Gertrude Childress
December 4, 2013
Gertrude Childress, 88 of Monroeville, passed away Tuesday, December 3, 2013, in Monroeville. She was a retired seamstress with Vanity Fair Mills, born in Atmore on December 27, 1924, to the late Henry Watterson and Ruby Bell Stanley. Mrs. Childress was a member of the First Baptist church of Atmore.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Rhodie Childress.
Survivors include one son, Ralph Stan (Gloria) Childress of Tiger, Ga; two daughters, Cynthia (David) Huggins of Lake Village, Ark. and Rhonda (Keith) Cox of Little River; four brothers, Leonard (Katherine) Stanley and Cecil (Dobie) Stanley all of Atmore, Windom (Mildred) Stanley of Daphne and Aubrey (Mary Margaret) Stanley of Atmore; 11 grandchildren, Hedi Greene, Ryan Childress, Bryan Childress, Tiffany Davis, Stephen Childress, Michael Huggins, Jason Huggins, Suzanne White, Allison Cox, Kevin Houston and Scott Houston; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services will be Friday, December 6, 2013, at 2 p.m. from Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Arnold Hendrix officiating.
Interment will follow in Oak Hill cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Ryan Childress, David Huggins, Keith Cox, Bud Cox, Bruce White, Michael Huggins, Justin Kendrick.
Honorary pallbearers are her brothers.
Family will receive friends, Friday, December 6, 2013, at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is entrusted with all arrangements.
Columbus Ray Godwin
December 3, 2013
Columbus Ray Godwin, 67, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2013, in a Mobile hospital.
Godwin was a native and lifelong resident of Flomaton. He owned and operated Godwin’s Florist in Atmore for a number of years. He was a member of McCullough Christian Center.
His parents, John Godwin and Mazie Evans Godwin Bradford, preceded him in death.
Survivors include two sons, Johnny (Kristy) Godwin of Damascus and Carl Franklin (Misti) Godwin of Brewton; one brother, Ronald (Betty) Godwin of Mobile; two sisters, Jeanette (Nelson) Bell of Flomaton, and Shelby Godwin Kelly of Brewton; a special friend, Chris Brown; five grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, December 3, from the chapel of Craver’s Funeral Home with the Rev. Chad Griggs and the Rev. John Hodoh officiating. Interment followed in Pollard Cemetery.
Visitation was held before. service time Tuesday at Craver’s Funeral Home.
Columbus Ray Godwin
December 2, 2013
Mr. Columbus Ray Godwin, age 67, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2013, in a Mobile hospital.
Mr. Godwin was a native and life long resident of Flomaton. He owned and operated Godwin’s Florist in Atmore for a number of years. He was a member of McCullough Christian Center. Mr. Godwin was preceded in death by his parents, John Godwin and Mazie Evans Godwin Bradford.
He is survived by two sons, Johnny (Kristy) Godwin of Damascus, AL and Carl Franklin (Misti) Godwin of Brewton; one brother, Ronald (Betty) Godwin of Mobile; two sisters, Jeanette (Nelson) Bell of Flomaton and Shelby Godwin Kelly of Brewton; a special friend, Chris Brown; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at 2 p.m. from the chapel of Craver’s Funeral Home with Rev. Chad Griggs and Rev. John Hodoh officiating.
Interment will follow in Pollard Cemetery.
Visitation will be held Craver’s Funeral Home on Tuesday, December 3, from 12 noon until service time at 2 p.m.
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.