Obituaries

Vivian Gregory
Jan 26, 2012
Vivian Lamb Gregory, age 101, of Buhl, died Jan. 26, 2012. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North with Rev. Willie Crawford and Rev. John Alexander officiating. Burial will follow in New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery in Romulus with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 8 p.m....

Jessica Genovese
Jan 23, 2012
Jessica Genovese, age 23, of Northport, died Jan. 23, 2012, at Hospice of West Alabama. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Phillips Chapel Free Will Baptist Church with Rev. Jerry Montgomery and Rev. Larry Colburn officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 8...

Gail Patterson
Jan 23, 2012
Gail Yvonne Hanks Patterson, age 63, of Northport, formerly of Winfield, died Jan. 23, 2012. Services will be 12 noon Friday at Flatwoods Baptist Church with Rev. Albert Lyles officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church. Survivors include her husband,...

Ernestine Townsend
Jan 22, 2012
Ernestine M. Townsend TUSCALOOSA Ernestine M. Townsend, age 84, of Tuscaloosa, died Jan. 22, 2012, at home. Graveside services will be 1:30 p.m. today at Memory Hill Gardens with Bro. Chip Freeman officiating and Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. Published in Tuscaloosa News on January 25, 2012

Michael Lee
Jan 18, 2012
Michael Roy Lee EUTAW Michael Roy Lee, age 57, of Eutaw, died Jan. 18, 2012. Services will be 11 a.m. today at Eutaw Baptist Church with Rev. Pearson McGhee officiating. Burial will follow in Mesopotamia Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church. He was preceded in death...

James Mixon
Jan 18, 2012
James Branyon Mixon COTTONDALE James Branyon "PapaDoc"� Mixon, age 84, of Cottondale, died Jan. 18, 2012, at Hospice of West Alabama. Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South with Rev. Doug Reeves and Rev. Jerry Montgomery officiating. Burial will follow in Tuscaloosa Memorial Park with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. Visitation will be...

Alma Kizziah
Jan 17, 2012
Alma Avery Price Kizziah, age 89, of Northport, died Jan. 17, 2012, at Heritage Health Care. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Little Hurricane Baptist Church with Rev. George Jackson officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home....

Joana Duncan
Jan 15, 2012
Joana Duncan | FLEETWOOD Joana Duncan, age 91, of Fleetwood, died Jan. 15, 2012, at home. Services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South with Pastor Sims officiating. Burial will follow in Tuscaloosa Memorial Park with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home....

Melvin Mathews
Jan 14, 2012
Melvin D. Mathews Sr. | COTTONDALE Melvin D. Mathews Sr., age 65, of Cottondale, died Jan. 14, 2012, at UAB Palliative Care Unit. Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South with Rev. Charles Lenn, Rev. Jimmy Garner, and Rev. Dawson Morrison officiating. Burial will follow in Duncanville Community Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home...

Duane Mcilquham
Jan 12, 2012
Duane McIlquham, age 70, of Northport, died Jan. 12, 2012, at DCH Regional Medical Center. Memorial services will be 7 p.m. Monday at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North with Chaplain Bill McDonald officiating and Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be Monday night from 6 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Survivors include his wife of...

George Welch
Jan 10, 2012
George Lehman Welch | Visit Guest Book TUSCALOOSA George Lehman Welch, age 91, of Tuscaloosa, died Jan. 10, 2012, at the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center Hospice. Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church. Burial will follow at 4 p.m. at the Hybart-Bell's Landing Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Hybart, Monroe County, Ala. with Magnolia Chapel Funeral...

Ruth Tunnell
Jan 10, 2012
Ruth Sanford Tunnell, age 92, of Knoxville, Tenn., formerly of Southaven, Miss., died Jan. 9, 2012, at Shannondale Health Care in Knoxville, Tenn. after a long battle with Alzheimer's. Services will be 7 p.m. Friday, at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North with Rev. David Tunnell and Rev. Roy Sanford officiating and Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will...

Margaret Vann
Jan 10, 2012
Margaret Lee Cunningham Fortner Vann, age 56, of Tuscaloosa, died Jan. 10, 2012. Services will be 2 p.m. today at Double Portion Church with Pastor Hayse Moss officiating. Burial will follow in Williamson Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Boyd Vann, and her father, Perry R. Cunningham Jr....

Mehri Deas
Jan 8, 2012
Mehri Fathi Deas, age 52, of Northport, died Jan. 8, 2012, at home. Memorial services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North with Rev. Richard Cain officiating and Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. She is survived by her husband, Tommy Deas of Northport; her daughter, Alexandra Smith of Northport; her son, Nicholas Smith of...

James Tucker
Jan 7, 2012
James E. "Jimmy"� Tucker, age 79, of Northport, died Jan. 7, 2012, at Hospice of West Alabama. Graveside services will be 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Carolwood Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Jerry Montgomery officiating and Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home. He was preceded in death...

Charles Guy
Jan 5, 2012
Charles F. Guy | Visit Guest Book TUSCALOOSA Charles F. Guy, age 65, of Tuscaloosa, died Jan. 5, 2012, at Hospice of West Alabama. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Oak Hill Cemetery with Billy Skelton officiating and Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. He was preceded in death by his father, Douglas Guy; mother, Roxy Guy;...

Susan Davis
Jan 5, 2012
Susan M. Gray Davis, age 57, of Birmingham, died Jan. 5, 2012, at home. Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Bone Camp United Methodist Church with Owen Peak officiating. Burial will follow in Bone Camp Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. She was...

Bennie Mcknight
Jan 5, 2012
Bennie Ross McKnight, age 71, of Coker, died Jan. 4, 2012, at Hospice of West Alabama. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North with Rev. Woody Jones, Rev. Charles Herron, and Rev. Alton Bridges officiating. Burial will follow in Coker Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be tonight from 5...