Elsie Mae Fillingim
December 1, 2013
Elsie was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Jim Fillingim; her father, Joel Yarber; her mother, Elizabeth Harrell Yarber; special sister, Evelyn Holsembeck; brother, Walker Yarber and grandson Jimmy Allen.
She will be greatly missed by her brother Charles; one son, Rickey and Liz Fillingim; four daughters, Mickey and Glenn Allen, JoAnn and Jim Catoe, Phyllis and Andy McDonald, Mary Jane and Larry King; grandchildren, Curtis, Denice, Keith, Kristie, Renea, Sidney, Kim, Ray, Lamar, Kaye, Matt and Ken; numerous great grandchildren and one great great grandson.
Pallbearers will be Mark Daniel, Bubba Gulsby, Sidney Catoe, Howard Fillingim, Hubert Fillingim and Gary Diamond.
Special thanks to the staff of Santa Rosa Health and Rehabilitation who took such loving care of our mother in her final hours and Emerald Coast Hospice.
Family will receive friends at Faith Chapel North on Sunday, December 1, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. Services will follow at 2:00 p.m. with interment to follow at Lathram Chapel Cemetery, 2690 Jacks Branch Rd with Pastor Pam Avery officiating.
Faith Chapel Funeral Home North is in charge of arrangements.
Judy Marie Smith
December 1, 2013
Ms. Judy Marie Smith, age 57 of Flomaton, passed away on Thursday, November 28, 2013, in Flomaton.
Ms. Smith was a native of Century and a resident of the Century and Flomaton community the majority of her life coming from Hurley, MS. She had been an employee of the Food Giant in Century for years and was of the Baptist faith.
She is survived by her father, Carl Turk of Hurley, MS; her mother, Marie Turk of Flomaton; sons, Michael (Sonja) Smith of East Brewton, Marcus (Vanessa) Smith of the McCall community and Timothy Nisewonger of Pensacola; brothers, Jesse Turk of Flomaton, John Turk of Hurley, MS and Jimmy (Tessa) Turk of Ocean Springs, MS; sister, Joana Turk of Hurley, MS; grandchildren, Brandon, Trevarly, Tristan, Taylor and Holliegh; and nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held on Sunday, December 1, 2013, at Flomaton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Carl Wilson officiating.
Interment was in McCurdy Cemetery in Century.
Flomaton Funeral Home is directing.
Nelda Rice
November 29, 2013
Mrs. Nelda Rice, 59, passed away on Monday, November 25, 2013, in Pensacola, Florida.
Mrs. Rice was a native of Perdido, former resident of Century and had resided in Walnut Hill for the past 12 years. Mrs. Rice was a member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary and attended the Pine Barren Baptist Church. Her father, Douglas Smith, precedes her in death.
Survivors include her mother, Lavonah Pauline Smith of Bay Minette; her husband, R.C. Rice of Walnut Hill; one son, Timothy Cunningham of Pensacola; one step-son, Robert Charles Rice of Mississippi; two daughters, Wendy (Christopher) Jackson of Pensacola and April Johnson of Atmore; one step-daughter, Laura Rodriquez of North Carolina; one brother, Tony Smith of Bay Minette; one sister, Corrine Parrack of Bay Minette; 13 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 30, 2013, at 10 a.m. at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Harper, Rev. Robert Barrow and Rev. J.P. Lambert officiating.
Burial will follow at the Pine Barren Cemetery.
Visitation will be Friday, November 29, 2013, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Michael Peterson, Mickey Peterson, Michael Dermous, Scotty Smith, Eric Smith and Timothy Cunningham.
Honorary pallbearers will be Chris Jackson and Clifton Dixon.
Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Homes, LLC is in charge of all arrangements.
Mary Lou Kinnard
November 28, 2013
Mary Lou Kinnard, was born May 13, 1911, in Gonzalez, Fla., and raised in Alabama. She graduated high school in Excel, Ala. After graduation Mary Lou entered nursing school at City Hospital in Mobile and graduated nursing school in 1934. She started her first nursing job in 1935 at Mercy Hospital in Alma, MI. Mary Lou married Clark Kinnard June 5, 1936, in Alma, MI. Later they retired to Wewahitchka, Fla., in 1969 and she retired from nursing in 1970. Mary Lou moved to Pensacola in 1981 and was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.
