Obituaries
Constance "Connie" Taranto
Mar 24, 2022
Constance Ruth(Connie)Hollowell Taranto,79, passed away peacefully on March 24, 2022 in Bessemer, Alabama. She was born March 9, 1943 to Benjamin and Eileen Hollowell, Bessemer, Alabama. She graduated from Bessemer High School and worked for many years at the Salvation Army Distribution Center. She was married to Charles Richard Tararato. Connie was gifted at writing poetry...
Bobby Horne
Mar 23, 2022
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Dale Stempel
Mar 23, 2022
Dale H. Stempel, formerly of Enterprise, passed March 23, 2022 at her new home in Montevallo, Alabama. Dale was born February 18, 1946 to Oscar and Lera Harvey in Pembroke, Georgia. She was the youngest of two brothers and five sisters. She enjoyed life as an Army wife, serving with her husband ontwo tours in Germany and at numerous assignments around the United States. She taught elementary school for a total of 36...
Opal Cash Chapman
Mar 20, 2022
Opal Jean Cash Chapman, age 87 of McCalla, AL passed away at Grandview Medical Center, Birmingham, AL on March 20, 2022 after an extended illness. She retired from US Steel in Birmingham after a long career. She was preceded in death by her mother, Mary Cash, her father, Otis L. Cash; Father of their 3 children, Charles Chapman; Five siblings,...
Patricia Kovacs
Mar 17, 2022
Patricia Hogan Kovacs, passed away on March 17, 2022 after her 13 month battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. She graduated from Moravian College where she and her husband, Joseph Kovacs of 34 years, were married. She celebrated her 10 year anniversary working for O’Neal Industries, where she enjoyed her role as HR Business Partner. She was someone who was always willing to help others, even in...
Myrtice Mcbrayer
Mar 15, 2022
Elizabeth “Liz” McBrayer, 87, of Hoover, AL passed away on March 15, 2022 after a long battle with MS and a brief battle with lung cancer. She was surrounded by loved ones at the time she passed. In 1953 she married James “Jimmy” McBrayer and they had three children, Stanley, Susie and Cindy. Liz was the...
Karen Bragan
Mar 13, 2022
Karen Bragan, age 75, passed away peacefully in the comfort of her home with her children by her side on March 13, 2022, in Pelham, AL.
Karen was born on July 19, 1946 in West Springfield, MA, to Lt. Col. Walter Heath, Jr. and Katheryn Stewart Heath.
She graduated from Washburn Rural High School in...
Harvey Wyatt
Mar 9, 2022
Harvey O’Neal Wyatt age 81, passed away on March 9, 2022, in Vance, AL. Harvey Wyatt was born on August 10, 1940 in Chilton County, Alabama to CC and Lessie Wyatt and was then raised in Shannon, Alabama. He served in the US Army from 1963-1965. His career was an outside sales rep for Corn Brothers,...
Barbara Whitsett
Mar 7, 2022
Barbara Whitsett, age 83 went to be with the Lord on Monday, March 7, 2022 at her home in Hoover. Barbara was born October 3, 1938 in Georgia to the late Lula and Frank Smith. She was a graduate of Bessemer High School and from Bessemer Tech College then went on to work for the Phil Sarris Law...
James Whitson
Mar 7, 2022
James Harold Whitson, 76 years old, died in the company of the love of his life on Monday morning March 7, 2022. A memorial service will be held at the Currie-Jefferson Funeral Home at 2 pm on March 12, 2022. After the service, those who wish to attend a celebration of his life are invited to...
Ann Franks
Mar 6, 2022
Ann Elizabeth Nelson Franks of Alabaster, went to be with the Lord Sunday, March 6, 2022 at the age of 87. She spent most of her working life as a credit union teller and later as her husband's helpmate in his Southern Baptist Pastorates.
Ann is survived by her sons, Charles N. Franks (Marilyn) and Terry A....
Barbara Ingham
Mar 5, 2022
Barbara P. Ingham (b. June 3, 1933) passed away peacefully in the comfort of her home on March 5, 2022. She is survived by her daughters, Cindy Ann (Michael) Golden and Kathy Marie (Dale) Chambers of Birmingham; stepdaughters, Vicki Leigh Ingham and Cynthia Jo Ingham of Des Moines; four grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband...
Janet Arnett
Mar 3, 2022
Janet Salyer Arnett passed away Wednesday, March 3, 2022 in Hoover, AL. Janet was born January 26, 1935 in Salyersville, KY to Sarah Howard Salyer and Coyne Salyer and grew up in Salyersville one of twelve children. Janet married Max Arnett who was in the Air Force at that time; they were stationed at several Air Force bases...
Juanita Tew
Feb 28, 2022
Juanita S. Tew, of Birmingham Alabama, went home to be with the Lord on February 28, 2022 at the age of 89. Juanita Spivey was born on September 10, 1932, to Ethel and William McKinley (Mac) Spivey. An only child of a Methodist minister, Juanita attended Asbury College in Kentucky for a year before marrying L. Earl Tew of...
John Seale Ii
Feb 28, 2022
John Wesley (Wes) Seale, of Hoover, AL passed away February 28, 2022. Wes was born November 15, 1961, to John W. and Della Mae Riddle Seale of Locust Folk, AL (who preceded him in death). Wes was a US Army Veteran of the Persian Gulf War, body builder, rugby player, poet, accomplished tactical officer, cancer survivor,...
Philip Mishalanie
Feb 28, 2022
Mr. Philip G Mishalanie, Jr, of Hoover, AL, went home to be with the Lord on February 28, 2022 at the age of 88. He was born in Calhoun County, AL on October 16, 1933 and grew up in Rome, GA, and married Genevie Hyde in 1960. Phil was a member of the United States Army...
Gayle Crause
Feb 26, 2022
Gayle Paulette Crause, Age 74 of Leeds, AL crossed over on Saturday February 26, 2022.
She will be greatly missed by her sons and daughters in law, Mike and Vanessa Mancill, andChris and Jayme Mancill. Special daughter Shannon Ohler and her husband Justin.
Also by her grandchildren, Christopher Mancill, Alexander Mancill, Rhiannon Manygoats, Izabella Ohler, Logan Ohler, Ethan Ohler, and Taleya Ohler
She leaves behind sisters Donna Charpie and Linda Mock, and her stepfather Robert Stringer.
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Terry Wood
Feb 25, 2022
Terry Lee Wood of Birmingham, Alabama, passed away on Friday, February 25, 2022, at the age of 72. He was preceded in death by his parents William and Frances Wood. He is survived by his brother, Mike Wood (Cynthia) and several nephews. Terry served his country as a member of the United States Navy. He will...
Maggie Jones
Feb 23, 2022
Maggie Jones, 90, of Gardendale, Alabama, passed away on February 23, 2022. Maggie was born June 25,1931 in Carbon Hill, Alabama where she spent her childhood. She worked in the printing industry for over 25 years which included UAB printing services in Birmingham, Alabama.
She was a resident of Gardendale since 2015. Maggie was preceded in...
Barbara Studdard
Feb 18, 2022
Barbara McCraw Studdard, 81, of Jacksonville, Alabama, passed away on February 18, 2022. Barbara was born November 12, 1940 in Johns, Alabama and spent her childhood in Hueytown, Alabama. She graduated from Jacksonville State University and Auburn University Montgomery and enjoyed a long career as a teacher. She taught elementary and middle school grades in Georgia, California, Florida, Germany...
