Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967 - 1814-1935
Edward Earl Duncan
CENTREVILLE - Edward Earl Duncan, 47, died Sept. 18, 2000, in Tuscaloosa. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Rockco Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Bobby Odell officiating. Burial will follow in Old Union Cemetery with Rockco's Funeral Home directing. Visitation is 6-8 tonight at the funeral home.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy H. Duncan, Centreville; two sons, Michael Duncan, Jemison, and Timothy Darryl Duncan, Brierfield; two daughters, Terry Cleckler and husband Robert, Clanton, and Tammy Duncan, Centreville; mother, Nettie Thrower, Centreville; brother, Troy Duncan, Centreville; five sisters, Kitty Moore, Selma, Alice Simmons, Tuscaloosa, Nancy Duncan, Tuscaloosa, Gail Jackson, Centreville, and Sara Simmons, Centreville; three grandchildren, Dakota Allen Duncan, Dylan Montana Duncan and Dallas Nicole Duncan.
Pallbearers will be Alan Cleckler, Wayne Cleckler, Gary Taylor, Ed Files, Rich Reeves and Dude Reeves.
Debra Gosa
ALICEVILLE - Debra Gosa, 38, died Sept. 16, 2000, at Baptist Memorial Golden Triangle Hospital. Services are today at B.B. Chapel CME Church at 1 p.m. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The body will lie in state one hour prior to the church service. Lavender Funeral Service is directing.
Hilda Marie Gray
NORTHPORT - Hilda Marie Gray, age 54, of 15181 Clearwater Loop, died Sept. 20, 2000, at her residence. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Davis Chapel Cemetery in Fayette County with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be 7-9 tonight at the funeral home.
Bessie Lee Jones Keene
COTTONDALE - Bessie Lee Jones Keene, 87, of 8000 Keene's Mill Road, died Sept. 20, 2000, at the home of Carroll and Betty Payne. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Tuscaloosa Memorial Park with the Rev. Robert Causey officiating and Memory Chapel Funeral Home directing.
Survivors include one sister, Susie B. Martin, Bessemer; four nephews, one niece; and caregivers, Carroll and Betty Payne.
Pallbearers will be Trice Keene, Bob Martin, Jim Martin, James Barnes, Kelly Barnes, Jr., Jimmy Goins, Jerald Goins, Barry Payne and Dennis Averett.
Mildred Taylor Lancaster
TUSCALOOSA - Mildred Taylor Lancaster, 82, of 7800 Merganser Place, died Sept. 20, 2000, at the home of her daughter. She was formerly from Merrill Gardens Assisted Living Facility. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Heritage Chapel Funeral Home. Larry Roach of Open Door Baptist Church will officiate the service. The family will receive friends 6-8 tonight at Heritage Chapel Funeral Home.
She is preceded in death by her parents, R.M. Winter and Effie Mae Winters; brothers, Paul Winters and James Winters, also her husband John T. Taylor and their son, Jon Michael Taylor; and her last husband, Cecil R. Lancaster.
Survivors include daughters, Sherry (Gene) Watson, Cottondale, and Jan (W.C.) Shirley, Tuscaloosa; grandchildren, Michael S. (Pam) Kepler, Pelham, Robin (Ric) Jordan, Vero Beach, Fla., Jeremy Shirley and Justin Shirley, Tuscaloosa; great-grandchildren, Ashley Kate Kepler and Jon Taylor Kepler, Pelham; sisters, Rosa Mae Phillips, Milton, Fla., and Betty (Frank) Fontana, Baker, La.
Mrs. Lancaster was a member of Open Door Baptist Church. She was a loving Mother, Grandmother and a friend of many.
Pallbearers will be Harry Kepler, Ric Jordan, Douglas Winters, Steve Fontana, Johnny Fontana and Brad Tubbs.
