Obituaries

Obituaries in York Alabama

Maxine Harmon Johnson

Maxine Harmon Johnson

Mar 10, 2021

Maxine H. Johnson "Madea", age 83 of Cuba, Alabama, was born to the union of the late Mary Harmon and Judge Hassell. Maxine peacefully transitioned on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at her residence, surrounded by her family and close friends. Celebration of Her Life and Legacy is slated for Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 1:00 pm at Pine Grove Baptist...

Josephine Thompson

Josephine Thompson

Mar 7, 2021

JOSEPHINE THOMPSON, age 67, of York, Alabama, affectionately known as "Bae Bae" born to the union of the late Johnny and Ola Mae Lake Seals, transitioned and entered into eternal rest at her residence, March 7, 2021. Graveside Service of Memory and Life Celebration is slated for Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. in Elmwood Memorial Gardens, 11313 US...

Dorothy Walker

Dorothy Walker

Feb 24, 2021

DOROTHY "Dot" WALKER, age 88, of York, Alabama, the eldest child of five, born to the union of the late Tenny Jim and Alma Evans Walker, transitioned and entered into eternal rest surrounded by family at her residence, February 24, 2021. Service of Memory and Life Celebration is slated for Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 12:00 noon in Home Mission...

Eric Nathaniel James

Eric Nathaniel James

Feb 23, 2021

DR. ERIC NATHANIEL JAMES, age 36, of Wolcott, Ct., born to the union of the late Edmond P. James, and his mother Jimella Laws of Birmingham, Alabama, transitioned and entered into eternal rest February 23, 2021. Graveside Service of Memory and Life Celebration is slated for Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. in Cokes Chapel Cemetery, County Road 9,...

Michael Glen Chase, Sr.

Michael Glen Chase, Sr.

Jan 29, 2021

MICHAEL GLEN CHASE, SR., age 55, of Lake, Mississippi, formerly of Boston, Massachusetts, was born to the union of Sylvester and Dorothy Harmon Chase. Michael is the nephew of Maxine Harmon Johnson, of the Kinterbish Community of Cuba, Alabama. He peacefully transitioned and entered into eternal rest at his residence, January 29, 2021. Graveside Service of Memory and Life Celebration...

Willie Clifton (Bear) Curtis

Willie Clifton (Bear) Curtis

Jan 28, 2021

WILLIE CLIFTON CURTIS, age 69, of Lisman, Alabama, affectionately known as "Bear", born to the union of Elmore and Annie Bertha Horton Curtis, transitioned and entered into eternal rest January 28, 2021 at Rush Foundation Hospital, Meridian, Mississippi. Graveside Service of Memory and Life Celebration is slated for Thursday, February 4, 2021 at 12:00 noon in Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist...

Robert Earl Mcaboy

Robert Earl Mcaboy

Jan 26, 2021

ROBERT EARL McABOY, age 71, of Cuba, Alabama, born to the union of the late Tom and Ethel Lee Gibbs McAboy, transitioned and entered into eternal rest January 26, 2021 at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Jackson. Graveside Service of Memory and Life Celebration is slated for Sunday afternoon, January 31, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. in the Gibbs Family Cemetery, county...

Ophelia Lizzie Garrett Hill

Ophelia Lizzie Garrett Hill

Jan 22, 2021

The Formative Years Ophelia Lizzie Garrett Hill, age 94, was born April 15, 1926 in Hardaway, Alabama to the late Lewis Dorsey Garrett and Earline Harrison Garrett. To this union were born five children of which Ophelia was the oldest. The family moved to Tuskegee, Alabama when Ophelia was a young girl. Her mother passed at a young age and...

Connie Pope

Connie Pope

Jan 8, 2021

CONNIE POPE, age 94, of Red Bay, Alabama, born in Myrtle, Alabama to the union of the late Bro. Willie Pope and Sis. Susie Johnson Pope, transitioned and entered into eternal rest January 08, 2021 at 8:00 p.m in Generation of Red Bay Nursing Facility. Graveside Service of Memory and Life Celebration is slated for Friday, January 15, 2021 at...

