Joseph Lynn Parrott
April 18, 2010
Joseph Lynn Parrott, age 60 of Cantonment, FL, passed away Friday, April 16, 2010.
Joe was born in Campbellsville, KY January 19, 1950 to Joseph D. Parrott and Mary Jane Lyle Parrott, the fourth of six children. Joe grew up in Greenup County, KY where he graduated from high school in 1968 before entering the military service. He proudly served in the United States Navy for 20 years before retiring in Pensacola, FL. After retirement, Joe joined the Escambia County Sheriff’s Department as a correctional officer and he retired in March of 2009. Joe spent many hours on the A. C. Reed golf course aboard NAS Pensacola, FL and with the Amateur Trap Shooting Association. He was a member of the Gold Wings Riders Association and was an 18 year member of AA. His roots were deep in the hills of Kentucky and he was an avid Kentucky Wildcat fan. The best years of his life were spent with his wife, Wanda, whom he loved beyond all. He was a loyal friend and devoted to his family.
Honor Guard from the Escambia County Road Prison and a Military Honor Guard will serve as pallbearers.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Mary Louise Parker and his father-in-law, Ellis G. Beck.
Survivors include his wife, Wanda Beck Parrott; sister, Joyce Dougherty of Lexington, KY; brother and sister-in-law Alan and Lis Parrott of Lancaster, OH; brother-in-law, Malcolm Parker of Arlington Heights, IL; sister and brother-in-law, Libbi and Bo Singleton of Flatwoods, KY; and brother, Tom Parrott of Hilliard, OH. He also is survived by many loving nieces and nephews and special friends.
Funeral service will be 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at Faith Chapel North Funeral Home with Pastor Mary Peterson officiating. Interment will follow in Barrancas National Cemetery.
FAITH CHAPEL NORTH FUNERAL HOME, 1000 Hwy 29 Cantonment, is in charge of arrangements.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Monday, April 19.
Wilbur Luke “Mookie” Brown
April 18, 2010
Wilbur Luke “Mookie” Brown age 86, of Pensacola passed away Monday, April 12, 2010 at his residence. Mookie was born July 29, 1924 in Atmore, Alabama. He was a WWII veteran and an active member of the American Legion Post 340. Mookie was a loving and devoted husband and father.
He lived a long and fulfilling life and will be greatly missed by all that loved him.
He leaves behind his beloved step-daughter and son-in-law; Scott and Sonya Jones, a loved and cherished grandson; Taylor Jones, step-daughters; Judy Franklin, Karen Robinson and step-son; Malcolm Perdue, a loved nephew; Johnnie Wooten and his wife Shelia, step-grandsons; Joey (Melanie) Williams and Linzey (Felicia) Williams.
Graveside services will be held at 1:30 pm on Friday, April 16, 2010 at Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at Faith Chapel Funeral Home North-Cantonment on Friday, April 16, 2010 from 12:00 noon until 1:00 pm.
Faith Chapel Funeral Home North, 1000 Highway 29 South, Cantonment is in charge of arrangements.
Wilbur Luke “Mookie” Brown
April 16, 2010
Wilbur Luke “Mookie” Brown age 86, of Pensacola passed away Monday, April 12, 2010 at his residence. Mookie was born July 29, 1924 in Atmore, Alabama. He was a WWII veteran and an active member of the American Legion Post 340. Mookie was a loving and devoted husband and father. He lived a long and fulfilling life and will be greatly missed by all that loved him.
He leaves behind his beloved step-daughter and son-in-law; Scott and Sonya Jones, a loved and cherished grandson; Taylor Jones, step-daughters; Judy Franklin, Karen Robinson and step-son; Malcolm Perdue, a loved nephew; Johnnie Wooten and his wife Shelia, step-grandsons; Joey (Melanie) Williams and Linzey (Felicia) Williams.
Graveside services will be held at 1:30 pm on Friday, April 16, 2010 at Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at Faith Chapel Funeral Home North-Cantonment on Friday, April 16, 2010 from 12:00 noon until 1:00 pm.
Faith Chapel Funeral Home North, 1000 Highway 29 South, Cantonment is in charge of arrangements.
Mary Lois Reese
April 16, 2010
Mary Lois Reese, age 78, passed away Monday April, 12, 2010.
She was preceded in death by her son Lynn Fralick; her parents Nel and Myrtle Inez Robinson; sister Willie Mae Agerton and brother Bill Robinson.
She is survived by her husband of 49 years Thomas Holcomb Reese, twin sister Loyce Allen, brother Alton (Nikki) Robinson (Sybil); And numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
The family would like to thank the staff and volunteers of Covenant Hospice for their care and compassion.
Graveside services will be held Friday, April 16th at 11:00 a.m. at Jordan Cemetery on Kingsfield Road.
Serving, as pallbearers will be Doug Lassiter, Calvin Thompson, Robert Adams, David Lenn, Drew Lenn and Don Mock.
