Obituaries

Mabel Smith
Jun 22, 2011
Mabel Dean Phillips Smith, age 71, of Northport, died June 22, 2011, at home. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Phillips Chapel Free Will Baptist Church with Jerry Montgomery and Terrell Jones officiating. Burial will follow in Phillips Chapel Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. at the...

Charles Shirley
Jun 19, 2011
Charles "Chuck" Shirley, Jr., age 51, of Gordo, died June 19, 2011, at home. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Mt. Olivet "Beaver Dam" Presbyterian Church with Rev. Ray Woolbright officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be Wednesday night from 6 to 8 at the funeral home....
Perry Cooper
Jun 17, 2011
Perry Jessie Cooper Jr. | COTTONDALE Perry Jessie Cooper, Jr. (Penny), age 61, of Cottondale, died June 17, 2011, at home. He was preceded in death by his parents, Perry Cooper, Sr. and Alma Cooper; brother, Freddie Cooper; sister, Lilie Mae Thomas; and grandson, Zackery Cooper. Survivors include his wife of 41 years, Faye Cooper of Cottondale; sons, Wayne...

Jamie Norris
Jun 13, 2011
Jamie Elizabeth Huffaker Norris, age 96, died June 13, 2011, at Heritage Health and Rehab. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham with Dr. Charles Durham officiating and Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. She was preceded in death by her husband, George A. Norris, Jr. Survivors include her daughters, Margaret Kathlynne Gray (Dave)...

James Oswalt
Jun 12, 2011
James Darwin Oswalt, age 80, of Tuscaloosa, died June 12, 2011, at Hospice of West Alabama. Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North with Rev. Keith Pugh and Jerry Montgomery officiating. Burial will follow in Concord Baptist Church Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be one hour prior to services...

John Mcateer Jr.
Jun 11, 2011
John Jr. McAteer, age 85, of Buhl, died June 11, 2011, at DCH Regional Medical Center. Services will be 2 p.m. today at Buhl Church of God with Rev. Kenneth Andrews officiating. Burial will follow in Pate Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. He was preceded in death by parents, John and Josie McAteer; brothers, Wilson, William,...

Yoko Stripling
Jun 10, 2011
Yoko Stripling, age 75, of Northport, died June 10, 2011, at DCH Regional Medical Center. Services will be 3 p.m. today at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North with Dr. Ted Sessoms officiating. Burial will follow in Springhill Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be two hours prior to services at the funeral home. She was...

Martha Hall
Jun 9, 2011
Martha W. Hall, age 90, of Northport, died June 9, 2011, at Forest Manor Nursing Home. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North with Rev. Jerry Montgomery and Brother J.B. Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Williamson Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be Friday from 5 to 7 p.m....

Clarence Red
Jun 8, 2011
Clarence Gene Red | MOUNDVILLE Clarence Gene Red, age 80, of Moundville, died June 8, 2011, at Moundville Health and Rehabilitation with family at his side. Born in La Grande, Oregon in 1930, Gene joined the U.S. Navy and was a veteran of the Korean War. He met the love of his life, Evelyn, on Canal Street in New...

Elizabeth Wiggins
Jun 6, 2011
Elizabeth Sharp Wiggins | TUSCALOOSA Elizabeth "Lib"� Sharp Wiggins, age 92, passed away June 6, 2011, at Hospice of West Alabama. Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Moundville United Methodist Church with Rev. Reba Wiley, Rev. Tom Terry, and Rev. Ernie Price officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. Visitation...
Thomas Hannah
Jun 5, 2011
Thomas Calvin Hannah | TUSCALOOSA Thomas Calvin Hannah, age 81, of Tuscaloosa, died June 5, 2011 at Hospice of West Alabama. Services will be 3 p.m. Wednesday at Calvary Baptist Church of Tuscaloosa with Dr. Tim Lovett and Rev. Frank Jones officiating. There will be a private family burial with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. Visitation will be...

Jeffrey Hall
May 31, 2011
Jeffrey Alan Hall, age 50, of Tuscaloosa, died May 31, 2011, at home. Services will be Thursday, June 2, 2011, at St. Mark United Methodist Church with Michael Miller and John Drawhorn officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Hill Gardens with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church. He...

Richard Donald
May 29, 2011
Richard Dale "Boo Boo" Donald, age 55, of Cottondale, died May 29, 2011, at home. Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North is in charge of arrangements and will announce complete funeral arrangements later. Survivors include his daughters, Amanda Donald and Kristy Donald; three wonderful grandchildren; his best friends, Katie Mae and Stretch; friends from Southland Restaurant; and Buddy and Donna...

James Anderson
May 24, 2011
James W. Anderson | TUSCALOOSA James W. Anderson, age 50, of Tuscaloosa, died May 24, 2011, at DCH Regional Medical Center. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery in Brookwood with Pete Hall officiating and Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 8 .m. at the funeral home....