Eunice Seales Clark
April 6, 2017
Eunice Seales Clark was born in 1922 to William Benjamin and Laura Sena Seakes in Pineville, Florida. She passed away on April 1, 2017, at the age of 95. Eunice attended and graduated from Ernest Ward High School. During World War II, she worked at Brookly Field in Mobile, Alabama, where she met her husband, James T. Clark.
Eunice was an avid baker known for her yeast rolls, pound cakes and oatmeal cookies. She loved the time spent in her vegetable and rose gardens and for many years found time to volunteer as a 4-H leader working with children in Escambia County, Florida.
Eunice is preceded in death by her husband, James; sister, Eula Seals Barlow; and 11 half-brothers and sisters, Eva Seales Pean, Bertha Seales Flowers, Elma Seales Gouchooft, Stella Seales Flowers, Clara Seales Roberson, Ida Seales Smith, Walker Seales, Reese Seales, Essie Seales Bartley, Cassue Seales Chappell and Emery Seales.
Survivors include five children, Barbara Rixey, Connie (Gordon) Raines, Carolyn Green, Tyrell (Rose) and Ann (John) Bingham; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be held Friday, April 7, 2017, at 11 a.m. from Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Ronald Hall officiating.
Interment will follow in Dry Springs Cemetery.
Family will receive friends, Friday April 7, 2017, at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home from 10 a.m. until service time.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.
Jack Colbert
April 6, 2017
Jack Colbert, 87, former Alabama resident, entered into his eternal rest at his home in Ocklawaha, Florida on April 2, 2017. Jack was born on June 20, 1929, in Huxford, Alabama to Leroy and Stella Colbert. He married his wife Helen Ward on December 18, 1947, in Andalusia, Alabama. Coming from a family with meager upbringing prepared him for the solider he would become. Jack joined the U.S. Army Air Corps, which became the U.S. Air Force shortly thereafter. He served in three wars. Most of his military career he served as a flight engineer on C124 bombers. After retiring from the United States Air Force he moved and retired from a second career from the city of Orlando Florida in 1990. He spent 22 years serving his Country and he flew all over the world.
Jack is preceded in death by his parents, Leroy and Stella; daughters, Linda Diane and Jackie Elizabeth Colbert; and brother, Eugene Colbert.
Jack is survived by his wife, Helen of 69 years; children, Elaine (Terry) Hoffman of Waco, TX, Sheila (Tommy) Berthelot LaPlace, LA, Danny (Mary) Colbert Ocklawaha, FL, Patricia Colbert Ocala, FL, Jack D (Noreen) Colbert Orlando, FL; his sister, Letty Jane Stalvey Orlando, FL; 20 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, April 11, 2017, at 1 p.m. from the Poplar Springs Baptist Church.
Visitation will be held Tuesday, April 11, 2017, from 11 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. from the church.
Jack’s final resting place will be in Poplar Springs, Alabama in Poplar Springs Cemetery, next to his mother in the family plot with full military honors.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Dorothy Caraway Henderson
April 6, 2017
Mrs. Dorothy Caraway Henderson, 68, passed away on Sunday, April 2, 2017, in Mobile, Alabama.
Mrs. Henderson was a native and lifelong resident of Atmore, AL area and was a member of the Cross Point Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by her parents, Sam and Maurene Caraway; and her husband, Donald Jay Henderson.
She is survived by her daughter, Connie Harrelson (Mitch) of Atmore, AL; three-brothers, Bob Caraway, Jimmy Ray Caraway (Shona), Johnny Dale Caraway (Tracy), all of Atmore, AL; three sisters, Rebie Lou Blanton (Calvin) of Pensacola, FL, Earnestine Brantley, of Wedowee, AL, and Maureen Searcy of Atmore, AL; three grandchildren, Reagan, Aiden and Rileigh Harrelson of Atmore, AL; best friends, Mary Ridgeway and Eleanor Flowers; numerous nieces and nephews and other relatives and many friends.
Funeral services were held Thursday, April 6, 2017, at 10 a.m. at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. J.T. Guyton officiating.
Burial will follow at the Oak Hill Cemetery.
Anne L. Wells
April 6, 2017
Anne L. Wells, 85 of Atmore, AL, passed away Tuesday, April 4, 2017, in Bay Minette, AL. She was a homemaker. She was born in West Palm Beach, FL on March 6, 1932, to the late Burns and Lola Smoak Lariscy. She is a member of Atmore First Assembly of God.
