All Obituaries

GOETZ Peggye Gunnell Goetz Born in Stuttgart, Arkansas on September 27, 1927, Peggye passed away on June 3, 2020 in Fairhope, AL. She was 92. Mrs. Goetz graduated from Methodist School of Nursing in Memphis, TN in 1949. She was a public health nurse for 25 years in rural Mississippi and Mobile County. She was a member of Cottage Hill Baptist Church, Springhill Baptist Church and Fairhope First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband Harold E. (Jimmy) Goetz. They were...

Angelita Persons Kroner 1924-2020 A native of Bayou La Batre and resident of Theodore, Alabama, passed away on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, at the age of 96. Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements. Angelita was a longtime member of Grace United Methodist Church in Mobile, Alabama. She is preceded in death by her loving husband of 69 years, John Douglas Kroner. She is survived by her grandson, Brandon Ray McClain (Rhonda) of Theodore, Alabama, and...

TILLMAN Clyde Wayne Tillman, age 71, passed away peacefully on May 31, 2020 at Providence Hospital. He was born March 20, 1949 in Mobile, Alabama to Charles Edward, Sr. and Treallie (Cooper) Tillman. Wayne graduated from Theodore High School in 1967. Upon graduation, he followed his brother Charles in joining the US Navy and served 4 years. Wayne earned the title of master plumber and became the proud owner and operator of Tillman’s Plumbing Co. for over 40 years. He enjoyed golfing,...

STOLLOF Sylvia Elizabeth Young Stollof left this earth in the presence of her Savior, May 31, 2020. She was born October 26, 1932 to Charles and Lizzie Mae Thompson Haden in Purvis, Mississippi. Sylvia’s family soon moved to Mobile, Alabama where she was a lifelong resident. She married Larry H. Young, Jr. and had four children. She was a beloved mother and homemaker who always put her children first. She later went on to marry the love of her life, Robert Stollof, Sr. and blended...

Charles T. Boyett, age 95, of Pensacola, passed away on Sunday, May 31, 2020. Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements. Charles joined the United States Army in 1943 and served his country honorably in World War II. He was a private first class and light machine gun operator (trigger man). Charles fought in the Battle of the Bulge and earned the good conduct medal, victory metal for WWII, Bronze Star medal for bravery, and 3 bronze battle stars....

May 9, 1935 – May 30, 2020 JoAnne Holland McKnight passed away gracefully, surrounded by her loving family, on Saturday, May 30th, 2020 from natural causes. She is survived by her husband, Carlos F. McKnight; her son, Carlos Michael McKnight, and daughter, Suzanne McKnight Crist. Her husband, children, grandchildren, and siblings shared warm memories of her happy life as she slipped into peace. JoAnne was a loving and generous mother, grandmother, wife, sister, and friend, who gave...

Mary Ninfa Lozano 1926-2020 A native of Pharr, TX and resident of Mobile, AL died on Friday, May 29, 2020 at the age of 93. Mrs. Lozano was a long time parishioner of Our Savior Catholic Church where she was a member of a Ladies group Singing Needles who crochet blankets for pre mature babies. She was also an excellent cook. She was preceded in death by her husband, Sylvester Evans Lozano. She is survived by her children, Sandra Lozano, Robert Lozano, and Karen (Kurtis) Krueger;...

Joyce Lord Howell died on May 27, 2020 at a local hospital. Mrs. Howell was a resident of Mobile, AL and was raised in the Crawford and Semmes area of the county. She worked as a bookkeeper for various florist shops in Mobile such as Bob & Jewel Zimlich, Zimlich the Florist and Cleveland the Florist. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Donald R. Stewart and second husband Benny Earl Howell, Sr., her parents Oren Edward Lord, Sr. and Mildred Locke Lord, four sisters, Mavis Lord...

Oleta "Frankie" McKinley, age 85, of Mobile, was sent Home to Glory on Tuesday, May 26, 2020. Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements. Frankie was born in Poughkeepsie, Arkansas on April 13, 1935. She was born again into the family of God on September 15, 1965. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clayton McKinley; son, Greg McKinley; parents, Milton and Mildred Franks; and sister, Georgia Creason. Survivors include her sister,...

Sept. 1, 1940-May 26, 2020 Velma Ruth Claxton Horst journeyed to Heaven’s Gate Tuesday, May 26, 2020. Velma was married to Elmer Kent Horst for 61 years. She fell in love with a blue-eyed Yankee from Pennsylvania. She worked at the Corps of Engineers, Brookley Air Force Base until the base closed, and was a well-known and respected realtor and member of the Gulf Coast Board of Realtors in Mobile, AL for over 30 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer Kent Horst; her...