Obituaries
Obituaries in Fairhope, Daphne, Elberta, Foley, Gulf Shores, Lillian, and Surrounding Areas in Southern Alabama
Alice Carter Kenan
Aug 21, 2024
Alice Carter Kenan, native of Selma, and resident of Point Clear, died peacefully at home on August 21, 2024.
She graduated from Parrish High School in Selma and attended Salem College in Winston Salem, NC and the University of Alabama, where she was member of Delta Delta Delta sorority.
Alice married Guy Hood in 1957 and after his medical training in Birmingham...
James Harry "Bo" Weeks Sr.
Aug 21, 2024
James Harry “Bo” Weeks Sr., age 70, a resident of Foley, Alabama, passed away Wednesday, August 21, 2024.
Bo was an avid commercial fisherman, boat captain. He was a loving father, devoted brother and grandfather. Bo had a love for fixing boats and a love for old cars. He enjoyed being out by the water mullet fishing any chance he could....
Mary Joan Weninger Nowell
Aug 21, 2024
Mary Joan Weninger Nowell (“Mary Jo”), 87, a resident of Foley, Alabama, passed away Wednesday, August 21, 2024.
Mary Jo was a member of the Foley Elks Lodge and the American Legion for many years. She was a self-proclaimed Professional BINGO Player and an avid Alabama football fan. Most of all, she was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.
She is preceded...
William "Willie" Henry Burmeister
Aug 21, 2024
William "Willie" Henry Burmeister, a lifelong resident of Fairhope, Alabama, passed away Wednesday, August 21, 2024, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was 92.
Willie was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather. As a 1950 graduate of Fairhope High School, he was a member of the "Nifty Fifties" group. Willie was a career farmer and an...
John E. Hodges
Aug 20, 2024
John E. Hodges, 82, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, at home, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Johnson City, TN, he spent most of his life on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay in South Alabama. Throughout his life as an entrepreneur, he found great satisfaction in the Cutting Tool Industry, where he...
Ronald "Ron" Ross Lake
Aug 20, 2024
With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Ronald Ross Lake, known to many as Ron, was born on December 30, 1960, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. A beloved husband, father, papa, and friend passed away on August 20, 2024, at the age of 63 in Fairhope, Alabama, where he had made his home in recent years.
Ron was a beloved member of...
Kolby Scott Edwards
Aug 19, 2024
Kolby Scott Edwards, 23, a resident of Elberta, Alabama, passed away August 19, 2024.
Kolby was raised in Elberta, AL. Many people watched Kolby grow up on the family farm, Schaff Farms and he found such joy in farming alongside his Papaw and Uncle Geoff. He was also an avid fisherman and would be on the water fishing every minute he...
Sharon Kay Hoover Wiese
Aug 19, 2024
Sharon Kay Hoover Wiese, 79, passed away on August 19, 2024.
Sharon was a beloved wife, mother, friend, and a devoted Christian. She was an advertising professional, a high school English teacher, owner of a house-flipping company, and an active church member. She enjoyed traveling, cooking, and mostly spending time with family and friends. Sharon touched the lives of many, and...
Melissa Lynn Repka
Aug 18, 2024
Melissa Lynn Repka, age 52, passed away on August 18, 2024, at home surrounded by her loving family. Melissa courageously fought a battle with cancer that ultimately led her into the arms of the Lord.
She was born April 22, 1972, in Heidelberg, Germany and raised by her loving mother and father, Linda and Sammy Campbell, in Gulf Shores, Alabama. She...
Sherry Diane Darr Crane
Aug 17, 2024
Sherry D. Crane, 66, went on to be with the Lord on August 17, 2024. She passed peacefully in Fairhope, Alabama, after a brave battle with pancreatic cancer.
The daughter of Kenneth and Delories Darr (both deceased), Sherry grew up in Georgia and Texas. She joined the United States Air Force and was stationed in Anchorage, Alaska, where she met her...
Jackson Luverne Clark, Jr.
Aug 17, 2024
Jackson Luverne Clark Jr. Sunrise: March 16, 1953 Sunset: August 17, 2024
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Jackson Luverne Clark Jr., a beloved son, father, brother, and friend, who peacefully departed this life on August 17, 2024.
