Obituaries

Aug 10, 2021

Juanita McNellage Wiseman passed away peacefully on Tuesday August 10, at Brookside Memory Care. A native and lifelong resident of Mobile, she was born June 3, 1925 to Walter and Emily McNellage. She is preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Melvin Barnett Wiseman, Sr., her parents and her brother, Walter McNellage, Jr. Juanita is survived by her...

Aug 9, 2021

Jay Wallace Hendley passed away peacefully on Monday, August 9, 2021 at the age of 85. Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements. Jay was born in Yantley, AL on January 25, 1936 and was a resident of Mobile, AL. He was preceded in death by his wife of 28 years, Sue B. Hendley,...

Aug 9, 2021

Mr. William Anthony "Tony" Elmore, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, August 9, 2021. Tony was born April 28, 1947. He was preceded in death by his father, Willie Frank Elmore; mother, Lucy Richardson Elmore; brothers, Jack (Joyce) Elmore, Levoid Elmore; sister, Dorothy Elmore; stepson, Adrian Lee Ashburn, Jr. He is survived by his wife of...

Aug 9, 2021

Bessie Mae (Tucker) (Lindbergh) Risher, age 96, of Mobile, Alabama, passed away on Monday, August 9, 2021. Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements.

Bessie was a former member of Irvington Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses and current member of West Jehovah's Witnesses Congregation. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother,...

Aug 8, 2021

Mrs. Linda Finch McGowan, a lifelong resident of Mobile died August 8, 2021 at the age of 80. Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements. Linda was preceded, through the heavenly gates by her devoted husband of 58 years, John P McGowan, Sr., their son, Nello B. McGowan, her mother, Margie Byrd, and...

Aug 8, 2021

Marilyn Joyce Ross was born Marilyn Joyce Browder October 29, 1937 in Scottsboro, Alabama and lifelong resident of Theodore Alabama died in a local hospital on August 8, 2021. She was preceded in death by her father Eugene G. Browder, her mother Edwina C. Browder, her sister Betty M. Browder and her son Steven Richard Ross. She is survived...

Aug 8, 2021

Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Sr. 66 of Mobile, Alabama passed away August 8, 2021. Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements. He was married to the love of his life of 47 years, Sherri Gilmore. He is preceded in death by his mother, Eugenia Annie Lightsey and John Ester Gilmore, 2 brothers, Tommy, and...

Aug 7, 2021

Patricia Keller Sutton, age 91, passed away on Saturday, August 7, 2021. Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements. Patricia Ruth Keller was born in Elmendorf, Texas on September 15, 1929. She graduated High School at 15 and worked in a secretarial pool through her teenage years. She soon met the man who...

Aug 7, 2021

Katherine "Tin Tin" Stokes Raymond, age 73, passed away on August 7, 2021 in Coden, AL. She and her twin sister were born on December 19, 1947 to Clifford and Mary Stokes in Mobile. She was a devoted weekly member of the weight management group "TOPS" for over 30 years. She loved to shop, especially at her favorite store, Walmart....

Aug 6, 2021

Michael Darin Musgrove, II A beloved son, brother, grandson, nephew, cousin and friend, Michael Darin Musgrove, II entered into eternal peace on August 6, 2021. He was predeceased by his precious Aunt Pat and is loved here on earth as well as in heaven. Michael blessed us with his birth on January 10, 1996 in Mobile, Alabama. He primarily lived...

Aug 6, 2021

Leon Burghdurf- Longtime resident of Phoenix, NY, died Friday, August 6, 2021, at the age of 93. Leon spent his last years living in Dauphin Island, Alabama, surrounded by his daughter and grandchildren. He married his wife, Dorothy in 1951 and remained by her side until her passing in 2017. Leon was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and...

Aug 5, 2021

Samuel (Sam) Burke Vaughn Jr. of Fairhope, Alabama went to be with the Lord peacefully in his sleep on August 5th, 2021 at the age of 82 years old. Visitation will be open to family and friends on Monday, August 9th from 1:00pm-2:00pm at Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, located on Three Notch Road. Funeral Services will follow at...

Aug 5, 2021

Charles David Thomas, affectionately called Dave by his family and friends, went to be with his Savior Jesus on Thursday, August 5, 2021. Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements. Dave was born on November 6, 1959 in Birmingham, AL. He was preceded in death by his father Jack H. Thomas, Sr. He...

Aug 4, 2021

William D. Sutherland, also know as Satch (and as The Cookie Man at church), went to his Heavenly home on Wednesday, August 4, 2021, at the age of 80. Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements. He was born on July 13, 1941, in Letohatchie, Alabama. Satch came to know the Lord personally...

Aug 3, 2021

Carolyn Ann Edge was born on November 15, 1942. She was the only child of Joel and Myrtle Tarleton. She was born in Mobile, Alabama where she graduated from Vigor High School. She married Billy Frank Edge from Clark County in 1961. She and Billy have resided in Saraland since 1974 and have been active members in the community. She...

Aug 2, 2021

Betty K. Doss, a resident of Mobile, AL passed away due to Parkinson's on Monday, August 2, 2021 at Providence Hospital at the age of 85. She was born on August 26,1935 in Smackover, Arkansas and was preceded in death by her loving husband, Hershel Lane Doss, parents Dial and Alma Nelson and brothers Gary and Eddy Nelson. She is...

Aug 2, 2021

Mrs. Evelyn "Patty" Moore, Born in Ooltewah, Tennessee on September 5, 1924 and a resident of Mobile, Alabama for 70 years died on Monday, August 2, 2021 at the age of 96. She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years Mr. Thurston T. Moore. She is survived by her two daughters, Nancy Moore and Susan Moore....

Aug 1, 2021

Kathleen Louise McDonnell Acree, 74, peacefully departed this life on August 1, 2021. Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements. She was the second child born to Norma M. McDonnell and Owen E. McDonnell, Sr. on November 10, 1946, in Mobile, Alabama. Known to her family and friends as "Bolie", Kathleen spent all...

Jul 31, 2021

Linda Hatcher Ammons, age 71, of Mobile, Alabama, passed away on Saturday, July 31, 2021. Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements. Linda was a member of Dauphin Way United Methodist Church, where she was active in the choir and the prayer shawl ministry. She was a retired school teacher, having spent 42...

Jul 31, 2021

Ms Evelyn Marie Grubbs Law, 86, was born on November 17, 1934 in Winter Haven, FL and lived in Mobile, AL. Just as she wished, Evelyn was at her home surrounded by her family and close friends when she peacefully entered into eternity with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on July 31, 2021. Evelyn is one of two children...