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Ruth M. Dryden
Ruth M. Dryden, 93, of Marianna died Oct. 7 at her home. A native of Moriah Center, N.Y., she had lived in Jackson County for many years.
She was former owner of C&M Grocery Company of Birmingham, Ala., and owned Circle D Ranch and Western Shop. She loved to travel, work in the yard and in the family-owned business at Circle D. She was of the Methodist faith.
Dryden was preceded in death by her husband, George Eastman Dryden, in 2002, and a stepson, George Eastman Dryden Jr.
Survivors include one son, Matt C. Dryden and wife, Barbara, of Marianna; two daughters, Mildred "Sister" Klingemann and husband, Howard, of Bonifay, and Mary Jo Gibson of St. Petersburg Beach; three stepdaughters, Dotsey Hofferman of Wisconsin, Mary Ellen Dryden of Chapel Hill, N.C., and Alice Terri Jordan of Virginia Beach; caregivers, Shirley Rhynes, Joyce Webb, Vicki Godwin, Izetta Butler, DeLoris Gillette, Rosa Pollock and Erica Barnes; 16 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
Funeral was held Oct. 10 at Maddox Chapel with the Rev. Jackie Register officiating.
Burial was in Pinecrest Memorial Gardens with James & Sikes Funeral Home, Maddox Chapel, directing.
Mattie Ham
Mattie Lou Ham, 88, of Graceville died Oct. 6 at her home. She was born March 18, 1919, in Jackson County, the eleventh of twelve children born to John Wesley and Mattie Osia Bruner Cooley.
She was educated in Jackson County schools, and was a member of the Damascus Baptist Church.
Ham was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, James Horace Ham; five brothers, Gus Cooley, David Cooley, George Cooley, Ernest Cooley, John Wesley Cooley Jr. (Dock); and six sisters, Litha Sheffield, Margie White, Callie Shiver, Eunice Callaway, Martha Doris Hicks (Snooks), and Sarah Crutchfield.
Survivors include two daughters, Margaret Ann Hughes and husband, Jimmy, of Lynn Haven; Barbara Hinson and husband, Hubert, of Graceville; four grandchildren and three great-granddaughters.
Funeral was held Oct. 9 at Damascus Baptist Church with Dr. Jerry Oswalt and Rev. Chester Padgett officiating.
Burial was in the church cemetery with James & Lipford Funeral Home of Graceville directing.
Memorials may be made to Damascus Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 5083 Highway 77, Graceville, FL 32440, or Hospice of the Emerald Coast, 4374 Lafayette St., Marianna, FL 32446.
Ruby Best
Ruby Best, 79, of the Poplar Springs community near Graceville died Oct. 10 at her home. She was born July 6, 1928, in Graceville to the late Charles A. and Florida Watford Armstrong.
She was a homemaker and a member of Bethel Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, James Best of Graceville; two sons, Lawrence Peters of Tallahassee, Frankie Wilson and wife, Ginger, of Ozark; four daughters, Diane Sims and husband, Wayne, Debbie Wilson, Karen Stoe and husband, Ben, all of Graceville, and Carolanne Yates of Panama City; a sister, Katherine "Kat" Parrish of Panama City, 14 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Funeral was held Oct. 12 at Bethel Baptist Church with the Revs. Kent Lampp and Chester Padgett officiating.
Burial was in the church cemetery with James & Lipford Funeral Home of Graceville directing.
Memorials may be made to Bethel Baptist Church Building Fund, 1349 Hwy. 173, Graceville, FL 32440.
Kina L. Worley
Kina Louise Worley, 75, of Vernon died Sept. 16 at Bay Medical Hospital in Panama City. She was born Feb. 6, 1932, in Chipley to Bud and Nancy (Pitts) Long.
Worley had lived in Vernon since 1993, moving there from Tampa. She was of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include a son, David O. Worley of Vernon; two daughters, Nancy Gayle Boswell and Lillie Elaine Blattner, both of Vernon; three sisters, Marie Hayes of Chipley, Bibbie Barefield of Alabama and Mathel McFadden of Wausau, eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Brown Funeral Home of Chipley was in charge of funeral arrangements.
James (JayCee) Phipps
James Linwood Christopher Phipps, infant son of James and Holly Phipps of Bonifay, died Sept. 18 at USA Children's and Women's Center in Mobile, Ala. He was born Sept. 11, 2007.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by his grandparents, Mike and Cynthia Pettis of Bonifay, Walter and Kathy Phipps; his great-grandparents, Charles A. and Mary Fay Pettis of Bonifay; numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
A graveside funeral service was held Sept. 20 in Carmel Cemetery with the Rev. Tommy Moore officiating and Sims Funeral Home of Bonifay directing.
James D. Collins
James Doyle Collins, 76, of Chipley, died at the Southeast Alabama Medical Center, in Dothan, Ala. He was born on March 9, 1931 in Chipley to Henry and Dorothy (Lawrence) Collins. Collins was of the Assembly of God faith and a member of the Chipley First Assembly of God Church. He had resided in Chipley since moving from Arcadia in 1971.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, Thurman, John and Tommy Collins.
Survivors include his wife Augina Collins, of Chipley; two sons, James Doyle Collins, Jr., of Pearland, Texas, Michael Anthony Collins and wife Starla, of Chipley; two daughters, Augina Paulette Barrentine and husband Michael, of Tallahassee and Patricia Ann Carlton and husband Chris, of New Smyrna Beach; a brother, Joe Collins and wife Minnie, of Chipley; 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Oct. 14 at the First Assembly of God Church with the Rev. Dallas Pettis officiating.
Interment followed in the Piney Grove Cemetery with Brown Funeral Home directing.
Steven Cullifer
Steven Walt Cullifer, 37, of Lovedale died May 19 in Dothan, Ala. He was a native of Pinellas County and had lived in Jackson County for more than 10 years.
Cullifer was a graduate of the University of West Florida. He was employed with the state of Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, was President of the Optimist Club of Jackson County and was very active in Teen Court. He was a member of First Assembly of God Church in Marianna.
Survivors include his wife, Laura P. Cullifer of Lovedale; five daughters, Candra and Sabra Cullifer of Malone, Jessica, Taylor and Hannah Blount, all of Lovedale; his parents, Mack and Lola Cullifer of Westville; a brother, Junior Cullifer and wife, Mary, of Ponce de Leon; one sister, Kim C. Gillis and husband, Ernie, of Westville; maternal grandmother, Lula Guyuette of Inverness, many special nieces and nephews.
Services were held May 24 in the funeral home chapel with the Revs. Stephen Potter, Michael Petty and Eric Durham officiating.
Burial was in Greenwood Methodist Cemetery with James & Sikes Funeral Home, Maddox Chapel of Marianna, directing.
