, located off US Highway 84 West on South Houston County Road 9, in the Jellico Community of Houston County, Alabama. This list is current as of April 2002.
Directions: From Ross Clark Circle in Dothan, get on US Highway 84West, go approximately 9 miles, turn left on South Houston County Road 9. Go approximately ¼ mile, will pass Piney Grove Assembly of God Church before coming to Winslette Chapel United Methodist Church. The cemetery is across the road from the church. The cemetery does not "belong" to the church, but to the Jellico Community. There is a monument in the cemetery stating "Jellico Community Cemetery, Established 1819, Erected in Memory of Muriel Ballard."
To view the cemetery transcription for Jellico Community Cemetery, click here.
INDEX TO OBITUARIES
OBIT # NAME
21 ARD, Willie Mae (Hallford)
77 BAKER, Howard Leon Sr.
63 BROWN, Gipsy (Lee) Holloway
43 CALHOUN, Emma
129 CANNON, Arthur Joe
141 CANNON, Cynthia Jo
107 CASEY, Clyde Lee
148 CASEY, Doris (Drew)
7 COLLINS, Bill
27 COLLINS, Ella (Adams)
80 COLLINS, Ellie (Rountree)
74 COLLINS, Henly
16 COLLINS, Hettie Anne (Phelps)
57 COLLINS, Horace Greely
2 COLLINS, J. W.
23 COLLINS, James Phillip ("Shine")
86 COLLINS, Minnie (Rountree)
27 COLLINS, Mode C.
113 COLLINS, Moody Wayne
82 COLLINS, Nettie Mae (Daughtry)
35 COLLINS, Walter C.
34 COLLINS, Wiley R.
183 COLLINS, Willie Mae (Hagler)
4 COLLINS Child
50 CRAWFORD, James Edward
114 CREAMER, Aubrey Woodrow
78 CREAMER, Nannie (Johnson)
83 CREAMER, William Thomas
130 DAUGHTRY, Alphus Rex
140 DAUGHTRY, Gladies Estell (Harper)
106 DAUGHTRY, Jerry Lee
59 DAUGHTRY, Ruby Gladys (Newton)
12 DAVIS, Maggie (Johnson)
101 DAVIS, Wilburn B.
91 DEAN, Bennie
60 DEAN, Governor Wayne
68 DREW, Ada Mae (Thomas)
39 DREW, Elizabeth
100 FARMER, Annie Pearl (Dean)
55 FARMER, James Edward
134 FOWLER, Belle (Brannon)
97 FOWLER, E. Masco
81 FOWLER, Ella Clyde (Lee)
22 FOWLER, Ethel
62 FOWLER, Ewell Shelton ("Luly")
109 FOWLER, Georgia Ethel (Smith)
136 FOWLER, J. T.
6 FOWLER, James Tance
11 FOWLER, John
67 FOWLER, John Bryant ("Tom")
118 FOWLER, John Henry
99 FOWLER, Lillie (Collins)
95 FOWLER, Lucy (Lee)
87 FOWLER, Mancil
51 FOWLER, Nancy Elizabeth ("Lizzie") (Lee
108 FOWLER, Neppie Ophelia (Helms)
52 FOWLER, Reese
94 FOWLER, Teddie Dawson
15 FOWLER, Vermillion (Daughtry)
126 FOWLER, William Clarence
30 FOWLER, William E.
70 FOYE, Charles Frank
131 FOYE, Flaudie (Collins)
26 FULFORD, Christopher C.
14 FULFORD, Eliza (Phelps)
38 FULFORD, Minnie Eron (Fowler)
103 FULFORD, Sarah Ann (Hall)
49 FULFORD, William L.
31 GLOVER, Caria Kadelia (Daughtry)
112 GLOVER, Gussie Eugene (Thomas)
3 GLOVER, Jay H.
44 GLOVER, Ida (Fulford)
54 GLOVER, Lonie A.
72 GLOVER, Louis Hilburn
102 HALL, Willie Lee
69 HOLLIS, Espy S.
149 HOLLIS, Merle (Snell)
136 HOLLIS, Stella Maude ("Lofie") (Reynolds)
89 HOLLOWAY, Orvis T.
143 HOLLOWAY, Ouida Inez (Drew)
144 HUGHES, Hilda Aline (Fowler)
121 JERKINS, Arthur Lee
145 JERKINS, Velma Lois
17 JONES, Alford L.
13 JONES, Dora Udoxie (Lee)
56 KILLINGSWORTH, Charles Bishop
76 KILLINGSWORTH, Charlotte Arminta
96 LEE, Alford Tim
137 LEE, Annie Mae (Drew)
40 LEE, Charlie Cuthbert
8 LEE, Fred Madison
98 LEE, Freddie (Scarborough)
53 LEE, Genora (Weed)
92 LEE, James Harvey
105 LEE, Leonard G.
19 LEE, Norma
29 LEE, Ola (Hollis)
66 LEE, Robert Alexander
46 McGOWAN, Emma (Glover)
79 McGOWIN, Robbie Lynn (Jerkins) Baker
10 MINSHEW, Nola Anna (Thomas)
122 PALMIERI, Gladys (Rountree)
61 PEARCE, Mattie (Fulford) Reynolds
3 PHELPS, Reuben S.
133 REYNOLDS, Annie Lola ("Pes")
18 REYNOLDS, Rev. Archibald Spencer
93 EYNOLDS, Ben Hugh
147 REYNOLDS, Benjamin ("Roy")
104 REYNOLDS, Clara Jeanette (McCraney)
85 REYNOLDS, Gus Cuthbert
32 REYNOLDS, Lurey Virginia (Lee)
88 REYNOLDS, Mary Pauline (Thomas)
41 REYNOLDS, Robert Edward ("Boss")
33 REYNOLDS, William Jackson
90 REYNOLDS, Willie Clarence
124 RICE, Patrick Poyner
146 ROACH, Lola Bell Walker
37 ROACH, Rebecca Louise
117 ROUNTREE, H. Kenneth
110 ROUNTREE, Hortense ("Autie") (Warren)
75 ROUNTREE, Nathan Harmon
128 SANDERS, Effie (Gilmore)
58 SANDERS, Jenos
127 SAUNDERS, Albert Emmanuel
73 SAUNDERS, Lillie Mae (Woodham)
1 SEARCY Child
20 SEARCY, Dee (Collins)
48 SEARCY, Elizabeth (Dean)
115 SEARCY, Jewell (Daughtry)
138 SEARCY, Loyce Damon
65 SEARCY, Rena
119 SEARCY, Wesley David
142 SIMMONS, Votie (Smith)
120 SIMMONS, Will
116 SMITH, Sallie Vermell (Fowler) Collins
132 STRICKLAND, Haley
36 THOMAS, John Morgan ("Shug")
45 THOMAS Susan Roberta (Phelps)
9 THOMLEY, Joseph
42 THOMLEY, Thelma (Warren)
150 WALKER, Judith Gaye (Fowler) Routree
25 WARREN, Callie (Lee)
71 WARREN, Lavignor Willie
135 WATERS, Bessie
47 WATERS, Ollie L.
111 WILLIAMS, Amos Thomas
64 WILLIAMS, Grace Maude (Lee)
84 WOODHAM, William Washington
125 WOODS, Mickey Allen
24 YORK, Myrtie Mae (Warren)
(1) The Dothan Eagle, Saturday Evening, March 16, 1912
The little Searcy child that was killed near Wicksburg yesterday morning had
hidden under the bed from the storm when he met his death. Two of the Searcy
children hid under the bed when the storm approached and when the house fell
one of them was rescued but the other was smothered to death.
(Is this Roy Searcy, who died March 15, 1912?)
(2) The Dothan Eagle, Monday Evening, August 19, 1912
J. W. Collins, known as "Bob" Collins, living in the west end of Houston County, died Saturday night of fever, and was buried yesterday. He was 53 years old and a prominent citizen of that community.
(3) The Dothan Eagle, Friday Afternoon, March 21, 1913
Uncle Reuben Phelps, who lives near Jellico, in the west end of the county, died this morning at seven o'clock. Mr. Phelps was 82 years old and had been a citizen of that section for many years.
(4) The Dothan Eagle, Friday Afternoon, October 30, 1914
Walter Collins' little two-year-old boy was severely burned Wednesday afternoon
and is not expected to live.
(Is this Bobbie Collins, who died October 30, 1914?)
(5) The Dothan Eagle, Tuesday Afternoon, February 4, 1919
J. Glover, married, 24 years old, had lived in Dothan for some time, died
this morning at ten thirty of pneumonia, after a short illness. He was a son
of L. A. Glover, who lives west of town.
The body will be buried tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at Piney Grove Church.
(6) The Dothan Eagle, Saturday Afternoon, March 20, 1920
J. T. Fowler died yesterday afternoon at 4:00 at his home in Wicksburg of influenza. He was 32 years old. He was buried this a.m. at 11 o'clock at Piney Grove Cemetery.
(7) The Dothan Eagle, Friday Afternoon, December 26, 1924
Bill Collins, 36, well-known farmer of Dothan Route 3, died at his home this morning of acute indigestion. Funeral arrangements have not been completed yet, but it is thought that internment will be made at Piney Grove.
(8) The Dothan Eagle, Friday Afternoon, May 8, 1925
Fred Madison Lee, 28-year-old farmer who lived near Jellico, died Friday morning
at five o'clock after a brief illness, according to information received from
the Dothan Undertaking Company. The cause of his death is said to have been
typhoid fever.
Funeral arrangements are not known.
(9) The Dothan Eagle, Thursday Afternoon, March 8, 1928
Little Joseph Thomley, 10-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Thomley, died at the home of his parents on West Crawford Street last night. Funeral services, in charge of Fellows and Forrestor, were held today at 2:30 PM at Piney Grove Cemetery.
(10) The Dothan Eagle, Thursday Afternoon, September 27, 1928
Mrs. N. E. Minshew, age 42, died at her home near Laurel Hill, Fla., Tuesday
about noon, after an illness of several weeks duration.
The deceased is survived by her husband and seven children, Elbert of Great
Lakes, Ill., and Lorene, Roy, Coleman, Muriel, Mable and Ben, of Laurel Hill.
Her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Thomas, and three sisters; Mrs. W.
C. Reynolds, Mrs. J. H. Drew and Mrs. J. H. Glover, all of Newton, Ala., Rt.
1, also survive.
Mrs. Minshew was also beloved by the many friends who knew her, and the body
was brought to Piney Grove Cemetery, Wednesday, where internment was made at
2:30 p.m. Ingram and Forrester were in charge.
(11) The Dothan Eagle, Thursday Afternoon, April 4, 1929
John Fowler, prominent citizen of the Jellico community, age 82, died suddenly
last night at 7:15 o'clock. He had been in poor health, however, for a long
period.
Mr. Fowler was a member of the Piney Grove Free Will Baptist Church, where funeral
services will be held at 10 o'clock with the Rev. J. W. Malone of Dothan officiating.
Fellows and Forrestor will be in charge of arrangements.
The deceased is survived by his wife and five sons: W. E. Fowler of Newton Route
1, E. S. Fowler of Dothan Route 8, T. B. Fowler of Dothan Route 8, R. F. Fowler
of Mexica, Texas, E. M. Fowler of Dothan; and two daughters, Mrs. W. L. Fulford
of Dothan and Miss Ethel Fowler of Dothan.
Pallbearers will be: Honorary, Judge Harry K. Martin, W. B. Jefferies, E. G.
Collins, S. A. Mullins, A. L. Jones, A. O. Walker; the deceased's four sons
and two of his grandsons, Adus Fulford and Henry Fowler.
(12) The Dothan Eagle, Tuesday Afternoon, May 14, 1929
Mrs. Maggie Davis, 42, of Newton Route 2, died in a local hospital Sunday morning
after a short illness.
She is survived by her husband, Wilburn Davis; 4 children, Johnnie, Harber,
Collie, Pauline; four sisters, Mrs. Willie Hall of Newton Rt. 2; Mrs. Nannie
Langston of Slocomb; Mrs. Annie Craney of Newton Rt. 2; and one brother, Hugh
Johnson.
(13) The Dothan Eagle, Wednesday Afternoon, July 2, 1930
Mrs. A. L. Jones, 62, wife of A. L. Jones, prominent Jellico community farmer
and merchant, died at her home yesterday afternoon at 8:15 o'clock. Mrs. Jones
had been in ill health for several weeks.
Funeral services were to have been held this afternoon at Piney Grove Church
at 4 o'clock with the Rev. Judkins of Newton officiating. Internment was to
have been held in the church cemetery.
Surviving Mrs. Jones are her husband, five sisters, Mrs. W. J. Reynolds, Mrs.
W. E. Fowler, Newton route one, Mrs. T. B. Fowler of Dothan route seven, Mrs.
Lucille Fowler and Mrs. Callie Warren of Newton route one; three brothers, R.
A. and C. C. Lee of Newton route one, and J. H., of Webb.
(14) The Dothan Eagle, Tuesday Afternoon, January 6, 1931
Mrs. Eliza Fulford, 78, died at her home on Dothan route seven, this morning
at an early hour.
She is survived by two sons, W. L. Fulford of Dothan route seven, C. C. Fulford
of Slocomb route two; five daughters, Mrs. Mattie Reynolds of Esto, Fla., Mrs.
Snodie Newman, Mrs. Ida Glover, Mrs. Eunice Gibson and Mrs. Pearl Brandon; two
brothers, Ben Phelps of Hartford and John Phelps of Tifton, Ga.; three sisters,
Mrs. Sallie Newman and Mrs. Susie Thomas of Newton, and Mrs. Hattie Collins
of Dothan.
Funeral services were to have been held this afternoon from the Piney Grove
Church with the Rev. J. H. Guilford officiating. Internment was to follow in
the church cemetery. Fellows and Forrestor in charge.
(15) The Dothan Eagle, Tuesday Afternoon, June 16, 1931
The funeral of Mrs. Vermell Fowler, 78, who died at her home on Dothan route
6, was conducted late Sunday at the home, with burial in the Rehobeth church
cemetery. The Rev. Clement Ritter, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of
Dothan, officiated at the funeral.
Active pallbearers at the funeral were E. M. Fowler, E. S. Fowler, T. B. Fowler,
W. E. Fowler, A. E. Fulford and Henry Fowler. Honorary pallbearers were E. G.
Collins, J. N. Mullins, Heard Saxon, C. O. James, H. K. Martin and Wiley Collins.
The Houston Funeral Company had charge of the arrangements.
(It is incorrect that she is buried in the Rehobeth church cemetery.)
(16) The Dothan Eagle, Thursday Afternoon, February 18, 1932
Mrs. Hettie Anne Collins, 68, mother of E. G. Collins, Houston County tax
assessor, and E. R. Collins, of Dothan, died at 7:55 a.m. today at her home,
Dothan route seven, in the Jellico community. Mrs. Collins had been ill four
months.
Besides the two sons residing in Dothan, she is survived by three other sons
of Newton route one, W. C., H. C., and H. G. Collins; three daughters, Mrs.
W. B. Casey of Clio; Mrs. J. W. Drew of Hartford; Mrs. E. S. Fowler of Dothan
route seven; one brother, John Phelps of Tifton, Ga.; two sisters, Mrs. J. M.
Thomas, Newton route one, and Mrs. James Newman, of Geneva.
The funeral will be conducted at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Piney Grove Church,
near the Jellico Community, with the Rev. Clement Ritter, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, officiating, and the Houston Funeral Company in charge.
Burial will be in the Piney Grove Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be sons and sons-in-law of Mrs. Collins. They will be
W. R., W. C., H. H. and H. G. Collins and J. W. Drew and E. S. Fowler.
Honorary pallbearers will be Judge H. A. Pearce, Heard Saxon, County Tax Collector
S. A. Mullins, Circuit Solicitor J. Norton Mullins, County Superintendent of
Schools C. W. Johnson, Probate Judge H. K. Martin, Circuit Clerk Roy Hill, Sheriff
Joe Rollins, County Agent J. H. Witherington, County Health Officer F. A. Granger,
W. J. Renfroe, E. O. Jones, Mrs. C. L. Collins, county welfare director, and
Mrs. A. L. Bowden, county register.
(17) The Dothan Eagle, Wednesday Afternoon, June 15, 1932
An illness of a week from typhus fever was fatal late Tuesday afternoon at
a Dothan hospital to Alford Jones, 60, extensive property owner and merchant
of the Jellico community 12 miles west of Dothan.
Mr. Jones was first believed to have been suffering from typhoid fever, but
his case later was diagnosed as typhus fever, a contagious disease not as prevalent
as typhoid in this territory.
Mr. Jones was born and lived his entire life in the Jellico community. His wife
died about a year and a half ago. They had no children.
He was an uncle of E. G. Collins, tax assessor of Houston County and also of
W. R. Collins, Houston County deputy sheriff and Mrs. W. L. Fulford of Dothan.
The only other survivor is M. C. Collins, half-brother, of near Jellico.
The funeral will be conducted tomorrow, with the Rev. Clement Ritter, pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating and Houston Funeral Company in
charge. Burial will be in the Piney Grove Cemetery, near Jellico.
Active pallbearers at the funeral will be W. C. Collins, W. R. Collins, J. J.
Hollis, W. D. Searcy, M. M. Hollis and E. S. Fowler. Honorary pallbearers will
be G. M. Malone, Harry K. Martin, Joe Rollins, J. Henry Witherington, J. Heard
Saxon, P. E. Cumbie and J. M. Thomas.
(It is incorrect that he was an uncle of Mrs. W. L. Fulford of Dothan.)
