Obituaries

Oct 29, 2020

HENDERSON, Sr. Willie C. Henderson, Sr., a native and life long resident of Mobile County, AL died on Thursday, October 29, 2020. He was a lifelong member of the Christian Fellowship Church in Chickasaw. Mr. Henderson was a Viet Nam Veteran. After he served his country he went to work for the L&N Railroad in 1970. He retired from the...

Oct 28, 2020

Hershel Gary McInnis, a lifelong resident of Mobile, Alabama, passed away Wednesday, October 28, at M.D. Anderson in Houston, Texas, at the age of 71. Gary joined the United States Air Force at the age of 18 and served in the Vietnam War. Gary’s first love was his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He would witness and share his salvation...

Oct 27, 2020

Edith Faye Breland Warren, age 80, of Semmes, Alabama, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 27, 2020, surrounded by her children. Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements. Faye was born on December 18, 1939, in Leaf, Mississippi, and spent the majority of her life living in Mobile, Alabama. She was a member...

Oct 25, 2020

Loving mother Margaret Anne Fowler Cheesbro passed away on October 25, 2020, surrounded by her family. Margaret was born to (and was predeceased by) George Benjamin Fowler and Catherine Waltz Fowler at Gorgas Hospital in the Panama Canal Zone. She later lived in France, Germany, Ohio, and Alabama. Margaret is survived by her children Heather Cheesbro (LA) and Benjamin Cheesbro...

Oct 25, 2020

Lodessa Creekmore, a resident of Mobile, Alabama, passed away Sunday, October 25 at the age of 95. He was born on March the 10th 1925 in Philadelphia, Mississippi. He attended school in Neshoba County, and later in Lauderdale County, where he graduated High School. He joined the Unites States Marine Corps at the age of 18 and served in the...

Oct 24, 2020

Peggy Jean Carpenter Kilcrease, 88, of Grand Bay, went to be with our Lord Saturday, October 24, 2020. Born July 16, 1932 in Holden, Louisiana, she was the daughter of the late Randolph and Beulah King Carpenter. Peggy married her high school sweetheart, the late William “Bill” Kilcrease, who was her loving husband of 66 years. In 1963, she and...

Oct 23, 2020

Kennith “Ken” E. Buck departed this life on December 23, 2020 after a brief illness. He was born June 26, 1925 in Fordyce, AR. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 68 Years, Jean Simpson Buck, his son, William, Joseph Buck, his mother, Dona Buck Ross, his father William Buck, and ten brothers and sisters. He is...

Oct 23, 2020

COCHRAN Laura Elyse Wright Cochran June 25, 1947 - October 23, 2020 Laura Elyse Wright Cochran was born in Mobile, Alabama to George W. and Laura Elyse (Hagen) Wright on June 25, 1947 and spent most of her life in the Mobile metropolitan area. She was called back home to Heaven to be with our Lord on October 23, 2020...

Oct 22, 2020

NECAISE Mrs. Agnes Voncile Johnson Necaise passed into the loving arms of Jesus on Thursday, October 22, 2020. Born on January 28, 1935 in Mobile County, AL, she was a lifelong resident of Coden, AL. She was preceded in death by her parents Thomas and Agnes Johnson; her husband, Lee Norse Necaise and her siblings Nick, Grace, Lillie, Gussie, Ora,...

Oct 22, 2020

Alice "Cookie" Faye Baker-Sainz, a long-time resident of Theodore, AL, was born in Cleveland, MS on May 10, 1954, to the late Melvin and Alice Slawson, and entered eternal rest on October 22, 2020. She was preceded in death by her brother Jim Slawson, and sisters Ella Lee Robertson and Gladys Nester. Alice was a devout Christian and a...

Oct 17, 2020

Richard Morris Pierce, 58, of Eight Mile, AL passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 17th 2020 in Mobile, AL. He was born in Mobile, AL on November 7th, 1961 to parents Tommie E. Pierce Sr. and Katie Collins Pierce, both deceased. He is also preceded in death by his brother Joe Awalt and his sister Carolyn Palmer. He is survived...

Oct 16, 2020

Virginia J. Ollhoft, arrived at Heaven's Gates on October 16, 2020. She is predeceased by her husband of over 50 years, Howard L. Ollhoft, Sr. Survived by her children, H. Lavelle Ollhoft Jr. (Debbie), Monica O. Denny (Scott), Terry W. Ollhoft, and Tony R. Ollhoft (Kathee), and her loyal companion, Herman Smith and fur baby Sugar. Grandchildren, Kurtis Ollhoft (Tiffany),...

Oct 15, 2020

May 21, 1928 – October 15, 2020 Euna Mae Guy Sealy Arnold, 92, passed away Thursday, October 15, 2020, a native of Hernando, Mississippi and a long time resident of Theodore, Alabama. She was a member of Victory Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her first husband and father of their 5 children, Robert "Bob" Marion Sealy Sr.;...

Oct 15, 2020

TORGERSON Joyce M. Torgerson went to be with the Lord on Thursday, October 15, 2020. She retired from the Mobile Public School System as a special education teacher. Her retirement years were spent doing music, art, crafts and camping mostly in the Smoky Mountains. She was a life long member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. She was preceded in death...

Oct 14, 2020

Christopher R. Harvill, 52, passed away at home on October 14, 2020. Christopher enjoyed scuba diving, fishing, motorcycles, all around anything out doors. He is preceded in death by his parents, Nathan and Bernice Harvill. He is survived by his wife, Tonya Harvill; son, Christian; daughter, Christy; and The Nguyen family with whom he was very close to. Visitation...

Oct 12, 2020

Edward L. Smith, Jr. passed away peacefully on October 12, 2020, in Mobile, Alabama. He was born in Conway, SC in 1925 and graduated from Conway High School in 1942. Ed received a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Carolina in 1945, and then entered the U.S. Navy V-12 program at Columbia University Midshipman School in...

Oct 12, 2020

Jean Coleman French (Dada) passed away at the age of 88, surrounded by her family, on October 12, 2020, at Saad’s Inpatient Hospice. She is survived by her beloved husband of 56 years, Julius Edward French; her children, Thomas McClain Greer (Ellen), Eva Jeanne Wilson, and Laurie French Haas (John). Her siblings include Jack Coleman (Jeannine), Charlene Robinson (Robby),...

Oct 10, 2020

CLEAR Norma Firth Clear of Mobile, Al., born November 19, 1935, passed Saturday, October 10, 2020. Norma was preceded in death by her loving husband, Gerald James Clear. She is survived by her daughters Cheryl Clear Brogden; Kimberly Clear Brdlik (Charles); Leslie Clear Hedge (Robert); six grandchildren, Lindsey Corso Gurley (Robby); Lauren Elise Johnson; Courtney Elizabeth Brdlik; Madison McKenzie Hedge;...

Oct 9, 2020

James Neal Wink, age 49, passed away Friday, October 9, 2020. He was born July 1, 1971, in Jackson, Mississippi to Bob and Mary Alice Wink.  (Robert L. Wink and Mary Alice Schrandt Wink)

Growing up in the Woodville Heights community in South Jackson, MS, he attended Oak Forest Elementary through grade six, St. Therese Catholic for...

Oct 6, 2020

Carolyn Byrd Combs, 84, passed away Tuesday, October 6, 2020, quietly in her sleep. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde "Mac" Combs, both parents, and her two brothers. Carolyn is survived by her son, Creed Jeffery and her grandson, Coby Rosheed. Born in Kentucky, Carolyn was an avid traveler. At first, her travels were for school and...