Obituaries
Obituaries in Fairhope, Daphne, Elberta, Foley, Gulf Shores, Lillian, and Surrounding Areas in Southern Alabama
Hennon Lamar Hill
May 2, 2022
HILL FAIRHOPE, ALABAMA Hennon Lamar Hill, age 92, a resident of Fairhope, Alabama, passed away Monday, May 2, 2022. Hennon was a member of First Baptist Church of Fairhope and the Johnson Beech Sunday School Class. His professional career was as an agent/owner of an insurance company. Hennon was preceded in death by his wife, Wathon Joyce Hill, and son...
Leland Edward Stewart
May 1, 2022
Leland Edward Stewart, age 6, a resident of Foley, passed away Sunday, May 1, 2022. He is survived by his parents, Brandy and Jason Stewart; brothers, Eli, Luke and Owen Stewart; grandparents, Fredrick and Lily Stewart, Bon Secour and Ronald and Rebecca Ross, Foley; aunts, uncles and relatives. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, May 5, 2022...
Lillie Mae Woerner
Apr 30, 2022
WOERNER ELBERTA, AL Lillie Mae Woerner, age 91, a resident of Elberta, AL passed away Saturday, April 30, 2022. She was preceded in death by her husband, Oscar E. Woerner, a son; Don Woerner and her parents; Samuel and Tensie Wheeler. Lillie is survived by her two sons, Earl Woerner, Clark (Amy) Woerner all of Elberta, AL; three daughters, Karen...
Sandy Scott Helmstadter
Apr 29, 2022
Sandy Scott Helmstadter of Fairhope, AL died peacefully on Friday, April 29, 2022, at the age of 83. She was loved by her husband John for 59 years and raised two wonderful children, William (wife Robin) Helmstadter and Julia (husband Tom) Nicholas. She was fortunate to travel extensively, live in many different states and even abroad, and always strove to...
Eva Ruth Grubbs
Apr 29, 2022
Eva Ruth Grubbs, 49, and a resident of Fairhope, AL, passed away Friday, April 29, 2022. She was a member of Missionary Baptist Church, Eagle Lake, FL. She is survived by her parents, William and Frances Grubbs, Fairhope; brother, Wade Grubbs, New Orleans, LA; sister, Laura Marie (Tad) Zgoda, Phoenix, AZ; nephews, Will and Alex Zgoda, Phoenix, AZ and a...
Elizabeth Mears Till
Apr 27, 2022
Thelma Elizabeth Mears Till was born on October 17, 1921 in Bothwell, Mississippi. She passed from this life on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. She is preceded in death by her husband, Frank Alman Till, Sr. and her son, Frank A. Till, Jr. (Brenda), her father, William Levin Mears, Sr., mother, Thelma Jones Mears, brothers, William Levin Mears, Jr. (Nelly), Eugene...
Michael Wayne Villadsen
Apr 26, 2022
Michael Wayne Villadsen joined his daddy in heaven on April 26, 2022. He is the son of Wilson Wayne Villadsen, Jr. (deceased) and Alice Wildes Villadsen. He is survived by his loving sister, Jacque Villadsen Helms, her husband, Dennis, and children, Bradley, Mark and Alice Helms. Michael was born August 3, 1970, in Panama City, Florida. Michael lived with his...
Deborah Hitchcock Jessup
Apr 26, 2022
Debbie Jessup passed away in the afternoon on Tuesday, April 26 at Thomas Hospital, Fairhope, she was 87 years old. She was born and raised in Massachusetts and Windsor, CT. She graduated from Swarthmore College with a B.A. in English. Debbie had various jobs during her lifetime, including social work, teaching and writing as a published author. She ended her...
Britton Kelly
Apr 23, 2022
Maury Britton Kelly, 83, passed away April 23 at his home in Spanish Fort. Alabama, after a long fight with cancer. Britt was born in Cortelyou, a small community in Washington County. After graduating from Leroy High School in 1956, he attended Livingston State College (now the University of West Alabama) which had awarded him a football scholarship. Even as...
Kent William Cockson
Apr 23, 2022
Kent W. Cockson died on April 23, 2022 of complications from heart disease. He was 74. Cockson was retired after a 42-year career in newspaper newsrooms as a reporter, a copy editor and 10 of those years as a newsroom senior editor. His work sites included the Daily Independent in Grand Island, NE; the News Journal in Pensacola, Gannett News...
