June F. Walker
March 22, 2016
June F. Walker, 75, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 19, 2016, the day before her 76th birthday. She was born on March 20, 1940, in Placerville, CA to Art and Nellie Hansen and grew up in the foot hills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. At the tender age of 18, she departed those foothills to seek a new life in the U.S. Navy. After basic training she found herself at NAS Norfolk, VA where she served as a clerk-typist in the Public Works Division. As fate would have it she met a younger sailor in Norfolk and after a whirl wind courtship, she and Michael Walker were married on November 21, 1959. As she would tell people the wedding was done on the cheap. Got married in the base chapel, the cake came from the Navy Galley, the photos were taken by a Navy photographer, developed in a Navy photo lab and the wedding reception was held in the Waves Barracks. But it must have worked, since that marriage lasted for over fifty-six years.
Over the years she was deeply involved with fishing, bowling, square dancing, RV’ing and finally motorcycling, making friends everywhere she went. Memberships included Sea Breezes; Waves Unit 52 of Military Women Across the Nation, The Lady Bugs of the Red Hat Society, Chapter FL1-D of the Gold Wing Road Riders Association, and the Rovin’RV club, FMCA and FCOC.
She was a very patriotic person and justifiably proud of her military service. During those fifty-six years she gave birth to a girl, Rhonda E. Walker Malone; and a boy, Jeffery B. Walker. The family did a great deal of long distance moving as directed by the U.S. Navy from Virginia to California to Hawaii to Georgia to Key West to Guam and to Pensacola.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her daughter, Rhonda Malone; and her brother-in-law, Louis Pledger.
June is survived by her husband, Michael Walker; son, Jeffery (Jeanne) Walker; three grandchildren, Sean Malone, and Rachel and Alex Walker; sister, Shirley Pledger; and brother, Ron Hansen.
She was a wonderful woman who will be sorely missed.
A committal service will be held Monday, March 28, 2016, at Barrancas National Cemetery. Family and friends meet at Faith Chapel Funeral Home South at 10:30 a.m. for procession.
Faith Chapel Funeral Home South is in charge of arrangements.
Willard Beasley
March 22, 2016
Willard Beasley, age 73, of Allentown, passed away on March 20, 2016. He was a barber at Design One Barbershop in Milton. He was a member of the Jay Masonic Lodge and enjoyed gardening and fishing.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Posey and Elendia Beasley; and brother, Austin Beasley.
He is survived by his wife, Joyce Beasley; children, Malcolm and Karl Beasley; grandchildren, Mary Katherine and Jackson Beasley, and Brittany and Tabitha Beasley and great-grandchildren, Anderson, Trevan and Gavin.
A visitation will be held on Saturday, March 26, 2016, from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. at Jay Funeral Home. Funeral services will begin at 2 p.m.
Burial will follow at Cora Baptist Church Cemetery.
Jay Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Francis Lee Martin
March 22, 2016
Francis Lee Martin, 81, of Cantonment, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 20, 2016. He was a supervisor at Monsanto for 32 years. He was an expert woodworker and owner of his business building wooden toys. Work was his hobby.
He is preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Sue Humphreys.
He is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Majorie Martin; sons, Francis (Pistol) Martin and fiancé, Violet, Jeffrey (Ann) Martin and Matthew (Amy) Olson; 12 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that you make a donation to Gonzalez United Methodist Church.
Visitation will be held Thursday, March 24, 2016 at Gonzalez United Methodist Church beginning at 4 p.m. followed by a memorial service at 5 p.m.
Faith Chapel Funeral Home North is in charge of arrangements.
Leon Sabol
March 22, 2016
Mr. Leon Sabol passed away peacefully on March 14, 2016. He was born on July 20, 1941, in Boston, Massachusetts. He grew up in Dover, New Hampshire. He served for twenty years in the U.S. Navy, navigating ships to many destinations in South America and Europe. He was most rod of serving on the U.S.S Lexington out of Pensacola. He retired as a Chief QM. After retirement Mr. Sabol worked for ARC of Pensacola for many years. He enjoyed fishing, beekeeping, bird watching, and stamp collecting.
He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Nancy Gilbert Sabol; son, Matthew Sabol; daughter, Audra (Michael) Resler; grandsons, Nick and Brett Resler; sisters, Caroline McGlone and Ginny
(John) Astarita; brothers, Greg (Alice) and Richard (Laurie); special uncle, Albert Sabol; special brother-in-law, John McGlone; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his father, Boleslaw Sabol; his mother, Olga Dowhanczuk Sabol; and brother, Michael Sabol.
