Obituaries

Harvey Graves
Dec 28, 2017
Harvey Dwight Graves, age 56, of Cottondale, Ala., died December 28, 2017 at his home. A Memorial and Celebration of Life service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, January 3, 2017, at First Southern Methodist Church of Tuscaloosa, 300 39th St. with Rev. W.N. McDaniel officiating and Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. He is preceded in death...

Dempsey Kelly
Dec 27, 2017
Dempsey Joe Kelly, age 78, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., died December 27, 2017, at Hospice of West Alabama. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, December 30, 2017, at Big Sandy Baptist Church with Rev. Terry Lolley officiating. Burial will follow in Big Sandy Community Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. Visitation will be one hour prior to services...
Evelyn Burroughs
Dec 27, 2017
Evelyn Lucille Burroughs BUHL | Evelyn Lucille Burroughs, age 83 , of Buhl died December 27, 2017 at Hospice of West Alabama. Services will be held at Magnolia Chapel North at 2:00pm with Larry Owen and Randy Mills officiating. Burial will follow at Calcedonia Cemetery in Buhl. Visitation will be one hour prior to service at the funeral home....

Minnie Hudson
Dec 22, 2017
Minnie Hudson, age 86, passed away December 22, 2017 at her residence. Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, December 26, 2017, at Macedonia Freewill Baptist Church in Millport. 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.

Lorene Lyles
Dec 22, 2017
Lorene Lyles, age 90, of Northport, Ala., passed away December 22, 2017 in Madison, Ala. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, December 28, 2017, at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South with Rev. Dee McGuire officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. Visitation will be 10-11 a.m. at the funeral home. She...

Bertha Shuttlesworth
Dec 21, 2017
Bertha Mae Shuttlesworth, age 71, of Cottondale, Ala., died December 21, 2017, at home. Services will be 12 noon Wednesday, December 27, 2017, at Mount Zion Baptist Church with Pastor Cullen Williams officiating. Burial will follow in Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the...

James Herndon
Dec 20, 2017
James Dennis Herndon, Jr., age 89, of Eutaw, Ala., died December 20, 2017 in Boligee, Ala. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, December 23, 2017, at Mesopotamia Cemetery with Deborah Born officiating. Burial will follow with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. Visitation will be at First United Methodist Church immediately following the graveside service. He was preceded...

Mary Simpson
Dec 18, 2017
Mary Jane Simpson, age 69, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., passed away December 18, 2017 at Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala. Services will be 1 p.m. Thursday, December 21, 2017, at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South with Pastor John Jenkins officiating. Entombment will follow in Magnolia Mausoleum with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. Visitation will be 12 noon -...
William Watts
Dec 16, 2017
William Truman Watts NORTHPORT - William Truman Watts, age 85, of Northport, Ala., died peacefully at home surrounded by his family on December 16, 2017. Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, December 19, 2017, at Campground United Methodist Church with Rev. Paul Wilson and Rev. Frances Collins officiating and burial following in the church cemetery. Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home...
Anna Kamplain
Dec 15, 2017
Anna Pritchett Kamplain TUSCALOOSA - Anna Pritchett Kamplain, age 15, went to her heavenly home on December 15, 2017. She passed away at UAB Hospital, surrounded by her family and friends, from complications after having her liver transplant surgery. She lived in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and was a freshman at Hillcrest High School. To know Anna was to know love....
Frank Lary
Dec 14, 2017
Frank S. Lary NORTHPORT | Frank S. Lary, age 87 of Northport, died December 13, 2017 at Northport Medical Center. Services will be held on Saturday December 16, 2017 at 2:00pm at Magnolia Chapel North. Visitation will be held from 12:00 to 2:00 pm before the service with Magnolia Chapel North directing. Burial will follow at Tuscaloosa Memorial Park....

Kayden Page
Dec 14, 2017
Kayden Alexander Page, age four months and 19 days, died December 14, 2017 and was born July 25, 2017. A memorial service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, December 16, 2017, at Eternal Faith Church, 12928 Holt Peterson Road. Parents include his mother, Amanda M. Page and father, Justin A. Henderson.

Mable Weidenback
Dec 10, 2017
Mabel N. Weidenback, age 85, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., died December 10, 2017, at DCH Regional Medical Center. Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, December 13, 2017, at Englewood Baptist Church with Bro. Bill Richards and Bro. Travis Neely officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Hill Gardens with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. Visitation will be today, December 12,...

Mary Brown
Dec 5, 2017
The world lost a fascinating woman, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth "Doodley"� Brown, on December 5th, 2017. Known fondly by all as "Doodley"� she was a beacon of light and constant source of smiles and laughter. Doodley was born in Tuscaloosa, Ala. on November 15, 1915, and passed away peacefully surrounded by loving family and caregivers. She was preceded in death...

Dr. Bailey
Dec 5, 2017
Dr. Jesse C. Bailey, age 89, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, passed away on December 5, 2017, at Hospice of West Alabama. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday December 8, 2017, at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North, officiated by Rev. Donald Springer. Visitation will be held preceding the service from 12:30 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Burial will follow...

Joseph Townsend
Dec 2, 2017
Joseph Glen Townsend, age 73, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., died December 2, 2017, at Hospice of West Alabama. Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 6, 2017, at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South with Bro. Bobby Green officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery in Moundville, Ala., with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. Visitation will be today, December...

Alice Geer
Dec 2, 2017
Alice Myrtle Burroughs Geer, age 89, born March 7, 1928 at home in Ralph, Alabama, died December 2, 2017, at home in Buhl, Alabama. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Monday, December 4, 2017, at Pate Cemetery with Marshall Sutton officiating and Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be Sunday, December 3, 2017 from 6 to 8...

Charles Dunn
Dec 1, 2017
Charlie R. Dunn, age 46, of Tuscaloosa, died December 1, 2017, at DCH Regional Medical Center. Services will be 2 p.m. Monday, December 4, 2017, at Calvary Baptist Church with Bro. Tim Plant officiating. Burial will follow in Union Grove Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be Monday from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the...

Leslie Graben
Nov 30, 2017
Leslie Keith Graben, age 49, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., died Monday, November 27, 2017, at Hale County Alabama. A memorial service will be 12 noon Saturday, December 2, 2017, at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South with Rev. Brad Hartsfield officiating and Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home South directing. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the time of service at the...