Dee Bowers Davis
Apr 23, 2022
Dee Bowers Davis, age 95, a resident of Westminster Village in Spanish Fort, Alabama, passed away Saturday, April 23, 2022.
Dee was a faithful member of Eastern Shore Baptist Church, a former resident of Birmingham, currently residing in Spanish Fort. Dee and her husband, Charles, were active members of the American Rose Society. She retired from UAB Department of Psychiatry...
Marylyn Whitfield Irving
Apr 23, 2022
Marylyn Whitfield Irving, age 94, a resident of Fairhope, Alabama and former resident of both Pascagoula Mississippi, and San Diego California passed away on Friday April 23, 2022. Marylyn was surrounded by all her children and son and daughter in law in her final days. Marylyn was preceded in death by her husband Albert (Al) Joseph Irving Jr., in 2010....
Henry Miller Brady
Apr 23, 2022
Henry Miller Brady, age 82, a resident of Fairhope, AL, passed away Saturday, April 23, 2022. He was a United States Navy Veteran, a Sea Captain, and a Mobile Bar Pilot. He is survived by his daughter, Hermine (Joseph) Green of Fairhope; grandchildren, Asheton, Will, and Eliza; nieces, nephews; sister-in-law, Catherine Brady; cousins and other relatives and friends. A celebration...
Alva "Sue" Wolfe
Apr 22, 2022
Alva Sue Wolfe, age 78, a former resident of Monroeville and a longtime resident of Pensacola, passed away Friday, April 22, 2022. Sue was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Wolfe, and her parents, Earl & Buell Davison. She is survived by her daughter, Fran Wolfe Dauba (Joey); son, Gary Wolfe (Judy); grandchildren, Will Dauba (Hannah), Brooke Dauba Etters...
William Franklin Leavitt, Jr.
Apr 22, 2022
William Franklin Leavitt, Jr., age 71, a resident of Fairhope, Alabama, passed away Friday, April 22, 2022. William was a member of the Fairhope Elk Club, and he was a Shriner. He was also an Auburn fan. William is survived by his wife of 47 years, Debbie Leavitt of Fairhope; daughter, Chrissy and Scott Thompson of Fairhope; son, Joey Leavitt...
Diane Warren Hartley
Apr 22, 2022
Diane W. Hartley, 78, of Fairhope, (previously Jackson, AL) passed away peacefully on April 22, 2022, in Mobile, AL, surrounded by her family.
She was born February 22, 1944, in Jackson, AL to the late Dr. Palmer H. and Willie ("Billie") A. (Mills) Warren.
Diane married J. Perry Hartley more than 58 years ago on June 22, 1963.
Diane...
Patricia "Paddy" Bishop
Apr 22, 2022
Patricia “Paddy” Bishop, age 72, a resident of Fairhope, passed away Friday, April 22, 2022. She was a member and past president of the Ladies Auxiliary of VFW and held several offices in the State VFW Auxiliary. Paddy was preceded in death by her daughter, Holly Bishop, who died July 10, 2020. She is survived by her husband, Frank A....
Cheryl Bankhead DeMarcay-Zehentner
Apr 22, 2022
Cheryl Bankhead DeMarcay-Zehenter, age 65, a resident of Gulf Shores, Alabama, passed away April 22, 2022.
She is survived by her son, Joseph Zehentner of Atlanta, GA; siblings, Melanie Felton of Villa Rica, GA, Shelley Hanson of Montgomery, AL, Allison Karabatsos of Mansfield, TX, William Bankhead of Lusby, MD, Laurie Babcock of Leominster, MA, and Michael Bankhead of Madison, WI;...
Glenn Michael Isaacs
Apr 18, 2022
Glenn Michael Isaacs, age 84, a resident of Daphne, Alabama, passed away Monday, April 18, 2022. Glenn is a twenty-four year veteran of the United States Coast Guard and Marine Corps, and served an additional twenty-six years as a Coast Guard Licensed Merchant Marine Officer with the Navy’s Military Sealift Command. He currently served with the United States coast Guard...
William Carlos Smith
Apr 17, 2022
William Carlos Smith, age 92, a resident of Foley, AL passed away Sunday, April 17, 2022. He was preceded in death by his wife, Loisdene T. Smith; son, Richard L. Smith; grandson, James Carlos Smith. He is survived by his sons, Randy (Susan) Smith, Valparaiso, IN, Ralph (Cheryl) Smith, Jamestown, NY, Owen (Vicki) Smith, Valparaiso, IN; daughter-in-law, Sally Snyder, Kittanning,...