(18) The Dothan Eagle, Monday Afternoon, January 8, 1934
Because his son wanted his father's body to rest in his adopted state, the
body of the Rev. Archibald S. Reynolds, 81, was disinterred early Sunday morning
at the Jellico Cemetery by the Holman Funeral Company of Ozark, and shipped
to Childress, Texas for burial again Wednesday.
Rev. Mr. Reynolds died at his home in Esto, Fla., at 5 a.m. Friday and was buried
Saturday. His son is O. M. Reynolds, who moved to Texas a number of years ago.
(19) The Dothan Eagle, Tuesday Afternoon, March 13, 1934
Norma Lee, 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Z. Ard of Dothan route
seven, died last night at 7 o'clock in a local hospital following a short illness.
Blood poisoning was given as the cause of her death.
Besides her mother, she is survived by three brothers, Dennis Lee of Dothan
route 7, G. P. and R. A. Lee, both of Newton route one and one sister, Mary
Lou, of Dothan route seven.
Funeral was to be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Piney Grove Church
with the Rev. Manuel Givins officiating.
The following were to act as pallbearers: Ervin Ard, Randolph Ard, George Reynolds,
Max Reynolds, Ralph Lee and Hazel Collins.
Burial was to be in the church cemetery with Fellows and Forrestor in charge
of arrangements.
(20) The Dothan Eagle, Monday Afternoon, June 25, 1934
Funeral services for Mrs. D. Searcy, 48, of Newton route one, who died at
her home Sunday morning were held this morning from the residence, with burial
following in the cemetery of the Piney Grove Church.
In addition to her parents and husband, she is survived by a son, Milford; four
daughters, Mrs. D. T. Simmons, Mrs. Clyde Hughes, Mrs. Jim Duffner, and Miss
Earnestine Searcy.
The Rev. Mr. Davis officiated at the services with Dowling-Rhodes Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements.
(21) The Dothan Eagle, Wednesday Afternoon, December 5, 1934
Mrs. Willie Mae Ard, 43, of Newton Route one, died at Tuscaloosa at 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday, following an illness that covered a period of years. Her death, however,
was unexpected.
She had been a member of the Piney Grove Baptist Church many years and was active
in religious and social circles in her home community.
She is survived by her husband, H. D. Ard, Newton route one; three sons, Irby,
Randolph and Preston Ard, all of Newton route one, three daughters, Misses Ella,
Carolyne and Hortense Ard, all of Newton; three brothers, Wilburn Hallford,
Columbus, Ga., J. C. Hallford, Dothan route one, and Lonnie Hallford, Plant
City, Fla.; and two sisters, Mrs. Vissie Jackson, Dothan route five and Mrs.
Jennie Brown, Dothan.
Funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the Piney Grove Church with the Rev.
Manuel Givens officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Fellows and
Forrestor in charge.
(22) The Dothan Eagle, Monday Afternoon, December 17, 1934
Miss Ethel Fowler, 50, died at her home on Dothan route 2 Saturday morning
following a short illness. She was a member of the Piney Grove Baptist Church
and had been a resident of that community all her life.
She is survived by one sister, Mrs. W. L. Fulford of Dothan, and four brothers,
Will of Newton route 1, Tom of Geneva, Ewell of Dothan route 1 and Reese of
Dothan route 1.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Piney Grove Baptist
Church with the Rev. Mr. Clement Ritter officiating. Burial followed in the
church cemetery with Fellows and Forrestor in charge.
(She was also survived by a fifth brother, Masco Fowler.)
(23) The Dothan Eagle, Monday Afternoon, December 24, 1934
James P. Collins died Saturday night at the home of his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Fowler on Dothan route two. Funeral was conducted at the home
at 2 p.m. Sunday with the Rev. Lee officiating. Burial followed in the Piney
Grove Cemetery with Dowling-Griffin in charge.
Besides his grandparents, he is survived by two brothers, Robert and Kyle Collins,
Dothan; and a sister, Miss Madge Collins, Dothan.
(He was also survived by his mother, Sallie Vermell Fowler Collins Smith. The
correct name of his grandparents was Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Fowler.)
(24) The Dothan Eagle, Monday Afternoon, November 25, 1935
MIDLAND CITY, November 25 (Special) - The victim of poison, Mrs. Myrtie Mae
York, 29, was found sprawled on the kitchen floor of her home near here Saturday
afternoon by Mrs. Lonnie Edwards, a neighbor, who had been summoned by Mrs.
York's six-year-old daughter, Carolyn.
The child told Mrs. Edwards her mother was "sick" and had taken some
medicine and was alone at the house, her father having gone to Columbus, Georgia,
to attend the Auburn-Georgia football game. Within 15 minutes after Mrs. Edwards
reached her, the young farm matron was dead.
In the absence of Kenneth Holman, Dale County coroner in a Dothan hospital recovering
from an operation, local physicians and Sheriff J. W. Helms made an investigation,
the sheriff announcing they had not yet returned a report.
The investigation was slowed, Sheriff Helms said, because of the lack of evidence
and witnesses, Mrs. York being alone at the time except for her daughter. An
empty medicine bottle was found near her, containing only a few drops of an
unidentified liquid.
Mrs. York is survived by her husband, Grady York; a son, Grady Donald York;
a daughter, Carolyn; two sisters, Mrs. N. H. Rountree, Pinckard and Mrs. Wiley
Thomley, Valdosta, Georgia; a brother, Willie E. Warren, Geneva; and her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Warren, Geneva.
Funeral was held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Piney Grove Church with Mrs. Martha L.
Joiner of Abbeville officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery with Houston
Funeral Company in charge.
(25) The Dothan Eagle, Sunday Morning, August 1, 1937
Mrs. Callie Warren, of Pinckard, died at her home Friday night. Funeral was
held at Piney Grove at 3 p.m. Saturday, with the Rev. Quidas Dean of Hartford,
officiating. Ward-Wilson was in charge of burial.
Mrs. Warren was a member of the Rentecostal church and was active in church
and social affairs.
She is survived by the husband, L. W. Warren, a son, W. E. Warren of Geneva
Route 1, two daughters, Mrs. N. H. Rountree of Pinckard, and Mrs. W. L. Thomley
of Valdosta; three brothers, R. A. and C. C. Lee, of Newton route 1, and J.
H. Lee of Webb, four sisters, Mrs. W. J. Reynolds and Mrs. W. E. Fowler of Newton
route 1, Mrs. T. B. Fowler of Geneva route 1, and Mrs. Lucy Fowler, Geneva,
eight grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
(26) The Houston Herald, Thursday, August 19, 1937
Funeral for C. C. Fulford, who died Friday morning at his home on Slocomb
route two following a brief illness, washeld at 2:30 p.m. Saturday from Piney
Grove Church with the Rev. A. D. Zbinden officiating. Burial was in the church
cemetery. Ward-Wilson directing.
Mr. Fulford, who was forty, was widely-known in this section and was engaged
in farming.
Surviving are his wife; two sons, G. W. and Bruce Fulford, all of Slocomb route
two; three daughters, Mrs. R. C. Louis, Mrs. O. T. Smith, Dothan route one;
Margarette Fulford, Slocomb route two and five sisters, Mrs. L. H. Glover, Dothan
route one, Mrs. A. B. Gibson, Donaldsonville, Ga., Mrs. Pete Brown, Newton,
Mrs. M. B. Pearce, Graceville, and Mrs. H. J. Newman, Dothan Route five.
(27) The Dothan Eagle, Tuesday Afternoon, August 31, 1937
Mrs. Ella Collins, seventy-three, died at her home on Newton Route one yesterday
afternoon and funeral services were held this morning.
The funeral was at the residence with the Rev. Davis officiating. Burial followed
in the Piney Grove Cemetery, Houston in charge.
Mrs. Collins was born in Florida but lived in the community near Piney Grove
all her life. She was a member of the Piney Grove Church. Survivors are the
husband, M. C. Collins; a brother, Allen Adams, Slocomb, and a sister, Mrs.
Mandy Ard, Slocomb.
(28) The Dothan Eagle, Tuesday Afternoon, October 5, 1937
Funeral services for Moses C. Collins who died yesterday afternoon at his
home on Newton Route one following an illness of about a year due to a paralytic
stroke was held from Piney Grove Church at 10 this morning. Burial was in the
church cemetery, Houston Funeral Home directing.
Mr. Collins, who was seventy-eight, was a lifelong resident of the Newton community
and was actively engaged in farming until his illness. His wife preceded him
in death by five weeks. He was a member of the Piney Grove Church.
There are no immediate survivors, although the following relatives survive:
Dewey Bynum, Miss Edward, Fred and Taft Bynum, Lemma Bynum, Columbus, Ga.; and
Mrs. Clyde Hathaway, all of Black; Mrs. Eura Simmons, Mrs. Dera Difford, Mr.
and Mrs. W. D. Searcy, Milford Searcy and Ernestine Searcy, all of Newton Route
one; Mrs. Alma Hughes, Graceville, Fla.; and Mrs. Dovie Killingsworth, Mrs.
Ethel Green, Miss Lucille Crawford and Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Crawford, Dothan R.
F. D.
Active pallbearers were Walter Daughtery, Will Fowler, Milt Dixon, Harvey Dean,
Boss Reynolds, Gene Grishell.
(Mode C. Collins is name on tombstone.)
(29) The Dothan Eagle, Friday Afternoon, February 17, 1939
Funeral services for Mrs. Ollie Lee, sixty-one, who died at her home Thursday
following a short illness, were held at 2 p.m. today at Piney Grove Church with
the Rev. Mr. Dean officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery with Ward-Wilson
officiating.
She is survived by the husband, C. C. Lee; one daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Long,
Montgomery; four sons, Sam and Leonard Lee, Newton route one; Dotie Lee, Elba
and Ralph Lee, Newton; three brothers, J. J. Hollis, Slocomb route two, K. Hollis
and Erley Hollis, Dothan route eight; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Beasley, Dothan
route eight and Mrs. Daisy Draughn of Newton route two.
Active pallbearers were H. O. Odd, Mace Walden, Nick Walden, Charles Killingsworth,
Ed Lee and Melt Lee.
(Ola is first name on tombstone.)
(30) The Dothan Eagle, Monday Afternoon, October 30, 1939
Funeral services for William E. Fowler, sixty-five, who died suddenly at his
home on Newton route one Sunday afternoon, were held at 2 p.m. today at Piney
Grove Methodist Church with the Rev. A. B. Zbiden officiating. Burial was in
the church cemetery with Fellows and Forrestor directing.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. W. G. Smith of Dothan; one sister, Mrs. Will
Fulford of Dothan; four brothers, Tom Fowler, Luley Fowler and Masco Fowler,
all of Geneva and Reese Fowler of Dallas, Texas.
(He was also survived by his widow, Nancy Elizabeth ("Lizzie") Lee
Fowler.)
(31) The Dothan Eagle, Sunday Morning, November 12, 1939
Funeral services for Mrs. L. A. Glover, sixty-nine, of Dothan route one, who
died at her home Friday morning following an illness of several months, will
be held at the Piney Grove Church at 2 p.m. today with the Rev. B. Reynolds
officiating.
Surviving are her husband; one daughter, Mrs. Eura Hall of Jay, Fla.; four sons,
L. H. Glover of Dothan route one, Houston and Leslie Glover of Detroit, Michigan,
and M. H. Glover of Montgomery; two brothers, J. W. Daughtery of Dothan route
one and A. S. Daughtery of Ozark; 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Active pallbearers will be Lewis Daughtry, Rex Daughtry, Walter Daughtery, L.
B. Smith, Alto Holland, and B. G. Cooley.
(32) The Dothan Eagle, Monday Afternoon, December 14, 1942
Funeral services for Mrs. Lura V. Reynolds, seventy-seven, of Newton route
one, who died at her home early yesterday morning following a short illness,
were held this morning at Piney Grove Church with the Rev. James A. Zellner
of Newton officiating. Burial followed in the Piney Grove Cemetery, Ward-Wilson
directing.
She was a charter member of Winslette's Chapel Methodist Church and a life-long
member of the Newton community.
Surviving are her husband, W. J. Reynolds; four sons, W. C., G. C., R. E. and
B. H. Reynolds, all of Newton; three daughters, Miss Annie Reynolds and Mrs.
E. S. Hollis of Newton and Mrs. E. H. Hollis of Dothan; three sisters, Mrs.
Lucy Fowler and Mrs. Ella Fowler, both of Geneva, and Mrs. Lizzie Fowler of
Dothan; three brothers, C. C. and R. A. Lee of Newton and Harvey Lee of Webb;
thirteen grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
(33) The Dothan Eagle, Tuesday Afternoon, January 5, 1943
Funeral services for W. J. Reynolds, eighty, of Newton route one, who died
at his home last night, following a long illness, will be held tomorrow with
the Rev. James A. Zellner of Newton officiating. Burial will follow in the church
cemetery with Ward-Wilson directing.
A charter member of Winslette Chapel Methodist Church and the Newton Masonic
Lodge, Mr. Reynolds lived in the Newton route one community for the past fifty-six
years.
He is survived by four sons, W. C. Reynolds, G. C. Reynolds, R. E. Reynolds
and B. H. Reynolds, all of Newton; three daughters, Mrs. E. S. Hollis and Miss
Annie Reynolds, both of Newton and Mrs. E. H. Hollis of Dothan; two brothers,
John Reynolds of Southern Pines, N. C. and George Reynolds of Ozark; two sisters,
Mrs. Julian Thomas of Birmingham, and Mrs. Alice Stephens of Newton; thirteen
grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
(34) The Dothan Eagle, Tuesday Afternoon, August 24, 1943
Wiley R. Collins, sixty, Dothan policeman, died at his home, 301 North Edgewood
Drive, yesterday afternoon at 4 p.m. of a heart attack following a short illness.
He was on duty when taken ill and was removed to his home by Sergeant George
Garrett, of the police department. Mr. Collins had been a member of the police
department for the past nine years, and was formerly connected with the sheriff's
office.
Surviving are his wife and a daughter, Mrs. Frank Foye of Dothan; four brothers,
W. C. Collins, Jacksonville, Fla.; H. H. Collins and E. G. Collins, both of
Dothan, and H. G. Collins, Columbus, Ga.; three sisters, Mrs. W. B. Casey, Clio,
Mrs. J. W. Drew, Newton and Mrs. E. S. Fowler, Hartford.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Piney Grove Baptist Church,
of which he was a member, with the Rev. Clement Ritter and the Rev. T. W. Wilson
officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery, Fellows and Forrester in
charge.
Active pallbearers will be John Hilson, Walt Cameron, Taylor Hicks, J. E. Draughon,
L. Kelly and E. J. Strickland.
Honorary pallbearers are: Sam Rice, T. L. Blair, W. B. Ellard, Byrd Saunders,
Keener Baxley, Fred O'Brien, Carl E. Sellers, M. Tatum, T. M. Holland, J. S.
Capps, Eddie Tindell, P. C. Burdeshaw, J. N. Mullins, G. J. Parrish, Jr., D.
A. Cameron, W. D. Givens, R. L. Allen, Col. Johnson, Wes Herring, H. D. Atkins
and Howard Rogers.
(35) The Dothan Eagle, Sunday Morning, October 3, 1943
W. C. Collins, fifty-eight, a resident of Houston County until 15 years ago
when he moved to Jacksonville, Fla., died at his home in Jacksonville yesterday
afternoon following a long illness. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife; three sons, Luther Collins, Dothan, Theron Collins,
U. S. Navy, and Wallace Collins, U. S. Army; two daughters, Mrs. Sollie Gilley,
Nashville, Tenn., and Mrs. Zell Johns, Jacksonville; three brothers, E. G. Collins,
Dothan, H. H. Collins, Dothan route one and H. G. Collins, Columbus, Ga.; three
sisters, Mrs. W. B. Casey, Clio, Mrs. J. W. Drew, Newton route one, and Mrs.
E. S. Fowler, Hartford.
Funeral will be held at Piney Grove Church at 11 a.m. Monday with the Rev. Clement
Ritter officiating. Burial will follow in the Piney Grove cemetery, with Ward-Wilson
in charge.
Pallbearers will be his sons, Luther, Theron and Wallace Collins, and nephews,
James W., Page and Hazel Collins.
(36) The Dothan Eagle, Wednesday Afternoon, August 23, 1944
J. M. Thomas, 82, died at his home on Newton route one at 7:30 this morning,
following a long illness. He had lived in the community all his life and was
a member of the Piney Grove Baptist Church and the Woodmen of the World.
He is survived by his wife; three daughters, Mrs. W. C. Reynolds, Mrs. J. H.
Drew, and Mrs. J. H. Glover, all of Newton route one; a brother, E. O. Thomas
of Newton route one; three sisters, Mrs. Alice Thomley and Mrs. Mattie Thomley,
both of Wicksburg, and Mrs. Ida Stephens of Jacksonville, Fla.; 17 grandchildren
and nine great-grandchildren.
(37) The Dothan Eagle, Monday, March 5, 1945
Funeral services for Rebecca Louise Roach, year-old daughter of Staff Sergeant
and Mrs. F. D. Roach of 604 Stough Street, who died Saturday night were held
yesterday at Piney Grove Church with the Rev. James A. Zellner officiating.
Burial followed in the Piney Grove Cemetery, Ward-Wilson officiating.
Surviving in addition to her parents, her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Gilbert of Dothan route one, and paternal grandfather, J. T. Roach of
Cache, Oklahoma.