In memory of Mr. Sabol, memorial contributions can be made to the Joyce Goldenberg Hospice Inpatient Residence Facility.
A memorial service will be held on Thursday, March 24, 2016, at 1:20 pm at Barrancas National Cemetery in Pensacola
The family is inviting all family and friends for a gathering at Harold Baptist Church in the fellowship hall after the service.
Jay Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Frances E. Black
March 22, 2016
Frances E. Black, 87 of Canoe, passed away Sunday, March 20, 2016, in Pensacola. She was a homemaker, born on April 30, 1928, in Canoe to the late Emmett Luther and Janie Lee McNeill Mixon, Sr. She was a member of the Canoe United Methodist Church.
She is preceded in death by her husband, William Black; brothers, Emmett L. Mixon, Jr., Charles R. Mixon and William R. Mixon.
She is survived by a daughter, Wanda (Randy) Clark of Canoe; granddaughter, Daphne Clark; and one great-grandchild, Braiden Peebles.
Graveside services were held Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at 10 a.m. in Canoe Methodist Cemetery with Bro. Larry Renfore officiating.
Interment was in Canoe Methodist Cemetery.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is charge of all arrangements.
William E. Curl
March 22, 2016
William E. Curl passed away peacefully on March 19, 2016. He was born on the outskirts of Birmingham, AL on July 20, 1921, into the home of Will and Verlie Curl who were just beginning their ministry in the North Alabama Conference of the Methodist Church. A couple of years later a daughter, Dorothy, would be added to the family. Bill, as he became known to most people, enjoyed the love of his mother and the fellowship of his father. They played together and prayed together. After graduating from Cherokee County High School in 1939, Bill attended Emory and Henry College in Virginia for a year and a half on a partial football scholarship. Due to an illness and the hospitalization of his mother, Bill left school to help care for her and assist the family financially. After a year, Bill entered Birmingham Southern College where he met Faye Little, the love of his life, while singing together in the operetta, “Iolanthe.” In 1943 during World War II, he volunteered for the Army Air Corps. While in the service Bill flew the B-25 Mitchell, the B-24 Liberator and the B-29 Superfortress. On December 18, 1943 he and Faye were married while he was stationed at Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama. After the war ended, they became the parents of a daughter, Andrea. Bill returned home in February, 1946 to pursue his true calling, entering the Methodist ministry. After graduating from Birmingham Southern College, he attended Emery University where he received his Master of Divinity degree at Candler School of Theology in 1949. Bill served churches throughout the North Alabama Conference including Oxford, Vestavia, McCoy, Tuscaloosa First, Huntsville First and Canterbury from where he retired in 1987. He also served in other capacities including District Superintendent of the Florence District, chairman of the Board of Ministries of the Methodist Church and chairman of the committee on Rules. He was given an honorary doctorate from Birmingham Southern College where he served as the chairman of the executive committee of the board of trustees.
After retiring from the active ministry, he and Faye moved back to the Vestavia community where they lived until 2005. While there, they attended the Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church, where Bill taught the Trinity Sunday School class for 15 years. In 2005 they moved to Pensacola to be near their daughter.
Bill’s great love has been his preaching and praying and serving as a pastor to the congregations where he was appointed. His writing ability was not only exhibited in his sermons, but in his book, “Seasons of Prayer.” He always placed great importance on his family, whom he loved dearly. He considered himself a most fortunate man whom God blessed beyond anything he could have dreamed.
Bill will be forever remembered as a wonderful and devoted husband by Faye, his wife of 72 years; a kind, loving and generous father, by his daughter, Andrea Edgar; an amazing grandfather by his granddaughters, Alissa Troike (wife of Ross Troike of Collierville, TN) and Deanna Lamarche (wife of Ted Lamarche, Pensacola). He shall also be dearly missed by his great-grandchildren, Marin Troike, Wyatt Troike, Paxton Lamarche, Aiden Lamarche and Hylan Lamarche and by his sister, Dorothy Yarbrough (Birmingham, AL) and his nephew and nieces.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the William E. and Faye L. Curl Scholarship at Birmingham Southern College, 900 Arkadelphia Road, Box 549003, Birmingham, AL 35254 or to First United Methodist Church, 6 East Wright Street, Pensacola, FL 32501. A memorial service will be planned at a later date.
