Obituaries
Burl Vines
Oct 19, 2018
Burl Vines, of Bessemer, passed away Friday, October 19, 2018.
The family will receive friends from 1-2, Sunday, October 21, 2018, at Currie-Jefferson Funeral Home, Hwy 150 in Hoover. Graveside service will follow at 2:00 in Jefferson Memorial Gardens, South, Michael Simpson officiating. Military honors will be observed.
William "Bill" L. Henry, Jr.
Oct 18, 2018
William “Bill” L. Henry, Jr., of Birmingham, passed away on Thursday, October 18, 2018, at the age of 68. Bill had a deep and abiding and unwavering love of his family. He spent countless hours coaching and supporting his daughters’ softball teams and dance productions. Bill loved music and played in both his high school and college marching bands. ...
Vera Mae Owens
Oct 16, 2018
Vera Mae Penton Owens was born April 25, 1926, in Clanton, AL as the youngest of the eleven children of Julius & Sarah Penton. She moved to Birmingham to attend business college and eventually retired as the Head Clerk of the Jefferson County Health Department. She loved to travel, eat good country cooking, listen to gospel music and watch...
David Lawrence Wood
Oct 14, 2018
David Lawrence Wood, age 65, of Birmingham, AL passed away on Sunday, October 14, 2018. He was born in Vero Beach, FL on August 1, 1953, to Richard G. and Irene Wood. David is survived by his wife, Susan Freeman Wood; daughters, Carrie Wood Sayers and Amy Wood Jager (Rylan); granddaughters, Sadie Sayers and Zoe Jager; father, Richard G....
Norra "Dean" Mcleod
Oct 14, 2018
Norra Dean Dickey McLeod, of Birmingham, passed away on Sunday, October 14, 2018, at the age of 89. She was the third child born in her family to parents, Madison Douthit Dickey and Bertie Sue Forsyth. She was raised in the Highlands Community near Clanton, AL with her other siblings, Sovereign, LZ, and Mary Sue.
Dean attended...
Oliver Norton
Oct 11, 2018
Oliver Wetzel Norton, age 90 of Hoover, Alabama, passed away peacefully Thursday, October 11, 2018 surrounded by his family. Born September 10, 1928 in Albertville, AL. Upon his graduation from Albertville High School in 1946, Oliver joined the Navy. While serving in the Navy, he married his high school sweetheart,Inez Hill while home on leave on Christmas Eve in...
Dale Cruce
Oct 8, 2018
Dale Cruce, of Bessemer, passed away on Monday, October 8, 2018, at the age of 87. He was a graduate of McAdory High School and was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He retired from Westinhouse after a number of years service. He was preceded in death by a son, Allen Cruce.
Dale is survived by...
Joseph Norman, Jr.
Oct 6, 2018
Joseph E. Norman, Jr., age 77, passed away on October 6, 2018. He was born May 3, 1941, in Richlands, Virginia, to Joseph E. Norman, Sr. and Netty Mae Norman. Joseph served 6 years in the US Army and lived in Alaska, Connecticut, Texas, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia and then 30 years in Alabama. He also attended the University of...
Thomas Clinton Shepherd
Oct 4, 2018
Thomas Clinton Shepherd, 92, died peacefully on Thursday, October 4, 2018. He was born in Macon, Mississippi, to the late Rufus and Martha Lockler Shepherd. Thomas served our country in the Navy during World War II as a Gunner’s mate in the Pacific-Aboard USS Presley, Destroyer Escort No.371. His ordinance division was responsible for ammunition and safe storage at all times. He graduated from...
Billy Turner
Oct 2, 2018
Mr. Billy Wayne Turner, 46, of Irondale, was called to rest at his home in Irondale on October 2, 2018. He was March 12, 1972 to the late Billy Wayne Gray and Karen Tuner in Birmingham, Alabama. Billy Wayne confessed Christ at an early age and was baptized at Mt. Hebron Baptist Church in Irondale, Alabama, under the leadership...
Eleonore Machen
Sep 26, 2018
Eleonore Bräutigam Machen, age 94, of Vestavia, AL, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, September 26, 2018. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Hoover, AL, and attended Lagoon Baptist Church and Shell Banks Baptist Church when she was in Gulf Shores.
She is survived by...
Patricia Ann Ford
Sep 26, 2018
Patricia Ann Ford, of Birmingham, passed away on Wednesday, September 26,2018, at the age of 74. She is preceded in death by her mother, Mary Hall; her daughter, Darlene More Merritt; and her nephew, David Land.
Patricia is survived by her sister, Maxine Land of Birmingham; her brother, Melvin “ Sonny” King of Vincent; grandchildren, Mark Timothy...
Thomas Lutz
Sep 24, 2018
Thomas Lutz of Birmingham, passed away on Monday, September 24, 2018 at the age of 87. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on Dec. 11, 1930. He graduated from Purdue University in 1952 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Tom was Vice President of International Operations with the Airtemp Division of ChrysIer Corporation. In 1975 he moved to Birmingham...
Mihoko White
Sep 21, 2018
Mihoko White, of Hoover, passed away early Friday morning, September 21, 2018, after a long battle with dementia, she was 87. She was loving, caring and a christian woman who is now singing with the angels. She was preceded in death by her youngest son, Danny White of Tokyo, Japan.
Mihoko is survived by her children, Gail...
Lynda Saito
Sep 20, 2018
Lynda Hawkins Saito, 66, went home to be with Jesus on September 20, 2018. She was the eldest daughter of the late Braxton Lee Hawkins and Illma Lurlene Hawkins, of Burns, MS, and was a retired Kindergarten teacher, a graduate of Jones County Junior College, Ellisville, MS, and William Carey College, Hattiesburg, MS. Lynda and her family have lived in...
Joyce Harris
Sep 19, 2018
Joyce M. Harris, of Hoover, passed away on Wednesday, September 19, 2018, at the age of 86. Born on August 8, 1932, she was raised in Six Mile, Alabama. Joyce was a member of Shades Mountain Baptist Church. She also was the president and a member of the Homewood and Hoover Garden Clubs and Hoover Beautification Board. In the...
Stacy Dueitt
Sep 18, 2018
Stacy Derrick Dueitt, of Hoover, passed away from complications from pneumonia Tuesday, September 18, 2018, at the age of 60. She was born and raised in Laurel, MS, graduated from R.H. Watkins High School and The University of Southern Mississippi, Stacy worked for Masonite in Laurel and for The Berry Company/AT&T in Birmingham, from which she retired. Afterward, she...
Mary Davidson
Sep 17, 2018
An obituary is not available at this time for Mary Lynn (Covington) Davidson. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.
Mary Maxwell
Sep 13, 2018
Mary Leona Maxwell, of Hoover, passed away Thursday, September 13, 2018, at the age of 88. She is preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Maxwell. She is survived by her daughter, Kaye Hurley (Bruce); her son, Billy Maxwell (Sandy); 4 grandchildren, Justin Hurley, Kristen Dudley (Kyle), Maggie Maxwell, and Jason Jones; a great granddaughter, Nora Dudley;...
Lucky Toole
Sep 11, 2018
Lucky Lewis Toole, age 74, passed away peacefully Tuesday, September 11, 2018, after a lengthy illness, surrounded by loved ones. He was a 1962 graduate of Banks High School. As a young teen, he was involved with the Civil Air Patrol, learning to fly at age 15 and eventually becoming Commander of the Bessemer Composite Squadron. After serving in...
