DENHAM SPRINGS, La. - Barbour "Babs" Wilson Minhinnette, host of "Radio Free Dixie," a radio talk show, died Sunday at the home of her son in Watson, La. She was 60.

Mrs. Minhinnette, a native Mobilian, resided in Denham Springs.

Survivors include her husband, Virgil E. Minhinnette of Denham Springs; her son, Thomas W. Minhinnette; her mother, Sara B. Wilson; two brothers, John J. Wilson and Lee W. Wilson; and one sister, Beth W. Covan.

Private graveside services are planned. Seale Funeral Home of Denham Springs is handling arrangements.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Baton Rouge, 8322 One Calais Avenue, Suite A, Baton Rouge, LA 70809. 

Aubrey Fairley Beasley

WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. - Aubrey Fairley Beasley, a homemaker and resident of West Memphis, died of heart failure Saturday in Memphis, Tenn., hospital. She was 75.

Mrs. Beasley is survived by two daughters, Diana Frazier of West Memphis and Patricia McDaniel of Mobile; two stepdaughters, Luverna King and Juanita Macavoy, both of Mobile; one sister, Virgie Lee Maples of Vancleve, Miss.; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

Graveside services are set for 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Mobile Memorial Gardens. Roller-Citizens Funeral Home of West Memphis is handling arrangements.

Ann Wildman Bauer

PETERSBURG, Va. - Ann Wildman Bauer, a native of Mobile, died Sunday in Petersburg.

Survivors include her husband, Robert E. Bauer; a daughter, Paula B. Shortlidge; a son, Richard E. Bauer; and four grandchildren.

Memorial services were held in Petersburg. Memorials may be made to All Saints Episcopal Church in Mobile. J.T. Morris & Sons Funeral Home in Petersburg handled arrangements.

Clara Teresa Smith

Clara Teresa Smith, a member of St. Francis Xavier Church, died Sunday in a local hospital. She was 81.

Mrs. Smith, a native of Daphne, resided in Mobile. At church, she was a member of the Altar Society and the choir.

Survivors include six children, Joseph Smith of Burke, Va., Barbara Altice of Manassas, Va., Ronald Smith, Beverly McDowell, Pamela Colston and Ingrid Franklin, all of Mobile; one sister, Lillie Dembo of Miami; three brothers, Thomas Battle of Mobile, Shelton D. Battle of Trotwood, Ohio, and Sidney Battle of Carson, Calif.; 12 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Viewing will be at Christian Benevolent Funeral Home from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday. Viewing will also be after 9 a.m. Thursday at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 2034 St. Stephens Road, where visitation will be from 10 a.m. until Mass of Christian Burial is celebrated at 11 a.m. Interment will take place in Catholic Cemetery.

Emiel Joseph Carraway

PITTSBURG, Calif. - Emiel Joseph Carraway, who worked for many years as a supervisor with Pacific Bell, died July 1 in California.

A native Mobilian, Carraway resided in Pittsburg. He was a member of Bethel AME Church in Mobile.

Survivors include his wife, Patricia Carraway; one son, Joseph Lamar Carraway of Tallahassee, Fla.; one daughter, Daliah Eshe Carraway of Seattle; one stepdaughter, Eileen Fisher of Pittsburg; two stepsons, Phillip Fisher of Pittsburg and Ricky Fisher of Los Angeles; his parents, Effie Mae and Emiel Carraway of Mobile; two sisters, Theresa White of Long Grove, Ill., and Brenetta M. Carraway of Mobile; and one stepgranddaughter.

A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Bethel AME Church, 714 Savannah St.

Memorials may be made to the church.

Aubrey Fairley Beasley

WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. - Aubrey Fairley Beasley, a homemaker and resident of West Memphis, died of heart failure Saturday in Memphis, Tenn., hospital. She was 75.

Mrs. Beasley is survived by two daughters, Diana Frazier of West Memphis and Patricia McDaniel of Mobile; two stepdaughters, Luverna King and Juanita Macavoy, both of Mobile; one sister, Virgie Lee Maples of Vancleve, Miss.; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

Graveside services are set for 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Mobile Memorial Gardens. Roller-Citizens Funeral Home of West Memphis is handling arrangements.