She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Wendell Wells, Sr; and eight siblings.
Survivors include two sons, Wendell (Karen) Wells, Jr of Plant City, FL and Kevin (Christine) Wells of Oregon; three daughters, Susan (Melton) Bethea of Atmore, AL, Becky (Terry) Norris of Daphne, AL, Dana Wells of Atmore, AL; one sister, Betty Boyce of Tallahassee, FL and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Services were held Thursday, April 6, 2017, at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Don Davis officiating.
Interment was in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home, Inc., is in charge of all arrangements.
William Riley Smith
April 6, 2017
Mr. William Riley Smith, age 95, of Flomaton, Alabama, passed away Tuesday, April 4, 2017, in a local hospital after a brief illness. He was a native and lifelong resident of Escambia County, Alabama. Mr. Smith attended the Brewton Kingdom Hall. He was a retired crane operator and switch engine operator from T.R. Miller Mill with 37 years of service, and he enjoyed hunting and gardening.
Survivors include his wife, Frances Byrd Smith of Flomaton, Alabama; two sons, James Smith of Brewton, Alabama and David (Leigh) Smith of Flomaton, Alabama; two brothers, Jesse Smith of Bay Minette, Alabama and Edward Smith of Mobile, Alabama; three sisters, Lillie Entrekin of Brewton, Alabama, Edith Watson of Tennessee and Hazel Lacosts of Century; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
He is preceded in death by his parents, B.D. and Ella Laster Smith; two sons, William Smith and Elvin Smith; and daughter-in-law, Doris J. Smith.
Visitation will be held Friday, April 7, 2017, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral Home in Brewton, Alabama.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 8, 2017, at 11 a.m. at Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral Home with Minister Harvey Ellis officiating.
Interment will follow in Catawba Springs Cemetery in Brewton, Alabama.
Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral Home of Brewton is directing.
Una Helen Milstead Haddock
April 5, 2017
Una Helen Milstead Haddock, 78 of Oak Grove, FL, passed away, Friday March 31, 2017, at her residence. She was retired from Vanity Fair Mills as a work distributor. She was born in Pensacola, FL on November 2, 1938, to the late Lawrence Hilton and Lillie Bell Ziglar Milstead. She was a member of the Oak Grove Baptist Church.
She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Helton Haddock; two brothers, Lawrence Milstead, Jr. and Howard Ray Milstead; and one sister, Frances Hanks.
Survivors include two daughters, Gina Haddock and Linda Haddock (Larry) Johnson, all of Oak Grove, FL; two sisters, Mary Yvonne Coon of Oak Grove, FL and JoAnn (Butch) White of Tallahassee, FL; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Services were held Tuesday, April 4, 2017, at the Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Butch Brown officiating.
Interment was in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Travis Johnson, Cody Burroughs, Will Perkins, Richard Caum, Michael Hanks and Edward Godwin.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home, Inc., is in charge of all arrangements.
Ashley Nicole McCullough
April 2, 2017
Ashley Nicole McCullough joined her Lord and Savior in Heaven on March 28, 2017. She was born in Milton, Florida on April 3, 1985, to Richard and Evelyn Pope. Ashley spent most of her life in Jay, and graduated from Jay High School in 2003. She met her soul mate, Brett, in 2008 and they joined their hands in marriage on June 9, 2012.
Ashley is survived by the lights of her life, her husband, Brett McCullough, and their daughter, Taylor. She is also survived by her father and mother, Richard and Evelyn Pope; her sister, Stephanie English (Richard); her mother-in-law and father-in-law, Richard and Lisa McCullough; her sisters-in-law, Kristin Rutherford (Kendall) and Kimberly McCullough; and her nieces and nephews, Shelby, Ryan, Xander, Madalyn, and Paisley. She is also survived by numerous other family members and friends, many of whom were like family to her.
Ashley was a selfless woman of faith who dedicated her days to helping those around her, always ensuring her smile lit the way. Ashley’s beautiful life will be honored and celebrated at Faith Chapel Funeral Home North.
Visitation will take place on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m.
Funeral services will be on Wednesday, April 5, 2017, at 10 a.m. at Faith Chapel Funeral Home North.
Interment will immediately follow at Pensacola Memorial Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Go Fund Me account (“McCullough Family Memorial Fund”) which has been created in order to provide funding for the health, education, and well-being of Ashley and Brett’s daughter.