(38) The Dothan Eagle, Sunday, June 9, 1946
Funeral services for Mrs. Eeron Fulford, sixty-five, who died at her home,
310 W. Burdeshaw Street, Friday after a long illness, were held yesterday afternoon
at Piney Grove Church with the Rev. Mr. Draughn officiating. Burial followed
in the church cemetery, Johnson-Wilkerson directing.
She was a life-long resident of Dothan and Houston County and a member of the
Baptist Church.
Surviving are her husband, Mr. W. L. Fulford; three sons, Adus and Ralph, both
of Dothan and Perry Fulford, Pensacola, six grandchildren.
(39) The Dothan Eagle, Tuesday, March 11, 1947
OZARK - Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Drew, eighty, who died yesterday
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. W. Lee, in Ozark, were held this afternoon
at Piney Grove Church with the Rev. Dan Dubois and the Rev. Howard Trawick officiating.
Internment was in the church cemetery, with Holman Funeral Home in charge.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Lee and Mrs. John Woodall, both of Ozark,
Mrs. Leonard Lee, Ashford, and Mrs. Barto Woodall, Dothan; a son, J. W. Drew,
Newton; five sisters, two brothers, 31 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
(40) The Dothan Eagle, Thursday, March 13, 1947
OZARK - Funeral services for Charlie Cuthbert Lee, sixty-eight, who died at
his home in Ozark today after a short illness, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday
in the Piney Grove Church with the Rev. Dean Dubois officiating. Burial will
be in the church cemetery, Holman Funeral Home in charge.
Surviving are his widow; four sons, Sampie and Dotie Lee, Ozark, Leonard Lee,
Gadsden, Ralph Lee, Opp; two brothers, Bob Lee, Newton and Harvey Lee, Webb;
three sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Fowler and Mrs. Lucy Fowler, both of Dothan, and
Mrs. Ella Fowler, Geneva; 23 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
(41) The Dothan Eagle, Wednesday, May 14, 1947
Funeral services for Robert E. Reynolds, fifty-two of Newton route one, who
died this morning in a local hospital following a long illness, will be held
at 4:00 p.m. Thursday at the Winslette Chapel Methodist Church, of which he
was a member, with the Rev. James A. Zellner and the Rev. Glen Hodges officiating.
Burial will follow in the church cemetery, Ward-Wilson in charge.
Mr. Reynolds was a life-long resident of the community.
Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. E. H. Hollis, Dothan route five, Mrs. Espy
Hollis and Miss Ann Reynolds, both of Newton route one; three brothers, W. C.,
G. C., and B. H. Reynolds, all of Newton route one; and a number of nieces and
nephews.
Active pallbearers will be George Reynolds, Jack and Clarence Hollis, Clarence
Lee, Wade Smith and Claude Lee.
Honorary: B. P. Poyner, Jr., Judge Albert Logue, Roy Hughes, Curtis Adams, Russell
Parrish, Jack Russell, Judge Saxon Poyner, H. A. Hollis, Blant Dowling, Walter
Daughtry, J. B. Smith, Harvey Maddox, Tulley Stembridge, H. T. Petty, Eugene
Hollis, Hugh Hollis, Furman Thomley.
(42) The Dothan Eagle, Tuesday Afternoon, August 19, 1947
Mrs. Thelma Thomley, forty-one, died at her home, Dothan route 4, early today.
A lifetime resident of Houston County, Mrs. Thomley was a member of the Church
of God.
Funeral services will be held at Winslette Chapel Church tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock and internment will follow in the church cemetery, Johnson Funeral
Home is in charge.
Mrs. Thomley is survived by two sons, James of Dothan and Daniel of Pinckard;
one sister, Mrs. N. H. Rountree of Pinckard; one brother, W. E. Warren of Geneva
route one; and her father, L. W. Warren of Florala.
(43) The Dothan Eagle, Sunday, March 4, 1948
Mrs. Emma Calhoun, forty-nine, died at her home, 306 South East Street, Dothan,
early yesterday morning following a short illness.
Mrs. Calhoun was a lifetime resident of Houston County and a member of the LaFayette
Street Methodist Church.
Surviving are a son, Victor, of Dothan; three sisters, Mrs. Anna Creamer of
Wicksburg, Mrs. Willie Hall of Newton route two, Mrs. Lanie Lanston of Dothan
and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be held at 3 p.m. today at the LaFayette Street Methodist Church
with the Rev. C. H. Hildreth officiating. Burial will follow in the Piney Grove
Cemetery. Ward-Wilson has charge of arrangements.
Active pallbearers will be: Tom Peterman, Bobbie Dupress, Mr. Sanders, Cleat
Bond, Charles Woodham and J. A. Buckhalt.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of her Sunday School class.
(44) The Dothan Eagle, Wednesday, March 2, 1949
Mrs. L. H. Glover, fifty-six, of Dothan route one, died at a Dothan hospital
yesterday afternoon following a brief illness. She was a native of Houston County,
and a member of the Church of Christ.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending the arrival of a son. Services will
be held at the Piney Grove Church, the time and date to be announced later by
Ward-Wilson Funeral Home.
Surviving are her husband; a daughter, Mrs. Lucille Tew, Bismark, N. C.; a son,
Ed Glover, Oakland, Cal., a brother, W. L. Fulford, Dothan; four sisters, Mrs.
Mattie Pearce, and Mrs. Eunie Gibson, both of Graceville, Mrs. Pearl Brown,
Newton and Mrs. Snodie Newman, Panama City, Fla.
(45) The Dothan Eagle, Tuesday, March 15, 1949
Mrs. J. M. Thomas, eighty-two, died at her home on Newton route one Monday
after a long illness. Mrs. Thomas was a life long resident of the community
and a member of the Free Will Baptist Church.
Funeral services are to be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Piney Grove Church
with the Rev. R. W. Judkins of Midland City officiating. Internment in the church
cemetery will be directed by Ward-Wilson.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. W. C. Reynolds, Mrs. J. H. Drew, and Mrs.
J. H. Glover, all of Newton route one; 17 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren
and one great-great grandchild.
(46) The Dothan Eagle, Monday, January 1, 1950
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma McGowan, seventy-eight, who died at her home
on Dothan route one yesterday after a long illness, will be held at Piney Grove
Church at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
The Rev. N. H. Culp will officiate and Ward-Wilson Funeral Home will direct
burial in the Piney Grove cemetery.
Surviving are two sons, Lawrence and Herman McGowan, both of Ozark route one;
three daughters, Mrs. James Wallce, Enterprise; Mrs. Henry Raner, Lake City,
Fla.; and Mrs. A. J. Jenkins, Dothan; a brother, L. A. Glover, Dothan route
one; a sister, Mrs. John Davis, Slocomb; 17 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Active pallbearers will be L. H. Glover, Rex and Lewis Daughtry, Ralph Thomley,
Fred Lee and E. Killingsworth.
(47) The Dothan Eagle, Sunday, November 12, 1950
Funeral services for O. L. Waters, forty-three, of Newton route one, who died
at his home Friday, will be held at 3 p.m. today at the Piney Grove Church with
the Rev. Walter Dean officiating. Internment in the church cemetery will be
directed by Ward-Wilson Funeral Home.
Surviving are his widow; a son, Jewett Waters, Newton route one; three daughters,
Mrs. Wyatt Morris, Dothan, Misses Bobbie Joyce and Lessie Waters, both of Dothan
route one; three brothers, R. L. Waters, Dothan; F. A. Waters, Columbus, Ga.,
and William F. Waters, Tallahassee; three sisters, Mrs. N. V. Dowling, Webb;
Mrs. Mattie Brown, Tampa, and Mrs. H. Turner, Columbus, Ga.; and his father,
W. A. Waters, Dothan.
(48) The Dothan Eagle, Sunday, August 19, 1951
Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie Searcy, seventy-five, of Slocomb route two,
who died in a Hartford hospital early today after a short illness, will be held
at 4 p.m. today at the Piney Grove Methodist Church.
The Rev. S. T. Shutes of Colquitt, Ga., will officiate and burial in Piney Grove
cemetery will be directed by Ward-Wilson Funeral Home.
A native of Dale County, Mrs. Searcy spent her entire lifetime in the Goodwater
community. She was a member of the Goodwater Free Will Baptist Church.
Survivors include four sons, Eron Searcy of Mobile, Wesley Searcy, Newton route
one, Oscar Searcy, Dothan route one and Yancey Searcy, Slocomb route three;
four daughters, Mrs. Virgil Daughtry and Mrs. Claude Gilley, both of Newton
route one and Mrs. Richard Waters, both of Dothan; a brother, Burdie Dean of
Graceville; two sisters, Mrs. Beatrice Peters and Mrs. Vera Huff, both of Graceville;
30 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
(49) The Dothan Eagle, Monday, November 12, 1951
W. L. Fulford, seventy-one, a life-long resident of Houston County, died at
his home, 310 West Burdeshaw Street, early this morning after a long illness.
Mr. Fulford was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church and a Mason. From 1913
until 1921, he was Houston County tax assessor.
Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. tomorrow at Piney Grove Church. The
Rev. A. D. Zbinden will officiate with burial in the church cemetery directed
by Johnson Funeral Home.
Surviving are three sons, Adus Fulford of Dothan, Perry D. Fulford of Pensacola,
and Ralph Fulford of Columbus, Ga., four sisters, Mrs. Mattie Pearce of Graceville,
Mrs. Snodie Newmans of Panama City, Mrs. Euna Gibson of Graceville route one.
(50) The Dothan Eagle, Tuesday, February 13, 1951
J. E. Crawford, seventy-seven, of Dothan route one, died yesterday at his home
following an illness of several weeks. He was a resident of Houston County all
his life, a farmer, and a member of the Masonic Order. Mr. Crawford was a member
of the Baptist Church.
Funeral services were to be held at 2 p.m. today at Piney Grove Church with
the Rev. Aiken Etheridge officiating and Ward-Wilson Funeral Home directing
burial in the church cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mattie Crawford; a son, D. M. Crawford, Dothan
route one; three daughters, Mrs. Dovie Killingsworth, Dothan route one; Mrs.
Ethel Green, Columbus, Ga.; and Mrs. Lucille Hand, Dothan; three brothers, W.
E. Crawford, Orlando; J. M. Crawford, Slocomb; and O. C. Crawford, Wilmington,
N. C.; two sisters, Mrs. K. L. Clayton, Brewton; and Mrs. M. A. Anderson, Slocomb;
five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
(51) The Dothan Eagle, Monday, February 4, 1952
Mrs. Lizzie Fowler, a native of Dale County and former resident of Dothan,
died yesterday at her home in Tallahassee after a long illness. She was seventy-seven.
Mrs. Fowler was a member of the Methodist Church.
Funeral services were to be held at 3:00 p.m. today at Piney Grove Church with
burial in church cemetery. Johnson Funeral Home of Dothan in charge of arrangements.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Sallie Smith, Tallahassee; two brothers, Harvey
Lee of Webb and Bob Lee of Newton route one; two sisters, Mrs. T. B. Fowler,
Geneva and Mrs. Lucy Fowler, Dothan; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
(52) The Dothan Eagle, Sunday, August 24, 1952
Funeral services for Reese Fowler, 67, Belasco, Texas, who died in a Tallahassee
hospital Friday as a result of an automobile accident, will be held today at
3:00 p.m. at Piney Grove Church with Johnson Funeral Home directing.
Born and reared in Dale County, Fowler moved to Texas in 1911. He was a member
of the Baptist Church.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Juanita Arnold, Clute, Texas, two sons, Wilson
Rainwater, West Palm Beach, Fla.; three brothers, T. B., Geneva, E. S. and Masco,
both of Columbus, Ga.; several aunts and uncles.
(Wilson Rainwater was his stepson. Reese Fowler had only one son, Ralph Fowler,
his other daughter was named Hazel. The mention of several aunts and uncles
is incorrect.)
(53) The Dothan Eagle, Monday, September 8, 1952
Funeral services for Mrs. Genora Lee, 79, 404 Washington Street, who died
in a Dothan hospital Saturday were held this afternoon at Piney Grove Church
with the Rev. A. D. Zbinden officiating. Burial in the church cemetery was directed
by Johnson Funeral Home of Dothan.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. G. D. Holloway, Dothan; Mrs. C. R. Salter,
Forsyth, Ga.; Mrs. Carl Widrig, Charlotte, Michigan; Mrs. A. T. Williams, Umatilla,
Florida; two sons, A. T. Lee, Newton route 1, and W. H. Lee, Midland City, Rt.
1, 23 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren.
(54) The Dothan Eagle, Monday, March 2, 1953
Louis Hilburn Glover, 61, died at his home on Rt. 1 Dothan Saturday following
a brief illness.
A native of Houston County, Mr. Glover was a life-long resident of the community.
Funeral services will be held at the Piney Grove Methodist Church, near the
Enterprise Highway with the Rev. Floyd Parker officiating. Ward-Wilson Funeral
Home will direct burial in the church cemetery.
Survivors include a son, Ed Glover, Pensacola; a daughter, Mrs. I. F. Tew, Long
Beach, Calif.; three brothers, H. C. Glover and W. L. Glover, both of Detroit,
Michigan; and M. H. Glover, Montgomery; a sister, Mrs. Ennoch Hall, Jay, Fla.;
and several nieces and nephews.
(55) The Dothan Eagle, Sunday, May 3, 1953
Funeral services for J. W. (Jim) Farmer, 54, who died at his home at Napier
Field Friday, will be held at 3 p.m. today at the Piney Grove Assembly of God
Church. The Rev. W. P. Hughes will officiate, assisted by the Rev. M. H. Bracewell.
Burial in the church cemetery will be directed by Ward-Wilson Funeral Home.
A native of Dale County, Mr. Farmer was employed by a furniture manufacturing
company at the time of his death.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Annie Pearl Farmer; two sons, Alvin and James P.
Farmer, both of Napier Field; two daughters, Miss Delma Farmer and Mrs. Inez
Dixon, both of Napier Field; two brothers, Arlin Farmer, Gulfport, Miss., and
Carey Farmer, Malvern; four sisters, Mrs. Lucy Lewis, Mrs. Ella Mae Andrews,
and Mrs. Mary Kingsley, all of Panama City, and Mrs. Elizabeth Parrish, Dothan,
and six grandchildren.
(56) The Dothan Eagle, Wednesday, May 27, 1953
Charles Bishop Killingsworth, 82, died at his home on Newton Rt. 2 today after
a long illness. A native of Henry County, he had resided in the Wicksburg community
for 35 years.
Funeral services are to be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow at the Piney Grove Methodist
Church with the Rev. M. H. Bracewell officiating. Burial in the church cemetery
will be directed by Ward-Wilson Funeral Home.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Charlotte Arminta Killingsworth, Newton Rt. 2;
a daughter, Mrs. Beatrice Green, Columbus, Ga.; five sons, Henry of Panama City,
Vaughan of Hartford Rt. 2; Shelly of Ashford Rt. 2; Ernest of Dothan Rt. 1 and
Vester of Dothan Rt. 5; a half-brother, J. E. Killingsworth, Newton Rt. 2; 12
grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
(57) The Dothan Eagle, Friday, October 16, 1953
Funeral services for Horace G. Collins, 56, who died in a Columbus, Ga., hospital
yesterday were held this afternoon at Piney Grove Methodist Church with the
Rev. Mr. Clark and the Rev. Mr. Howell officiating. Burial in the church cemetery
was directed by Johnson Funeral Home.
A native of Houston County, Mr. Collins had lived in Columbus since 1942.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Nellie Mae Collins; a son, Billy Collins, both
of Columbus, Ga., three sisters, Mrs. Della Drew, Newton Rt. 1; Mrs. Cora Casey,
Clio, Mrs. Lillie Fowler, Columbus, Ga., and brother, H. H. Collins, Newton
Rt. 1.
(58) The Dothan Eagle, Friday, January 1, 1954
Jenos Sanders, 74, died at his home, 809 Hammond Avenue, early today. He was
a native of Henry County and a member of the Panther Creek Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be held at Piney Grove Methodist Church at a time to be
announced by Johnson Funeral Home.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Effie Sanders; two sons, Collie Ray Sanders,
Dothan, Gene Collen Sanders, Natchez, Miss.; two brothers, Horace Sanders, Dothan
Rt. 1; Wilbourn Sanders, Washington, D. C.; a sister, Mrs. Mandy Snellgrove,
Columbus, Ga.; three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
(59) The Dothan Eagle, Friday, August 12, 1955
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby Gladys Daughtry, 53, who died at her home on
Newton Rt. 1 today, will be held at Windsor Chapel Methodist Church tomorrow
with the Rev. Davis Jones officiating. Burial in the church cemetery will be
directed by Ward-Wilson Funeral Home.
Surviving are her husband, Lewis Daughtry; a sister, Mrs. Gladilou Mathis of
Newton Rt. 1; three brothers, William L. Newton of Dothan Rt. 2, James Newton
of Newton Rt. 1 and Ernest Newton of Pansey; two sisters, Mrs. J. C. White of
Cowarts and Mrs. Vera Miller of Ashford Rt. 1 and three grandchildren.
(60) The Dothan Eagle, Monday, September 12, 1955
Funeral services for Governor Wayne Dean, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Governor
Wayne Dean of 404 S. St. Andrews St., were held today at Piney Grove Church
with Johnson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Surviving in addition to his parents, are a brother, Roger Dale Dean, his maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mills and paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Dean, all of Dothan.
(61) The Dothan Eagle, Sunday, December 11, 1955
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Pearce, 73, of Graceville, were held this
afternoon at Piney Grove Methodist Church, with Pete McGee officiating. Burial
in the church cemetery was directed by Mitchell Funeral Home of Graceville.