Curtis Edward Lewis

Curtis Edward Lewis, a native of George County, Miss and resident of Mobile, died Saturday. He was 39.

Lewis is survived by one daughter, Rachel LeAnn Lewis of Mobile; three brothers, Marlowe Lewis of Lucedale, Miss., Randy Lewis of Mobile and Richard Gordon Lewis of Lucedale; and one sister, Raylene Lewis Busby of Mobile.

Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. today at Lewis Cemetery in Lucedale, Miss. Arrangements by Freeman Funeral Home in Leakesville, Miss.

Edward Hubert McDonald

Edward Hubert McDonald, a retired carpenter and native of Monroe County, died Saturday in a Monroe County hospital. He was 80.

McDonald is survived by his wife, Lois Sirmon McDonald of Monroeville; one son, Eddie McDonald of Mexia; two daughters, Jean Reynolds of Monroeville and Frances Wasden of Uriah; one brother, Charles McDonald of Atmore; one sister, Eloise Rawls of Mobile; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Johnson Funeral Home in Monroeville with interment in Old Salem Cemetery.

Burl S. Beech

IRVINGTON - Burl S. Beech, a native of Jones County, Miss., and a resident of Irvington, died Saturday at a local hospital. She was 66.

She is survived by two sons, Johnny Beech and Leonard Beech, both of Theodore; one daughter, Norma Sue Beech of Tillmans Corner; two sisters, Ruth Langley of Laurel, Miss., Ginny Golcheff of Detroit; one brother, Clinton Scoggins of Germany; 6 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.

Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home. Graveside services will follow at noon in Mobile Memorial Gardens.

Eleanor Thorington Hearn

Eleanor Thorington Hearn, a native of Salisbury, Md., and a resident of Mobile, died Wednesday, July 8, in a local nursing facility. She was 88.

Miss Hearn taught third grade at Little Flower School and served as the parish organist for many years. She was retired from The Arnold School where she taught French.

Mass of Christian Burial was held Monday, July 13, at Little Flower Church. Interment was in Chapel of the Pines Mausoleum at Pine Crest Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Little Flower School, 2103 Government St., Mobile, AL 36606.

"Patty" Mikkelsen

"Patty" Mikkelsen, a native of Mobile and a resident of Summerdale, died Sunday. She was 55.

She is survived by her husband "Gene" E. Mikkelsen of Summerdale; one son, Dustin Mikkelsen of Magnolia Springs; two daughters, Tricia Mikkelsen of Foley, Valerie Mikkelsen of Summerdale; one brother, John Joseph Cook of Gulf Shores; two sisters, Cheryl Cosker of Gulf Shores, Carolyn Harris of Mobile; and 2 grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Pine Rest Funeral Home in Foley. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Foley First Baptist Church with interment in Pine Rest Memorial Park. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or Foley First Baptist Church.

Wilbur Howard Flowers

Wilbur Howard Flowers, a supply technician with the Alabama National Guard, died Wednesday at his residence. He was 72.

Flowers, a Veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the Persian Gulf War, was a native of Marengo County and a resident of Linden. He was also member of Linden Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Stockman Flowers of Linden; two daughters, Lynda Roberson of Linden and Ginga Flowers Mullinax of Birmingham; a son, Randall "Randy" Flowers of Trussville, Ala.; a brother, Lewis Flowers of Alamogordo, N.M.; a sister, Eileen Stephens of Demopolis; and eight grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Linden Baptist Church. Interment will be in Linden Memorial Park. Arrangements were being made by O'Bryant Chapel Funeral Home in Linden. 

William Joseph Gambrel

WAYNESBORO, Miss. - William Joseph Gambrel, a former employee of Millwright Saw Mill, died Tuesday at Wayne General Hospital. He was 84.

Gambrel, a member of Whistler Masonic Lodge 12, was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was a native of Alabama and resident of Waynesboro.

He is survived by his wife, Marion D. Gambrel of Waynesboro, Miss.; a stepson, Oliver Goldsmith Brown of Gautier, Miss.; two stepdaughters, Diane Brown Willhoite of Waynesboro and Cecil George Smith of Lawton, Okla.; six stepgrandchildren; and two stepgreat-grandchildren.