Mary Lou is preceded in death by her husband of 43 years, Clark Kinnard; three brothers and three sisters-in-law.
Survivors include her niece, Gloria Faye (Floyd) Cornett; other nieces and nephews; and two special friends, Olean West and Kathy Toepfer.
Visitation will be held Friday, November 29, 2013 from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Faith Chapel Funeral Home North.
Services will be held Saturday, November 30, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Faith Chapel Funeral Home North with Reverend Sanford Stanton officiating.
Interment will take place immediately following at Little Flock Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.
Flowers will be accepted or donations may be made to Covenant Hospice of Pensacola. Special thanks to the caregivers at Homestead Village Assisted Living for their loving care.
Faith Chapel Funeral Home North is in charge of arrangements.
Melba Yvonne Kelly
November 28, 2013
Ms. Melba Yvonne Kelly, 76, passed away on Wednesday, November 27, 2013, in Atmore.
Ms. Kelly was a native and lifelong resident of Bratt. Ms. Kelly was a Sunday school teacher, children’s church, organist and was retired from B.C. Moore. She was a member of the Bratt Assembly of God.
She is survived by her two brothers, Rev. Charles (Eloise) Kelly of Dunn, NC and Everette Sylvester (Wanda) Kelly of Bay Minette; four sisters, Katherine Cotton and Clara Franklin, both of Dothan, Alice Higginbothem of Pensacola and Lorine Elliot of Bratt; and number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held Friday, November 29, 2013, at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles Kelly and Rev. Theron Collingsworth officiating.
Burial will follow at Godwin Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be her nephews.
Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Homes, LLC is in charge of all arrangements.
Charles Larry Caraway
November 28, 2013
Mr. Charles Larry Caraway, 59, passed away on Wednesday, November 27, 2013, in Pensacola.
Mr. Caraway was a native of Atmore, former long time resident of Rabun and had resided in McCullough for the past four years. Mr. Caraway was a loving and devoted worker and family man. He is preceded in death by his mother, Bobbie Lou Biles.
He is survived by his father, Charles Caraway of Tensaw, Ala; two daughters, Christy Caraway and Chasity Caraway, both of Atmore; two brothers, Terry Caraway of McCullough and Tim Caraway of Poarch; and six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home on Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Diane Everette officiating.
Visitation will be Monday, December 2, 2013, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home.
Petty- Eastside Chapel Funeral Homes, LLC is in charge of all arrangements.
Joel Wesley Smith
November 28, 2013
Mr. Joel Wesley Smith passed away peacefully on Monday, November 25, 2013. He was born on September 9, 1931, to parents Chester Brown Smith and Janie Barrow Smith of Castleberry, AL.
Preceding him in death was his beloved wife of 57 years, Opal Virginia Odom Smith who made their home in the Atmore area since 1947, where they owned and operated Smith’s Small Engines on South Main Street, in Atmore. Joel remained in his home in Canoe after Opal’s death in 2006 until a recent lengthy hospital stay.
Joel and Opal were preceded in death by their oldest daughter, Linda Gayle Smith Phillips, of Pensacola; and are survived by a son, Lavon Wesley Smith ( Cynthia) of Cantonment and daughter, Janet Smith McCullough ( Randy) of Chapel Hill, NC. They have eight grandchildren, fourteen great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. He was the last survivor of ten siblings.
Services will be officiated by Rev. Earl Harrison of The Church of the Living God, where Joel attended for several years. Eastside Chapel of Atmore will handle funeral arrangements for the service on Saturday, November 30, 2013, at 2 p.m.
Interment will follow at Serenity Gardens on Highway 31 in Atmore.
Family will receive visitors on Friday, November 29, 2013, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Eastside Chapel.
Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Homes, LLC is in charge of all arrangements.