Family and friends extend their deepest gratitude for the overwhelming support, prayers, and love from the Tate High School Baseball Program and Boosters; Ashley’s employer, PR Chemical & Paper Supply Company; and surrounding community.
William Eugene McKinley
April 2, 2017
Mr. William Eugene McKinley, 42, passed away on Sunday, March 26, 2017, in Perdido, Alabama.
Mr. McKinley was a native and lifelong resident of Perdido, AL. He is preceded in death by his parents, Edgar and Dorothy McKinley.
He is survived by his step-mother, Gladys Etheridge of Perdido, AL; one step-brother, William Etheridge of Castleberry, AL; four step-sisters, Jennie Etheridge of Castleberry, AL, Marie Etheridge of Perdido, AL, Virginia Meeks of Key West, FL and Elziabeth Norwood of Atmore, AL; one aunt, Dorothy Hubbard of Perdido, AL and one uncle, Harvey McKinley of Perdido, AL.
Funeral services will be Monday, April 3, 2017, at 2 p.m. at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Sis. Helen Stewart officiating.
Burial will follow at the Dean Cemetery.
Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Homes is in charge of all arrangements, Atmore, Alabama.
Elizabeth G. Smith
April 1, 2017
Elizabeth G. Smith, age 67 of Jay, FL, passed away March 28, 2017, at home surrounded by her family.
She was born November 17, 1949, in Bonifay, FL to Grady Gillis and Ruth Henderson. She grew up in Westville, FL, eventually moving to Flomaton, AL. While living in Flomaton she met the love of her life, Tommie. They built their home in Tommie’s hometown of Jay and have lived there for the past 39 years.
She worked for Vanity Fair for 17 years before becoming a homemaker taking care of her family. She loved cooking, sewing, crafting, gardening and traveling to the Smokey Mountains. But the one thing she enjoyed the most was spoiling her grandchildren. She was a caring and giving woman. She took care of others often before taking care of herself. If you knew “Ms. Liz”, you loved her. We will all miss her tremendously but we are grateful that she is no longer in pain and is able to wrap her arms around her beloved son, Joel again.
She is preceded in death by her father, Grady Gillis; son, Joel Smith; grandparents, John Angus and Inez Gillis and George and Catherine Stafford; mother and father-in-law, Hubert and Leila Smith; special aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
She is survived by her husband of 49 years, Tommie; her daughter and son-in-law, Mickie and Andre Jasquith; mother, Ruth Henderson; sisters, Carolyn (Fred) Lowery, Debra (TJ) Reutzel; brothers, Dale (Mary) Gillis and David (Donna) Gillis; daughter-in-law, Sandy Smith; sister-in-law, Janet Smith and brother-in-law, Dawson Smith; grandchildren, Austin Zoulek, Alex Jasquith, Jarrett Smith, Beth Smith, Eldon Smith and Shane (Jessica) Cody; five great-grandchildren and many special nieces, nephews and cousins; special uncle, Jim (Nancy) Gillis and aunt, Gracie Howes.
Funeral services were held Saturday, April 1, 2017, at Jay Funeral Home.
Burial was held at Cora Baptist Church.
Pallbearers were her newphews Kevin Smith, Allen Lowery, Bobby Lowery, Tommy Ray Gillis, Caleb Gillis, Chris Gillis and Jeff Sloan.
Honorary pallbearers were Dan Langham, Milton Lowery, Harry Miller, Buddy Nims, Mike Rowell and Lee Langham.
The family would like to give a special thanks to the nurses of Emerald Coast Hospice, Dr. Owera and mom’s special infusion nurses at Brewton Hospital, Jackie, Natalie and Daisy.
Vera Thompson
April 1, 2017
Vera Thompson, 88, of Pensacola, FL passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017. Mrs. Thompson retired from Walmart after 20 years of service. She was also an avid fisherman.
She is preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, Edward Thompson and her son, Stephen Thompson.
She is survived by two sons, Gary (Susan) Thompson and Tommy (Vicki) Thompson; two daughters, Nancy (Tim) Wheeler and Jeannie (Daniel) Harman; 10 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Friday, March 31, 2017, at Faith Chapel Funeral Home North with Pastor Steve Zepp officiating.
Interment was at Barrancas National Cemetery.
Faith Chapel Funeral Home North is entrusted with the arrangements.