Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967 - 1814-1935
Sarah Johnson Summerford
76, homemaker
HARTSELLE -- Funeral for Sarah Johnson Summerford, 76, of Decatur will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at Central United Methodist Church in Decatur with the Rev. W.L. Cole officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing.
Burial will be in Hartselle City Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 6:30 until 8:30 at the funeral home. The body will be at the church 30 minutes before the funeral.
Mrs. Summerford died Tuesday, May 2, 2000, at Summerford Nursing Home. She was born June 21, 1923, in Morgan County to Lee and Dixie Hendon Johnson. She was a lifelong member of the United Methodist Church and held every office in the women's division of the church. She was the widow of the Rev. Robert Sheats Summerford. She was a homemaker.
She is survived by one son, George Alan Summerford of Littleton, N.C.; one daughter, Janet Summerford Baker of Muscle Shoals; two brothers, J.H. Johnson of Decatur and Paul Johnson of Hartselle; one sister, Nan Campbell of Hartselle; and five grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Larry Anders, Bob Durand, Frank Mangum, Matt Mangum, Jack Riethmaier and Lynn Thompson.
Annie Faye Petty Turner
58, former ConAgra employee
ATHENS -- Funeral for Annie Faye Petty Turner, 58, of Athens will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at People's Funeral Home with the Rev. Gary Battles officiating.
Burial will be in Poplar Creek Cemetery.
Mrs. Turner died Tuesday, May 2, 2000, at her home. She was born June 23, 1941, in Limestone County. She was a former ConAgra employee and a member of St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband, Timothy Turner; four sons, Michael Petty, Johnnie Petty, Ronnie Petty and Keith Petty, all of Athens; three daughters, Clara Petty, Tammy Petty and Lynn Petty, all of Athens; two brothers, Lifford Petty of Elkmont and Leo Petty of Athens; seven sisters, Betty Scott and Sallie B. Franklin, both of Athens, Mary Turner, Elizabeth Petty, Dorothy Jean Petty and Linda Fletcher, all of Huntsville, and Dianne Petty of Louisville, Ky.; 26 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Margaret 'Onzelle' Woods
76, homemaker
HARTSELLE -- Funeral for Margaret "Onzelle" Woods, 76, of Falkville will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at Peck Funeral Home with the Rev. Tony Smith and the Rev. Wayne Vincent officiating.
Burial will be in Childers Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 9 at the funeral home.
Mrs. Woods died Monday, May 1, 2000, at Hartselle Medical Center. She was born March 31, 1924, in Morgan County to William H. and Ella Mae Johnson Mardis. She was a member of Mount View Baptist Church, the widow of Casper Woods and the mother of the late David Alan Woods. She was a homemaker.
She is survived by one son, Donnie M. Woods of Falkville; one daughter, Ronna Woods Halbrooks of Falkville; one sister, Lura Hall of Fairview; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Ken Brown, Kerry Reeves, David Halbrooks, Marty Bramer, Billy Kyker, Bob Kyker, Steve Whitley and John Blackwood.
Vera Mae Beck
70, retired cook
ATHENS -- Funeral for Vera Mae Beck, 70, of Athens will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at New Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Tanner with the Rev. Larry Lockett officiating.
Burial will be in Thatch-Mann Cemetery with Peoples Funeral Home directing.
Mrs. Beck died Wednesday, May 3, 2000, at Athens-Limestone Hospital. She was born March 9, 1930, in Limestone County. She lived in Cleveland, Ohio, for most of her life. She was a retired cook and a member of New Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church.
She is survived by one daughter, Carolyn Williams of Athens; and two grandchildren.
Helen Pauline Brown
72,retired cloth spinner
HUNTSVILLE -- Funeral for Helen Pauline Brown, 72, of Huntsville will be Friday at noon at Laughlin Service Funeral Home with the Rev. Richard Frees officiating.
Burial will be in Huntsville Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends tonight from 5 to 8 at the funeral home.
Miss Brown died Tuesday, May 2, 2000, at home. She was born June 3, 1927, in Huntsville to Delmer William and Medie Carolina Herron Brown. She was a member of Central Baptist Church and retired after 44 years as a cloth spinner at Huntsville Manufacturing Co.
She is survived by one sister, Hazel Truitt of Huntsville.