Honorary pallbearers will be Open Door Baptist Church Members, Dr. Richard Snow, DCH Cancer Treatment Center, Hospice of West Alabama, Staff and Residents of Merrill Gardens Assisted Living Facility and Complete Nursing Service and friends of the family at DCH.
J. Hope "Putt" Martin
UNIONTOWN - J. Hope "Putt" Martin, 75, of 104 Church Street, died Sept. 20, 2000, at Perry County Nursing Home in Marion. Services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Kidd-Robbins Chapel. Burial will follow in Hickory Grove Cemetery in Nanafalia with Kidd-Robbins Funeral Directors of Demopolis directing. Visitation will be 5-7 tonight at the funeral home.
Wayland Phillips
NORTHPORT - Wayland Phillips, 57, died Sept. 19, 2000, at his residence. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Sunset Memorial Park with the Rev. Jerry Montgomery and the Rev. Terrell Jones officiating and Sunset Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be 6-8 tonight at the funeral home.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Phillips and his brother, Eddie Phillips.
Survivors include his loving wife of 291/2 years, Sandra Phillips; his mother, Nellie Phillips; sisters, Margaret Smith (William), Ella Mae Smalley, Dottie Connell and Nazzielee Rogers (Waymon); brothers, Ellis Phillips (Bobbie), J. M. Phillips (Elouise), G. W. Phillips, (Gewndah) and Guin Phillips (Linda); and his father and mother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Bolton.
Pallbearers will be Jamie Garner, Terry Garner, Danny Walker, Jimmy Walker, James Garner, Ron Bolton, Chad Smith and Dwayne Smith.
Honorary pallbearers and special friends, Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Beams, Charles E. Beams, Mr. and Mrs. Ron Bolton, Mr. and Mrs. James Garner, Mr. and Mrs. James R. Garner II, Mr. and Mrs. Terry Garner, Noami Cozart, Gary, BJ Boone and Josh, Gayle Cozart, Mrs. Della Reedy, Mr. and Mrs. John Fuller and family, Ed Hensley, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Champion and family, Oliver and Abby, friends and neighbors of Old Fayette Road, Mr. and Mrs. John Crawford, Pat Hensley, Angela Kirkland, several nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews, Jesse Ray Hannah, Dr. Sullivan and Staff, Doctors and Staff of DCH Regional Medical Center ER, Northstar Paramedics, Carroll's Creek Paramedics and Volunteer Fire Department and Tuscaloosa Fire and Rescue.
Rachel McElroy Plowman
TUSCALOOSA - Rachel McElroy Plowman, 88, of Heritage Health Care, Inc., died Sept. 19, 2000, at DCH Regional Medical Center. Graveside services will be Saturday, Sept. 23, at 10:00 a.m. at Tuscaloosa Memorial Park with the Rev. Sammy Bell officiating and Memory Chapel Funeral Home directing.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Otis C. "Red" Plowman; parents, Mary Miller McElroy and Frank McElroy; brothers, Arley and Robert McElroy of Birmingham; son-in-law, T. A. Hill of Tuscaloosa.
Survivors include daughter, Mary F. Hill, Tuscaloosa; son, C. L. "Buddy" (Bobbie) Plowman, Tuscaloosa; brother, Charles McElroy, Birmingham; grandchildren, Kathy Hill Frase, Terri Hill Guy, O. Claude Plowman, Linda Plowman Fikes, Lisa Plowman Dolensky; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Claude Plowman, Mike Frase, David Guy, Steve Guy, Bob Fikes, Clint Fikes, Ed Dolensky, Nathaniel Thompson and Dave Lidikay.
Honorary pallbearers are the Rev. George Jackson, Dr. Leonard W. Jones, III, Dr. John F. Burnum, Dr. Michael L. Johnson, doctors, nurses and staff at Heritage Health Care, Martinview Assisted Living, DCH Regional Medical Center 6th Floor and Emergency Room.
