Obituaries

Anna Miller

Sep 1, 2015

Anna Carrell Miller "Anna Banana", a Mobile Native peacefully passed away Tuesday, September 1, 2015 with her husband at her side. Anna was a homemaker and creative person enjoying gardening and crafts. She was born February 25, 1969. She attended Independent Methodist School, Mobile, Al, and Faulkner State Community College, Bay Minette, Al. Her survivors include her husband, David...

Martha Pennington

Aug 31, 2015

Martha Joan Pennington, nee Hannah, passed peacefully on August 27, 2015 in Mobile, AL. Born November 29, 1939 in Greenville, MS and long-time resident of Mobile, she spread the love she knew with all she encountered. She is survived by her beloved children Alisa Secrest (Larry), Dr. Michael Pennington (Kim), Carolyn Tierce (Doug) and Chris Pennington (Danielle), her cherished...

Apolonus Visser

Aug 31, 2015

Apolonus T. Visser, age 84 of Mobile, Alabama USA passed from this life to be with his Lord on August 31, 2015 at 6:30 AM, after a brief struggle with bladder cancer. Born August 30, 1931 in Wekerndam, Netherlands. While serving in the Dutch Air Force he met his future bride who worked in the hospital next door to...

Frances Saucer

Aug 30, 2015

Frances Anna Saucer Frances Anna Heacker Saucer, 84, passed away Sunday morning, August 30, 2015. She was born November 16, 1930, to the late Edwin Crowell Heacker and Loyal Daisy Heacker. She is survived by her twin sister, Margaret Heacker Merritt of Oklahoma, her daughter and son-in-law Barbara and Tom Hudson (MS), daughter Sandi Eddins (AL), son Ben Saucer...

Voncile Caddell

Aug 28, 2015

CADDELL Dec. 28, 1930-Aug. 28, 2015 Voncile Alyne Turner Caddell, a native of Tibbie, AL and longtime resident of Mobile, AL, died Friday, August 28, 2015 at the age of 84. Mrs. Caddell was a graduate of Murphy High School; was retired from J.C. Penny's and was a member of Christ United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death...

Grady Yarbrough

Aug 27, 2015

YARBROUGH Jan. 2, 1945-Aug. 27, 2015 Grady Thomas Yarbrough, a longtime resident of Shreveport, LA and recent resident of Mobile, AL, died Thursday, August 27, 2015 at the age of 70. Mr. Yarbrough retired from AT&T after almost 30 years of service. He was preceded in death by his parents, Graydon Lewis Yarbrough and Opha Pearl Hammond Yarbrough. His...

Clyde Teague

Aug 27, 2015

Clyde D. Teague, age71, passed away on August 27, 2015. He was preceded in death by his parents; Necie and Robert Teague and brother, James "Buddy" Teague. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, June and their children Allan and Travis (Veterans of Afghanistan, Air Force Special Operations) including many other loving relatives and friends. He was...

Evelyn Tarver

Aug 26, 2015

TARVER Feb. 8, 1935-Aug. 26, 2015 Evelyn "Jeanie" Tarver, a native of Ruleville, MS peacefully passed away Wednesday, August 26, 2015 with her family at her side. She was born February 8, 1935 to John and Connie Anderson. Jeanie was a loving and devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend. She enjoyed attending church services and activities. She had a...

Shelia Howton

Aug 25, 2015

HOWTON Nov. 7, 1972-Aug. 25, 2015 Shelia Louise Howton, a native of Bessemer, AL and longtime resident of Mobile, AL, died Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at the age of 42. She was employed by Walmart. She was preceded in death by her father, Johnnie Howton, and her sister, Elaine Marie Howton. Her survivors include her son, Johnathan Lee Howton;...

Eli Stevens

Aug 23, 2015

Mr. Eli K. Stevens, a native of Montgomery, Alabama and a longtime resident of Theodore, Alabama passed away on August 23, 2015. He was preceded in death by his parents, Eli K. Stevens, Sr. and Virginia Prince. He was a Vigor High School graduate and retiree of Southern Company. He is survived by his wife, Nora Stevens; sons, Alan...