Christine 'Chris' Craig
58, dry cleaner employee
TAMPA, Fla. -- Funeral for Christine "Chris" Craig, 58, of Tampa, formerly of Decatur, was April 18 at Marsicano-B Marion Reed-Stowers Funeral Home.
Mrs. Craig died Saturday, April 15, 2000, at home. She was born Dec. 18, 1941, in Decatur to Elmo and Ruth Roland Rouse. She was a long-time resident of South Tampa and worked in dry cleaning stores in the Westshore and MacDill areas of Tampa for 25 years.
She is survived by her husband, Joe Craig; her mother of Yantis, Texas; one brother, Clayton Rouse of Heath Springs, S.C.; and two sisters, Cecile Headley of Daphne and Edna McCallie of Yantis.
Freeman Dunn
79, retired machinist
TRINITY -- Funeral for Freeman Dunn, 79, of Trinity will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Parkway Funeral Home with Gary Sartain and Keith Jones officiating.
Burial will be in East Lawrence Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 9 at the funeral home.
Mr. Dunn died Wednesday, May 3, 2000, at Decatur General Hospital. He was born May 22, 1920, in Lawrence County to Mack and Alice Dunn. He was a member of Conway Baptist Church and a retired machinist from Automatic Screw Machine Products in Decatur.
He is survived by his wife, Alma Dunn; two sons, R.J. Dunn of Moulton and Donald Dunn of Trinity; one daughter, Rachel Dover of Jasper; one brother, John Dunn of Decatur; 10 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
David Russell Frost
44, truck driver
ATHENS -- Graveside service for David Russell Frost, 44, of Athens will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Roselawn Cemetery with the Rev. Gary Rankin officiating and Spry Funeral Home directing.
The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 9 at the funeral home.
Mr. Frost died Monday, May 1, 2000, at home. He was born June 5, 1955, in Lynnwood, Calif., to Don J. and Betty Jo Fountain Frost. He was a truck driver for Monarch Foods.
He is survived by his wife, Virginia Frost; two sons, Brandon Frost and Deven Frost, both of Athens; one daughter, Amber Frost of Athens; his father and stepmother, Don and Eleanor Frost of Athens; one brother, Donald Allen Frost of Athens; one half brother, Steven Frost of Athens; three half sisters, Loraine Frost Duncan of Athens, and Darla Lee and Patty Hotchkinson, both of California; and his grandmother, Bethel Fountain of California.
Gerald M. Fuller
Infant
Graveside service for infant Gerald M. Fuller of Decatur will be Friday at 1 p.m. at Roselawn Cemetery with Roselawn Funeral Home directing.
The infant died Wednesday, May 3, 2000, the day of his birth, at Decatur General Hospital.
He is survived by his parents, Gerald and Rosalyn Fletcher Fuller of Decatur.
Madeline Dix Reeves
96, Baptist women's leader
Graveside service for Madeline Dix Reeves, 96, of Decatur will be Friday following visitation at Decatur City Cemetery with the Rev. Buddy Champion, the Rev. W.K. Stephenson and Chip Colee officiating.
The family will receive friends Friday from 1 to 3 p.m. at Roselawn Funeral Home.
Mrs. Reeves died Tuesday, May 2, 2000, at Decatur General Hospital. She was born March 4, 1904, in Montgomery to Thomas Murrell Dix and Frances Elizabeth Gray Dix. The family moved to Decatur in 1906, and Mrs. Reeves attended Decatur High School. After graduating from Judson College in 1925, she returned to Decatur and, after the death of her parents, worked in her father's business, T.M. Dix Real Estate and Insurance Co.
In 1934, she married the Rev. Walter Paschal Reeves Sr. and they served churches in Sheffield, Tuskegee and Lanett. Mrs. Reeves focused on Women's Missionary Union activities and served as Young People's Leader for WMU's Northern Alabama District. She was president of Alabama WMU from 1947 to 1952, and vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention WMU, where she served on its Executive Committee.
She served on the Judson College board of trustees for 23 years, taught Sunday school and visited Baptist missionaries around the world. She also was a member of the committee that recommended the removal of Howard College to its present location and changing its name to Samford University.
In 1993, in recognition of her contributions to the Baptist church, she was one of two pastor's wives featured at the annual meeting of the Alabama Baptist Historical Society.