A native of Houston County, Mrs. Pearce had resided in Graceville for the past
10 years.
Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. H. J. Newman of Panama City, Mrs. A. B. Gibson
of Graceville Rt. 4 and Mrs. R. W. Brannon of Newton Rt. 2.
(Pierce is last name on tombstone.)
(62) The Dothan Eagle, Wednesday, December 14, 1955
Funeral services for E. S. (Luly) Fowler, of Columbus, Ga., will be held at
Winslette Chapel in western Houston County tomorrow at 3 p.m. with the Rev.
Woodrow Wilson officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Mr. Fowler had resided in the Wicksburg community until moving to Columbus six
months ago.
Surviving are his wife; a son, John Fowler of Columbus, and five daughters,
Mrs. Nell Armstrong of Troy, Mrs. Jolene Warwick of Columbus, Mrs. Mable Murphy
of Twin Falls, Idaho, Mrs. Betty Roberson of Montgomery and Miss Faye Fowler
of Columbus.
(63) The Dothan Eagle, Wednesday, February 29, 1956
Mrs. Gipsy L. Brown, 51, of 404 W. Washington St., died in a Dothan hospital
last night after a brief illness.
Funeral services are incomplete pending the arrival of relatives and will be
announced by Ward-Wilson Funeral Home.
Mrs. Brown, a native of this county, had resided in Dothan for the past 30 years.
Surviving are her husband, Roy Brown, and a son, Buddy Holloway, both of Dothan;
three sisters, Mrs. Jewell Widrig of Umatilla and Mrs. Mildred Salter of Forsyth,
Georgia; her father, R. A. Lee of Dothan and two brothers, Wade H. Lee of Dothan
Rt. 1 and A. T. Lee of Dothan.
(Holloway is last name on tombstone.)
(64) The Dothan Eagle, Sunday, April 15, 1956
A native of Houston County, Mrs. Grace Maude Williams, 43, of Umatilla, Fla.,
died Friday at the home of a daughter in Slocomb after an illness of several
weeks.
Funeral services will be held at Piney Grove Methodist Church at 3 p.m. today
with the Rev. W. T. Berry officiating. Internment will be in Piney Grove Cemetery
with Ward-Wilson Funeral Home officiating.
She is survived by her husband, Amos T. Williams and a son, Farrell Williams
of Umatilla, Fla.; three daughters, Mrs. Maxine Smith and Mrs. Clara Bow Bass,
both of Slocomb and Miss Theresa Williams of Umatilla, Fla.; the father, Robert
Lee of Dothan Route 5; two brothers, Tim Lee of Newton route 1 and Wade Lee
of Dothan route 6; two sisters, Mrs. Jewell Widrig of Charlotte, Mich., and
Mrs. Mildred Salter of Forsyth, Ga.
(65) The Dothan Eagle, Wednesday, March 27, 1957
Funeral services for Mrs. Rena Searcy, 61, formerly of Houston County, who
died Monday at her home in Mobile, were held at Piney Grove Methodist Church
today with the Rev. Alvin Pettes and the Rev. J. B. Smith officiating. Burial
in the church cemetery was directed by Ward-Wilson Funeral Home.
A native of Dale County, Mrs. Searcy resided in Houston County before moving
to Mobile 16 years ago.
Surviving are her husband, I. B. Searcy of Mobile; four daughters, Mrs. Veede
Dorriety of Hartford, Mrs. Neima Mincey of Prichard, Mrs. Florence Mauldin of
Orlando and Mrs. Levonica Knowles of Mobile; four sons, A. S. of Chickasaw,
John M. of Warren, Ohio, James L. of Dallas, Texas, and Joseph A. Searcy of
Whistler; a sister, Mrs. Annie Pearle Beasley of Center, Texas; 16 grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren.
(66) The Dothan Eagle, Thursday, September 18, 1958
NEWTON - Funeral services for R. A. (Bob) Lee, 86, Newton Rt. 1, will be held
at 3 p.m. tomorrow at the Piney Grove Methodist Church, with the Rev. Max McNabb
officiating.
Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Ward-Wilson in charge.
Mr. Lee died yesterday following a short illness. A native of Dale County, he
lived most of his life in Houston County. He was a Mason and a farmer.
Survivors include two daughters; Mrs. Mildred Salter, Macon, Georgia, Mrs. Jewell
Widrig, Charlotte, Michigan; two sons, W. H. Lee, Dothan Rt. 1, A. T. Lee, Newton
Rt. 1; a brother, J. H. Lee, Webb; two sisters, Mrs. Ella Fowler, Geneva, Mrs.
Lucy Fowler, Dothan and 23 grandchildren.
(67) Source probably The Dothan Eagle. Date of death was February 26, 1960.
Funeral services for John Bryant (Uncle Tom) Fowler, 79, Geneva Rt. 1, who
died in a Tuscaloosa hospital yesterday will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the
Piney Grove Methodist Church with the Rev. Max McNabb officiating. Burial will
be in the Piney Grove Cemetery with Ward-Wilson Funeral Home directing. The
body will lie in state at his residence until funeral time Friday.
Mr. Fowler was born in Dale County. At an early age he moved to Houston County
where he lived for many years. He was a trustee of the Jellico School west of
Dothan.
In 1931 he moved to Geneva County where he had lived since. He was a charter
member of the Piney Grove Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ella C. Fowler, Geneva Rt. 1; one daughter,
Miss Bessie Fowler, Geneva Rt. 1; six sons, T. Dawson Fowler, Dothan; Harvey
T. Fowler, Cairo, Georgia; Mancel T. Fowler, Columbus, Georgia; Harold D. Fowler,
Panama City, Florida; Herman H. Fowler, Geneva, Jimmy E. Fowler, Bayou La Batre,
Alabama; one brother, Masco Fowler, Columbus, Georgia; 17 grandchildren, several
great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
(68) The Dothan Eagle, Wednesday Afternoon, March 16, 1960
One person was fatally injured and two others were hurt in a two-car collision
yesterday afternoon at the intersection of the Ross Clark Circle and Fortner
Street.
The fatality, first traffic death of the year in Dothan, was Mrs. Ada Mae Drew,
67, of Newton Rt. 1.
Injured were Mrs. Gussie Eugene Glover, her sister, who is also of Newton, reported
in fair condition today at a local hospital and J. W. Calhoun, 51, of Eufaula
Rt. 1.
Police said the accident happened shortly after noon when Mrs. Glover, approaching
the intersection, failed to stop in time for a stop sign on Fortner.
Mrs. Drew, who died about 5 p.m. yesterday, was born and reared in Houston County
and was a resident of the Wicksburg community. She was a member of the Winslette
Chapel Methodist Church.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Winslette Chapel Methodist
Church. The Rev. D. Y. Martin will officiate and burial will be in the church
cemetery with Johnson Funeral Home in charge.
The body will lie in state at the residence from 5 p.m. tomorrow until an hour
before funeral time.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. O. T. Holloway and Mrs. Clyde Casey; two sisters,
Mrs. Gussie Glover, and Mrs. W. C. Reynolds, all of Newton; five grandchildren;
three great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
(69) The Dothan Eagle, August 4, 1960
NEWTON - Espy S. Hollis, Route 1, Newton, died yesterday at his home after
an illness of several weeks. He was 59.
Funeral services were to be held at 4:30 p.m. today at Winslette Chapel Methodist
Church. The Rev. Davis Martin was to officiate and burial was to be in the Piney
Grove Cemetery with Ward-Wilson Funeral Home in charge.
A native of Houston County, Mr. Hollis had lived in the county all his life.
He was a retired merchant and farmer and a member of the Winslette Chapel Methodist
Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Espy Hollis, Route 1, Newton; a son, Jack, of Route
1, Newton; his stepmother, Mrs. J. J. Hollis, Enterprise, two sisters, Mrs.
Early Smith and Mrs. Jesse Hallford, both of Route 1 Dothan; three brothers,
Charley Hollis, Columbus; Wayne and John J. Hollis, Dothan; three stepsisters,
Grace of Enterprise; Reba and Lendhill, both of Columbus; several nieces and
nephews.
(70) The Dothan Eagle, Sunday, October 9, 1960
Funeral services for Charles Frank Foye, 60, of Newton Rt. 1, who died Thursday
at a hospital in Memphis, Tenn., will be 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Winslette Chapel
Methodist Church with the Rev. Forrest Thomley officiating.
The body will lie in state at the church from 9 till 10 a.m. Monday.
A native of Lynn, Mass., Mr. Foye moved to Dothan in 1942. He was an employee
of the Dothan Cigar and Candy Co. and was a member of the Park Avenue Church
of Christ.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Flaudie Collins Foye, several nieces and nephews.
(71) The Dothan Eagle, Friday, February 2, 1962
FLORALA - L. W. Warren, 85, a resident of West Fifth Avenue, Florala, died
yesterday in a Geneva hospital following a short illness.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Florala Church of God with the
Rev. C. L. Dyess and the Rev. Huey Mitchell officiating.
Burial will be in Piney Grove Cemetery at Dothan, with Evans Funeral Home of
Florala officiating.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Essie Warren, Florala; one son, Willie Warren,
Samson Rt. 1; one daughter, Mrs. Audie Rountree, Pinckard; one brother, Allie
Warren, Slocomb; 13 grandchildren.
(72) The Dothan Eagle, Sunday, February 11, 1962
Lonie A. Glover, Dothan Rt. 1, died yesterday afternoon at his home after
a short illness. He was 93.
Funeral services will be announced later by Ward-Wilson Brown-Service Funeral
Home.
Mr. Glover was born in Dale County. He moved to Houston County at 21 and became
a farmer in the Jellico community. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include two sons, Houston Glover and Leslie Glover, both of Detroit,
Mich., a daughter, Mrs. Ennoch Hall, Jay, Fla.; 20 grandchildren and several
great-grandchildren.
(73) The Dothan Eagle, Sunday, February 25, 1962
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Mae Saunders, 50, Dothan Rt. 3, were held
yesterday afternoon at Ward-Wilson Chapel.
Mrs. Saunders died in a Dothan hospital late Friday morning following a long
illness.
A native of Houston County, she had spent her entire life here. She was a member
of the Winslette Chapel United Methodist Church.
The rites were conducted by the Revs. M. J. Hicks, Jr. and Gwyn McDonald. Burial
was at Piney Grove Cemetery near Wicksburg, with Ward-Wilson Brown-Service directing.
Surviving are her husband, Albert E. Saunders; a daughter, Miss Jennie Gertrude
Saunders, Dothan Rt. 3; her father, W. W. Woodham, Dothan Rt. 1; three brothers,
Henry, Charles and Ford Woodham, Dothan; two sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Bond, Dothan
Rt. 1; Mrs. Modell Shaver, Trenton, S. C.
(74) The Dothan Eagle, Friday, April 5, 1963
NEWTON - Henry H. Collins, 73, died yesterday in a Dothan hospital. The funeral
will be at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Wesley Chapel Methodist Church. Burial in the
church cemetery will be directed by Johnson Funeral Home, Dothan.
The body will remain at his home on Newton Rt. 1 until time for the rites.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Elly Collins, Newton Rt. 1; two sons, H. N. Collins,
Jacksonville, Fla., and Arthur Collins, U. S. Air Force, Dayton, Ohio; a foster-son,
Billy
Kibler, Newton Rt. 1; two sisters, Mrs. Della Drew, Newton Rt. 1, and Mrs. Lillie
Fowler, Columbus, Ga., and nine grandchildren.
(Henly Collins is name on tombstone.)
(75) The Dothan Eagle, Friday, June 28, 1963
PINCKARD - Nathan Rountree, 66, of Pinckard, died yesterday at a Dothan hospital.
Funeral services were to be held at 3 p.m. today at Winslette Chapel Methodist
Church. The Rev. Thomas Hess and the Rev. David Martin were to officiate. Burial
was to be in the church cemetery, with Johnson Funeral Home in charge.
Mr. Rountree, who had lived in Pinckard 38 years, was a Mason, a member of the
Woodmen of the World and the Pinckard Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Hortense Warren Rountree, Pinckard; two sons, Kenneth
Rountree, and Dr. Thomas J. Rountree, University, Alabama; a daughter, Mrs.
Reba Boffkin, Panama City; five sisters, Mrs. Mollie Ard and Mrs. Julia M. Rice,
all of Jacksonville, Florida; Mrs. Ellie Collins, Newton route one, and Mrs.
Gladys Palmer, New York City; and one granddaughter.
(76) The Dothan Eagle, Sunday, June 30, 1963
Mrs. C. B. Killingsworth, 87, former Houston County resident, died Friday
at her home in Columbus, Ga., after a short illness.
Funeral services were held yesterday at Winslette Chapel Methodist Church with
the Revs. J. C. Purvis and O. R. Tyler officiating. Burial in the church cemetery
was directed by Ward-Wilson Brown-Service Funeral Home of Dothan.
A native of Henry County, Mrs. Killingsworth lived many years in the Jellico
community before moving to Columbus 10 years ago. She was a member of the Piney
Grove Assembly of God Church.
Surviving are five sons, V. T. Killingsworth, Dothan Rt. 1, U. V. Killingsworth,
Dothan, G. S. Killingsworth, Gordon, E. D. Killingsworth, Newton Rt. 1 and H.
O. Killingsworth, Panama City; a daughter, Mrs. C. W. Green, Columbus, Ga.;
13 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and a great-great grandchild.
(77) The Dothan Eagle, Monday, December 2, 1963
OZARK - Funeral services for Howard Leon Baker, 54, were held this morning
at the Piney Grove Methodist Church. Burial was in the church cemetery with
military honors under the direction of Holman Brown-Service Funeral Home.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Robbie Jerkins Baker, Ozark; a son, Howard Leon
Baker, Jr., Ozark; four daughters, Misses Connie and Sandra Baker, Ozark, Mrs.
Thelma Wallace and Mrs. Judah Spignes, Ozark; his father, Amos W. Baker, Chester,
Pa.; a brother, Russell Baker, Chester; two sisters, Mrs. Agness Parent, Chester,
Mrs. Rena Roberts, Wildwood, N. J.
(78) The Dothan Eagle, Tuesday, June 30, 1964
Mrs. Nannie Johnson Creamer, 71, of 1605 Haisten Drive, died today in a local
hospital after a long illness.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Ward-Wilson Brown-Service
Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Cole Skelton will officiate. Burial will follow
in Piney Grove Cemetery. The body will be at the funeral home until the rites.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. James Reynolds, Dothan; two grandchildren, Mrs.
R. L. Allen, Jr., Montgomery, and Jimmy Stron Reynolds, Dothan; and two sisters,
Mrs. Annie Creamer and Mrs. Willie Hall, Newton Rt. 2.
(79) The Dothan Eagle, Thursday, July 2, 1964
OZARK - Mr. and Mrs. Jerry McGowin, Ozark, were killed early this morning in
an automobile accident in Fort Rucker.
Double funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Post Oak Baptist
Church, with the Rev. Arthur Enfinger officiating. Burial for Jerry McGowin
will follow in Union Presbyterian Cemetery and burial for his wife Robbie will
follow in the Piney Grove Cemetery with Holman Brown-Service Funeral Home directing.
Mrs. McGowin, 34, is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Judy Speigner, Enterprise,
Mrs. Velma Wallace, Ozark, and Sandra, Connie and Sheila Baker, all of Dothan;
one son, Leon Baker, Ozark and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Jerkins of Dothan.
Jerry McGowin, 23, is survived by his father, Henry McGowin, Ozark; four sisters,
Mrs. Margaret Pickrew and Mrs. Mildred Wiaseck, both of Flint, Michigan, Miss
Ruby and Janette Godwin, both of Ozark; three brothers, Roy, German and Gerald
Godwin, all of Ozark.
(Baker is last name on Robbie McGowin's tombstone.)
(80) The Dothan Eagle, Thursday, December 3, 1964
Funeral services for Mrs. Ellie Collins, 70, of Newton Rt. 1, who died Tuesday
afternoon in a Dothan hospital after an extended illness, will be at 10 a.m.
tomorrow in the Johnson Funeral Home Chapel with Mr. Dennis Hines officiating.
Burial will be in the Winslette Chapel cemetery.
The body will remain at the funeral home chapel until funeral time Friday.
A lifetime resident of Houston County, Mrs. Collins was a member of the Christian
Home Church of Christ.
Surviving are two sons, Hazel Collins, Jacksonville, Fla., Arthur Collins, Piqua,
Ohio; a foster-son, Billy Kibler, Newton Rt. 1; four sisters, Mrs. Julia M.
Rice, and Mrs. Minnie Collins, Jacksonville, Mrs. Mollie Ard, Mrs. Gladys Palmeri,
Long Island, N. Y.; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
(81) The Dothan Eagle, April 23, 1965
GENEVA - Mrs. Ella Clyde Fowler, 81, Geneva Rt. 1, died today in a Geneva hospital,
after a long illness.
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Winslette Chapel Methodist
Church. The Revs. Thomas Hess and Max McNabb will officiate. Burial in the church
cemetery will be directed by Ward-Wilson Brown Service Funeral Home of Dothan.
The body will be at the funeral home until 1:30 when it will be taken to the
church.
The family requested that flowers be omitted.
A native of Dale County, Mrs. Fowler lived several years in Houston County before
moving to Geneva County 30 years ago. She was the widow of John Bryant Fowler
and a member of the Winslette Chapel Methodist Church.