Faith Chapel Funeral Home North, 1000 Highway 29 South, Pensacola is in charge of arrangements.
Frances Sarah LaCoste Weekes
April 13, 2010
Frances Sarah LaCoste Weekes, a lifelong resident of Weeks Bay, died Monday April 12, 2010. She was 88 years old. Frances was the daughter of Sarah Baker and Donate LaCoste. She married William George (Pop) Weekes of Weeks Bay on June 29, 1944 in state of Louisiana Parish of St. Bernard.
Survived by daughter Margaret Ruth Twilley of Weeks Bay, grandchildren William Melton (Bo) Weaver, wife Cindy of Foley, AL., Mary Frances W. McPherson, husband Larry, of Walnut Hill, FL., Michael Glen (Mike) Weaver, wife Deana of Bratt, FL., Marcus Lavon (Mark) Weaver of Orange Beach, AL. and six great grandchildren and seventh due in June. Sister, Elaine Collins and brother-in-law Brady Z. Weekes and wife Betty. Numerous nieces, nephews and other family.
A visitation and funeral mass will be held Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 10 am from St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Magnolia Springs, AL. with a visitation from 9am until service time. Rosary service will be at 9:30 AM at the church.
Arrangements by Faith Chapel Funeral Home North, Cantonment, FL.
In lieu of flowers memorials should be made to Covenant Hospice, 5041 12th Ave., Pensacola, FL. 32504 or St. John the Baptist Altar Sodality, P.O. Box 20, Magnolia Springs, AL. 36555 or St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church, 600 South Main St., Atmore, AL. 36502.
George C. “Bubba” Cook, Jr
April 13, 2010
George C. “Bubba” Cook, Jr., age 55, died unexpectedly at home, Saturday, April 10, 2010. He was very involved in the local community and was currently serving as the Treasurer of the Five Flags Football Association. In the past he had served as President of the Florida Funeral Director’s Association, the 9 Mile Road Kiwanis Club and was a member of the Cantonment Masonic Lodge having once served as its Worshipful Master. He was also past president of the Tate Quarterback Club as well as having been a football official and baseball umpire. He achieved the rank of Assistant Chief while serving on the Innerarity Point Volunteer Fire Dept. He had been in the funeral profession for the past thirty-seven years.He was preceded in death by his father and his grandparents.
Mr. Cook is survived by his wife, Sandra; his son Jay, his daughter, Kathryn, his daughter-in-law Samantha and his two granddaughters, Berkley and Bryley; his mother, Carol Cook of Panama City, Fla.; his sisters Elaine (Tommy) Carr and Julie (Pete) Slatcoff; his brother Tommy (Susan) Cook; his loving in-laws, Ed and Cornelia Downs, Frank and Susan Downs, and Kathleen and Jim Branch all of Lynn Haven Fla.; aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, dear friends and co-workers especially his close friend and neighbor, Jim Lee.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 7 p.m. at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 1394 East Nine Mile Road, Pensacola. The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. until service time at 7 p.m.
The family will also receive friends in Panama City, Fla. from 12 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at the Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2350 Frankford Ave., Panama City, Fl. with the funeral service beginning at 2 p.m. Burial will follow at the Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home in Atmore, Al., and Trahan Family Funeral Home in Pensacola, Fla. are in charge of arrangements.
Dolores Ruth Peters
April 10, 2010
Mrs. Dolores Ruth Peters, age 80, of Walnut Hill, Fla., passed away Wednesday, April 7, 2010, in Century, Fla. She was a homemaker. She was born in Petoskey, Mich. to the late William M. and Zerelda Smith Detwiler. She and her husband moved from Michigan to Florida in 1953. They owned and operated The Apple House and Country Home Bakery in Walnut Hill FL from 1985-1998.
Mrs. Peters is survived by her husband, Vernon D. Peters of Walnut Hill; three sons, Larry Peters and wife, Wanda of Wrens, Ga., Randy Peters and wife, Cyndi of Bratt, Fla. And Erich Peters and wife Nancy of Davisville, Fla.; two daughters, Lorinda Lumbert of Sparta, MI., Debbie Litwiller and husband, John of Middleton, Mich.; two sisters, Shirley Zimmerman and husband, Ray of Sumner, Mich. And Carol Singleton of Canoe, Ala.; eighteen grandchildren and twenty-six great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. From Walnut Hill Mennonite Church with Rev. Verle Peters, Rev. Don Gable and Rev. Galen Harms officiating. Interment will follow in Walnut Hill Memorial Gardens.
Active pallbearers will be the grandsons.
The family will receive friends Saturday, April 10, 2010 from 6 until 8 p.m. at Atmore Memorial Chapel.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home, Inc. In charge of all arrangements. Atmore, Ala.
Margaret Marie Roach Brown
April 7, 2010
Margaret Marie Roach Brown, 82 of Century FL. passed away Monday, April 5, 2010.
