Obituaries

Pearl George
Oct 20, 2011
Pearl George, age 86, of Akron, died Oct. 20, 2011, at home. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Mt. Hebron Baptist Church with Rev. Kenny Overstreet and Rev. John Thomas officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home....

Thomas Ingram
Oct 18, 2011
Thomas Lester Ingram, age 70, of Moundville, died Oct. 18, 2011, at DCH Regional Medical Center. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Oak Hill Cemetery with Bro. Ed King officiating and Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Christopher Sellers
Oct 13, 2011
Christopher B. Sellers, age 30, of Eufaula, formerly of Tuscaloosa, died Oct. 13, 2011, at Hospice of West Alabama. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. today at Memory Hill Gardens with Bro. Rick Mitchell officiating and Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. He was preceded in death by his father, Ray E. Sellers. Survivors include his mother, Teresa M....

Elizabeth Shirley
Oct 13, 2011
Elizabeth Dearman "Pee Wee"� Shirley, age 69, of Gordo, died October 13, 2011 at home. Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Mt. Olivet (Beaver Dam) Presbyterian Church with Rev. Ray Woolbright officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Olivet Presbyterian Church Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. The body will lie in state one hour prior to...

Allene Key
Oct 11, 2011
Allene C. Key, age 85, of Tuscaloosa, died Oct. 11, 2011, at DCH Regional Medical Center. Services will be 11 a.m. today at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South with Dr. Herb Thomas officiating. Burial will follow in Big Sandy Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. Mrs. Key was born November 4, 1925, to Vessie W. and G....

Kenneth Nelson
Oct 2, 2011
Kenneth R. Nelson, age 58, of Northport, died October 2, 2011, at DCH Regional Medical Center. Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North is in charge of arrangements. He was preceded in death by his parents, Donald and Dorothy Nelson. Survivors include his daughter, Katie Henderson (Craig); son, Joe Nelson (Kelly); sisters, Brenda Lewis, Sherry Hallman, and Terry Moore; brother, Don...

Watson Wyatt
Oct 2, 2011
Retired U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Watson E. Wyatt, age 91, of Tuscaloosa, died Oct. 2, 2011, at home. Services will be 11 a.m. today at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South with The Rev. Mike Keeble officiating. Burial with full military honors will follow in Big Sandy Community Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. Visitation will be...
Frances Terry
Oct 1, 2011
Frances Odell Freeman Terry, age 85, of Northport, died Oct. 1, 2011, at Hospice of West Alabama. Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North with Bro. Bill Richards and David Fletcher officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Hill Gardens with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be one hour prior to services...

James Prewitt
Oct 1, 2011
James Troy Prewitt, age 72, of Northport, died October 1, 2011, at DCH Regional Medical Center. Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mt. Olive Baptist Church with Rev. Tim Tindle and Rev. Jerry Montgomery officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Olive Baptist Church Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be tonight from 6 to...

Elizabeth Swindle
Sep 30, 2011
Elizabeth "Liz"� Oswalt Swindle, age 65, of Berry, died Sept. 30, 2011, at home. Services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Phillips Chapel Free Will Baptist Church with Tony Latham, Jerry Montgomery, and Earl Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Phillips Chapel Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be tonight from...
Vernon Jacobs
Sep 25, 2011
Vernon "Dave"� Jacobs, age 72, of Northport, died Sept. 25, 2011, at Hospice of West Alabama. Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Campground United Methodist Church with Frances Prickett, Rev. George Jackson, and Bro. Rick Taylor officiating. Burial will follow in Campground United Methodist Church Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be tonight from...
James Gregory
Sep 23, 2011
James Fleetwood Gregory, age 76, of Cottondale, died Sept. 23, 2011, at Hospice of West Alabama. Services will be 3 p.m. Monday at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North with Rev. Bill Richards, Rev. John Alexander, and Rev. Doug Reeves officiating. Burial will follow in New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be...

Betty Henry
Sep 22, 2011
Betty Henry, age 80, of Moundville, died Sept. 22, 2011, at Hospice of West Alabama. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. today at Oak Hill Cemetery in Moundville with Bro. Scott Stevens and Bro. Ed King officiating and Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. She was preceded in death by her parents, Y.C. and Ethel Jones; her husband, James...

Myrtle Taylor
Sep 18, 2011
Myrtle J. Horton Taylor, age 79, of Cottondale, died Sept. 18, 2011, at Northport Medical Center-DCH. Services will be 4 p.m. Friday at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South with Rev. Leon White officiating. Burial will follow in Big Hurricane Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home....

Dr. Wheelus
Sep 17, 2011
Dr. Clarence Wheelus, age 79, of Northport, died Sept. 17, 2011, at home. Services will be 7 p.m. tonight, Sept. 19, 2011, at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North with Bro. Carroll Jones and Bro. Terry Joe Oswalt officiating and Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. He...

Pat Sharp
Sep 13, 2011
Pat E. Sharp, Jr., age 88, of Tuscaloosa, died Sept. 13, 2011. Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Moundville United Methodist Church with Rev. Reba Wiley and Rev. Thomas Terry officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home...

Joan Besselman
Sep 8, 2011
Joan Ann Besselman, age 77, of Northport, died Sept. 8, 2011, at Forest Manor Nursing Home. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North with Rev. Dick Wright officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to services Sunday at the funeral home. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Lakelawn Metairie Cemetery in...

Robert Moore
Sep 7, 2011
Robert Earl "Bob"� Moore, age 66, of Northport, died Sept. 7, 2011, at home. Memorial visitation will be tonight from 4 to 7 p.m. at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North in Northport. He was preceded in death by his father, Fred D. Moore of Sylacauga. Survivors include his wife, Wanda Bryant Moore of Northport; daughter, Stephanie M. Shults (Michael)...

John Watson
Sep 2, 2011
John Elzie "Junior" Watson, age 64, of Northport, died Sept. 2, 2011, at DCH Regional Medical Center. Services will be 2 p.m. today at Phillips Chapel with Terrell Jones and Jerry Montgomery officiating. Burial will follow in Phillips Chapel Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. The body will lie in state one hour prior to services at...