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.
Horry Daniel Sanspree
April 5, 2010
Mr. Horry Daniel Sanspree, 73, passed away on Saturday, April 3, 2010 in Atmore, AL.
Mr. Sanspree was a native of Freemanville, AL, a lifelong resident of Atmore, AL, retired from the U.S. Air Force, a Veteran of Vietnam, and attended the Protestant Church.
Survivors include: his Wife of 54 years, Annette Sanspreee of Atmore, AL; three Daughters, Marty and Charles Stanton of Robinsonville, AL, Debra Sanspree Fight of Atmore, AL, and Becky and Scott Nelson of Bratt, FL; 4 Grandchildren; 3 Great-Grandchildren; and a Nephew, Rodney Wayne Sanspree of Atmore, AL.
Graveside services will he held Monday April 5, 2010 at 3:00 P.M. at the Oak Hill Cemetery with the Rev. Mitch Herring officiating.
Visitation will be held Monday, April 5, 2010 from 2:00 P.M. until funeral time at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Charles Stanton, Scott Nelson, Rodney Sanspree, Danny Elliott, Jason Elliott and Travis Nelson.
Walter T. Watson
April 4, 2010
Walter T. Watson, 82, of Molino, passed away Monday, March 29, 2010.
Mr. Watson was born in Covington County, AL and resided in Pensacola for the past 51 years. He was the owner and barber of Watson’s Barber Shop on East Fairfield Drive for many years and a member of Heritage Baptist Church of Pensacola.
Survivors include the mother of his children, Wanda Watson; four children, Dwight Watson, Donna Gagnon, Denise Gean, and David Watson; two sisters, Bernadine Clanton and Farah Pate; and three grandchildren.
Visitation was Thursday, April 1, 2010 from 1 p.m. till the service time of 2 p.m. at Pensacola Memorial Gardens Funeral Home.
Peggy Ellen Robbins Parr
April 3, 2010
Ms. Peggy Ellen Robbins Parr, age 61, of Hawkinsville, Ga., died Monday, March 29, 2010, at her residence.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Ramona Violet Yosin Robbins; a daughter, Tammy Michelle Parr Shoemaker and a brother, William D. Robbins, Jr.
Ms. Parr is survived by her father and step-mother, William D. and Bernice Robbins of Pace, Fla.; one daughter, Tina Marie Parr of N.C.; two brothers, Michael Joseph Robbins of Walnut Hill, Fla. and Robert Fillingim of Pace and one sister, Ramona Anne Gay.
A private family graveside service was held Thursday, April 1, 2010, at 2 p.m. in Walnut Hill Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Ted Bridges officiating.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home, Inc., was in charge of all arrangements.
Bobby Lee Dixon
April 2, 2010
Mr. Bobby Lee Dixon, 81, passed away on Friday, April 2, 2010 in Canoe, AL.
Mr. Dixon was a native of Bluejacket, OK and a resident of Canoe, AL for the past 43 years. He was a lifetime member of the American Legion and VFW, and retired from the U.S. Postal Service.
Survivors include: his Wife of 55 years, Ruby Dixon of Canoe, AL; two Sons, Roger and Susan Jansen of Robinsonville, AL, and David H. and Mary Dixon of Brewton, AL; his Daughter, Melissa Murph and Eddy Crabtree of Bay Minette, AL; 5 Grandchildren, Ashley Keough of Orange Beach, AL, Wendy Madden of Homewood, AL, Keela NcNeal of Brewton, AL, Josef Murph of Loxley, AL, and Joshua Murph of Bay Minette, AL; and 2 Great-Grandchildren, Gabe Madden and Timothy Madden.
Graveside services will he held Monday April 5, 2010 at 11:00 A.M. at the Canoe Methodist Cemetery with Elder Glenn Wardrop officiating.
Visitation will be held Sunday, April 4, 2010 between 5:30 and 7:00 P.M. at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Rodney Helton, Mike Helton, Benny Harrellson, Mike Smith, Doug Smith, and Leonard Stanley.
Honorary pallbearers will be the members of the VFW.