Surviving are six sons, T. Dawson Fowler, Dothan, M. T. and Herman Fowler, Geneva,
H. T. Fowler, Cairo, Georgia, Jimmy Fowler, Bayou La Batre, Alabama, and H.
D. Fowler, Pensacola, Florida, a daughter, Miss Bessie Fowler, Geneva Rt. 1,
a brother, Harvey Lee, Webb; a sister, Mrs. Lucy Fowler, Dothan; and several
grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
(82) The Dothan Eagle, Monday, March 15, 1965
Mrs. Nettie Collins, 68, of Newton Rt. 1, died late yesterday afternoon in
a Dothan hospital following a long illness.
A lifetime resident of Houston County, Mrs. Collins was a member of Winslette
Chapel Methodist Church.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the church, the Rev. Harold
Smith officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery, with Johnson Brown-Service
Funeral Home directing.
The body will be at the church 30 minutes before funeral time.
Surviving are one son, Billy D. Collins, Columbus, Ga.; two brothers, Rex Daughtry,
Newton Rt. 1, Lewis Daughtry, Crestview, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Jewell Searcy,
Dothan, Mrs. Floyd Parker, Goodrich, Texas; one grandson and one great-grandson.
(83) The Dothan Eagle, Friday, April 9, 1965
HARTFORD - William Thomas Creamer, 86, died Wednesday night at his home on
Hartford Rt. 2 following a short illness.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Ward-Wilson Funeral
Home Chapel with the Rev. John Carmichael officiating. Burial will be in the
Piney Grove Cemetery. The body will remain at the funeral home until time for
the services.
Mr. Creamer was a native of Dale County, but had spent most of his lifetime
in Houston County. For the past four years he had lived in Geneva County. He
was a member of Pilgrims Home Baptist Church.
Surviving are two brothers, J. F. Creamer, Dothan, C. W. Creamer, Hartford Rt.
2; a sister, Mrs. Ada Gilbert, Nomatilla, Fla.
(84) The Dothan Eagle, Thursday, September 9, 1965
William Washington Woodham, 89, of Dothan Rt. 1, died Thursday morning following
a long illness.
Funeral services are to be held at 3:30 p.m. Friday from the Ward-Wilson Funeral
Home Chapel with the Rev. Rankin Tyler officiating. Burial is to follow in the
Piney Grove Cemetery.
Masonic rites will be conducted at the grave.
The body will be at the chapel until funeral time.
Woodham was a native of Texas who moved to Houston County at an early age. He
was a retired farmer and member of the Mt. Olive Baptist Church.
Surviving are three sons, Henry and Charles Woodham, Dothan, Ford Woodham, Dothan
Rt. 1; two daughters, Mrs. L. R. Bond, Dothan Rt. 5 and Mrs. Charles Shayer,
Trenton, S. C.; two sisters, Mrs. Molly McDonald, Dothan, and Mrs. Mary Jernigan,
Bonifay; 15 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
(85) The Dothan Eagle, Friday, December 17, 1965
Gus C. Reynolds, 77, died unexpectedly last night at his home in the Jellico
community on Newton Rt. 1.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. at Winslette Chapel Methodist
Church in Jellico. The Revs. Earl Bridges and Harold Smith will officiate. Burial
in the church cemetery will be directed by Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home
of Dothan. The body will be at the funeral home until 1:00 p.m. when it will
be taken to the church.
Mr. Reynolds was a life-long member of the Jellico area. He was a member of
the Winslette Chapel Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Clara Reynolds, Newton Rt. 1; three daughters,
Mrs. Lee Johnson, Adamsville, Alabama, Mrs. J. C. Gilbert, Umatilla, Florida,
and Mrs. Ira Anderson, Purvis, Mississippi; two brothers, W. C. and B. H. Reynolds,
Newton Rt. 1; two sisters, Miss Annie Reynolds and Mrs. Espy Hollis, Newton
Rt. 1; eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
(86) The Dothan Eagle, Monday, October 24, 1966
Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie R. Collins, 82, will be held tomorrow at
2 p.m. at the Winslette Chapel Methodist Church. Burial will be in the church
cemetery. The body will be at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home until time
for the rites.
Mrs. Collins died Saturday in a Jacksonville, Fla. hospital after a long illness.
She lived in the Jellico Community before moving to Florida.
Survivors include four sons, Luther Collins, Gordon, Theron and James Collins,
Jacksonville, Wallace Collins, Hampton, Fla.; two daughters, Mrs. Annie Gilley,
Wicksburg, and Mrs. Zell Inks, Atlantic Beach, Fla.; three sisters, Mrs. Julia
Rice and Mrs. Mollie Ard, Jacksonville, and Mrs. Gladys Talmeri, New York City;
nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
(87) The Dothan Eagle, Thursday, December 7, 1967
GENEVA - Mancil Fowler, 58, of Geneva Rt. 1 (Providence Church Community)
died last night at his home after a heart attack.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by Pittman Funeral Home of Geneva.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Bernice Fowler, Geneva Rt. 1; one son, Douglas
Fowler, Columbus; five brothers, Dawson Fowler, Dothan; Harvey Fowler, Cairo,
Georgia; Harold Fowler, Pensacola; Herman and Jimmy Fowler, Bayou La Batre,
Alabama; and one sister, Miss Bessie Fowler, Bayou La Batre, Alabama.
(88) The Dothan Eagle, Wednesday, April 24, 1968
NEWTON - Mrs. Pauline Thomas Reynolds, 76, Newton Rt. 1, died today in a Dothan
hospital after a short illness.
Funeral arrangements will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Winslette Chapel Methodist
Church. The Rev. Lewis Glover, pastor, and the Rev. Jerry Glover will officiate.
Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will be at Johnson Brown-Service
Funeral Home until 1 p.m. when it will be taken to the church.
A native of Dale County, Mrs. Reynolds spent most of her life in Houston County.
She resided in the Jellico community and was a member of the Winslette Chapel
Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Willie C. Reynolds, Newton Rt. 1; three sons,
George Reynolds, Dothan, Roy Reynolds, New Orleans, and Max Reynolds, High Point,
N. C.; five daughters, Mrs. Bernell Norris, Dothan, Mrs. Kate Kamizuka, Newton
Route 1,
Mrs. Helen McIntyre, Enterprise, Mrs. Sue Douglas, Hueytown, and Mrs. Ruth Driskell,
Bowling Green, Florida; a sister, Mrs. Gussie Glover, Newton Route 1; 21 grandchildren
and a great-grandchild.
(89) The Dothan Eagle, Sunday, June 23, 1968
Orvis T. Holloway, 55, died Friday at his home, 1202 S. Alice St., after a
long illness.
The funeral will be today at Winslette Chapel Brooks Memorial, Atmore, Rev.
Lewis Glover, pastor, and the Rev. George Scarborough, pastor of Taylor and
Big Creek United Methodist Churches, will officiate. Burial will be in the church
cemetery. The body will be at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home until 2:30
when it will be taken to the church.
A lifelong resident of Houston County, Mr. Holloway was a retired salesman.
He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ouida Holloway; a daughter, Miss Lenora Holloway;
a brother, Milton B. Holloway; and a sister, Mrs. Beuna Holloway, all of Dothan.
(90) The Dothan Eagle, Monday, July 1, 1968
NEWTON - Funeral services for Willie C. Reynolds, 81, Newton Rt. 1, were to
be today at 4:00 p.m. at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev.
Lewis Glover, pastor of Winslette Chapel United Methodist Church, was to officiate.
Mr. Reynolds died Saturday night in an Enterprise nursing home after a long
illness. A native of Dale County, he spent most of his life in the Jellico community
of
Houston County. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Winslette Chapel
United Methodist Church.
Survivors include three sons, George Reynolds, Dothan, Roy Reynolds, New Orleans,
and Max Reynolds, High Point, N. C.; five daughters, Mrs. Bernell Morris, Dothan,
Mrs. Kate Kamizuka, Newton Rt. 1, Mrs. Helen McIntyre, Enterprise, Mrs. Sue
Douglas, Hueytown, and Mrs. Ruth Driskell, Bowling Green, Florida; a brother,
Ben H. Reynolds, Newton Rt. 1; two sisters, Mrs. Espy Hollis and Miss Annie
Reynolds, Newton Rt. 1; 21 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
(91) The Dothan Eagle, Monday, July 8, 1968
Bennie Dean, 40, Dothan Rt. 5, died today in a Dothan hospital of injuries
suffered in a July 4 traffic accident.
The funeral will be tomorrow at 4 p.m. at the Piney Grove Assembly of God Church.
The Rev. Wilmer Melton, pastor, and the Rev. Alto Sanders will officiate. Burial
in the church cemetery will be directed by Ward-Wilson. The body will be at
the home until time for the rites.
A native of Houston County, Mr. Dean lived several years in Dale County, returning
to Houston County eight years ago. He was a carpenter employed with Bullard
Engineers in Dothan and was a member of the Piney Grove Assembly of God Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ellen Greathouse Dean; three sons, Dannie,
Ronnie and Donnie Dean; a daughter, Janet Dean, all of Dothan Rt. 5; his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Dean; and a sister, Miss Pennie Dean, all of Midland City
Rt. 2; seven brothers, J. W., Dewey, and Governor Dean, Midland City Rt. 2,
Bernice and Leon Dean, Dothan Rt. 5, Joe Dean, Dothan Rt. 1, and J. T. Dean,
Dothan; and a step grandmother, Mrs. Lillie Mae Dean.
(92) The Dothan Eagle, November 3, 1968
WEBB - James H. Lee, of Webb, died yesterday in a Dothan hospital after a
short illness.
Funeral services will be held in Webb United Methodist Church tomorrow at a
time to be announced by Ward-Wilson Brown-Service Funeral Home. The Rev. Lewis
Glover, pastor, and the Rev. Robert Wilson, district superintendent, will conduct.
Burial will be in Winslette Chapel Cemetery. The body will be in the funeral
home until one hour before services.
The family has requested that contributions be made to Wesley Manor in lieu
of flowers.
A Dale County native, Mr. Lee lived in the Wicksburg area a number of years
before moving to Webb in 1923. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Lee operated a barber
shop in Webb. He was a Mason and a member of the Webb United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Freddie Scarborough Lee, Webb; two daughters,
Mrs. James F. Whatley, Dothan Rt. 4 and Mrs. Maurice Fletcher, Decature, Alabama;
one sister, Mrs. Lucy Fowler, Dothan; and five grandchildren.
(93) The Dothan Eagle, Sunday, January 3, 1969
Ben H. Reynolds, 72, Newton Rt. 1 (Jellico Community), died Friday in a Dothan
hospital after a short illness.
The funeral will be today at Winslette Chapel United Methodist Church. Burial
will be in the church cemetery. The body will be at Ward-Wilson Brown-Service
Funeral Home until 1:00 p.m. when it will be taken to the church.
A native of Houston County, Mr. Reynolds taught school at Garrard's Crossroads
and at Jellico. During World War I he served in the Army, and in 1920 moved
to Birmingham where he worked as a postal clerk for 13 years. He then returned
to the Jellico community to farm and operate Reynolds' Store. He was a member
of the Winslette Chapel United Methodist Church.
Survivors include two sisters, Miss Annie Reynolds and Mrs. Espy Hollis, Newton
Rt. 1.
(94) The Dothan Eagle, Tuesday, January 14, 1969
Teddie Dawson Fowler, 68, of 303 S. Foster St., died Monday in a Dothan hospital
following a brief illness. He was operator of the OK Barbershop on South St.
Andrews Street.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the Winslette Chapel
United Methodist Church with the Rev. Max McNabb and the Rev. Lewis Glover,
church pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery, with Ward-Wilson
Brown-Service Funeral Home officiating.
The body will remain at the funeral home until 1:30 p.m. Wednesday when it will
be taken to the church. The family requested that flowers be omitted and suggested
memorials could be contributions to the American Heart Association.
Mr. Fowler was a native of Dale County. He lived a number of years in Geneva
County and then moved to Dothan 22 years ago. He was a member of the Winslette
Chapel Church and of Dothan Masonic Lodge 466.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Neppie Fowler, Dothan, a son, William C. Fowler,
St. Louis, Missouri; three daughters, Mrs. Hassell Bryson, Jr., Mrs. Leon Hughes,
Dothan,
Mrs. Kenneth Rountree, Pinckard; four brothers, Herman and Jimmy Fowler, Bayou
La Batre, Harvey Fowler, Cairo, Georgia, Harold Fowler, Pensacola; a sister,
Miss Bessie Fowler, Bayou La Batre; and seven grandchildren.
(95) The Dothan Eagle, March 2, 1969
Mrs. Lucy Fowler, 82, of 294 Louise Street, died yesterday in a Dothan hospital
after a long illness.
The funeral will be today at 3 p.m. at the Winslette Chapel United Methodist
Church. The Rev. Lewis Glover, pastor, and Dr. Thad Ellisor, pastor of the Lafayette
Street United Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in the church
cemetery. The body will be at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home until 2 p.m.
when it will be taken to the church.
A native of Dale County, Mrs. Fowler spent most of her life in Houston County.
She was a member of the Winslette Chapel United Methodist Church.
Survivors are two sons, Henry and Ray Fowler, Newton Rt. 1; two daughters, Mrs.
Emmett Jordan, Dothan, and Mrs. M. T. Fowler, Columbus, Georgia, 11 grandchildren
and 13 great-grandchildren.
(Her correct address was 204 Louise Street.)
(96) The Dothan Eagle, Friday, December 12, 1969
Alford Tim Lee, 69, of 128 Donna Drive, died Thursday afternoon in a Dothan
nursing home following a long illness.
Funeral services were scheduled for 3 p.m. today at the Winslette Chapel United
Methodist Church with the Rev. Lewis Glover, pastor, officiating. Burial will
be in the Piney Grove Cemetery with Ward-Wilson Brown-Service Funeral Home directing.
Mr. Lee was born in Houston County and had lived in the Jellico and Wicksburg
communities most of his life. A retired farmer, he had lived in Dothan for the
past three years.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Thomley Lee, Dothan; three sons, Billy,
Roy and Grady Lee, Dothan; a brother, Wade Lee, Dothan; a sister, Mrs. Mildred
Salter, Griffin, Ga., and nine grandchildren.
(97) The Dothan Eagle, Sunday, February 22, 1970
COLUMBUS - E. Masco Fowler, 76, a native of Houston County, died Friday at
a Columbus hospital.
Funeral services will be held today at 2 p.m. at Winslette Chapel, near Dothan,
with R. L. Morrison, minister, Rose Hill of Church Christ, officiating. Burial
will be in the church cemetery. The body will be brought to Dothan by Britton
and Dobbs Cypress Chapel Funeral Home of Columbus.
Mr. Fowler moved to Columbus 23 years ago.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Belle Brannon Fowler, Columbus; four sons,
Max B. Fowler, Chickamauga, Georgia, Gene Fowler, Newport News, Virginia, Harry
E. and Jim F. Fowler, Columbus; and 11 grandchildren.
(98) The Dothan Eagle, Thursday, April 22, 1970
WEBB - Funeral services for Mrs. Freddie Scarborough Lee, 81, of Webb, who
died Wednesday afternoon in a Dothan hospital, will be held Friday at 3:30 p.m.
in the Webb United Methodist Church.
The Rev. Robert Wilson and the Rev. A. M. Shirah will officiate. Burial will
be in the Winslette Chapel Cemetery west of Dothan with Ward-Wilson Brown-Service
Funeral Home in charge.
The body will be at the funeral home chapel until one hour prior to the service
when it will be placed in the church. The family has requested contributions
to Wesley Manor for a memorial to Mrs. Lee in lieu of flowers.
Mrs. Lee was a native of Bullock County and moved to the Wicksburg area in 1923
and had resided there since. She was a member of the Webb United Methodist Church.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. James F. Whatley, Dothan Rt. 3, and Mrs. Maurice
Fletcher, Dothan; a brother, Harvey T. Scarborough, Dothan; two sisters, Mrs.
Ace Watson, Dothan, and Mrs. Alfred McLaney, Mobile, and five grandchildren.
(99) The Dothan Eagle, Thursday, June 25, 1970
Mrs. Lillie Collins Fowler,70, died yesterday morning in a Columbus, Georgia
hospital after a long illness.
Born and reared in Houston County, Mrs. Fowler had lived in the county until
she moved to Columbus, Georgia about 24 years ago.
Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow at 2 p.m. (CDT) at the Winslette
Chapel United Methodist Church.
Survivors include one son, John Fowler, Columbus, Georgia; five daughters, Mrs.
Nell Armstrong, Mrs. Mable Murphy, Mrs. Jolene Warrick, Miss Faye Fowler, all
of Columbus, Mrs. Betty Robinson, Hawaii; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
(100) The Dothan Eagle, Friday, July 2, 1971
Mrs. Annie Pearl Farmer, 73, Napier Field, died last night at her home after
a long illness.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Mt. Zion Assembly of God Church
with the Revs. W. P. Hughes, Dorman Jenkins and O. L. Senn officiating. Burial
will follow in Winslette Chapel Cemetery, Houston County, with Ward-Wilson Brown-Service
Funeral Home directing. The body will be at the funeral home until Saturday
morning when it will be taken to the family residence to remain until service
time.
A native of Dale County, Mrs. Farmer had lived at Napier Field 20 years.
Survivors include two daughters, Miss Delma Farmer and Mrs. Inez Page, Napier
Field; two sons, James P. Farmer, Dothan and Alvin M. Farmer, Midland City;
a sister, Mrs. Lera Walding, Pinckard; two brothers, John and Mark Dean, Midland
City Rt. 2; a half-sister, Mrs. Annie Mae Cain, Dothan; three half-brothers,
Buddy, Tommy and Bobby Dean, Dothan; 18 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren.