She is survived by first cousins, Mary Sproles of Arlington, Texas, Nell Wade of Jackson, Miss., Annie Miers of New York City, Jean Allaway of Boston and Sarah Hale of Camden, Tenn.
Memorials may be made to the building fund of First Baptist Church of Decatur, P.O. Box 1667, Decatur, AL 35602.
Jerome Vincent 'J.V.' Sailors
CLINTON, Tenn. -- Jerome Vincent "J.V." Sailors, 63, of Franklin, Tenn., a former Austin High School principal and Morgan County school superintendent, died suddenly at home Tuesday.
He was executive director of the Tennessee State Board of Education.
The funeral will be tonight at 8 EDT at First Baptist Church in Clinton with the Rev. Samuel Dean officiating.
Burial will be Friday at 3 p.m. CDT in Pineland Memorial Gardens in Centreville with Holley-Gamble Funeral Home of Clinton directing.
The family will receive friends tonight from 6:30 to 8 at the church.
Mr. Sailors was born June 3, 1936, in Bibb County to James and Vera Ragland Sailors. He came to Decatur in 1966 as an assistant principal at Austin and was principal from 1969-75, before being elected Morgan County superintendent. During his four-year term, county schools added more than $3 million in new construction, including the completion of Sparkman School.
Mr. Sailors, who earned his doctorate in school administration at The University of Alabama in 1971, was the Decatur Jaycees' Outstanding Young Educator and Alabama's Outstanding Young Educator in 1970.
In a 1979 interview, Sailors said: "The 12 years that my family has lived in Decatur and Morgan County have certainly been super years for us. We will remember fondly and with much love the many people that have been a part of our lives. I know that I received more than I have given, but I hope that I have made a contribution, however small, to the area that I love so much."
He was superintendent of Anniston schools from 1979-86. He also worked as teacher and coach in the Georgia school system, and was principal of Berry High School in Hoover and superintendent of Anderson County Schools in Clinton.
He is survived by his wife, Carol Ward Sailors; two sons, Jerome Ward Sailors of Monroeville and Timothy David Sailors of Madison; one daughter, Kelly Margaret Ferguson of Atlanta; his mother of Centreville; one brother, James Sailors of Centreville; two sisters, Ann Kemmer and Edwina Greathouse, both of Centreville; and two grandsons.
Herman L. Tinker
92, business owner
DOTHAN -- Funeral for Herman L. Tinker, 92, of Dothan will be Friday at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Phillip Wise officiating.
Burial will be in Memory Hill Cemetery with Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 8 at Southern Heritage Funeral Home in Dothan.
Mr. Tinker died Tuesday, May 2, 2000, at Southeast Alabama Medical Center. He was born Feb. 9, 1908, in Perryville, Tenn., to John Allen and Mary Gertrude Arnold Tinker. He began a career with International Harvester in 1929 in Louisville, Ky., where he met and married Florence Malissa Gordon. The couple moved to Birmingham, where he was vice president of sales until relocating to Dothan in 1952, purchasing Whiddon Implement Co. and establishing Tinker Equipment Co. He retired from International Harvester in 1969 and operated Tinker Equipment until his death.
He was chairman of the Indigent Board of Southeast Alabama General Hospital and served on the Houston County Board of Education for 12 years, including two years as chairman. He was instrumental in founding the local Bee Keepers Association in 1976. He was a member of First Baptist Church, where he was a deacon since 1952 and a member of the Men's Chapel Sunday school class. He was Baptist Man of the Year in 1994. He also was a member of the Dothan Rotary Club since 1952 and received the Paul Harris Fellowship Award.
He is survived by two daughters, Joan Neville of Athens and Carolyn Matheny of Lynn Haven, Fla.; four sisters, Allie Mae Stevens, Sue Carrington and Johnnye Smith, all of Parsons, Tenn., and Nell England of Decaturville, Tenn.; four grandchildren; and great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Bob Coffman, Harry Hall, Phillip Hardy, Charles Decker, Dee Brookshire and Morris Slingluff.
Deacons of First Baptist Church and members of the Men's Chapel Sunday school class will be honorary pallbearers.
Memorials may be made to the Herman L. Tinker Memorial Fund, c/o First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 2025, Dothan, AL 36302-2025.