Visitation will be today from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Freeman Funeral Home in Waynesboro. Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home chapel, with burial in Pine Crest Cemetery in Mobile at 11:30 a.m.

"Danny" Melton McClamy

CAMDEN - Daniel "Danny" Melton McClamy, a coach and teacher at Wilcox Academy in Camden, died Wednesday at his home. He was 40.

The Camden resident was a native of Jackson, Ala.

McClamy, also known as "Coach Mac," had also taught and coached at Jackson Academy in Jackson and Alabama Southern College.

His memberships included Forest Avenue Baptist Church in Jackson and the Alabama Independent Schools Association's coaches association.

Survivors include his parents, H.M. "Mac" and Frances Barnes McClamy Jr. of Jackson; two sisters, Suzanne Browning of Auburn and Jeanne Wickell of Saraland.

Services are set for 2 p.m. today at Lathan Funeral Home in Jackson with interment in Trinity Memorial Gardens in Jackson. 

Linda Pauline Asberry 

McINTOSH -- Linda Pauline Asberry, who had worked as a cashier and a waitress, died Sunday in McIntosh. 

Ms. Asberry, 33, was a native of Monroe County and a resident of McIntosh. 

Survivors include her mother, Lois Asberry of Jackson, Miss.; her father, William Asberry of Mount Pleasant, Texas; four daughters, Crystal Fox and DeAnne Fox of Monroeville, Ala., and Robin Potts and Jesse Potts of Semmes; one brother, Billy Asberry of Texarkana, Ark.; and one sister, Brenda Weaver of McIntosh. 

Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. today at Monroe Chapel Funeral Home in Monroeville, with interment in Excel Cemetery in Excel, Ala. 

Muriel "Mull" Benning 

Muriel "Mull" Benning, a homemaker and member of Greater Union Baptist Church, died Thursday at her home. 

Mrs. Benning, 71, was a native of Grove Hill, Ala., and a resident of Mobile. 

Survivors include three children, Annie M. Jackson, Charles Benning Sr. and Anthony Benning, all of Mobile; 15 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren. 

Viewing will be at Christian Benevolent Funeral Home after 1 p.m. Friday with visitation from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Services are set for 11 a.m. Saturday at Greater Union Baptist Church, 961 Lyon St., with interment in Gethsemane Cemetery. 

William Green, honored veteran 

William Green, a World War II veteran and nationally recognized advocate of veterans and their families, died Tuesday night of heart failure, his family said. 

Green, 89, passed away in a building named after him for his work on behalf of veterans -- the William F. Green Veteran's Home in Bay Minette. 

"Everybody loved him," said his son David. "When he died, a piece of history died." 

Green was a Navy Fireman First Class during WWII, and served aboard the USS Hank in the Atlantic and Pacific. He was honorably discharged after an injury during the Battle of the China Sea. 

His son, David, said he thinks his father was hit by shrapnel after a ship was bombed, but he's not sure, since the elder Green was reluctant to address his own heroics. 

"He never really talked about the war at all when I was growing up," David Green said. "He preferred to get out there and do something about it." 

Green joined the Disabled American Veterans in 1946, and was elected state commander in 1953. In 1964 he was elected National Executive Committeeman of the DAV's 6th district, which includes Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. 

He served as vice chairman on the State Board of Veteran's Affairs from 1962 to 1970. The board is the governing body of 88 offices around Alabama that serve the veterans, their widows and orphans in across the state. He was reappointed to that position by Gov. Hunt in 1985, and served four more years. 

Green is survived by his wife, Margaret, their six children and 12 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. 

His funeral will be arranged by Radney Funeral Homes, at 3155 Dauphin St. 
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Henry Johnson Jr. 

Henry Johnson Sr., an ordained deacon and a retiree of Alabama Dry Dock and Shipping Co., died Saturday at the age of 76. 

A Mobile resident, Johnson was a native of Perdue Hill, Ala., where he had been a member of Mount Gilliard Baptist Church. 

After moving to Mobile, he joined Mount Zion Baptist Church. He later became a member of St. Joseph Missionary Baptist Church, where he served as superintendent of the Sunday school and first vice president of the L. Simmons Chorus. 

Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Jewel Johnson of Mobile; six daughters, Ruth Moseley, Pauline Jackson, Bernice Lamar, Jewell Murrell, Doris Johnson and Vera Tyler, all of Mobile; two sons, Henry W. Johnson and Elder Nelson Johnson, of Mobile; three sisters, Essie Clausell of West Virginia, Mattie Sue Williams of Mobile and Queen Esther Harris of Atmore, Ala.; four brothers, Rev. William Johnson of Sacramento, Calif., Wilson Johnson, Thomas Johnson and Arthur Johnson, all of Mobile; 19 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. 

Visitation will be at St. Joseph Missionary Baptist Church, 703 S. Hobbs Avenue in Prichard, on Friday from 10 a.m. until the noon service time. Interment will be in Gethsemane Cemetery. Reese Funeral Home in Prichard in handling arrangements. 

Michael Lawrence LaBonte 

Michael Lawrence LaBonte, who had worked as a chef at Bama Belles Restaurant, died Monday in a local hospital. He was 35. 

LaBonte was a Vermont native who resided in Mobile. 

Survivors include his wife, Charlene LaBonte of Mobile; his mother, Marlene Roberts of Mobile; his son, Scotty LaBonte of Portland, Ore.; two daughters, Amy LaBonte and Melissa LaBonte, both of Portland; his stepdaughter, Shannon Morris of Mobile; two stepsons, Shaun Morris of Mobile and Jason Morris of Michigan; one brother, John LaBonte of Mobile; and two grandchildren. 

Visitation will be today from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Serenity Funeral Home, where services are set for 10 a.m. Thursday. Interment will be in Serenity Memorial Gardens. 

Tillie' Lattimore dead at 102 

Matilda "Tillie" Lattimore, a longtime resident of Mobile and a housekeeper for Catholic bishops, died Saturday in a local hospital at the age of 102. 

Mrs. Lattimore was born Nov. 27, 1895, in the town of McDowell near Demopolis and was orphaned at a young age. She was reared with the daughters of the plantation owners for whom her parents had worked. 

After marrying, she moved to Mobile. Over the years, she cooked and kept house for several Catholic bishops, catching early-morning buses to arrive on the job before daylight, according to family members who said she was 94 when she quit working. 

Mrs. Lattimore was featured in the Mobile Register as her family gathered on Thanksgiving in 1996 to celebrate the holiday and her 101st birthday, which was the day before. Family members at the gathering recalled her stern hand, and how she always talked about church and family. 

When asked what she was thankful for, Mrs. Lattimore said, "There's so much, I can't count it." 

According to her granddaughter, Sadie Mackie of Mobile, Mrs. Lattimore had been living with various family members since becoming frail. "We didn't want to see her put in a £nursing— home or anything." 

Mrs. Mackie said her grandmother loved to have children nearby. "She was a very strict person when she was up. She was a very strong-willed person," but also kind and sweet, Mrs. Mackie said. " I'll just miss her being around." 

Mrs. Lattimore was a member of Amity Missionary Baptist Church, where she was active in the senior choir and in other capacities. She was also a member of Oziel Chapter No. 1 Order of the Eastern Star. 

Survivors include two sons, Jake Williams of Demopolis and John R. Moore of Houston, Texas; 17 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; 40 great-great-grandchildren; and one great-great-great-grandchild. 

Viewing will be from noon to 5 p.m. Friday at Christian Benevolent Funeral Home. Viewing will also be after 8 a.m. Saturday at Amity Missionary Baptist Church, 969 Donald St., where the family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. service time. Interment will take place in Gethsemane Cemetery. 
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Dorothy Simms 

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. -- Dorothy Simms, a native Mobilian and resident of Warner Robins, died Thursday at the age of 67. 

Mrs. Simms was a member of Green Acres Baptist Church and a former member of the Spirit of 76 CB Club. 

Survivors include her husband, Thomas L. Simmer of Warner Robins; two daughters, Terry A. Moore and Jane E. Simms, both of Warner Robins; one son, Thomas L. Simms Jr. of Brookville, Ohio; two brothers, Joseph C. Hudson Jr. and Milton Hudson, both of Mobile; one sister, Elizabeth McLaurin of Mobile; and two grandchildren. 

