle crash on April 9 claimed the life of a Boaz man. Mickey E. Echols, 75, was critically injured when the 1999 Chevrolet Silverado that he was driving left the roadway and struck a culvert. After the initial impact, the Chevrolet went airborne and overturned multiple times. Echols was not using a seat belt at the time of crash and was partially ejected. Echols was transported to Marshall Medical Center South, where he succumbed to injuries and was pronounced dead. The crash occurred on Alabama 68 near Dekalb County 362, approximately six miles west of Crossville, in Dekalb County. Nothing further is available as Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate. PEDESTRIAN KILLED IN IDER - A single- vehicle crash involving a pedestrian on April 10 claimed the life of an Ider man. The pedestrian, Randy K. Taylor, 44, was fatally injured when he was struck by the 2011 Mini Cooper driven by an 18-year-old. Taylor was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash occurred on Alabama 75 near Dekalb County 789, approximately two miles north of Ider. CULLMAN MAN KILLED- A single-vehicle crash on April 8, claimed the life of a Cullman man. James K. Neal, 89, was fatally injured when his 2005 Chevrolet Silverado left the roadway, struck a ditch and overturned multiple times. Neal was not using a seat belt at the time of crash. He was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene. The crash occurred on Cullman County 813 near Cullman County 410, approximately six miles west of Good Hope. JAIL INMATE HOSPITALIZED - An Etowah County inmate was hospitalized, and another is facing additional charges, after an altercation between the two inmates. According to Etowah County Sheriff Jonathon Horton, Detention Deputies were alerted to an altercation between the inmates in a holding cell in the Etowah County Detention Center just before 2 p.m. on April 7, 2024. Special Operations Deputies responded and broke up the altercation. One 33-year-old white male was transported by ambulance to a local hospital and later transferred to a Birmingham area hospital. The 33 year-old was being held on D.U.I charges and was waiting to be extradited to Attalla Police Department for their charges. A 49-year- old white male involved in the incident was arrest a few hours earlier by deputies for giving false information and receiving stolen property 1st for a vehicle he was found in stolen from Virginia. He was moved to isolation for his role in the altercation. The Marshall County Sheriff's Office was contacted, responded and are investigating the case for further criminal charges. At the time of the news release neither person involved in the altercation was named. John Wesley Wilks, age 74, of Fyffe Amos Monroe Brooks, age 83, of Boaz Wanda Faye Bobo, age 66, of Horton Lucille Otinger Thomas, age 89, of Fyffe Charles Allen White, age 77, of Grove Oak Vickie Brown Sutton, age 65, of Scottsboro Terry Bryan Pope, age 63, of Attalla Joey Allan Payne, age 60, of Sylvania Verlon M. White, age 89, of Geraldine Steven Dewight Bell, age 49, of Section POETRY MONTH - The Cardinal Arts Journal at Gadsden State is hosting free events in observance of National Poetry Month. The public is invited to the annual Cardinal Arts Journal Reading and Exhibit at 4 p.m. on April 24. Come see an exhibit of works compiled from submissions to the CAJ. Writers will also read their poems, essays and short stories. It will be held at the Center for Cultural Arts. Additionally, Women in Poetry will be at 4 p.m. on April 29 at the Center for Cultural Arts. Learn more about the history of women and poetry through watching videos and hearing recordings of famous women reading their poetry. There will also be group discussions about women in poetry. For more info contact Tabitha Bozeman, Editor of the CAJ, at tbozeman@gadsdenstate.edu.