Jesse Eugene Wamsley
November 25, 2013
Jesse Eugene Wamsley, 68, of Flomaton, went Home to the Angels on Saturday, November 23, 2013.
Mr. Wamsley was born November 6, 1946, in Maysville, Kentucky and was raised by his grandparents, Ida and Jesse Wamsley on their sawmill. He was a Vietnam veteran and served in the Army as a truck driver for four years. He was member of the VFW and he was a truck driver.
Mr. Wamsley is survived by his loving wife of 19 years, Betty Wamsley; stepchildren, Wanda Copeland and Anthony Bingham, both of Pensacola; grandchildren, Tommy & Robyn Bingham, Johnny Hockett, Chris Bingham, Valerie Bingham and Alan Bingham; great-grandchildren, Mollie Hockett, Ava and Christian Bingham, Aleena Grozsanoff, Nicholas Simmons, Zachariah Ponder and Eric Mathis. He is also survived by his sister, Debbie Nichols and two daughters, April Wamsley and Andra Large all of Ohio; several nieces and nephews.
We would like to give a special thanks to the ladies of Flomaton Pharmacy and Tom Thumb Store at 113.
Graveside services will be Wednesday, November 27, 2013, at 1:15 p.m. at the Barrancas National Cemetery with Chaplin Ken Griffin officiating.
Burial will follow at Barrancas National Cemetery.
Visitation will be held Tuesday, November 26, 2013, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. at the Petty- Eastside Chapel Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Anthony Bingham, Thomas Bingham, Chris Bingham, Dereck Lowery, Wayne Copeland, Lonnie Barnes, Eric Mathis and Nicholas Simmons.
Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Homes, LLC is in charge of all arrangements.
Michael Wayne Jordan
November 25, 2013
Mr. Michael Wayne Jordan, 41, passed away on Saturday, November 23, 2013, in Mobile.
Mr. Jordan was a native of Atmore and has resided in Midland City, AL most of his life. He is preceded in death by Cecil Jordan and grandparents, Jenkins Montgomery Jordan, Oanzy Warren Jordan and Evins Robert Hadley.
Mr. Jordan is survived by his mother, Tonya Hadley of Dothan and Atmore; one brother, Tony (Jessica) Burt of Bay Minette; grandmother, Cathy Baker of Cottonwood, AL and special friends, Shirley Jordan Turner, Tonya Jordan, Anthony Jordan, Misty Barber and Jackie Harrison all of Atmore and Ricky Hatton of Dothan, AL.
Funeral services will be held at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home on Tuesday, November 26, 2013, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Wendell Hadley officiating.
Burial will follow at the Godwin Cemetery.
Visitation will be Tuesday, November 26, 2013, from 1 p.m. until service time at 2 p.m. at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home.
Petty- Eastside Chapel Funeral Homes, LLC is in charge of all arrangements.
Shirley Ann Hughes Cobb
November 24, 2013
Mrs. Shirley Ann Hughes Cobb, 53, passed away on Monday, November 18, 2013, in Atmore.
Mrs. Cobb was a native of Atmore, former resident of Warner Robbins, Georgia and had resided in Atmore most of her life.
She is survived by her two sons, Thomas B. (Mandy) Davis of Davisville, and James Darell McNeil Jr. of Warner Robbins, GA; four daughters, Shauna (Mikey) Harrelson of Atmore, Amy (Maurico) Alvearda of Warner Robbins, GA, Stephanie McNeil of Warner Robbins, GA and Natasha “Joy” McNeil of Tony, AL; three brothers, Danny Ray (Deborah) Hughes of Atmore, Wesley Lee (Wanda) Hughes of Atmore and Richard Anthony (Deneen) Hughes of Perdido; two sisters, Joyce Marie (Roger) Harrelson of Brewton and Cheryl Jane Harris of Atmore; and 17 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Friday, November 22, 2013 at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Malcolm Harrelson officiating.
Burial was in at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Shawn M. Boutwell, Brandon L. McNeil, Cody E. McNeil, Jessie L. Sanks, Dillon Hall and Ricky Harrelson.
Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Homes is in charge of all arrangements.