Obituaries
Obituaries in Fairhope, Daphne, Elberta, Foley, Gulf Shores, Lillian, and Surrounding Areas in Southern Alabama
Dillon March
Mar 3, 2018
Dillon Taylor March, age 95, passed away Saturday March 3, 2018. Dillon was a native of Mobile and a lifelong resident of Mobile and Point Clear Mr. March’s career as an architect is well known in Mobile for such projects as the renovations of the Government Street Presbyterian Church and Barton Academy. His work in development and construction of the...
William James Pfeiffer
Mar 3, 2018
PFEIFFER FOLEY, AL. William James Pfeiffer, Jr., age 83, a native of Cleveland, OH and a resident of Foley, AL passed away on Saturday, March 3, 2018. Mr. Pfeiffer was a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant , a member of the Foley Senior Center Pinochle Club, a parishioner of St. Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church and a member of the Knights...
Thomas "Tommy" David Russo
Mar 3, 2018
Thomas David Russo, age 56, passed away suddenly on March 3, 2018. Tommy was born in New Orleans and grew up in Metairie, La. He graduated from Archbishop Rummel High School and Louisiana State University where he received a degree in Broadcast Journalism. He was employed by WPMI-TV in Mobile, Alabama. The outpouring of love from those he worked with...
Dorothy "Dotsie" Green Walter
Mar 1, 2018
Dorothy (Dotsie) Virginia G. Walter 57, a resident of Spanish Fort, AL. passed away March 1, 2018. In 1960, she was born in Mobile, AL. to Mary H. Green and Charles B. Green. Dotsie spent most of her life in Lewisburg, PA. and Mifflinburg, PA, before moving home to Alabama. She graduated from Lewisburg High School and attended Bloomsburg State...
Mae Kunz
Mar 1, 2018
With great sadness, the family of Mae Cunningham Kunz (formerly of Leroy, Alabama) announces her death at the age of 90 years on Thursday, March 1, 2018. Mae was born in Cunningham, Alabama, the third of eight children. Mae attended St. Lawrence Catholic Church and was a member of Visitation Catholic Church in Jackson, AL. She is preceded in death...
Curtis Robertson Clark
Feb 25, 2018
Curtis Robertson Clark was born in Mobile, January 31, 1977. He passed away February 25, 2018 from a long battle with cancer. He was born to Susie and H.C. (Robbie) Robertson. He was preceded in death by his natural father. He was also preceded in death by his grandmother, Bobbie Buerger Robertson, aunt, Leslie Robertson, half-sister, Shannon Robertson, and uncle,...
Kirk Allan Boothe
Feb 24, 2018
Kirk Allan Boothe, age 61, a native of Schenectady, New York and a resident of Spanish Fort, Alabama, passed away on Saturday, February 24th, 2018. Kirk was born on May 31st, 1956 to Donald and Joan Foley Boothe in Painesville, Ohio. He attended Niskayuna High School from 1970-1974, where he excelled in athletics, participating in wrestling (sectional champion 1974), track...
Clifford Street, Sr.
Feb 20, 2018
Clifford Martin Street, Sr., age, 77, a lifelong resident of Fairhope, AL, passed away Tuesday, February 20, 2018. He was a lifelong member of First Baptist Church, Fairhope where he taught Sunday school for 23 years and also served as a Deacon and Deacon Emeritus. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather. He was a farmer in Baldwin County for...
Nora Victoria Walker
Feb 19, 2018
WAKLER ROBERTSDALE, ALABAMA Nora Victoria Walker, age 91, a resident of Robertsdale, passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2018. Preceded in death by a grandson, Vince Rook and a great grandson, Brian Rook. Nora is survived by her sons; Larry Rook, Galen Walker, Terry Walker and Don Walker, grandchildren; Carey Rook, Kelly Rook Guzman, Chuck Walker , Chad Walker Carrie Tuberville,...
Vernon Ridings Pollard
Feb 19, 2018
Vernon Ridings Pollard, age 53, a native of Mobile, and a longtime resident of Point Clear, passed away Monday, February 19, 2018. Vernon graduated from St. Luke’s Episcopal School and John Shaw High School. He was a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity. He attended St. James Episcopal Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, James Edwin Pollard and...