Tonya Rodriguez, age 44, of Albertville Mae Wiggins Golden, age 93, of Boaz James Marston Yarbrough, age 85, of Sardis Geraldine Funeral Home Farrell Hugh Noblitt, age 87, of Guntersville Guntersville Memorial Chapel Beatrice Jones Hays, age 94, of Albertville JoAnna Nussbaumer Hazelrig, age 52, of Guntersville JoAnn Marie Darnell, passed away at age 65 Carolyn "Charley" F. Brown, passed away at age 76 Robert Alvin Keel, age 77, of Guntersville Edward Everett Montgomery III, age 95, of Guntersville Kerby Funeral Home in Henagar Carolyn Elaine Beck, age 68, of Madison, TN Nancy Roberts Allen, age 83, of Flat Rock Marshall Memorial Funeral Home Brenda Lee Shumate Obenlander, age 64, of Albertville Terrina Echols Smith-Cross, age 56, of Gadsden Nellie Mae Young, age 87, of Albertville Dr. Gary DeWayne Bodine, age 54, of Guntersville McRae Funeral Home in Boaz Infant Zeus King Gallegos of Crossville passed away Marshall Beaureguard Carter, age 87, of Albertville Carter Hugh "Doc" Crosson, age 88, of Boaz Carol Goodrich, age 85, of Boaz Mitchell "Mickey" Taft, age 83, of Attalla Mickey E. Echols, age 75, of Boaz Morgan Funeral Chapel and Crematory Ola Elmyra Hammock, age 72, of Southside Horace Smedley, age 86, of Rainbow City Robert "Bob" Florian Lampert, age 69, of Houston, TX Andrew Turner, age 19, of Dutton Cyndy Diane Grider, age 66, Ider Billy Don Roden, age 85, of Pisgah Marie Hendrix, age 86, of Boaz Carl Smith Sr., age 77, of Altoona Jewel Parker, age 55, of Albertville Rodney Theron Thompson, age 83, of Attalla Michele Sherry Mathis, age 56, of Attalla Wayne D. Hile, age 57, of Attalla Gail T. Hill, age 80, of Rainbow City Brent Patrick Morgan, age 70, of Gadsden Barbara Colvin, age 77, of Glencoe Karen Rhea Sprouse, age 73, of Gadsden Margaret Ann Crawnford, age 84, of Attalla Dale E. Ramsey, age 76, of Gadsden Terri Lisa Bynum, age 62, of Attalla David C. Martin, age 70, of Gadsden Bertie Lee Jacobs, age 92, of Attalla Gary Lynn Hood, age 71, of Steele Gary D. Beason, age 72, of Moody Bruce "Papa" Parnell, age 77, of Gadsden John Wayne Bryant, age 87, of Altoona Perry Funeral Home In Centre Vicki Lynn Jolley, age 79, of Centre Billy Hudon Agan, age 85, of Leesburg Peggy Jo Robinson Long, age 74, of Centre Edna Madge Richardson, age 92, of Sand Rock Sarah Ann "Momma J" Jolly, age 75, of Centre Etta Ruth Tucker, age 96, of Sand Rock David Rogers Horton, age 87, of Cedar Bluff Judy Lee Barnes Jackson, age 59, of Cedar Bluff Carolyn Kay Tallent, age 81, of Centre Douglas Milton Minshew, age 81, of Centre Martha Jo Gilstrap McWhorter, age 94, of Gaylesville Robert Kevin Hitchcock, age 60, of Centre Kimberly Lynn Wessinger, age 54, of Centre David Eugene Kerr, age 80, of Centre Frances Jane LeCroy Hopper, age 73, of Centre Shane Christopher Young, Sr., age 51, of Centre Rainsville Funeral Home Jerry Williams, age 74, of Henagar Sammy G. Chitwood, age 71, of Fort Payne Jim Buff, age 84, of Section Danny Lassetter, age 73, of Scottsboro Randy Frazier, age 66, of Scottsboro Charles L. Lackey, age 95, of Powell Harold Willard Gunderson III, age 70, of Fort Payne Section Funeral Home Huemack Hancock, age 90, of Section Jackie Dale Berry, passed away at age 62 Brenda Joyce Jolley Crawford, passed away at age 79 Eva Jean Bell passed away at age 86 Angela Lynette Cox Watford, age 85, of Chattanooga, TN Snead Funeral Home Asa Casey, Jr., age 85, of Henagar Martha Slaten, age 84, of Rainsville Bradley Amos, age 84, of Pisgah

Barbara Williams, age 78, of Gadsden Caulene Wycoff, age 79, of Lineville Zell King-Gadson, age 74, of Gadsden Johnny Riddle, age 71, of Gadsden Marshall Orr, Jr., age 61, of Collinsville John Robert Williams, Jr., age 66, of Attalla Joseph Johnson, Sr., age 67, of Gadsden Timothy Ray Prater, age 79, of Gadsden Katherine Green, age 72, of Gadsden Arlie Jewell Wardlow, age 85, of Albertville Karen Ann Tarvin, age 61, of Boaz Dorothy Jane Sheets, age 91, of Albertville Willis Langston, age 82, of Boaz Melisa Juan Pedro, passed away at age 21 Marlon T. Killion, age 82, of Albertville Kamryn Brumbeloe, age 12, of Albertville Aubry Wayne Harper, age 68, of Crossville Vickie Carol Cahela, age 71,of Albertville