Dorothy P. Prisoc
GREENSBORO - Dorothy P. Prisoc, 82, died Sept. 20, 2000, at Green sboro Health Care. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Rhodes Chapel Cemetery with the Rev. Alvis Taylor and the Rev. Tommy Easterwood officiating and Kirk Funeral Homes of Green sboro directing. Visitation will be 6-8 tonight at Kirk Funeral Homes in Green sboro.
She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Jessie Prisoc; brother, Fred Prisoc; and sister, Louise Williams.
Survivors include her husband, O.V. Prisoc, Green sboro; daughters, Catherine Stokes and Betty Hoggle both of Green sboro; brother, Lewis Prisoc, Green sboro; grandchildren, Lisa Cochran, Rhonda Harper and Alan Hoggle, all of Green sboro; great-grandchildren, Christina Cochran, John Michael Cochran, Julie Burch, Kay Harper and Hunter Harper, all of Green sboro.
Pallbearers will be Haywood Stokes, Michael Carter, Ray Seales, Gillis Martin, John Martin and Evan Kynard.
Honorary pallbearers are DCH ICU, DCH 6th Floor, Hale County EMS, Dr. Chester Singleton and Dr. Bassam Mushannan.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Rhodes Chapel Baptist Church Building Fund.
Thomas Franklin Richardson
TUSCALOOSA - Thomas Franklin "Rocky" Richardson, 24, died Sept. 18, 2000, in Leesburg, Va. The funeral will be at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23. Pine Rest Funeral Home in Foley, Ala., directing.
R.T. Sawyer
TUSCALOOSA - R.T. Sawyer of Bryce Hospital died Sept. 18, 2000, at Northport DCH. Graveside services will be Friday at 2:00 p.m. in Bryce Cemetery with Druid Funeral Home directing.
Alva Kitchens Alexander
TUSCALOOSA - Alva Kitchens Alexander, age 89, formerly of Green sboro, died Oct. 10, 2000, at DCH Regional Medical Center. Services will be 11 a.m. Friday, Kirk Funeral Homes Chapel in Green sboro with Elder Armond Ritch and Elder Vaughn Winslett officiating. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery with Kirk Funeral Homes of Green sboro directing.
Survivors include sisters, Mrs. A. J. (Vera) Brown, Montgomery, and Mrs. Robert (Mary) Gardner, Jasper; brothers, Talley N. Kitchens, Akron, Charles G. Kitchens, Jasper, and S. Furn Kitchens, Jasper.
James R. Anderson
CUBA - James R. "Big Ed" Anderson, age 48, died Oct. 11, 2000, in Demopolis. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Bumpers Funeral Home Chapel in York. Visitation will be Friday, 6-8 p.m. at Bumpers Funeral Home.
Oliver Carlisle Anderson
COLUMBUS, N.C. - Oliver Carlisle Anderson, age 92, of 127 Red Fox Road, died Oct. 11, 2000, in Tyron, N.C. Graveside services will be 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Tuscaloosa Memorial Park with Rev. Michael Wyckoff officiating and Heritage Chapel Funeral Home of Tuscaloosa directing.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Elizabeth Anderson.
Survivors include daughters, Elizabeth Carlisle Hacker, New York City, N.Y., Lucille Allen Anderson, Foster s, Ala., and Daphne Anderson, Santa Fe N.M.; sons, James Allen Anderson, Echola, Ala., and Robert Hardy Anderson, Birmingham, Ala.; grandchildren, Barry Hacker, Daphne Hacker, Alice Hacker, Sue Hacker, Michael Anderson, Paul Anderson, Eric Anderson, Adam Anderson and Natalie Anderson.
Oliver was known by Andy to his friends. He was an avid horseman,having served during WWII with the Army's last Horse Calvary Unit. He participated in many hunter jumper competitions and fox hunts in his lifetime in Tennessee, Georgia and Mississippi. He was a world traveler who loved and lived life to the fullest.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to a favorite charity.