(101) The Dothan Eagle, Sunday, September 19, 1971
Wilburn B. Davis, 79, Pensacola, formerly of Dothan, died Thursday in a Chattachooche
hospital.
Funeral services were held yesterday at Ward-Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with
the Rev. Ray Layne officiating. Burial was in Piney Grove Cemetery at Jellico.
Mr. Davis was a native of Alabama and spent his early years in Dothan. In 1942
he moved to Pensacola.
Survivors include four sons, J. E. Davis, Pensacola, Collie Davis, Newport,
R. I., Harold G. Davis, Griffin, Ga., H. D. Davis, Cypress, Calif., two daughters,
Mrs. Pauline Sims, Cantonment, Fla., Mrs. Helen Pace, Griffin, Ga.; a sister,
Mrs. Susie Baxley, Columbus; a half-brother, Shelby Davis, Pensacola; 14 grandchildren,
ten great-grandchildren and seven great-great grandchildren.
(102) The Dothan Eagle, Monday, May 22, 1972
FT. WALTON BEACH - Mrs. Willie Lee Hall, 92, of Ft. Walton Beach, died Friday
afternoon in a hospital here after a long illness.
Funeral services were held Sunday at the Piney Grove Methodist Church near Wicksburg
with the Rev. Earl Brodgen officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery with
Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Grace Rogers of Ft. Walton Beach; a son,
Jack Vickers of Jacksonville, Fla.; two grandchildren, five great-grandchildren
and several nieces and nephews.
(103) The Dothan Eagle, Wednesday, November 29, 1972
MALVERN - Mrs. Sarah Ann Hall Fulford, 82, Malvern, died early this morning
in a Dothan hospital following a short illness.
Funeral services will be tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the Malvern Baptist Church with
the Rev. James Martin, the Rev. Davis Black and the Rev. Bill Reeves officiating.
Burial will follow in the Winslette Chapel Cemetery with Ward-Wilson Brown-Service
Funeral Home directing. The body will be at the residence until an hour before
services.
Mrs. Fulford, a native of Geneva County, lived in Houston County for 20 years
before moving back to Malvern where she had resided most of her lifetime. She
was a member of the Malvern Baptist Church.
Survivors include two sons, Stevens Fulford, Mobile and Clifton B. Fulford,
Pensacola; three daughters, Mrs. Veeda Lewis, Malvern, Mrs. Ella Smith, Dothan
Route 1 and Mrs. Margaret Morrison, Ocala, Fla., two brothers, R. F. Hall, Malvern
and Andrew Hall, Columbus; three sisters, Mrs. Alma Newman, Dundee, Fla.; 12
grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
(104) The Dothan Eagle, Tuesday, June 25, 1974
The funeral for Mrs. Clara M. Reynolds, 80, of Newton Route 1 (Wicksburg),
who died Monday in a Dothan hospital will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Winslette
Chapel Methodist Church with the Rev. J. H. Bullington and Rev. Ed Quattlebaum
officiating.
Burial will be in the church cemetery and will be directed by Johnson-Brown
Funeral Home. The body will be at the funeral home chapel until one hour before
service time.
Mrs. Reynolds was born and reared in Dale County. She was the widow of Gus C.
Reynolds, and a member of the Winslette Chapel Methodist Church.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Ira Anderson of Purvis, Mississippi,
Mrs. Clarence Gilbert, Umatilla, Florida, Mrs. Virginia Johnson of Birmingham,
and Mrs. Dehon Crout of Forest, Mississippi; six grandchildren.
(105) The Dothan Eagle, Sunday, January 19, 1975
Leonard G. Lee, 67, Marianna, died yesterday in a Marianna hospital after
a short illness.
Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Ward-Wilson Funeral Chapel with the Revs.
Guy Howell and John W. Hicks officiating. Burial will be in Piney Grove Assembly
of God Cemetery, Houston County.
The body will be at the funeral home. The family will be at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Zin R. Andrews of Dothan Rt. 6.
A native of Houston County, he lived for many years in the Jellico community.
He had lived in Marianna the past 20 years. He was a carpenter.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Annie Mae Drew Lee, Marianna; two sons, C.
W. and Fletcher Lee, Marianna; three daughters, Mrs. Mervine Welch, Marianna,
Mrs. Johnnie Andrews, Dothan Rt. 6, Mrs. Evelyn Swayne, Coshocton, Ohio; one
brother, Sam W. Lee, Ozark; ten grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
(106) The Dothan Eagle, Thursday, March 27, 1975
Jerry Lee Daughtry, three and one-half months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Comer
Daughtry of Newton Rt. 1, died Wednesday morning at his home.
Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. today at Bay Springs Baptist Church with
the Rev. Robert Brogden and the Rev. Charles Clark officiating. Burial will
be in Winslette Chapel Cemetery with Ward-Wilson Funeral Home directing. The
body was to be at the funeral home until one hour before time for services.
Surviving, in addition to the parents, include a twin brother, Gerry Lynn Daughtry,
and one sister, Amy Daughtry; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Rex Daughtry, all
of Newton Rt. 1; and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gilley, Wicksburg; great-grandfather,
M. A. Peters, Wicksburg; and several aunts and uncles.
(107) The Dothan Eagle, Sunday, June 15, 1975
Clyde Lee Casey, 63, of Newton Rt. 1, died early Saturday morning in an Ozark
hospital.
His funeral will be at 4 p.m. today in the Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home
Chapel with the Rev. Buddy Hood officiating. Burial in the Winslette Chapel
Methodist Church Cemetery will be directed by Johnson Funeral Home. The body
will be at the funeral home until service time. The family request that flowers
be omitted and suggest contributions to the Cancer Clinic at Southeast Alabama
General Hospital.
Mr. Casey was born and reared in Houston County and had resided in the county
all his life. He was a helicopter mechanic and a veteran of World War II.
Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Doris Drew Casey, Newton Rt. 1; a daughter,
Mrs. Johnny Ray Bond, Dothan Rt. 5; three sons, Billy Casey, Prattville, Bobby
Casey, Dothan Rt. 8 and Jimmy Casey, Warner Robins, Ga.; three sisters, Mrs.
Hugh Hollis, Dothan Rt. 5, Mrs. Ruth Rullard, Ozark, and Mrs. A. C. Singleton,
Ashford; four grandchildren and three step grandchildren.
(108) The Dothan Eagle, Thursday, August 1, 1975
Mrs. Neppie Helms Fowler, 72, of Pinckard, formerly of Dothan, died yesterday
in a hospital here after an illness of several months.
She was the widow of T. D. Fowler, Dothan barber, who died in January 1969.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. tomorrow in the Pinckard United Methodist
Church with the Rev. Joseph H. Bullington, Sr., officiating. Burial will follow
in Winslette Chapel Cemetery with Ward-Wilson Brown-Service Funeral Home directing.
The body will be at the funeral home until one hour prior to the services.
The family has requested flowers be omitted and suggested contributions instead
to the American Leukemia Society, Alabama Chapter, P. O. Box 2086, Dothan.
Mrs. Fowler, a native of Pike County, resided in Dothan most of her lifetime
and had lived in Pinckard for the past five years. She was a member of the Cowarts
Baptist Church.
Survivors include one son, William C. Fowler, St. Louis, Missouri; three daughters,
Mrs. Hassell Bryson, Jr., Dothan, Mrs. Leon Hughes, Webb, and Mrs. Kenneth Rountree,
Pinckard; five sisters, Mrs. Nell Stephens, Macon, Georgia, Mrs. Irene Williams,
Dothan, Miss Era Helms, Woodbury, Georgia, Mrs. Mary Devane, Dothan Rt. 2, Mrs.
Esther Lexcen, Alexandria, Virginia; four brothers, Carlos, Roy and Ewell Helms,
Dothan, and Fred Helms, Dothan Rt. 2; seven grandchildren.
(109) The Dothan Eagle, September 29, 1975
Mrs. Georgia Ethel Fowler, 68, of Newton Rt. 1, died early today at the home
of a son following an extended illness.
Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel,
with the Revs. Ed Quattlebaum and J. H. Bullington officiating. Burial will
be Winslette Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery.
The body will be at the funeral home until service time. The family will be
at the home of a son, J. T. Fowler, on the Enterprise Highway, in the Jellico
community. The family has requested flowers be omitted and suggested contributions
to the Cancer Clinic at General Hospital instead.
Survivors include her husband, John Henry Fowler, Newton Rt. 1; four daughters,
Mrs. Henry Lewis, Mrs. Bill Lee and Mrs. Mack Beasley, all of Dothan, and Mrs.
Don Norton, Clinton, Mississippi; two sons, J. T. Fowler, Newton Rt. 1, and
Don Fowler of Hartford; four sisters, Mrs. Wade Lee of Dothan, Mrs. Bennett
McKinnon and Mrs. Carlton Cain, Enterprise, and Mrs. Lester Crandall of Sanford,
Florida; two brothers, R. E. Smith, Ozark, and P. L. Smith of Opp; 15 grandchildren
and one great-grandchild.
(110) The Dothan Eagle, Tuesday, December 16, 1975
PINCKARD - Mrs. Hortense Warren Rountree, 76, of Pinckard, died late last
night in an Ozark nursing home following an extended illness.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Pinckard United Methodist Church,
with the Rev. J. H. Bullington, Sr. officiating. Burial in the Winslette Chapel
United Methodist Church Cemetery will be directed by Johnson Brown-Service Funeral
Home.
The body will be at the funeral home chapel until one hour before service time.
The family has requested flowers be omitted and suggested contributions to the
American Cancer Society, Suite 10, 1810 Montgomery Hwy., Dothan, the United
Methodist Children's Home in Selma, or to the Pinckard United Methodist Church
Memorial Fund.
Mrs. Rountree was born and reared in Houston County in the Jellico community,
but had lived in Pinckard 5 years. She was the widow of Nathan Harmon Rountree
and a member of the Pinckard United Methodist Church and the Philathoc Sunday
School Class.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Reba R. Buffkin of Panama City; two sons,
Dr. Thomas J. Rountree of Mobile, and Kenneth Rountree of Pinckard; two grandchildren,
Laura and Bill Buffkin, both of Panama City; a brother, Willie E. Warren of
Samson.
(111) The Dothan Eagle, Monday, December 20, 1976
SLOCOMB - Amos T. Williams, 72, of Slocomb, died early Sunday morning at his
home following a long illness.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, at the Slocomb Baptist Church, with the
Revs. Jerry Dixon and John M. Jenkins officiating.
Burial will follow in the Winslette Chapel Cemetery, Houston County, with Ward-Wilson
Brown-Service Funeral Home directing. The body will be at the funeral home until
one hour prior to services when it will be placed in the church.
A native of Dale County, he lived his early life in the Newton area. He then
moved to Umatilla, Florida, where he lived 25 years prior to moving to Slocomb
2 ½ years ago.
He was a retired citrus grove caretaker and a member of the Slocomb Baptist
Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Olive York Williams, Slocomb; one son, Farrell
Williams, Umatilla; three daughters, Mrs. Theresa Shaffer, Umatilla, Mrs. Maxine
Smith, Mrs. Clara Bow Sorrells, Slocomb; one sister, Mrs. Cora Brannon, Newton;
five brothers, Cecil Williams, Dothan, Raymond and Kenneth Williams, Umatilla,
Early Williams, Warner Robins, Georgia, and Herman Williams, Newton; 11 grandchildren
and six great-grandchildren.
(112) The Dothan Eagle, Tuesday, May 10, 1977
Mrs. Gussie E. Glover, 82, Wicksburg, died early today in a Dothan hospital.
Services will be 3 p.m. Thursday in the Winslette Chapel Methodist Church with
the Revs. John Cameron and Earl Bridges officiating. Burial in the church cemetery
will be directed by Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home.
The remains will be at the funeral home chapel until one hour before service
time. The family requests that flowers be omitted and suggests contributions
to the Cancer or Heart Funds.
Mrs. Glover was born and reared in Houston County, and had lived in the Winslette
Chapel Church community all her life. She was the widow of Jay H. Glover and
a member of the Winslette Chapel Methodist Church.
Survivors include 17 nieces and nephews, including Mrs. Ouida Holloway, Mrs.
Doris Casey and Mrs. Merle Ballard, all of Newton Rt. 1, Mrs. Bernell Morris,
and George Reynolds, Dothan.
(113) The Dothan Eagle, Sunday, February 19, 1978
Moody Wayne Collins, 40, Jacksonville, Fla., a Dothan native, died Thursday
in Jacksonville after an extended illness.
Graveside services will be held at 2:30 Monday in the Winslette Chapel Methodist
Church cemetery, with Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home directing.
Military rites will be held.
The remains will arrive early Sunday and will be at the funeral home until service
time.
The family requests flowers be omitted and suggest contributions to the American
Heart Fund.
Mr. Collins was a retired Navy Chief Petty Officer. He had resided in Jacksonville
for the past 10 years and was a Presbyterian.
Survivors include two sons, Moody W. Collins, Jr., Anthony Collins, Jacksonville;
his mother, Mrs. Willie Collins Dothan.
(114) The Dothan Eagle, Wednesday, April 5, 1978
A. Woodrow Creamer, 64, 800 Fortner St., Dothan, died Tuesday morning in a
Dothan hospital following a short illness.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Taylor Assembly of God
Church with the Revs. A. L. Calhoun and T. C. Hardy officiating. Burial will
follow in the Winslette Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery with Ward-Wilson
Brown-Service Funeral Home directing. The body will be at the funeral home chapel
until one hour prior to funeral time when it will be placed in the church.
A native of Houston County, he lived in Slocomb and Wicksburg before moving
to Dothan in 1948. He was affiliated with the Maxwell Truck Line from 1947 until
his retirement in 1976. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of (blank
spot) God Church where he served as a deacon.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lucille Steubing Creamer, Dothan; two daughters,
Carolyn Hinson, Taylor, Mrs. Jackie Thompson, Dothan; two sons, Ronald Creamer,
A. Lowell Creamer, Dothan; one sister, Mrs. Therma Roney, Taylor; five grandchildren.
(115) The Dothan Eagle, Tuesday, April 25, 1978
Mrs. Jewell Daughtry Searcy, 53, 201 5th Ave., Dothan, died Monday morning
at her home following an apparent heart attack.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 26, in the Winslette Chapel
United Methodist Church, with the Revs. John Cannon, Billy Hogue and Buddy Hood
officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Ward-Wilson Brown-Service
Funeral Home directing. The body will be at the funeral home until one hour
prior to funeral time when it will be placed in the church.
A native of Houston County, she lived most of her life in the county before
moving to Dothan 35 years ago. She was a member of the Winslette Chapel United
Methodist Church and the widow of Whit Searcy. Survivors include four daughters,
Mrs. Mildred Godwin, Dothan, Mrs. Addie Tate, Pinckard, Mrs. Pauline Cannon,
Monroeville, Mrs. Gwendolyn Hamilton, Tustin, Calif.; five sons, Grover, Loyce,
Fred Searcy, Dothan, Lester Searcy, Columbus, Ga.; Glen Searcy, Newton Rt. 1
(Wicksburg); one sister, Mrs. Floy Taylor, Goodrich, Texas; two brothers, L.
L. Daughtry, Chiefland, Fla., Rex Daughtry, Newton Rt. 1 (Wicksburg); 12 grandchildren;
seven great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
(116) The Dothan Eagle, Friday, June 2, 1978
Mrs. Sallie Collins Smith, 80, of 2106 Baker Terrace, died late Thursday afternoon
in a Dothan nursing home.
Graveside services will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday in the Winslette Chapel Methodist
Church Cemetery, with the Rev. Joe Bullington officiating. Johnson Brown-Service
is in charge of arrangements.
The body will be at the funeral home and the family requested that flowers be
omitted.
Mrs. Smith was born and reared in Houston County, and had lived in Tallahassee
for 25 years before returning to Dothan eight years ago. She was a Methodist.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Billy Kinsaul, Dothan; two sons, Robert E.
Collins, Columbia, Kyle M. Collins, Tampa.
(117) The Dothan Eagle, Wednesday, January 30, 1980
PINCKARD - H. Kenneth Rountree, 56, of Pinckard, died Tuesday night in a Dothan
hospital following a short illness.
Funeral services for Mr. Rountree will be 10 a.m. Thursday in the Pinckard United
Methodist Church with the Revs. Ben Bradley and Joe Bullington officiating.
Burial will follow in Winslette Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery with
Ward-Wilson Brown-Service Funeral Home directing. The body will be at the funeral
home until one hour prior to funeral time, when it will be placed in the church.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the Methodist Children's
Home in Selma.
A native of Dale County, he had lived in the Pinckard area his entire lifetime.
He had been associated with the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad for 37 years and
at the time of his death was ticket agent for the railway.
He was a member of the Pinckard United Methodist Church where he had held various
offices, including Chairman of the Official Board. He had served on the Pinckard
City Council and as City Clerk. He was a member of the Midland City Masonic
Lodge.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Gaye Fowler Rountree of Pinckard; one brother,
Dr. Thomas J. Rountree of Mobile, one nephew, Bill Buffkin of Panama City, Florida;
two nieces, Laura Buffkin and Carna Rountree of Mobile; three aunts, Mrs. Julia
Rice and Mrs. Mollie B. Ard, both of Jacksonville, Florida and Mrs. Gladys Palmier
of Massapequa, New York; and one uncle, Will Warren of Samson.
(118) Either The Dothan Eagle or The Dothan Progress. Date of death was February
3, 1981.
John Henry Fowler, 73, of Newton Rt. 1 (Jellico Community) died late Tuesday
in a Dothan hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Johnson Funeral Home.
Burial will follow in the Winslette Chapel Methodist Church. The body will be
at the funeral home until service time.
