David Allen Wingard
March 7, 2014
David Allen Wingard, 63 of Atmore, passed away Wednesday, March 5, 2014 in Talladaga, Ala. He had worked at Wingard’s Jewelry Store as a jeweler. He was born in Atmore on June 29, 1950, to John Graham and Margaret Garrett Wingard. He was a graduate of Escambia County High School.
He is preceded in death by his father, John Graham Wingard; and sister, Linda Siders.
Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Margaret Wingard Banks of Atmore; two sons, John David Wingard of Jacksonville, FL and Cody Wingard of Fort Collins, Colorado; one daughter, Michelle Wingard of Milton; and one brother, John Larry Wingard of Albaster, AL.
Services will be Sunday, March 9, 2014, at 2 p.m. from Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mike Grindle officiating.
Interment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Family will receive friends, Sunday March 9, 2014, at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home from 1 p.m. until service time.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.
Peggy Gibson Fowler
March 5, 2014
Mrs. Peggy Gibson Fowler, 74, passed away on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, in Pensacola.
Mrs. Fowler was a native of Walnut Hill and a resident of Bratt since 1962. Mrs. Fowler was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She attended the Bratt First Baptist Church. Two sons, Pat Fowler and Tim Fowler, parents, O.D. and Ruby Gibson and one brother, Otis Gibson, precede her in death.
She is survived by her husband of 55 years, Dewey Fowler of Brat; one son, Harvey (Marie) Fowler of Monroeville, AL; one daughter, Tammy Fowler (Jeremy) Raybon of Excel, AL; daughter-in-law, Sue Kitzinger (Mike) of Camden, AL; four brothers, Leo (Janice) Gibson of Caldwell, OH, Billy (Sue) Gibson of Pace, Leon Gibson of McCullough, AL and Gary Gibson of McCullough, AL; five sisters, Audrey (Joe) Ward of Gonzalez, Nola (James) Burnham of Mossey Head, FL, Linda (Ronnie) Hickman of Caldwell, OH, Julia Foster of McCullough, AL and Joyce Neuss of Huntsville, AL; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Friday, March 7, 2014 at 2 p.m. at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. C.L. Langford officiating.
Visitation will be Thursday, March 6, 2014, from 6-9 p.m. at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Tim Wyatt, Sam Stewart, Dewayne Glick, Wayne Harrison, Todd Wiggins, Jeremy “Bobo” Fowler and Sean Bayles.
Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.
Joseph Colvin Davis
March 5, 2014
Joseph Colvin Davis, 79 of Bratt, passed away Wednesday, March 5, 2014, in Pensacola. He retired from Monsanto-Solutia as a fireman. He loved farming, was an avid hunter fisherman and was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Bratt. He was born in Atmore on October 03, 1934, to the late Joseph Lee and Agnes Myrtle Merritt Davis.
He is preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Elton Davis.
He is survived his wife of 59 yrs, Lavelle Faircloth Davis of Bratt; daughter, Debbie Hester of Bratt; son, Tommy (Maria) Davis of Enon; three grandsons, Hunter (Mandy) Davis, Chase (Kelly) Davis and Cory Hester; great-grandson, Hudson Davis; sister, Carolyn (Aaron) Steele; and many nieces and nephews, church family and friends.
Family will receive friends Thursday, March 6, 2014, at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.
Funeral services will be held Friday, March 7, 2013, at 10 a.m. from the Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Delbert Redditt and Rev. Tim Hawsey officiating.
Burial will follow in Godwin Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Edward Gilman, James Amerson, Romeo Coleman, Fred Moore, Robert Gilman, and Terry Blanton.
Honorary pallbearers will be Jessie Wood, Howard Hanks, Jim Bolerjack, Leroy White, Clark Ziglar, Jerry Haynie and John (Junior) Spence.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home in charge of all arrangements.
Samuel Carl Turk
March 5, 2014
Mr. Samuel Carl Turk, age 79, of Hurley, MS passed away on Wednesday, March 5, 2014, at George County Regional Hospital in Lucedale, MS.
Mr. Turk was a native of Flomaton, but had been a resident of Hurley for the past seven years coming from Gautier, MS. He is preceded in death by his grandson, Trevor Kitchens of Hurley, MS; and daughter, Judy Smith of Flomaton.
He is survived by his sons, John L. Turk of Hurley, MS, Jesse L. Turk of Flomaton and Jimmy L. (Tessa) Turk of Van Cleave, MS; daughter, Joana Turk of Hurley, MS; 13 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held on Saturday, March 8, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Magnolia Cemetery in the Stanley Cross Roads Community with Rev. Carl Wilson officiating.
Flomaton Funeral Home is directing.