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Burt Funeral Home in Fort Payne Diane Ophelia Robinette, age 75, of Fort Payne James C. Gregory, Jr., age 74, of Scottsboro Carr Funeral Home in Guntersville Jan Harrelson Sanderson, age 88, of Memphis, TN Robert Lee Eudy, age 76, of Albertville Terry Wayne Morton, age 58, of East Lake Community Mary Wonett Baird, age 85, of Albertville Dorothy Fay Childress, age 84, of Guntersville Anne Laura Norton Adkison, 93, formerly of Guntersville Melba Anne Smith, age 78, of Huntsville Linda Darlene Collins Hyde, age 70, of Guntersville Collier-Butler Funeral Home Rita Leath Harden, age 72, of Anniston William Roger Rowell, age 72, of Gadsden Shelby Jane Stephens, age 63, of Gadsden Danny "Coach" Fred Elliott, age 66, of Gadsden Edward "Eddie" Arthur Brewer, age 47, of Gadsden Dennis Larkin Elliott, age 77, of Southside Deborah Cardelli Debusk, passed away at age 66 George Thomas Gilmore, Sr., age 84, of Gadsden Lance Boyd Koury, passed away at age 64 Michael James Brown, age 64, of Gadsden Steven Randall "Randy" Terrell, age 71, of Rainbow City Billy Bert "Wild Bill" Noah, age 85, of Southside Johnnie E. Flowers, age 81, of Steele Betty Hollingsworth Dubose, age 75, of Gadsden Norma Jean Trumble, age 84, of Steele Charles Douglas Smith, age 75, of Gadsden Joyce Marie Rickard Stanley, age 87, of Rainbow City

Robert Edward Crow, age 97, of Southside Lisa Denise Rhodes, passed away at age 61 Horace Wesley Yancey, age 95, of Guntersville James Harold Rogers, age 93, of Gadsden Ida Ellen Thompson, age 92, of Mobile

Cornerstone Funeral Chapel in Ider Wendell Leonard "Sport" Dawson Jr., age 60, of Henagar

Yvonnee Teet Williams, age 89, of Pisgah Luther Roy Townson, age 97, of Fort Payne James Donald Fletcher, age 83, of Ider

Betty Moore Leroy, age 86, of Chattanooga James David "Bo" Durham, age 63, of Henagar Charles Edward Bunch, age 63, of Trenton, GA Terry James Phillips, age 70 of Rosalie Dewey Norman "Bill" Thompson, age 92, of Ider Crestwood Funeral Home in Gadsden Christopher Allan Walker, age 50, formerly of Glencoe Fred "Pete" Cochran Jr., age 91, of Altoona Betty Allen, age 90, of Sardis Hortense "Susie" Henry, age 99, East Gadsden Elizabeth Colvin Kramer, passed away at age 75 Martha Archer Tumlin, age 84, of Gadsden Cynthia Diane Marlow Gann, age 64, of Birmingham Martha Kirby Gibson, age 91, of Gadsden Crossville Memorial Chapel Marthette Parker Turner, age 93, of Crossville Etowah Memorial Chapel Rickey Glenn Cornelius, age 73, of Altoona

Tracy Dewayne Price, age 48, of Oneonta Martha Lou Carson, age 100, of Oneonta Ricky Doyle Townsend, age 68, of Arab Lillis Jones Avery, age 101, of Hendrix, AL Francella JoAnn Chriswell, age 79, of Snead

Wilson Funeral Home in Fort Payne Jimmy Dale McKeeham, age 80, of Fort Payne Samuel William Shankles, age 19, of Fort Payne David E. Saur, age 81, of Fort Payne Elizabeth Ann Pickens Engelke, passed away at age 80 Othell Patterson, age 89, of Dogtown Jeffery Don McSpadden, age 50, of Gaylesville

Harold Dean Guice, age 86, of Boaz Joseph Rhines, passed away at age 66 Archie T. Battles, age 79, of Attalla

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