Obituaries

Lila Downey

Lila Downey

Feb 15, 2017

Lila Downey, age 86 of Mooreville, MS, passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2017. Services will be Saturday, February 18 at Norwood-Wyatt Chapel at 1:00 p.m., officiating will be Rev. John Butler and Rev. Billy West. Visitation will be two hours prior to the services. Burial will follow at Pea Ridge Cemetery. She was a member of Union Grove Church of...

John Doyle Simmons

John Doyle Simmons

Feb 13, 2017

John Doyle Simmons, age 81 passed away February 13, 2017 at Hospice of West Alabama. Services will be Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at Fayette First Free Will Baptist Church, officiating will be ministers, Scott Montgomery and Adrian Nottonson. Visitation will be Wednesday, February 15, 2017 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Norwood-Wyatt Chapel. The body will...

Elizabeth Brown

Elizabeth Brown

Feb 9, 2017

Elizabeth Brown, age 88, of Northport, passed away February 9, 2017. The graveside service will be Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Falkville City Cemetery.

Rebecca Kimbrell

Rebecca Kimbrell

Feb 3, 2017

Arrangements will be announced later.

Lee Edward Guin

Lee Edward Guin

Jan 30, 2017

Lee Edward Guin, age 80, of Northport, died January 30, 2017, at DCH Regional Medical Center. Services will be Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at Springhill Baptist Church with Rev. Jerry Montgomery and Bro. Jeremie Woolbright officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow at Springhill Baptist Church Cemetery. He was preceded in...

Elvin Darby

Elvin Darby

Jan 27, 2017

Elvin Earl Darby, age 62 passed away January 27, 2017. Graveside services will be Sunday, February 5, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. at Vance Cemetery with Mr. Jason Roberts officiating and Norwood-Wyatt Chapel directing. Interment with full military honors will follow at Vance Cemetery. He was preceded in death by his parents, Emory and Charlotte Darby. Survivors include his sisters, Dorothy...

Marylin Enis

Marylin Enis

Jan 25, 2017

Marylin Enis age 57, passed away January 26, 2017. Services will be Saturday, February 4, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Unity Grove Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Unity Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. The body will lie in state one hour prior to the service.

Sara Kate Sullivan

Sara Kate Sullivan

Jan 24, 2017

Sara Kate Sullivan, age 85, of the Belk community passed away Tuesday morning following an extended illness. Surrounded by family and friends during her final days, Sara Kate, or Maw Maw Kate, as she was so fondly called by her grandchildren and great grandchildren, peacefully crossed over to the glory land to be with the Heavenly Father. Services will be...

Gloria Johnson

Gloria Johnson

Jan 21, 2017

Gloria Johnson, age 60 of Berry passed away January 21, 2017 at home. Services will be Saturday, January 28, 2017 at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Jonathan Hackett and Rev. Bobby Latrell officiating. Interment will follow at Pleasant Hill Community Cemetery. The body will lie in state one hour prior to the service at the church....

Johnny D. Shirley

Johnny D. Shirley

Jan 16, 2017

John “Johnny” D. Shirley, age 65 of Fayette, passed away Monday, January 16, 2017 at Fayette Medical Center. Services will be Friday, January 20, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at Norwood-Wyatt Chapel, officiating will be Rev. David Wilson and Rev. Robert Cobb. Visitation will be Thursday, January 19, 2017 from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. The body...

Bob Sullivan

Bob Sullivan

Jan 14, 2017

Bob Sullivan, age 82 of Fayette, passed away January 14, 2017 at DCH Medical Center. Graveside services will be Monday, January 16, 2017 at 3:30 p.m. at Boone Cemetery with Rev. Lee D. Armstrong officiating. Survivors include his wife, Geraldine L. Sullivan; son, Steve Sullivan; three grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Lee Turner

Lee Turner

Jan 13, 2017

Thomas Lee Turner, age 63 of Fayette passed away January 13, 2017 at Fayette Medical Center. Services will be Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Norwood-Wyatt Chapel with Rev. Billy Carl Sullivan officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Vernon Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday, January 16, 2017 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. He...

Phillip Wright

Phillip Wright

Jan 12, 2017

Mr. Phillip Alan “Flipp” Wright age 55 of Fayette passed away Thursday, January 12, 2017 at Hospice of West Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Funeral service for Mr. Wright will be Saturday January 14, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at Norwood-Wyatt Chapel Funeral Home with Robby Faulkner and Bro. Dillon Jones officiating. Burial will follow at the New Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery. Visitation...

Florencie Taylor

Florencie Taylor

Jan 11, 2017

Florencie Wilson Taylor, age 97, of Berry died January 11, 2017 at home surrounded by her loved ones. Services will be Monday, January 16, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. at Ebenezer Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Norwood-Wyatt Chapel Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be Sunday, January 15, 2017 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Norwood-Wyatt...

Mary James Griffin

Mary James Griffin

Jan 10, 2017

Mary Griffin, age 90 of Fayette, passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at Fayette Medical Center. She was born in Miami, Florida and spent her childhood and youth in Thomasville, Georgia. On November 27, 1946, she married Alvin Griffin in Thomasville, Georgia and they moved to Fayette in 1948. She attended Fayette First Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school...

Philip R. Jones

Philip R. Jones

Jan 7, 2017

Philip Rogers Jones, age 74 of Hubbertville passed away Saturday, January 7, 2017 at home. Services will be Monday, January 9, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. at White’s Chapel Church of Christ with Mr. James Wyers officiating and Norwood-Wyatt Chapel directing. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be two hours prior to the service at the church. He...

Oscar Watkins

Oscar Watkins

Jan 5, 2017

Oscar Watkins, age 83 of Berry, passed away Thursday, January 5, 2017. Services will be Saturday, January 7 at 10:00 a.m. graveside at Shady Grove. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Ann Watkins; son, Tim Watkins; brothers, Arthur Watkins, Henry Watkins, Lee Watkins, Troy Watkins; and parents, Virgil and Minnie Lee Watkins. He is survived by his...

Henry Hisaw

Henry Hisaw

Jan 4, 2017

Henry Hisaw, age 86, passed away January 4, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Services will be Saturday, January 7 at 2:00 p.m. at New Chapel. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will follow at New Chapel Cemetery. He is preceded in death by his parents and one brother and sisters. He is survived by...

Kathy Glasgow

Kathy Glasgow

Jan 4, 2017

Kathy Glasgow, age 61 of Booneville, Mississippi, passed away January 4, 2017 at North Mississippi Medical Center. Services will be 4:00 p.m. Saturday, January, 7, 2017 at Piney Grove Church, Bankston with Rev. Adam Smith and Rev. Delton Harrison officiating and Norwood-Wyatt Chapel directing. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service...

Albert Wright

Albert Wright

Jan 3, 2017

Albert Wright passed away Tuesday, January 3, 2017. Services will be Saturday, January 7 at 2:00 p.m. at Peaceful Rest Baptist Church. He will lie in state one hour prior to the services. Burial will follow at Fayette Memorial Gardens.