She was born October 12, 1927 in Bratt, FL. Margaret was a member of the Poplardale Baptist Church. Preceding her in death was her husband, J.D. Brown and her sons; Wayne Brown and James “Buddy” Brown.
She is survived by her sons and daughters in law; Dewey “Jody” Brown, Doug and Donna Brown, Charlie and Pamela Brown, Jackie and Kathy Brown, Anne Brown and a sister Mary Nell “Missy” Peacock. She is also survived by numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, family and friends.
Funeral services will be held Friday, April 9, 2010 at 1 p.m. from Poplardale Baptist Church with Bro. Robert Gandy officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be her grandsons.
Family will receive friends at the church from 11a.m. until service time.
The family would like to thank Century Care Center, the doctors and staff of Jay Hospital and Covenant Hospice for their outstanding care.
Faith Chapel Funeral Home North, 1000 highway 29, Cantonment, FL. is charge of arrangements.
Verna Mae Harris
April 6, 2010
Mrs. Verna Mae Harris, 64, passed away on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at a Pensacola hospital.
Mrs. Harris was a native and lifelong resident of Atmore, AL. She was a loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother and Sister and attended the Atmore Church of God. Preceded in death by her Grandparents, Shirley J. Rutherford and Ida Mae Rutherford and a Sister, Alice Ruth Harrison.
Survivors include: her Husband, Leo Harris of Atmore, AL; her Son, Jerry L. Harris of Stockton, AL; four Daughters, Tammy E. Harris of Molino, FL, Judy L. Harris, Janice M. Ashcraft, and Krystal L. Harris, all of Atmore, AL; 4 Grandchildren, Daniel Ray Pierce, Heather Denise Pierce, Justin Tyler Harris, and T.J. Ashcraft; five Brothers, Harold E. Harrison and the Rev. H. Earl Harrison, both of Atmore, AL, Robert W. Harrison of Walnut Hill, FL, Donald R. Harrison of Martinville, AL, and David M. Harrison of Brewton, AL; and five Sisters, M. Helen Jones of Atmore, AL, Dorothy A. Milstead of Atmore, AL, Glenda Faye Odom of Nokomis, AL, Linda K. Robinson and Sarah F. O’Leary, both of Atmore, AL, .
Funeral services will he held Thursday April 8, 2010 at 2:00 P.M. at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with the Rev. Virgil McIntyre and the Rev. Wayne Fails officiating.
Burial will follow at Serenity Garden Cemetery.
Visitation will be held Wednesday, April 7, 2010 between 6:00 and 9:00 P.M. at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Jarrod Jones, Eddie Odom, Kenny Robinson, Matthew Robinson, Floyd Harris, and Wayne Harris.
Honorary pallbearers will be Beau Harrison, Bobby Harrison, Robert W. Harrison, Tommy Ashcraft and Judd Mason.
William America, Sr.
April 6, 2010
Mr. William America, Sr., age 77, of Atmore, Ala., passed away Saturday, April 3, 2010, at his residence. He was a native of Camden, Ala., born to the late Richard America Sr., and Lillian America. He had been a member of Greater Mt. Triumph Baptist Church where he served as deacon, choir member and many other positions in the church. He then joined McCullough Christian Center where he sang in the choir.
He retired from Monsanto in 1992. He served as a community broadcaster for 105.9 Gospel Radio for many years. He served as County Commissioner of Escambia for eight years. He was chairman of that same board for four years and was awarded a plaque for his loyal service and support to the South Alabama Regional Planning Commission in 1999. He was instrumental and faithful in providing leadership in several community organizations such as: President and founder of the United Civic Club, President of the Alabama Democratic Conference (ADC) Escambia County, Ala., branch, a member of the NAACP, served on the hospital board, a member of the Chamber of Commerce, President of the Progressive Civic & Recreational Club (PCRC), manager and owner of America’s Superfood store and served on the United Bank Board of Directors.
He was preceded in death by his father, Richard America, Sr.; one son, Elder Tommy America and one brother, Richard America, Jr.
Mr. America is survived by his wife of fifty-nine years, Pauline Powers America; five children, Shirley Jean Williams, Cynthia Paulette (Alton) Williams, William America Jr., James (Lesa) America and Ellen (Manual) Valenzuela; one daughter-in-law, Elder Audrey America; a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren; his mother, Lillian America Golden; two brothers, Henry (Georgia) America and Sammie (Francina) America; five sisters, Maggie (R.C.) Mc Millian, Alice Sanders, Delores (Wade) Brown, Varnell (Anthony) Ward and Fonda L.Poellnitz ; five sisters-in-law, Rutelia America, Amelia Brooks, Ada Lee Powers, Bessie Powers and Flora Powers, two aunts, a host of nieces, cousins and friends and the entire McCullough Christian Church family.
Public viewing will be Friday, April 9, 2010, from 1-8 p.m. and the family will receive friends from 6-7 p.m. from Christian Memorial Funeral Chapel.