Born in Headland, Henry County, Alabama, on March 16, 1953, Jackson was a longtime resident of Mobile, Alabama, where...
Beth Yvonne Grose Kornmayer
Aug 17, 2024
Beth Yvonne Grose Kornmayer, a resident of Fairhope, Alabama, departed this world to be with her Savior on August 17, 2024, at The Retreat Hospice in Mobile, Alabama. Beth was born on December 17, 1959, in Niagara Falls, New York. She moved to Mobile with her family while still young and attended the University of South Alabama, graduating with a...
Atley (Pops) Davis
Aug 15, 2024
Atley (Pops) Davis
December 18,1936 - August 15, 2024
Atley Davis, age 87, of Spanish Fort, Alabama, passed away on August 15 at home with family by his side.
Dave or “Pops”, as he was called by family and friends, was born the son of a sharecropper during the Great Depression in Madison County, North Carolina. He moved to Jonesboro, Tennessee at an...
Roy Wayne Johnson
Aug 15, 2024
Roy Wayne Johnson born June 16, 1944 in Anniston, Alabama, passed away August 15, 2024.
He is proceeded in death by his mother and father Willie and Mary Pearl (Holden-Myers) Johnson, brother and sister-in-law Willie E and Sandra (Parnell) Johnson, sister and brother-in-law Norma Jean and Alan Jernigan. One son, Vandon Scott Johnson. And two great-grandsons, Jackson Everette Langley and Zaxton Michael...
Charles John "Chuck" Boenig Jr.
Aug 14, 2024
Charles John “Chuck” Boenig Jr., 77, of Gulf Shores, AL, passed away peacefully at his home on August 14, 2024. He was a beloved husband, father, an avid golfer, and a loyal friend who will be missed by many.
Chuck is survived by his wife, Jane Ann “Janie” Dixon Boenig, and his daughter, Jacqueline "Jackie" Boenig, both of Gulf Shores. He...
James Henry Rudd
Aug 14, 2024
James Henry Rudd, 76, a resident of Foley, Alabama, passed away August 14, 2024.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Patsy Ann Rudd; father, Paul Everett Rudd; mother, June Bailey Walz; sisters, Donna Walz and Susan Walz; brothers, Richard Walz and Larry Walz; aunts, Shirley Marshall, May Picklesimer, Alda Wahl and Richard Wahl; uncles, Hilliard Bailey, Harold Bailey, Mort...
Dayton Cleveland Roberts
Aug 14, 2024
ROBERTS
DAPHNE, ALABAMA
Dayton Cleveland Roberts, age 84, a resident of Daphne, AL passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 14, 2024.
Dayton graduated from Satsuma High School where he was a star athlete in football and baseball and went on to graduate from Auburn University receiving a degree in Industrial Engineering.
He loved cheering on the Auburn Tigers and spending time with his grandchildren.
He...
Michael H. Russell
Aug 13, 2024
Michael H. Russell, of Lillian Alabama, formerly of Youngstown, Ohio, went to live with the Lord on August 13, 2024. He was at home surrounded by his family.
Mike’s accomplishments included founder of Valley Electric (VEC) of Youngstown, Ohio, The Kiwanis, several masonic lodges, and The Lillian Optimist Club. He also helped develop the Lillian Park and Lillian Library. He was...
Maralee Powderly
Aug 13, 2024
Beloved mother, Maralee Powderly, passed away peacefully at the home of her youngest daughter, Laura, June 13th, 2024.
Maralee was a Chicago native born to an immigrant father and a first generation mother on the southside of the city shortly after the end of the second world war. She had an enduring and noteworthy career at Loyola University of Chicago Medical...
Barbara (Toni) Ann Hansen Manning
Aug 11, 2024
Barbara (Toni) Ann Hansen Manning a resident of Elberta, AL, passed away Sunday, August 11, 2024, at the age of 79.
Barbara was a loving daughter, wife and mother. She was adored by all who knew her. Together with her husband she enjoyed their boat, fishing, the beach and their piece of paradise in Elberta.
She was preceded in death by her...