The family will be at the home of a son, J. T. Fowler, on the Enterprise Highway
in the Jellico community. The family will receive friends at the funeral home
from 7-9 tonight.
Mr. Fowler was born and reared in Houston County and had lived in the Jellico
community all his life. He was a member of the Winslette Chapel Methodist Church.
He was married to the late Georgia Ethel Smith Fowler and was a retired farmer.
Surviving are two sons, J. T. Fowler, Newton Rt. 1 and Don Fowler, Hartford
Rt. 2; four daughters, Mrs. Henry (Louise) Lewis and Mrs. Billy (Myrl) Lee,
both of Dothan, Mrs. Don (June) Norton, Clinton, Mississippi, and Mrs. Mack
(Gaytha) Beasley, Newton Rt. 1; one brother, J. R. Fowler, Newton Rt. 1; two
sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Jordan, Dothan, and Mrs. Bernice Fowler, Columbus, Georgia,
15 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
(119) The Dothan Eagle, Sunday, February 20, 1983
Wesley David Searcy, 103, died early Friday morning at his home in Wicksburg
following a long illness.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Ward-Wilson Funeral Chapel
with the Revs. Buddy Hood and John W. Hicks officiating. Burial will follow
in Winslette Chapel with Ward-Wilson Brown-Service Funeral Home directing. The
body will be at the funeral home until service time Sunday afternoon. The family
requests flowers be omitted and would like to suggest contributions to a favorite
charity.
A native of Dale County, he lived his early life there. Approximately 90 years
ago, he moved to the Wicksburg community in Houston County and had lived there
since. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Piney Grove Free Will Baptist
Church.
Survivors include his wife, Elmire Faulk Searcy, Wicksburg; six daughters, Eura
Simmons and Alma Hughes, both of Graceville, Fla., Dora Defnal, Ozark, Ernestine
Andrews, Slocomb, Enice Carolyn Armstrong, Troy, and Starla Reihardt, Atlanta;
four sons, Milford Searcy, Ozark, Maron Searcy, Atlanta, Meyland Searcy, Dothan,
and Sam Searcy, Denver, Colo.; one sister, Eva Clark, Tampa, Fla.; 17 grandchildren
and 12 great-grandchildren.
(120) The Dothan Eagle, Friday, February 1, 1985
Will Simmons, 81, of Newton Rt. 1, died Wednesday night in a local hospital.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. in the Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home
Chapel with the Rev. Thad Chesser officiating. Burial in the Winslette Chapel
Methodist Cemetery will be directed by Johnson Funeral Home. The body will be
at the funeral home until service time.
Mr. Simmons was born and reared in Dale County and came to Houston County 54
years ago and had resided in the Jellico community since that time. He was a
retired farmer and a member of the Winslette Chapel Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Votie Smith Simmons, Newton Rt. 1; a daughter,
Mrs. Jeanette Andrews, Phenix City; a son, Billy Simmons, Dothan Rt. 5; three
grandchildren, Dan Andrews, Montgomery, Brenda Shaffer, Newton Rt. 1, and David
Simmons, Enterprise; three great-grandchildren; a brother, Gus Simmons, Ozark;
a sister Mrs. Gladys German; Ozark, several nieces and nephews.
(121) The Dothan Eagle, Saturday, April 13, 1985
WICKSBURG - Arthur Lee Jerkins, 75, Newton Rt. 1 (Wicksburg), died Thursday
afternoon in a local hospital following an apparent heart attack.
Funeral services will be today at 3 p.m. in the Winslette Chapel United Methodist
Church with the Rev. Thad Chesser officiating. Burial will follow in the church
cemetery with Ward-Wilson Brown-Service Funeral Home directing. The body will
be at the funeral home until one hour prior to the services when it will be
placed in the church.
Mr. Jerkins was born in Houston County and lived in the Wicksburg community
most of his life. He was a retired heavy equipment operator with the Houston
County Road and Bridge Department. He attended the Winslette Chapel United Methodist
Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lois Jerkins, Newton Rt. 1; five granddaughters,
Mrs. Connie (Ricky) Burns, Newton Rt. 1, Mrs. Sandra (Larry) Sanders, Mrs. Judy
(John) Sanders, Mrs. Sheila (Allen) Rice, Ozark and Mrs. Velma (Billy) Kilpatrick,
Grimes; one grandson, Leon (Olivia) Baker, Newton Rt. 1; 13 great-grandchildren;
one half-sister, Mrs. Mary O'Neal, Columbus, Ga.; two half-brothers, Roy Paul,
Lakewell, Fla. and Billy Paul, Columbus, Ga.; several nieces and nephews.
(122) The Dothan Eagle, Sunday, November 17, 1985
Mrs. Gladys Rountree Palmieri, 87, of Massapequa, New York, and a Houston
County native, died Friday.
Graveside funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Winslette Chapel
Methodist cemetery with the Rev. Thad Chesser officiating and Johnson Brown-Service
Funeral Home directing. The body will arrive tonight and will be at the funeral
home chapel until service time.
Mrs. Palmieri was born and raised in Houston County and had lived in New York
State for about 65 years.
Survivors include two daughters, Julia Palmieri, Minnie Clyde Jemmott, Long
Island, New York; one granddaughter, Denise Jemmott; one niece and one nephew.
(123) The Dothan Eagle, Tuesday, July 15, 1986
JELLICO - Miss Annie Lola Reynolds, 87, Newton Rt. 1, died Monday morning in
Wesley Manor Retirement Home after a long illness.
The funeral will be 4:00 p.m. Thursday in the Ward-Wilson Funeral Home Chapel
with the Rev. W. Thad Chesser officiating. Burial will be in the Winslette Chapel
cemetery with Ward-Wilson Brown-Service Funeral Home directing. The body will
be at the funeral home until service time Thursday afternoon. The family requests
that flowers be omitted.
A native of Dale County, she lived her early life there and then moved to the
Winslette Chapel community where she lived most of her lifetime. She was a member
of the Winslette Chapel Methodist Church.
Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Espy Hollis, Newton Rt. 1; several nieces
and nephews.
(Anna Lola Reynolds is name on tombstone.)
(124) The Dothan Eagle, Wednesday, September 24, 1986
Patrick Poyner Rice, 97, 3553 College St., Jacksonville, Fla., died Monday
morning in a Jacksonville hospital after a long illness.
Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Thursday in the Winslette Chapel cemetery
west of Dothan with Dr. Austin Staples, Jr. officiating, and Ward-Wilson Brown-Service
Funeral Home directing. The body has arrived in Dothan and will be at the funeral
home until time to depart for the cemetery Thursday afternoon.
A native of Dale County, Mr. Rice was the son of Dr. J. R. and Emma Poyner Rice.
He lived his early life in the Pinckard area of Dale County and the Jellico
community of
Houston County. In 1918 he moved to Jacksonville, Fla., where he had lived since.
He was a retired Pullman conductor with the Atlanta Coast Line Railroad and
was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews; several great nieces and nephews.
(125) The Dothan Eagle, Monday, May 2, 1988
STONE MOUNTAIN, GA. - Mickey Allen Woods, 45, of 449 Raven Springs Trail, Stone
Mountain, Ga., and a former resident of Houston County, died Saturday afternoon
in an Atlanta hospital after a brief illness.
Memorial services will be 1 p.m. EST today at the Rock Creek United Methodist
Church in Lithonia, Ga. Graveside services will be 11 CST a.m. Tuesday in the
Winslette Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery in Houston County near Wicksburg,
with Ward-Wilson Brown-Service Funeral Home directing.
The body arrived in Dothan Sunday night and will be at the funeral home until
funeral time Tuesday morning. The family will receive friends at the funeral
home from 7 until 9 tonight.
Mr. Woods was a native of Houston County and lived his early years in the Wicksburg
area. He entered the United States Air Force and served approximately four years.
Following his discharge, he moved to St. Louis, Mo., where he lived for a number
of years.
While in St. Louis, Mr. Woods attended and graduated from Washington University
with his degree in electrical engineering. He then moved to Stone Mountain and
was associated with Lithonia Lighting for 15 years, serving most recently as
vice-president of marketing and manpower development.
Mr. Woods was a graduate of the Executive M. B. A. program at Georgia State
University in Atlanta. He was associated with and served in leadership capacities
for various professional organizations including The National Lighting Bureau
and The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America.
He was the son of the late Eugene and Gladilou Woods of Wicksburg and a member
of the Rock Creek Methodist Church in Lithonia, Ga.
Survivors include two brothers, Billy T. Mathis, Laurel Hill, Fla., Pete Mathis,
Arlington, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. Barbara Bath, Chiefland, Fla., Mrs. Ruby
L. Hammock, Stone Mountain, Ga.; two nieces and two nephews.
(126) Source and date of source unknown. Date of death was February 13, 1990.
William Fowler of St. Louis died February 13, 1990. The beloved husband of Arleen C. Fowler (nee Alberswerth) of New Haven, dear father of Mark and Steve Fowler, dear brother of Hilda Hughes, Lorraine Dancy and Gaye Walker, dear son-in-law of Wilbert Alberswerth, our dear brother-in-law, uncle, nephew and cousin. Mr. Fowler was in state at Kutis Affton Chapel in St. Louis until February 15, then to Immanuel United Church-Senate Grove where services were held Friday, February 16, at 2 p.m. Internment was in the Senate Grove cemetery.
(127) The Dothan Eagle, Thursday, April 19, 1990
JACKSON'S GAP - Albert Emmanuel Saunders, 78, died Wednesday, April 18, 1990,
at his residence in Jackson's Gap after a brief illness.
The funeral will be 11 a.m. Friday in the Ward-Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with
the Revs. Tom Anderson and Ira Jones officiating. Burial will be in Winslette
Chapel Cemetery with Ward-Wilson Funeral Home directing.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home this evening from 6 to 8.
Mr. Saunders was born in Geneva County. After marriage he lived in Houston County,
where he was employed as a road and bridge crew worker with the Houston County
Road Department until his retirement. He moved to Jackson's Gap about a year
and a half ago. He was a member of the Malvern Baptist Church for more than
60 years.
Mr. Saunders was preceded in death by his wife, Lillie Mae Woodham Saunders.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Gertrude and Buddy Taylor, Jackson's
Gap; a brother, Cohen Saunders, Malvern; a granddaughter, Michelle Taylor, a
grandson, Steve Taylor, both of Jackson's Gap; several nieces and nephews.
(128) The Dothan Eagle, Tuesday, August 28, 1990
Effie Gilmore Sanders, 93, of the Washington County Convalescent Center, Chipley,
died there Monday, August 27, 1990, after a long illness.
The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Ward-Wilson Funeral Home
Chapel with the Rev. Steven Sanders, great-nephew of Mrs. Sanders, officiating.
Burial will be in the Winslette Chapel Cemetery, Wicksburg, under the direction
of Ward-Wilson Funeral Home.
Visitation will be at the funeral home tonight from 7 to 9.
Mrs. Sanders was born in Houston County and had lived in the Washington County
Convalescent Center for the past three years. She was a member of the Panther
Creek Free Will Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jeno Sanders, her two sons, Callie
Ray and Gene Cohen Sanders, and one daughter, Fernie Ree Sanders and grandson
Tommie Colen Sanders.
(129) The Dothan Eagle, Thursday, October 4, 1990
NEWTON - Arthur Joe Cannon, 63, of Newton Rt. 1, Box 338, died Tuesday, October
2, 1990 in Flowers Hospital after a brief illness.
Funeral services will be today at 12:30 p.m. in the Ward-Wilson Funeral Home
Chapel with the Rev. Troy Walsingham officiating. Burial will be at Winslette
Chapel Cemetery under the direction of Ward-Wilson Funeral Home.
Mr. Cannon was born in Houston County, Alabama and had lived here all his life.
He was retired from Cannon Oil Company.
Survivors include his wife, Pauline D. Cannon, Rt. 1, Newton; his mother, Era
Helms, Dothan; one daughter, Cynthia Jo Cannon, Phenix City, Ala.; a son and
daughter-in-law, Denis A. and Cheryl Cannon, Dothan; brothers, Vernon L. Cannon
and Billy Cannon, both of Dothan; three grandchildren, Angela Cannon, Christopher
Cannon and Elizabeth Cannon.
(130) The Dothan Eagle, Friday, April 12, 1991
Alphus Rex Daughtry, 92, of Wicksburg, died Wednesday, April 10, 1991, at
his residence.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. today in Byrd Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev.
Thomas Steward officiating. Burial will be in Winslette Chapel Cemetery with
Byrd Funeral Home directing.
Mr. Daughtry was born February 1, 1899 in Houston County and lived all his life
in the Wicksburg area. He was engaged in farming until his retirement in 1976.
Mr. Daughtry was a member of Bay Springs Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Gladies Harper Daughtry, Wicksburg; two sons, J.
Comer Daughtry, Dothan, James Ray Daughtry, Dothan; four grandchildren, Randy
Daughtry and Lyn Daughtry, Jennifer Daughtry and Amy Daughtry; several nieces
and nephews.
(131) The Dothan Eagle, Sunday, July 7, 1991
Mrs. Flaudie Collins Foye, 87, of Newton Rt. 1 (Jellico Community) died Friday,
July 5, 1991, of injuries sustained in an automobile accident which occurred
on Ross Clark Circle and East Burdeshaw Street.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at Byrd Funeral Home Chapel with Minister
Bill Watkins officiating. Burial will be in Winslette Chapel Cemetery with Byrd
Funeral Home directing.
Mrs. Foye was born March 24, 1904, in Houston County and lived most of her life
in the Jellico community. She had been employed by Blumberg's and B. C. Moore
while residing in Dothan.
Survivors include several cousins and two special friends, Carmen Best and W.
E. Brent, both of Dothan.
(132) The Dothan Eagle, Tuesday, August 6, 1991
Haley Strickland, 78, Bonifay, Fla., formerly of Geneva, died Monday afternoon,
August 5, 1991, in Doctor's Memorial Hospital in Bonifay.
Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced by Pittman Funeral Home
of Geneva.
(133) The Dothan Eagle, Monday, March 16, 1992
Willie Mae Hagler Collins, 76, of 804 North Herring St., died Sunday, March
15, 1992, following an extended illness.
The funeral will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church with the
Rev. Bill Thompson officiating. Burial will follow in Winslette Chapel Cemetery
(Jellico Community) with Byrd Funeral Home directing.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, Pre-School
Building Fund, 2108 West Main St., Dothan, AL 36303.
The body will be placed in the church one hour prior to service time. The family
will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-8 tonight.
Mrs. Collins was born January 14, 1916, in Geneva County and lived her early
life in the Hartford area. She moved to Houston County in 1937 and resided in
the Jellico community prior to moving to Dothan in 1939. She was a member of
the First Presbyterian Church where she served as a nursery worker for many
years.
She was predeceased by a son, Moody W. Collins, who died in 1978.
Survivors include two grandsons and granddaughters-in-law, Tony and Manius Collins,
Dothan, Moody and Kathy Collins, Melrose, Fla.; three great-grandchildren, Michael,
Michelle and Kristal Collins, all of Melrose; two brothers, Relus Hagler, Phenix
City, John B. Hagler, Panama City, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews.
(134) The Dothan Eagle, Monday, June 8, 1992
COLUMBUS, Ga. - Belle B. Fowler, 97, of Pine Manor Nursing Home, died Sunday,
June 7, 1992, at the nursing home.
The funeral will be held 11:30 a.m. EDT Tuesday at the Vance Memorial Funeral
Home Chapel. Burial will be 3 p.m. CDT in the Wesley Chapel Cemetery in Jellico
with Vance Memorial Funeral Home officiating.
Mrs. Fowler was born March 9, 1895, in Henry County. She was the daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brannon. Mrs. Fowler was a homemaker and a member
of the Methodist Church.
Survivors include four sons, Max B. Fowler, Dothan, Gene Fowler, Bradenton,
Fla., Harry E. Fowler, Columbus, Jim F. Fowler, Talbotton, Ga.; 12 great-grandchildren
and 16 great-great grandchildren.
(135) The Dothan Eagle, Thursday, October 15, 1992
Mrs. Bessie E. Waters, 86, of 803 Florence St., Dothan, died Wednesday, October
14, 1992, at the Extendicare Nursing Home following an extended illness.
The funeral will be Friday at 10 a.m. at the Ward-Wilson Funeral Home Chapel
with the Rev. Jerry Spencer officiating. Burial will follow at the Winslette
Chapel Church Cemetery with Ward-Wilson Funeral Home of Dothan directing.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 tonight.
Mrs. Waters was born in Geneva County and had lived in Dothan for the past 42
years. She was a member of Ridgecrest Baptist Church.
She was predeceased by her husband, Ollie J. Waters; and two daughters, Linda
Geoye and Bobbie Letoumean.
Survivors include a son, Jewett Waters, Dothan; a daughter, Mildred Earling
Marse, Dothan; two sisters, Lorene Waters, Ann Bragan, both of Dothan; 10 grandchildren
and eight great-grandchildren.
(136) The Dothan Eagle, Saturday, February 13, 1993
NEWTON - Stella Reynolds Hollis, 90, of Newton Rt. 1, and a resident of Oak
View Manor Nursing Home for the past years, died Thursday, February 11, 1993,
at Dale County Hospital in Ozark following a long illness.
The funeral will be held at 3:30 p.m. today at Winslette Chapel United Methodist
Church with the Rev. Coley Holloway officiating. Burial will follow in the church
cemetery with Byrd Funeral Home directing.