Johnnie Chupek
Feb 19, 2018
Johnnie Heidelberg Chupek, a resident of Daphne, AL, passed away Monday, February 19, 2018. He was the founder of Fairhope Paint & Body Shop, established in 1963, and was a member of Eastern Shore Church of Christ. He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Helen Curtis Chupek; son, Sidney John Chupek(Linda); daughter, Pamela Diana Chupek Lassister (Danny);five grandchildren;...
Joseph Frank Gravlee, Jr. MD
Feb 18, 2018
Joseph Frank Gravlee, Jr. MD, age 64, a resident of Fairhope, passed away Sunday, February 18, 2018. Joe was born in Opelika, Alabama on February 14, 1954. He was a graduate of The University of Alabama and Tufts Medical School, in Boston, MA. He received his ophthalmology training at The Eye Foundation in Birmingham, AL, and practiced ophthalmology in Fairhope...
William "Billy" Manders, III
Feb 18, 2018
William Percy “Billy” Manders, III, age 84, resident of Point Clear, AL, passed away peacefully at his home Sunday, February 18, 2018. Mr. Manders was a graduate of McGill Institute and attended Spring Hill College. He pursued a career spanning over fifty years on the waterfront. He was passionate about his career and retired as a fifth generation Bar Pilot,...
Joseph Michael Tyson
Feb 16, 2018
Joseph Michael Tyson, age 33, resident of Theodore, AL, passed away February 16, 2018.Joseph was a loving father, son, and avid Alabama fan. He is survived by his father, Perry Tyson of Theodore; mother, Robin Worrell of Mobile; son, Jackson Liam Tyson of Daphne; mother of his child, Jessica Seelye of Daphne; aunts, uncles, cousins, and other loving family and...
Sean Michael McKay
Feb 16, 2018
MCKAY LOXLEY, ALABAMA Sean Michael “Squirel” McKay, Age 27, a native of Mobile, AL and a resident of Loxley, AL passed away on Friday, February 16, 2018. Sean was an avid fisherman and loved his family and cooking. Survivors include his wife Ashly and their unborn child of Loxley, AL; parents, Steven and Cathy McKay of Gulf Shores, AL; mother...
Donald Ray Jordan
Feb 16, 2018
Donald Ray Jordan, age 85, resident of Daphne, AL, passed away Friday, February 16, 2018. Mr. Jordan was a U.S. Army Veteran. He was preceded in death by his wife, Alyce Jordan. He is survived by his stepson, Mark (Laura) Khachadoorian of Daphne; stepdaughter, Angelle Khachadoorian (Jim) Merriken of Montgomery; 3 grandchildren; other loving relatives and friends. Funeral Services will...
Reece Landis Johnson
Feb 15, 2018
Reece Landis Johnson, age 17, a resident of Silverhill, AL, passed away Thursday, February 15, 2018. Reece loved photography, film music and the arts. His smile was infectious. He is survived by his parents, Bryan and Susan Johnson of Silverhill; brother, Joey Johnson of Loxley; sister, Teresa Nicole Johnson of Opelika; grandmother, Antonya King of Silverhill; many other relatives, friends,...
Elaine Gilbertson
Feb 12, 2018
Elaine Pepper Gilbertson, age 88, a native of Glens Falls, NY, and a resident of Fairhope, passed away Monday, February 12, 2018. She was a strong military wife and mother of six. She was admired by all. She is preceded in death by her brother, Dr. Rollin Pepper. Survivors include her husband, James S. Gilbertson of Fairhope; her six children:...
Herbert Peter Shelton, Sr.
Feb 12, 2018
Hebert Peter Shelton, Sr., age 84, resident of Mobile, AL, passed away Monday, February 12, 2018. Mr. Shelton retired from Teledyne Continental Motors. He was a US Army Veteran and a member of Port City Church of Christ. He is survived by his wife, Janet L. Shelton of Mobile, AL; children, Beth Brooks and Pete Shelton, Jr.; grandchildren, Blake, Tiffany,...
O'Neal Edward Frost
Feb 11, 2018
FROST CANTONMENT, FLORIDA O’Neal Edward Frost, age 97, a resident of Cantonment passed away Sunday, February 11, 2018. O’Neal was a longtime member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and Our Lady of Bon Secour Catholic Church. He was a WWII U.S. Navy Veteran where he was a Gunners Mate on the USS Mississippi for the length of his...