Betty Sue (Mackie) Lee McPherson
March 4, 2014
Betty Sue (Mackie) Lee McPherson, 77, passed away Sunday, March 2, 2014, at her home in Walnut Hill. She was born on December 23, 1936, at her family’s home in Huxford, which was located about one mile from where she will be buried next to her husband. She graduated from Flomaton High School where she entered the twelfth grade at age 16. Under the age of 17, she held a part-time job at Anderson’s Department Store. She also held positions at the Telephone Company, Watson Hardware, Chemstrand (where she met her husband, Mack, in 1954), and First National Bank. She retired from First National Bank in 1983. Her life centered around her husband, Charles, and son, Larry, and his family. Her grandchildren were the love of her life, and she thoroughly enjoyed the blessings she received through the lives of these two. She and Mack visited her parents most every Sunday afternoon. She was part of a large family that enjoyed being together. Where you saw Mack, you saw Betty Sue; they were truly soul mates.
She was preceded in death by her devoted husband of 58 years, Charles W. McPherson; and her parents, Noah E. and Daisey Wade Lee.
She is survived by her son, Larry (Mary) McPherson; two grandchildren, Patrick Wayne McPherson and Charleigh Victoria McPherson; her brothers, John J. Everette Lee, Paul E. (Everlene) Lee, and Samuel T. (Shirley) Lee; and her sisters, Mary L. Lee (Jesse) Lassiter, Faye Lee (Winston) Godwin, and Margie N. Lee (Vernon) Parker.
Visitation will be held Wednesday, March 5, 2014, from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. at Huxford Community of Christ Church.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 5, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. at the Huxford Community of Christ Church with Elders Cary Gilbert and Glenn Waldrop officiating.
Interment will follow at Huxford Community of Christ Church Cemetery.
Pallbearers are Steve Godwin, Donald Lee, Tim Lee, Doug Black, Darby Black, and Larry Pope.
Family requests in lieu of flowers that donations be made to Huxford Community of Christ Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Beth Linam, 2661 Pieburn Cr, Atmore, AL 36502 or to Gentiva Hospice Foundation, 7801 Mesquite Bend Drive Suite 105, Irving, TX 75063.
Johnson Quimby Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.
Doris Wade Gandy
March 4, 2014
Doris Wade Gandy, age 87, a native of Ochlocknee, Georgia, and former resident of Pensacola, passed away peacefully with her niece by her side on Monday, March 3, 2014, just days shy of her 88th birthday. She passed away at the Atmore Community Hospital’s Tender Loving Care program where she has received great care and compassion for the last nine years under the medical skill of the Lord’s servant and her physician, Dr. Jonah McIntyre.
Singing the loudest while leading the Halleluiah chorus when she reached her heavenly reward, was her devoted sister, Merle Matthews along with their beloved sisters, Cleo Hagan, Dora Hackney, Sadie Shuman, Dot Carter, her only brother, Wallace Wade, and parents John Arthur and Nora Wade. She was also predeceased by her husband of 56 years, Robert Cecil Gandy.
Survivors include her loving sister, Lysbeth Brown of Jacksonville, Florida; 21 nieces and nephews, including her Godchild and special namesake, Doris Dale Ash, Hooper W. Matthews, III of Atmore; Cindy Colville of Spanish Fort; extraordinary caregivers, Joyce Portis, Michelle Robbins, Jennifer Haskew, Carolyn Scott, Lucille Ankum and Cora Matthews. Jean Wilson, Jean Johnson, and Lucille Matthews, loving “senior saints” were faithful over the years in their ministry to Doris. Also feeling the loss of Doris’ smile and constant presence in their lives, are her wonderful family at the Atmore Community Hospital including the nursing and administrative staffs, physical and respiratory therapy departments, and the hospital auxiliary.
With an engaging smile, helpful nature, and keen intellect, Doris worked her way up the “ladder” in the Bell Telephone family from the 1940s as switchboard operator to supervisory customer service management upon her retirement in 1989. During her career with the phone company, which spanned five decades, she was awarded the Supervisor of the Year award. Doris was also an active member of the Pioneer Club.
A Bible scholar, Doris was a charter member of Pensacola’s Burgess Road Baptist Church in 1968 where she was an active member of the Ladies Joy Sunday School Class. As untiring supporter of missionaries throughout this country and abroad, she took any available opportunity to personally spread the gospel of Jesus Christ whom she accepted as her Lord and Savior, alongside her sister, Merle on Sunday, June 8, 1941 at the Church of Christ in Arbor Dale, Georgia.
Her 12-year battle with Alzheimer’s has ended with a new body and a new mind in Christ. “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” The Book of Timothy, Chapter 2:4-7 defines Doris Wade Gandy’s life.
A celebration of her Christian witness and testimony will be held on Saturday, March 8, 2014, at the First Presbyterian Church in Atmore at 11 a.m. with a visitation luncheon in the church fellowship hall immediately following the service, which will be conducted by Reverend Mark Cooley.
Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Atmore.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Jerelda Lynell Wilkinson
March 4, 2014
Jerelda Lynell Wilkinson, 66, of Cantonment, began breathing freely in heaven on March 2, 2014. She was born December 27, 1947, in Waycross, GA to Reverend William Edward Martin and Alice Mae Wildes. Along with them, her sisters Doris Garrett and Betty Thomas (Beryl) welcomed her home. She is survived by her sister Marjorie Weathers (EJ).
She was married to Frank P. Wilkinson on September 1, 1995 in Bay Minette and they resided in Cantonment. She was the daughter of a Church of God of Prophecy minister and like a tree planted by the water, she remained unmoved. In her final days she worshipped at Church in the House. As a business owner of Plaza Beauty Salon, for many years she made Cantonment beautiful.
She is survived by her children, Iwana Burleson Bruns of Cantonment, Angela Burleson Browning of Pensacola and Brandi Neal (Randy) of Cantonment; grandchildren Ben “Benbo” Browning, Rachel Browning, Amber Neal, Caroline Bruns, and Hannah Neal.
She is also preceded in death by her beloved four-legged children, Cheyenne and Rebel.
Visitation will be Thursday, March 6, 2014, from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Faith Chapel Funeral Home North.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 7, 2014, at Faith Chapel North. Pastor Jerry Fleming will officiate.
She will be laid to rest at Cottage Hill Community Center.
Faith Chapel Funeral Home North is in charge of arrangements.
Joyce Smith Ayers
March 4, 2014
Joyce Smith Ayers, 72, of Pensacola, went to be with our Lord on Friday, February 28, 2014, at Shands Hospital after a long battle with Myelofibrosis. Joyce was born in Columbus, Gerogia, in 1941. She was a 1962 graduate of the University of Alabama. She married her husband of 50 years in 1963 and settled in Pensacola in 1973 after her husband retired from the Air Force. Joyce worked as a RN for Dr. Nell Potter until her retirement. She was a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church.
Joyce was preceded in death by her father, Louie; her mother, Mildred; and her sister, Paula.
Immediate survivors include her husband, Lowell; her daughter, Kimberly Jeaneen O’Connor (Peter); grandchildren, Abigail and Teddy Harrell; and daughter, Penny Kay Ayers and grandchildren, Sidney and Chase McDonald.
Visitation will be held Friday, March 7, 2014, from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Faith Chapel Funeral Home North.
Funeral Services will be held Saturday, March 8, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Faith Chapel Funeral Home North with Reverend Michael McBride officiating. Joyce will be laid to rest at Riverside Cemetery in Marianna, Florida.
No interment services will be held.
Faith Chapel Funeral Home North is entrusted with the arrangements.
Norma McCurley
March 4, 2014
Norma McCurley passed away quietly and peacefully Saturday, March 1, 2014. Norma was born on October 22,1913, in Jay to Doan and Malle Lee May.
Norma was married to George “Otis” McCurley for 59 years and had two children together, a son, Tex McCurley, and a daughter, Kathy McCurley Russell who all precede her in death. Norma was also preceded in death by her brothers, Ted May of Jay, Cecil May and Gillis May both of Pensacola; and her sisters, Jean Payne of Pensacola and Christine McCranie Dowdy of Texas.
Norma resided in Jay for her entire life, except for the last 9 years where she resided at Unihealth Post Acute Care Santa Rosa Nursing Home in Milton. Norma was a member of Jay First Baptist Church. Norma was a people person and loved being around friends and family.
Norma is survived by her granddaughters, Kim Russell Shell of Pace and Kristian Russell Todd of Arlington, Virginia; her grandsons-in-law, Stephen Shell and Chuck Todd and great-grand children, Kennedy, Kellison, and Bennett Shell and Margaret and Harrison Todd.
A graveside funeral will be held March 5, 2014, in Dixonville, Alabama at the Dixonville Community Cemetery at 2 p.m. Visitation will be prior to the funeral at Jay Funeral Home from 10:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.
Winona Phillips Lowery
March 3, 2014
Winona Phillips Lowery, age 81, of Jay passed away on March 1, 2014. She was born on August 17, 1932, to Samuel and Dovie Baxley Phillips in Graceville, Florida. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and sister.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Franklin Lowery; son, Charles Baxter; two sisters and one brother.
She is survived by her brother, Samuel (Grace) Phillips Jr.; daughter, Phyllis (Ron) Forte; sons, David (Nora) Baxter and Darwin (Tina) Baxter; daughter-in-law, Sharon Baxter, brother-in-law, Doyle Ward; and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren and nieces, nephews, and other relatives.
A visitation will be held on Wednesday, March 5, 2014, from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. at Jay Funeral Home. Funeral services will begin at 2 p.m. with Brother Ron Forte officiating services.
Burial will follow at Jay City Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be grandsons, David Baxter II, Joseph Baxter, Cannon Baxter, Shannon Baxter, Darwin Baxter II, and Skylar Blanton.
Jay Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.