Obituaries

Lois Player
May 19, 2011
Lois Hill Coleman FORT MILL, S.C. Lois Hill Coleman, age 90, of Fort Mill, S.C., died May 19, 2011, at Hale County Hospital. Services will be 1 p.m. today at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Hale County with Rev. Robert Ferguson officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. Visitation will be...

Franklin Atkins
May 19, 2011
Franklin D. Atkins | BOLIGEE Franklin D. Atkins, age 76, of Boligee, died May 19, 2011, at home. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North in charge of arrangements. Survivors include his wife, Betty Atkins; his daughter, Rhonda Huffman; his son, Franklin Douglas Atkins; his sisters, Wilma...
Clarence Mccray
May 18, 2011
Clarence W. McCray | TUSCALOOSA Clarence W. McCray, age 84, of Tuscaloosa, died May 18, 2011, at DCH Regional Medical Center. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South with Rev. Freddie Williams, Rev. James Walker, Rev. Jerry Reach, and Dr. Curtis Kelley officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Hill Gardens with Magnolia Chapel Funeral...

John Hallman
May 18, 2011
John L. "JL" Hallman, age 67, of Tuscaloosa, went to be with the Lord May 18, 2011, at DCH Regional Medical Center. Graveside Services will be 2 p.m. Friday, May 20, 2011, in Tuscaloosa Memorial Park with Dr. Herbert Thomas officiating and Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. He was preceded in death by his parents, Luther Mordecai and...

Nellie Guy
May 17, 2011
Diane Guy GORDO Diane Guy, age 63, of Gordo, died May 17, 2011, at UAB Hospital. Graveside services will be 3 p.m. today at Oak Hill Cemetery in Moundville with Rev. James S. Boyd officiating and Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Wesley Guy; and her son, Gorden Kip Martin....

Thomas Morrison
May 17, 2011
Thomas Edward Morrison DUNCANVILLE Thomas Edward Morrison, age 59, of Duncanville, died May 17, 2011, at home. Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Oak Grove Methodist Church in Bankston with Bro. Bill Carr officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. Visitation will be Saturday night from 6 to 8 p.m....
James Woods
May 17, 2011
James Onice "Chuck" Woods | STEWART James Onice "Chuck"� Woods, age 68, of Stewart, died May 17, 2011, at DCH Regional Medical Center. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Concord Cemetery in Hale County with Pastor Reba Wiley officiating and Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. He was preceded in death by his parents, Onice and Gwen...
Freddie Cooper
May 16, 2011
Freddie Joe Cooper Sr. | GORDO Freddie Joe Cooper, Sr., age 49, of Gordo, died May 16, 2011, at home. Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North with Bobby Sanford officiating. Burial will follow in Elrod Baptist Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 8 p.m....
Johanna Johnson
May 14, 2011
Johanna Leigh Johnson, age 29, of Northport, died May 14, 2011 at her home. Services will be 11:30 A.M. Tuesday at Andrews Chapel United Methodist Church with Reverend Robert Sparkman officiating. Burial will follow at Andrews Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. She is preceded in death by her father James Monroe Johnson...

Aaron Rouse
May 12, 2011
Aaron B. Rouse | MOUNDVILLE Aaron B. Rouse, age 42, of Moundville, died May 12, 2011, at home. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. today at Little Sandy Baptist Church with Bro. Ronnie Blake officiating and Magnolia Chapel South Funeral Home directing. Visitation will immediately follow the service at the church. Survivors include his wife, Kimberly Rouse; sons, Jarrod...

Thelma Tucker
May 7, 2011
Thelma P. Tucker | MOUNDVILLE Thelma P. Tucker, age 87, of Moundville, died May 7, 2011, at DCH Regional Medical Center. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Oak Hill Cemetery with Rev. Scott Stephens officiating and Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. She was preceded in death by her husband, Odis Tucker; her mother, Idell Matherson; her...
Buddy Robertson
May 6, 2011
Buddy Robertson | MOUNDVILLE Buddy Robertson, age 69, of Moundville, died May 6, 2011, at home. Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South with Bro. Chuck Weaver officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. Visitation will be Monday night from 6 to 8 p.m. at the...
Marcus Smith
May 1, 2011
Marcus J. Smith | TUSCALOOSA Marcus J. Smith, age 21, of Richmond, Va., and a student at the University of Alabama, passed away as the result of the tornado that hit Tuscaloosa. Memorial services will be 7 p.m. tonight at Northwood Church of Christ with David Hartsell officiating and Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Funeral service and burial...

Myra Hutchens
Apr 29, 2011
Myra Lynn Hutchens, age 67, of Spring Hill, Tenn., died April 29, 2011, in Nashville, Tenn. Services will be 12 noon Monday, May 2, 2011, at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North with Rev. Albert Lyles officiating. Private burial services will be in Sumiton, Ala. with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be Monday from 10 a.m. to...
Constance Woods
Apr 28, 2011
Connie Woods, age 49, of Fayette, died April 28, 2011, at Hospice of West Alabama. Services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North with Rev. Joe Jones and Rayford Rice officiating. Burial will follow in Salem Baptist Church Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. She was preceded in death by her father, Samuel...

Rachel Vaughn
Apr 24, 2011
Rachel S. Vaughn BUHL Rachel S. Vaughn, age 85, of Buhl, died April 24, 2011, at Hospice of West Alabama. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Salem Church of the Nazarene with Rev. Carroll Smith and Rev. Willis Harbison officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be tonight...
Ruth Williamson
Apr 23, 2011
Ruth Hubbard Williamson | NORTHPORT Ruth Hubbard Williamson, age 84, of Northport, died April 23, 2011, at Heritage Health Care. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Northport First United Methodist Church with Rev. Mark Parris and Rev. Jerry Croft officiating. Burial will follow in Tuscaloosa Memorial Park with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. The body will lie...