Obituaries
Obituaries in Fairhope, Daphne, Elberta, Foley, Gulf Shores, Lillian, and Surrounding Areas in Southern Alabama
Barbara Braswell Baggett
Jul 11, 2025
Barbara Braswell Baggett, 94, a resident of Fairhope, Alabama, passed away Friday, July 11, 2025.
Barbara graduated from St. Vincent Academy in Shreveport, LA and attended South Western Institute, today known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She was a woman of many passions—an avid traveler, a graceful horseback rider, and someone who never passed up a good game of...
Sandra "Sandi" Gail Williamson
Jul 11, 2025
Sandra “Sandi” Gail Williamson, a resident of Fairhope, Alabama, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, July 11, 2025.
She was a member of First Baptist Church, Fairhope and served there for over 40 years in Child Care and Housekeeping.
Sandi cherished her dog, Molly and would take her to Mr. Gene Beans for ice cream. She loved...
Martha Elloie Seale
Jul 10, 2025
Martha Elloie Seale, a resident of Fairhope, Alabama, passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 10, 2025, at the age of 79.
Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, to the late Theodore and Mary Hubbuch, Martha was a proud graduate of Coffee High School in Florence, Alabama. She earned her degree from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, where she was a member of...
Charles Arthur Hershiser
Jul 8, 2025
Charles Arthur “Chuck” Hershiser, Jr., 77, a resident of Foley, Alabama, gently passed away at his home surrounded by much loved family on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, after a lengthy illness.
Born in Tuscaloosa, AL April 26, 1948, Chuck grew up in North Carolina and the Middle Tennessee areas. It was at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, TN where Chuck met...
Jerome "Rusty" Benjamin Kilgore
Jul 8, 2025
Jerome Benjamin "Rusty" Kilgore was born on October 19, 1927 at a fishing camp near Anniston, Alabama. Rusty died at home on July, 8, 2025. He is preceded in death by his parents, Jesse and Gertrude Kilgore, his spouse, Frances Hermecz Kilgore, his siblings, William, Gertrude & Kenneth Kilgore, his stepson, David Hermecz and his oldest grandchild, Bridget Hermecz.
He is...
Spencer Nolan Harris
Jul 8, 2025
Spencer Nolan Harris
June 26, 1975 – July 8, 2025
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Spencer Nolan Harris, a beloved husband, brother, uncle, and friend. Spencer passed away on July 8, 2025, at the age of 50. He was the cherished soulmate of his wife, Linda Harris, with whom he shared 30 years of love and...
Jerrie Inez Doggett
Jul 8, 2025
Jerrie Inez Doggett, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and steadfast friend, entered her eternal rest peacefully of natural causes on July 8, 2025, surrounded by her family in Robertsdale, Alabama. Born on December 10, 1937, in Laurel, Mississippi, Jerrie’s long and full life was defined by her deep love for family, enduring faith in Christ, and her quiet dignity.
Jerrie married...
Roy Alex Graves
Jul 8, 2025
Roy Alex Graves, a native of Birmingham, but a resident of Fairhope since 1970. Died this July 8th, 2025, at age 98. He was predeceased by his parents Kate Alva Bulloch Graves and Alexander Benjamin Graves, and his wife of 66 years Willodean Davis Graves.
He and Willodean crossed paths at the ages of 12 & 13 on the playground of...
Elke Kruger Westmoreland
Jul 7, 2025
Elke Westmoreland, age 86, a resident of Fairhope/Point Clear, Alabama since 1992, died in Daphne, Alabama on July 7, 2025. Elke was born on November 9, 1938, in Altenburg, Thuringia, Germany. She lived in several European countries, including the western part of the Czech Republic, once called Sudetenland, from where her family escaped in 1945. They had to escape once...
William Edward Dollins, Jr.
Jul 7, 2025
William Edward (Buddy) Dollins, Jr., SMSGT USAF (Retired), of Lillian, Alabama passed away peacefully on July 7, 2025, at the age of 91. He was born on February 21, 1934, in Faunsdale, Alabama. At the time of his death, he had been married to Mary Sue Sherrod Dollins for 67 years.
Buddy joined the United States Air Force in 1952 with...