The body will be placed in the church one hour prior to service time. The family
will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 tonight. At other times,
the family will be at the residence of Jack and Merle Hollis, Newton Rt. 2 (Jellico
Community).
Flowers are being accepted, or memorials may be made to a favorite charity.
Mrs. Hollis was born October 1, 1902 in Dale County (now Houston County) and
resided in the Jellico community most of her life. She was a member of the Winslette
Chapel United Methodist Church where she was active in church affairs and had
served as church pianist for several years. She was a homemaker and the widow
of Espy Hollis, who died in 1960.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Jack and Merle Hollis, Newton Rt.
2 (Jellico Community); grandchildren Sylvia and Charles Harrison, Atlanta, Sandra
and Bill Kellner, Kennesaw, Ga.; great-grandchildren, Trey and Andrea Rudder,
Birmingham, Jared Paul and Leigh Rudder, Kennesaw, Ga.; a great-great-grandchild,
Sarah Rudder, Birmingham; and several nieces and nephews.
Serving as active pallbearers will be Trey Rudder, Jared Paul, Doug McWhirter,
Jamie Brackin, Doug Killingsworth and Billy Kibler.
(137) The Dothan Eagle, Thursday, February 3, 1994
Annie Mae Lee, 84, of 2507 Westgate Parkway, died Tuesday, February 1, 1994,
at Westside Terrace following a brief illness.
The funeral will be today at 1 p.m. at Byrd Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev.
Bill George officiating. Burial will be in the Winslette Chapel United Methodist
Church Cemetery with Byrd Funeral Home directing.
Mrs. Lee was born April 11, 1909 in Houston County and resided in Marianna,
Fla., for approximately 30 years before returning to Dothan in 1982. She was
a homemaker and the widow of Leonard Lee. Mrs. Lee was a member of the First
Assembly of God Church in Marianna.
Mrs. Lee was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard Lee; a son, C. W. Lee;
and a daughter, Mervine Welch.
Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Johnnie and Zin "Andy"
Andrews, Dothan, Evelyn and Charles Swayne, Newark, Ohio; a son, Fletcher Lee,
Marianna; a sister, Minnie Lee, Ozark; 14 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren
and several nieces and nephews.
(138) The Dothan Eagle, Monday, February 7, 1994
Loyce Damon Searcy, 74, of 32 W. Chadwick Circle, died Saturday, February
5, 1994, at Lakeview Community Hospital in Eufaula after a brief illness.
The funeral will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Winslette Chapel Methodist Church
with the Rev. Ron Lee officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with
Ward-Wilson Funeral Home directing.
The family will be at the home of a sister, Addie Tate, Brannon Stand Road,
Pinckard.
Searcy will remain at the funeral home until an hour before service time.
Searcy was a native and life-long resident of Houston County and was a member
of Grandview Baptist Church. He served in the U. S. Navy during World War II
and was a graduate of Wallace College Technical School as a machinist.
Survivors include three sisters, and two brothers-in-law, Addie and Homer Tate,
Pinckard, Gwendolyn and Clark Hamilton, Tustine, Calif., and Pauline Cannon,
Wicksburg; four brothers and sisters-in-law, Glen and Nell Searcy, Wicksburg,
Grover and Maye Searcy, Dothan, Lester and Virginia Searcy, Columbus, Ga.; and
Fred Searcy, Dothan; and several nieces and nephews.
(139) The Dothan Eagle, Monday, September 18, 1995
J. T. Fowler, 66, Jellico (10874 West U. S. Highway 84), died Saturday, September
16, 1995, at Flowers Hospital following a long illness.
The funeral will be at 1 p.m. today at Byrd Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev.
Ron Lee officiating. Burial will be in the Winslette Chapel Cemetery with Byrd
Funeral Home directing.
Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Winslette Chapel Cemetery
Fund, 296 Judge Logue Road, Newton, Alabama 36352.
Mr. Fowler was born April 22, 1929, in Houston County and lived most of his
life in the Jellico community. He was a 1947 graduate of Wicksburg High School
and a veteran of the Korean War, having served in the U. S. Army. He was employed
by the Hedstrom
Company for more than 30 years and was also engaged in the broiler business
for several years.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Woodham Fowler, Jellico; two sons and three
daughters-in-law, Gary and Shirley Fowler, Fitzgerald, Georgia, Steve and Pam
Fowler, Hartford, Joni Scott Fowler, Wicksburg; a daughter and son-in-law, Beth
and Mike Jenkins, Dothan; grandchildren, Michael Fowler, Wicksburg, Shawn Fowler
and Heather Fowler, both of Fitzgerald, Georgia, Dean Jenkins and Becky Jenkins,
both of Dothan; a brother, Don Fowler, Hartford; three sisters, Myrle Lee, Pinckard,
Gaytha Beasley, Jellico, June Norton, Clinton, Mississippi; a sister-in-law,
Gwen Bragg, Valley; two aunts, Bernice Fowler, Columbus, Georgia, Myrtle Jordan,
Dothan; an uncle, J. R. Fowler, Jellico, and nieces and nephews.
(Joni Scott Fowler is his former daughter-in-law, the former wife of Steve Fowler.)
(140) The Dothan Eagle, Saturday, March 16, 1996
NEWTON - Mrs. Gladies Estell Daughtry, 82, of 346 Sanders Road, died Thursday,
March 14, 1996, at her residence following an extended illness.
The funeral will be 2 p.m. today at Byrd Funeral Home with the Rev. Coley Holloway
officiating. Burial will be in Winslette Chapel Cemetery with Byrd Funeral Home
directing.
Flowers are being accepted or memorials may be made to Wiregrass Hospice, P.
O. Box 2127, Dothan, Alabama 36302.
Mrs. Daughtry was born December 31, 1913, in Houston County and had lived the
early years of her life in Pansey. She had resided in the Wicksburg community
for more than 60 years and was a member of the Bay Springs Baptist Church. She
was also a
member of the Senior Adult Sunday School Class. Mrs. Daughtry was a homemaker
and the widow of Rex Daughtry who died in 1991.
Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, James Ray and Flora Daughtry,
Dothan, Comer and Linda Daughtry, Dothan; six grandchildren, Randy and Julie
Daughtry, Jennifer and John Crowley, Lyn Daughtry and Amy Daughtry; two great-
grandchildren, Judson Daughtry and Anna Crowley; a sister, Mrs. Magdalen Beach
Clark, Dothan; a brother, Marvin Harper, Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; several nieces,
nephews and cousins.
(141) The Dothan Eagle, Thursday, July 18, 1996
Ms. Cynthia Jo Cannon, 46, of 860 Jones Road, Newton, died Tuesday, July 16,
1996, at Southeast Alabama Medical Center after an extended illness.
The funeral will be 10 a.m. today at Ward-Wilson Chapel with the Rev. Troy Walsingham
officiating. Burial will be in Winslette Chapel Cemetery with Ward-Wilson Funeral
Home directing.
Ms. Cannon was born December 28, 1949, in Houston County, Alabama. She has resided
in Houston County most of her life. She was a member of the Glory to Him Fellowship
Church. She was preceded in death by her father, Arthur Joe Cannon.
Survivors include her mother, Pauline S. Cannon; daughter, Elizabeth Cannon,
both of Newton; brother and sister-in-law, Denis and Cheryl Cannon, niece Angie
Cannon, and nephew Chris Cannon, all of Dothan.
(142) The Dothan Eagle, Friday, January 31, 1997
Votie Smith Simmons, 92, of 110 S. County Road 9, Newton, died Wednesday,
January 29, 1997, at Southeast Alabama Medical Center after a brief illness.
The funeral will be 11 a.m. today at Winslette Chapel Methodist Church with
the Rev. Harvey Luke officiating. Burial will be in Winslette Chapel Methodist
Church Cemetery with Byrd Funeral Home directing.
Mrs. Simmons was born September 4, 1904, in Dale County and was raised in the
Bethel community near Echo. She came to Houston County at an early age and resided
in the Jellico community near Wicksburg. She was the widow of the late Will
Simmons, a homemaker and a member of the Winslette Chapel Methodist Church.
Survivors include a son, Mr. Billy Simmons, Wicksburg; a daughter, Jeanette
Andrews, Phenix City; three grandchildren, Dan Andrews, Montgomery, Brenda Shaffer,
Calif., David Simmons, Enterprise; three great-grandchildren; three sisters,
Martha Parramore, Napier Field, Grace Bennett, Shreveport, La., Rebecca Lamb,
Frostproof, Fla.,
a brother, Wade Smith, Panama City, Fla.; several nieces and nephews; a very
special friend, Joyce Humphrey.
(143) The Dothan Eagle, Saturday, April 19, 1997
Ouida Inez Holloway, 84, died Wednesday, April 16, 1997 at Flowers Hospital
following a brief illness.
The funeral services will be held 10 a.m. today at Winslette Chapel United Methodist
Church with the Rev. Harvey Luke officiating. Burial will be in Winslette Chapel
Cemetery with Byrd Funeral Home directing. The body will be placed in the church
at 9 a.m. where the family will receive friends until service time.
Mrs. Holloway was born October 16, 1912 in Houston County and lived in the Jellico
community most of her life. She was employed as a clerk at S & H Kress Co.
and was a member of the Winslette Chapel Methodist Church.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Lenora and Tim Schoultheis, Okeana,
Ohio; a sister, Doris Casey, Jellico community; several nieces and nephews.
(144) The Dothan Progress, Wednesday, May 14, 1997
Hilda Aline Fowler Hughes, 74, died April 10, 1997 at University of South
Alabama Hospital, Mobile, after an extended illness.
Private graveside services were held April 12 in Winslette Chapel United Methodist
Cemetery with Rev. Ron Lee officiating. Kent-Thornton Funeral Home directed.
Mrs. Hughes was preceded in death by her husband, Leon Hughes; brother, William
Fowler, and granddaughter, Alexandria Havard.
Survivors include a son, Daniel Hughes; daughter, Rebecca Havard and granddaughter,
Taylor Havard, all of Mobile; sisters, Judith Gaye Walker of Pinckard and Lorraine
Dancy of Dothan.
(145) The Dothan Eagle, Tuesday, June 10, 1997
Velma Lois Jerkins, 86, a resident of the Wicksburg area, died Sunday, June
8, 1997, at Pike Manor Nursing Home in Troy following a lengthy illness.
Services will be held 10 a.m. today at Byrd Funeral Home with the Rev. John
Thomas officiating. Burial will be in Winslette Chapel Cemetery with Byrd Funeral
Home directing.
Mrs. Jerkins was born May 12, 1911, in Holmes County, Florida. She moved to
Dale County at an early age. She lived in Columbus, Ga., prior to moving to
Houston County in the 1940s where she resided most of her life.
Survivors include six grandchildren, Connie Darby, Troy, Judy Sanders, Ozark,
Leon Baker, Sandra Sanders, Sheila Rice, Velma Kilpatrick, all of Dothan; 15
great-grandchildren; several great-great grandchildren and several nieces and
nephews also survive.
(146) The Dothan Eagle, October 1999
Mrs. Lola Bell Walker Roach, age 66, of 3535 Roberts Ave., #3, Tallahassee,
Fla., died October 1, 1999, in a Tallahassee hospital following an extended
illness.
Funeral services will be today at 3 p.m. in the Chapel of Pittman Funeral Home
in Geneva with the Rev. Clarance D. Gray officiating. Burial will follow in
the Piney Grove Cemetery near Wicksburg, with Pittman Funeral Home of Geneva
directing.
Visitation will be from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. tonight at the funeral home.
Mrs. Roach was a former resident of Geneva. She was Pentecostal by faith.
Survivors include five daughters, Christeen Reese, Samson; Shirley F. Walker,
Geneva; Linda F. Blotsky, Tallahassee, Fla.; Brenda J. Lemoine and Sheila F.
Spencer, both of Tallahassee, Fla.; six sons, Robert Hardzog, Woodville, Fla.;
Tommy J. Walker, Hartford; Terry R. Walker, Helena, Ga.; James E. Walker, and
Roger D. Walker, both of Tallahassee, Fla.; and William D. Walker, Gainesville,
Ga.; 18 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
(147) The Dothan Eagle, Wednesday, April 19, 2000
Benjamin "Roy" Reynolds, 75, of Sophie Drive, Tampa, Florida, died
Monday, April 17, 2000, at University Community Hospital in Tampa, Florida,
following an extended illness.
Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, April 22, 2000, at Winslette Chapel
Cemetery with Dr. Jeff Ross officiating and Byrd Funeral Home directing.
Mr. Reynolds was born April 5, 1924, in Houston County, and lived the early
years of his life in the Jellico Community. He was a veteran of World War II
and was stationed in Japan during his tour of duty. He was a graduate of the
University of Alabama and held a degree in accounting. Mr. Reynolds resided
in New Orleans, Louisiana, most of his life and was employed with Sears and
Roebuck prior to his retirement. He resided in Tampa, Florida, for the past
year and a half, and was of the Methodist faith.
Survivors include five sisters and three brothers-in-law, Ruth Driskell, Bowling
Green, Florida; Bernell and James Morris, Dothan; Helen McIntyre, Enterprise;
Kate and Earl Simpkins, Freeport, Florida; Sue and Doug Douglass, Hueytown;
several nieces and nephews also survive.
Mr. Reynolds was preceded in death by his mother and father, W. C. Reynolds
and Mary Pauline Reynolds, and two brothers, George Reynolds and Max Reynolds.
(There is no marker on his grave. He is buried in the same plot as his parents.)
(148) The Dothan Eagle, Saturday, July 8, 2000
Doris D. Casey, 84, a resident of Extendicare Health Center, died there July
6, 2000, following an extended illness.
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. today at Byrd Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev.
Buddy Hood officiating. Burial will follow in Winslette Chapel Cemetery with
Byrd Funeral Home directing. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Pilgrim
Home Baptist Church.
Mrs. Casey was born June 1, 1916, in Houston County and lived most of her life
in the Jellico Community. She was employed with Warners Brothers for twelve
years and was the widow of Clyde L. Casey who died in 1975. Mrs. Casey was a
member of Pilgrim Home Baptist Church.
Survivors include three sons and daughters-in-law, Billy and Martha Casey, Prattville,
Bobby and Patsy Casey, Hodgesville, Jimmy and Debra Casey, Dothan; a daughter
and son-in-law, Carolyn and Joel Alberson, Daleville; four grandchildren; nine
great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchild.
Mrs. Casey was preceded in death by a sister, Ouida Holloway and a grandson,
Danny Bond.
(149) The Dothan Eagle, Wednesday, April 10, 2002
Merle Snell Hollis, 78, of 751 South County Road #9, Newton, (Jellico Community),
died early Monday morning, April 8, 2002, at her home.
Funeral services will be held 12 noon Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at Bay Springs
Baptist Church with the Rev. Coley Holloway and the Rev. Randall Taylor officiating.
Burial will follow in Winslette Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery with Byrd Funeral
Home directing. Mrs. Hollis will be placed in the church one hour prior to service
time on Wednesday.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Wiregrass Hospice, Inc.,
P. O. Drawer 2127, Dothan, Alabama 36302.
Mrs. Hollis was the daughter of the late Tom and Etta Snell. She was preceded
in death by her twin brother, Earl Snell of Jacksonville, Florida and Alonzo
Snell of Dothan, Alabama.
Mrs. Hollis graduated from Wicksburg High School in 1941 where she was a member
of the girls basketball team that won the state championship. After high school,
Mrs. Hollis began a 25 year business career at Sears Roebuck & Company in
Dothan. Mrs. Hollis started Suburban Interiors, an interior design business,
and in 1984 she opened and operated Waterbed World in Enterprise, Alabama until
her retirement in 1993.
Mrs. Hollis was a member of Bay Springs Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Jack Hollis, who whom she was married for 61
years; two daughters, Sylvia Hollis Harrison (Charles) of Atlanta, Georgia and
Sandra Hollis Kellner (Bill) of Kennesaw, Georgia; a sister, Maude Killingsworth
of Dothan; a sister-in-law, Jimmie Lou Snell of Jacksonville, Florida; three
grandchildren, Robert Clark Rudder III (Andrea) of Birmingham, Alabama, Jared
Matthew Paul of Atlanta, Georgia,, and Leigh Hollis Rudder of Atlanta, Georgia;
two great-granddaughters, Sarah Carolyn Rudder and Jennifer Ashley Rudder, both
of Birmingham, Alabama; several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Serving as active pallbearers will be Billy Kibler, Anthony Snell, Larry Bond,
Bates Gilmore, Wade McGowan and Marty Snell.
(150) The Dothan Eagle, Thursday, April 18, 2002
Judith Gaye Fowler Walker of 1085 East Highway 134, Pinckard, Dale County,
Alabama, died Monday, April 15, 2002, at Extendicare Hospice Services Facility
in Dothan.
A private funeral, conducted by Brother Doug Fowler, was held Wednesday, April
17, 2002, at Jellico Community Cemetery with Kent-Thornton Funeral Home directing.
Mrs. Walker was born December 2, 1939, in Geneva County, Alabama. She was a
paralegal for Lewis & Brackin Law firm and a member of First United Methodist
Church in Pinckard.
Mrs. Walker was preceded in death by her parents, Dawson and Neppie Helms Fowler,
two sisters, one brother, and her first husband, Kenneth Rountree.
She is survived by her husband, Bobby Bernard Walker of Pinckard and Ozark,
one sister, Lorraine Dancy of Dothan, one sister-in-law, Arleen A. Fowler of
St. Louis, Missouri, and several nieces and nephews.
If anyone care to do anything in remembrance of Mrs. Walker, she had requested
that a tree be planted.
(She is buried beside her first husband, H. Kenneth Rountree.)
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