Visitation will be from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at Heritage Memorial Funeral Home, 701 Carl Vinson Parkway in Warner Robins. Services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home with interment in Parkway Memorial Gardens. 

Ida M. Stovall 

Ida M. Stovall, a native of Bibb COUNTY 

and resident of Mobile, died Monday in a local hospital. She was 74. 

Survivors include three daughters, Waddell Bright of Fort Wayne, Ind., Agnes Steele of Ann Arbor, Mich., and Bessie Stallworth of Montgomery; four sons, Roderick Stovall of Wichita, Kan., Elmo Stovall and Kennedy Stovall, both of Mobile, and George Stovall of Montgomery; five brothers, C.R. Lockhart of Huntington, W.Va., Charles Lockhart of Birmingham, John Lockhart of Waco, Texas, William H. Lockhart of East Cleveland, Ohio, and Herman Lockhart of Perth Amboy, N.J.; five sisters, Bessie Brown and Annie Marie Lockhart, both of Perth Amboy, Della Cartwright of Huntsville, Dorothy Blair of State, Island, N.Y., and Fannie Gordon of Somerset, N.J.; 19 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. 

A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness, 2207 Gill Road. Christian Benevolent Funeral Home is handling arrangements. 

Thomas Wentworth, a life of civic service 

For Thomas Marion Wentworth, civic service was a way of life. 

While working as an insurance executive with McAnally, Sullivan and Wentworth Inc., he served on the board of the Mobile Mental Health Association. He headed the local Heart Fund Campaign in 1971. 

When he learned of his own kidney problems, rather than retreating from the world, he turned his efforts to a new project, becoming one of the founders of the Southwest Chapter of the National Kidney Foundation in Alabama Inc., and the first person to head the organization. 

Wentworth, who underwent a kidney transplant in 1989, died Monday in a local hospital from recently developed heart problems. He was 71. 

After becoming ill, Wentworth continued working, serving as a real-estate agent with Roberts Brothers. 

When he was in his late 40s, the lifelong Mobilian learned he had been born with one kidney, and in 1978 he developed kidney stones in that kidney. Doctors removed the stones, and Wentworth learned that he would eventually need dialysis. It was during one of numerous hospitalizations that Wentworth made a promise to God, which he recounted in a 1988 Mobile Register article: "Spare me. Bring me through this, and I will find out what this kidney business is all about." 

That 1978 promise, which took two years to fulfill, gave the region something it hadn't had before. Prior to 1980, no organization in the area was committed to assisting people with kidney disease. The organization went into operation in May 1980 as the Kidney Foundations of South Alabama with Wentworth as its first president. 

In December 1981, the local organization joined the state and National Kidney Foundations to provide more services for local patients. Wentworth was elected chairman of the board of the National Kidney Foundation of Alabama Inc. 

In the 1988 interview, Wentworth said attitude is important in determining how well a person in a tough situation does. 

"Do as much as you can," he said. "I'm an optimist by nature, so I'm always expecting the best." 

Jean Groom Wentworth, his wife of 44 years, said Wentworth didn't let his problems get him down. 

"He just kept going," she said. "He enjoyed civic work That's what he liked to do. And of course he loved Mobile." 

It was after becoming ill -- and finding no resource for local kidney patients -- that he thought a foundation would be something he could do to help, said Mrs. Wentworth. 

He was past president of a number of organizations, including the West Mobile Kiwanis Club, the Mobile Mental Health Association, the Mobile Civic Roundtable and the Mobile County Division of the American Heart Association. He was secretary-treasurer of the Mobile Museum Board and an active officer and board member of various other organizations. 

In addition, he was a member of the Historic Mobile Preservation Society, of which his wife is executive director. 

A longtime member of Government Street Presbyterian Church, he was a past elder and deacon. 

In addition to his wife, Wentworth is survived by three daughters, Laura Wentworth of Austin, Texas, Lynn W. Morrissette and Leigh W. Schottgen, both of Mobile; and five grandchildren. 

A memorial service is scheduled for 11 a.m. today at Government Street Presbyterian Church, with visitation in the parlor from 10 a.m. Pine Crest Funeral Home handled arrangements. 

Memorials may be made to the National Kidney Foundation, Government Street Presbyterian Church or the Historic Mobile Preservation Society.