Norman Richard Byrd
Jul 7, 2025
Norman Richard Byrd had a peaceful passing in the early morning of July 7th, 2025, in the arms of his beloved wife Martha Higgins Byrd of Fairhope, Al. Born and raised in Pensacola, FL on August 2nd, 1951, to Etta Kate Tisdale Byrd and Norman Roscoe Byrd, he grew up with his younger sister Anne Byrd Free and younger brother...
Edward "Dick" Richard Schneider
Jul 7, 2025
E. Richard "Dick" Schneider
It is with a great deal of sorrow that we share the news of the passing and transfer to Post Everlasting of our beloved friend and former Commander E. Richard "Dick" Schneider. A Legionnaire for over 33 years, Dick served as the Post 199 Commander for 17 years. During his tenure as Commander, he dealt with a...
Robert Glynn "Mutt" Willett
Jul 6, 2025
Robert Glynn "Mutt" Willett
We say farewell to a beloved Husband, Brother, Father, and Paw Paw.
Robert Glynn “Mutt” Willett, 74, of Summerdale, Alabama, passed away peacefully at home on July 6, 2025. Born on March 7, 1951, in La Plata, Maryland, Glynn lived a life marked by humor, resilience, and deep devotion to those he held dear.
Known affectionately as “Mutt,” Glynn...
Katelyn Monique Magdalena McDowell
Jul 6, 2025
Katelyn Monique Magdalena McDowell, age 36, a resident of Gulf Shores, Alabama, passed away Sunday, July 6, 2025.
Katelyn was born in Eugene, Oregon, in 1988 to parents Michael Benjamin McDowell and Denise Antoinette Torrez McDowell. Katelyn loved her children and spending quality time with them. She was a free spirit with a beautiful light that everyone saw how the room...
Elizabeth Purvis
Jul 6, 2025
Elizabeth “Lisa” Stewart Purvis, age 71, a longtime resident of Foley and Magnolia Springs, passed away peacefully at her home, Sunday, July 6, 2025, surrounded by her family.
Lisa Purvis attended Foley schools through the 11th grade and was in the first coed graduating class at Marion Military Institute in 1971, while also attending Judson College. She later attended the University...
Linda Hardin Bryant
Jul 5, 2025
Linda Hardin Bryant, a beloved mother, grandmother, friend, and cherished member of her community, passed away on July 5, 2025, in Daphne, Alabama. She was born on April 25, 1942, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where she spent her early years developing a love for education and the arts.
Linda was a proud graduate of Tuscaloosa High School and went on to earn...
Scott Lee Pittman
Jul 5, 2025
On Saturday, July 5, 2025, Scott Lee Pittman passed away peacefully in his sleep after a short battle with cancer.
He leaves his wife, Linda; his children, Kaila, Adam, Deanna, Cassidy, Bertha, David, Derrick, and Tabatha; his sister, Jacque and brother, Anthony; his father, Tony and step-mother, Brenda Pittman; 15 grandchildren as well as many uncles and nieces and nephews.
Scott loved...
Albert Corte, Jr.
Jul 4, 2025
Albert Corte, Jr., DVM March 22, 1941 – July 4, 2025
Dr. Albert Corte, Jr., DVM, passed away on Friday, July 4, 2025.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Albert Corte, Sr. and Margaret Connick Corte, and is survived by his beloved wife, Ellen Persons Corte; his children, Albert “Trae” Corte III, Krislyn Damrell Corte, James Van Heuvel Corte, DVM,...
Joey Harold Pickle
Jul 3, 2025
Joey Harold Pickle, age 70, a long-time resident of Baldwin County, AL, passed away July 3, 2025. Born in Jefferson County, Alabama, he was a 1973 graduate of Fultondale High School.
Joey was proceeded in death by his mother - Edna Fay Myrex Pickle, father - Harold Pickle, and his sister, Charlotte Diane Pickle Holt.
He was a jack of all trades...
Faustino Arias Betancourt
Jul 3, 2025
Prayer for the one who in life was, and will continue to be, our father. Faustino Arias Betancourt.
Heavenly Father, loving God, we ask that you have mercy on my father's soul. We firmly believe that he is enjoying a better place, which you had already prepared especially for him. AMEN.
For we believe that Jesusdied and rose again, andso we believe...
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