Obituaries

Patricia Gray
May 8, 2013
Patricia Anne Gray NORTHPORT Patricia Anne Gray of Northport passed away May 8, 2013. A private family gathering will be held at a later date with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North in charge of arrangements. She was preceded in death by her son, Patrick Austin Wicker. Survivors include her daughters, Ashley Gorji (Sam) and Jennifer Cox; her sister, Linda...
Eva White
May 6, 2013
Eva Pearl White NORTHPORT Eva Pearl White, age 90, of Northport, died May 6, 2013. Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North with Dr. John Nixon Jr. officiating. Private graveside services will take place Sunday at Clear Springs Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be one hour prior to services...

Lutie Massengale
May 4, 2013
Lutie Belle Clary Massengale MOUNDVILLE Lutie Belle Clary Massengale, age 93, of the Stewart community, went to be with her Lord May 4, 2013, at Moundville Health and Rehabilitation. Services will be 2 p.m. Monday, May 6, 2013, at Moundville Baptist Church with Rev. Scott Stevens officiating. Graveside services will follow at Tuscaloosa Memorial Park with Magnolia Chapel Funeral...

Mary Bluejacket
Apr 29, 2013
Mary Baldridge BlueJacket NORTHPORT Mary Baldridge BlueJacket, age 59, of Northport, died April 29, 2013, at DCH Regional Medical Center. Services will be held at See Paul Thomas Funeral Home in Miami, Okla. with burial to follow in Ottawa Indian Cemetery. Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North with Father Jerry...

Connie Carlson
Apr 25, 2013
Connie Sharon Carlson TUSCALOOSA Connie Sharon Carlson, age 57, of Tuscaloosa, died April 25, 2013, at Hospice of West Alabama. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Phillips Chapel with Bro. Tommy Easterwood officiating with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Janette Gonzales
Apr 24, 2013
Janette Watson Gonzales NORTHPORT Janette Watson Gonzales, age 80, of Northport, died April 24, 2013, at DCH Regional Medical Center. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Phillips Chapel Freewill Baptist Church with Rev. Terrell Jones officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. The body will lie in state one hour...

Louise Scott
Apr 21, 2013
Louise V. Scott TUSCALOOSA Louise V. Scott, age 93, died April 21, 2013, at Merrill Gardens. There will be a family memorial service. Born near Athens, Alabama in 1919, she graduated from The University of Tennessee's RN program. Having served in Germany and Guam, Louise retired from the U.S. Army as Lieutenant Colonel. Louise also retired from the VA...

Lary Tidmore
Apr 20, 2013
Lary E. Tidmore TUSCALOOSA Lary E. Tidmore, age 70, of Tuscaloosa, died April 20, 2013, at Hospice of West Alabama. Services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South with Reverend Paul Peeples officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery in Moundville with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. He was preceded in death by...

Johnny Ellis
Apr 20, 2013
Johnny Walter Ellis NORTHPORT Johnny Walter Ellis, age 46, of Northport, died April 20, 2013. Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Northport Church of Christ with Kerry Richardson officiating. Burial will follow in Cleveland Church of Christ Cemetery in Bankston with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be Friday night from 6 to 8 p.m. at...

Era Smith
Apr 19, 2013
Era Lynn Smith AKRON Era Lynn Smith, age 86, of Akron, died April 19, 2013, at Moundville Health and Rehab. Services will be 2 p.m. today at Stewart United Methodist Church with Tom Terry officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Hebron Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Smith;...

Barbara Pruitt
Apr 13, 2013
Barbara Boyd Pruitt AKRON Barbara "Kissie" Boyd Pruitt, age 64, of Akron, died April 13, 2013, at Hospice of West Alabama. Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Eternal Faith Church in Peterson with Pastor John Stephens and Rev. Jerry Leonard officiating. Burial will follow in Lakewood Memorial Cemetery in Jackson, Miss., with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing....

Ruth Brown
Apr 12, 2013
Magdalene Ruth Chism Brown NORTHPORT Magdalene Ruth "Jean"� Chism Brown, age 92, a native of Northport, died Friday, April 12, 2013, at Greenfield Senior Living in Memphis, Tenn. She was preceded in death by her parents, Leon Taylor Chism and Ruth Laycock Chism; husband, Noble Albert Brown; sister, Eleanor Simpson; and brother, Frederick Chism. She is survived by her...
Elsie Bedsole
Apr 11, 2013
Elsie T. Bedsole MOUNDVILLE Elsie T. Bedsole, age 87, of Moundville, died April 11, 2013. Services will be 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Moundville Methodist Church with Rev. William Curtin officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. Visitation will be tonight from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. She was...
Christina Shelby
Apr 11, 2013
Christina Renee Shelby SAMANTHA Christina Renee Shelby, age 19, of Samantha, died April 11, 2013, at Northport Medical Center. Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North with Rev. Terry Joe Oswalt officiating. Burial will follow in Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be two hours prior...

Mary Steading
Apr 10, 2013
Mary Helen Steading DUNCANVILLE Mary Helen Steading, age 85, of Duncanville, died April 10, 2013, at Hospice of West Alabama. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. She was preceded in death by her husband, William O. Steading; her parents, T.G. Myers and Toni Flowers; and two...

Carolyn Barger
Apr 2, 2013
Carolyn Barger TUSCALOOSA Carolyn Barger, age 63, of Tuscaloosa, died April 2, 2013, at home. Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North will announce complete funeral arrangements later. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Lathan Barger; mother, Joyce Read; father, Loman Read; and brothers, Wayne Read and Rodney Read. Survivors include her daughter, Regina Barger Jones; sister, Victoria...

Rodney Flanary
Apr 2, 2013
Kyle Flanary NORTHPORT Kyle Flanary, age 32, of Northport, left this life April 2, 2013. Services will be 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North with Rev. Ben Talley, Rev. Lee Welch, and Dr. Tim Patrick officiating and Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be Sunday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the funeral home....

Marcella Bukosky
Apr 1, 2013
Marcella Caroline Bukosky NORTHPORT Marcella Caroline Bukosky, 96, died on April 1, 2013, at Heritage Health Care and Rehab. She was preceded in death by her husband, Michael John Bukosky and is survived by three children: Michael John Bukosky, Jr. (Carolann) of Phoenixville, PA, Barbara Bralski (Bob) of Bridgeport, PA and Janice Carney (Jack) of Northport, AL. She leaves...