Mary Lambert

Aug 23, 2015

LAMBERT May 19, 1930-Aug. 23, 2015 Heaven has another choice spirit as Mary Elizabeth Dearman Lambert, age 85, passed away at home on August 23, 2015 after a long illness. She was born in Hattiesburg, MS on May 19, 1930 and was a resident of the Mobile, AL area for the past 80 years. Mrs. Lambert was preceded in...

Lillie Newby

Aug 22, 2015

NEWBY August 22, 2015 Audrey Newby, a native of Bon Secour, AL and a longtime resident of Mobile died Saturday. She was preceded in death by two children, Billie Elaine Newby and Donald Edward Newby, II, and one grandson, Ervin Joseph Gallas, III. She is survived by her husband, Donald Newby; a daughter, Deborah (Ervin) Gallas; one granddaughter, Audrey...

Gwendolyn Summers

Aug 22, 2015

A native of Buckatunna, MS and longtime resident of both Mobile, AL and Lucedale, MS passed away on August 22, 2015 in a local hospital. A loving mother, homemaker and faithful member of Union Baptist Church in Lucedale, she leaves behind a legacy of Christian faith and love for her family and friends. Born February 14, 1933 she is...

Martha Barrow

Aug 16, 2015

BARROW, Elizabeth August 16, 2015 Martha Elizabeth Posey Barrow departed this life on Sunday. Born outside Red Level, Alabama to Crayton and Vinnie Posey, she enjoyed life with 9 siblings. She married Benjamin Franklin Barrow, who preceded her in death, and over their 61 years together they raised 6 children, and enjoyed 16 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren. Mrs....

Margaret Nicholson

Aug 16, 2015

NICHOLSON Sept. 26, 1953-Aug. 16, 2015 Margaret Owens "Peggy" Nicholson, a native of Birmingham, AL and current resident of Mobile, AL, died Sunday, August 16, 2015 at the age 61. She was preceded in death by her parents, John Owens Moore and Margaret Rogers Moore, and her sister, Barbara Moore. Her survivors include her husband, John Larry Nicholson; her...

Dorothy Fairchild

Aug 14, 2015

Visitation Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home 6040 Three-Notch Road Mobile, AL  36619 Wednesday, August 19, 2015 12:30 - 2:00 PM Service Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home 6040 Three-Notch Road Mobile, AL  36619 Wednesday, August 19, 2015 2:00 PM Cemetery Mobile Memorial Gardens 6100 Three-Notch Road Mobile, AL  36619

Flossie Miller

Aug 13, 2015

MILLER Jan. 4, 1920-Aug. 13, 2015 Flossie Augustine Stringfellow Miller, a native of Harleston, MS, and longtime resident of Theodore, AL in the Belle Fontaine Community since 1947, died Thursday, August 13, 2015 at the age of 95. She was formerly employed by Bellingrath Gardens; was a member of St. Philip Neri Catholic Church; a member of the 50...

Donald Wehner

Aug 12, 2015

WEHNER April 1, 1929-Aug. 12, 2015 Donald Clifford Wehner, a native of Middletown, NY and longtime resident of Mobile, AL passed away Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Mr. Wehner was graduated from the University of Bridgeport in 1951. He worked for American Cyanamid until he was drafted into the Army during the Korean War where he was assigned to biological...

Gloria Caddell

Aug 12, 2015

Gloria May Farquhar Caddell passed away peacefully on August 12, 2015, in Evans, Georgia. Gloria was born on May 8, 1922 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, the daughter of Raymond James and Anna Parker Farquhar. She is survived by her seven children, their spouses, and ten grandchildren: Ramona Nystrom (Richard and Katy) of Charlotte, NC; Gloria Caddell (Bill and Dylan) of...

Elizabeth Koehler

Aug 12, 2015

KOEHLER Nov. 30, 1965-Aug. 12, 2015 Elizabeth Graham Tibbetts Koehler, a native of Mobile, AL and current resident of Dauphin Island, AL, died Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at the age of 49. She was preceded in death by her mother, Alice Graham Sullivan Tibbetts. Her survivors include her twin sons, John Christopher Koehler and Robert Graham Koehler; her father,...