Faith Chapel Funeral Home North is in charge of arrangements.
William (Bill) Thomas Bramlett
March 16, 2016
William (Bill) Thomas Bramlett, 63, gained his angel wings while surrounded by family on March 12, 2016. Bill was born on March 6, 1953, in Ft. Benning, Georgia. On December 1, 1974, he married the love of his life, Debra Mitchell Bramlett. Bill served our country from 1972-1984.
Bill was preceded in death by Nathan and Dorothy Bramlett.
He is survived by his wife, Debra; two sons, Thomas Bramlett, and Nathan Bramlett; one brother, Donny Bramlett, and one granddaughter, Olivia Bramlett.
Bill was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend to all.
A celebration of his life was held at Faith Chapel Funeral Home North on Tuesday, March 15, 2016.
In lieu of flowers, Bill would want you to make a donation in his name to The Wounded Warrior Project.
Faith Chapel Funeral Home North is in charge of arrangements.
Margie Springfield McCraney
March 16, 2016
Mrs. Margie Springfield McCraney, 69, passed away on Sunday, March 13, 2016, in Mobile.
Mrs. McCraney was a native and former resident of Mobile and a resident of Atmore for the past 25 years. She is preceded in death by her husband, Waderick Jackson McCraney; parents, Gilbert and Marjorie Springfield; and two brothers, Richard Dale Springfield and Gilbert Wayne Springfield.
She is survived by her two sons, Waderick James (Dana) McCraney of Creola, AL and Jerry Wayne McCraney of Atmore; two daughters, Deborah Faye McCraney of Atmore, AL and Marjorie Dianne (Bobby) Byrd of Atmore; one brother, Robert W. (Nancy) Springfield of Mobile; seven grandchildren, Larry, LaShay, Dana, Skyler, Brett, Summer and Noah; three great-grandchildren, Jade, Michael and Jackson; nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.
Graveside services were held Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at the Oak Hill Cemetery with Rev. Earl Harrison officiating.
Burial was at the Oak Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Derek Chasting, Tito Dixon, Tony Springfield, Trey Dixon, William Reed and Jerry Capers.
Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Homes is in charge of all arrangements.
Merrell Smith
March 15, 2016
Mrs. Merrell Smith, 83, passed away on Monday, March 14, 2016, in Atmore.
Mrs. Smith was a native of Perdido and a resident of Atmore for the past 30 years. She was of the Holiness Faith. She is preceded in death by her husband, James Wesley Smith and a son, Billy Dewayne Smith.
Survivors include her two daughters, Betty Jean Singleton and Judy Blackburn both of Atmore; three brothers, Curtis Chavers, Leon Chavers and Ray Chavers all of Davisville; two sisters, Foncie Chavers of Nokomis, AL and Lois Castleberry of Andalusia, AL; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Steve Breceda officiating.
Burial was at the Canoe Freewill Baptist Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Kyle McGhee, Don Helton, DeWitt Roley, Johnny Hadley, Robert McCullough, Tony Stewart and Kyle McGhee.
Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Homes is in charge of all arrangements.
Patty Locke
March 12, 2016
Patty Locke, 59, of Pensacola, passed away on Thursday, March 10, 2016.
Patty was a wonderful spouse. She loved life, her family, especially the grandkids, and her friends. Patty enjoyed the mountains in Gatlinburg, cooking at Thanksgiving and decorating at Christmas time. She will be missed immensely.
She is preceded in death by her son, Chad Locke; and her parents, Alexander Clay Campbell and Elizabeth Ann Anderson Campbell.
Patty is survived by her husband, Joseph Locke; two sons, Joshua and Brett (Clayr) Locke; nine grandchildren, Joshua Locke, Brittany Locke, Winter Bush, Nathan Locke, Ian Locke, Gabrielle Locke, Aaliyah Locke, Grier Locke, Bayor Locke; brother, David (Judy) Campbell; and two nieces, Jessica and Jenna Campbell.
Funeral services will be held at 12 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at Faith Chapel Funeral Home South with Bro. Gordon Godfrey, Jr.
Burial will follow in Eastern Gate Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Monday, March 14, 2016, at Faith Chapel Funeral Home South.
Pallbearers will be Joshua Locke, Matthew Damron and Earl Locke.
Faith Chapel Funeral Home South is in charge of arrangements.