Wilma Delois Baskin

Wilma Delois Baskin

Jan 4, 2021

WILMA DELOIS GRAVES BASKIN, age 81, of York, Alabama, born in Sumter County, Alabama to the union of the late Willis and Mary Lee Graves Cambric transitioned and entered into eternal rest January 4, 2021 at Rush Foundation Hospital, Meridian, Mississippi. Graveside Service of Memory and Life Celebration is slated for Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. in Eastern...

Tommie Lee Mcaboy

Tommie Lee Mcaboy

Dec 21, 2020

TOMMIE LEE McABOY, age 74, of Cuba, Alabama, born to the union of Tom and Ethel Lee Gibbs McAboy, peacefully transitioned surrounded by family at his residence, December 21, 2020. Graveside Service of Memory and Life Celebration is slated for Saturday, December 26, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. in the Gibbs Family Cemetery, County Road 27 in the Morning Star Community...

David Townsend

David Townsend

Dec 21, 2020

DAVID TOWNSEND, age 59, of Northport, Alabama, a former resident of Sumter County, Alabama, born July 14, 1961 to the union of Frank and Pearlean Phillips Townsend, Sr. peacefully transitioned at his residence December 21, 2020. Graveside Service of Remembrance and Life Celebration is slated for Sunday, December 27, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. in Cokes Chapel Cemetery, Sumter County Road...

George Chatman

George Chatman

Dec 20, 2020

GEORGE CHATMAN, age 50, of Livingston, Alabama, born to Melvia Chatman in Tuscaloosa Alabama, transitioned and entered into eternal rest December 20, 2020 in Anderson Regional Medical Center, Meridian, Mississippi. Memorial Service and Life Celebration is slated for January 3, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. at Cokes Chapel Cemetery, Ward, Alabama. George moved and grew up in Decatur, Alabama. He attended...

Dorothy Jean Donald

Dorothy Jean Donald

Dec 6, 2020

DOROTHY JEAN MILLER DONALD, age 76, of York, Alabama, affectionately known as "Dot", born to the union of the late Jimmy Miller and Sallie C. Rhodes peacefully transitioned December 6, 2020 at Baptist Medical Center East, Montgomery, Alabama. Life Celebration and Graveside Service of Memory is slated for Saturday, December 12, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. in Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Highway...

Aligee Maxwell Delaine

Aligee Maxwell Delaine

Dec 5, 2020

Obituary ALIGEE MAXWELL DELAINE, age 86, of Cuba, Alabama, affectionately known as "Al" was the first of four children born to the late Gilbert and Emma Bunting Maxwell in Clinton, Alabama. She graduated with honors from the Greene County Public School System, and matriculated at Stillman University and University of West Alabama. She began her teaching career at Kinterbish High...

Ray Anthony Kennedy

Ray Anthony Kennedy

Nov 8, 2020

RAY ANTHONY KENNEDY, age 58, of Upper Marlboro, MD., affectionately known as "Huggie", born in Birmingham, Alabama to the union of Emma Pearl Kennedy and Lester Lee Byrd, and grandson to the late Deacon Edgar and Emma Amerson Kennedy of Livingston, Alabama; peacefully transitioned at his residence November 8, 2020 at 6:21 a.m. Service of Memory and Life Celebration is...

Edna Mae Gibbs

Edna Mae Gibbs

Oct 29, 2020

“Who Can find a virtuous woman, for her price is far above rubies….favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised” EDNA MAE HOOKS GIBBS, age 97, born in Lauderdale County, Mississippi to the union of the late Ben and Rachel Bishop Hooks, peacefully transitioned surrounded by loved ones at her...

Jack Portis

Jack Portis

Oct 22, 2020

JACK ("Zack") PORTIS, age 76, of Cuba, Alabama, born the fifth of eight children in Lauderdale County, Mississippi to the union of the late Henry and Essie Mae Campbell Portis, Sr. peacefully transitioned October 22, 2020 at Rush Foundation Hospital, Meridian, Ms. Graveside Service of Remembrance and Life Celebration is slated for Saturday, October 31, 2020 in Mount Zion Cemetery,...

Eric Lugusta Delaine

Eric Lugusta Delaine

Oct 10, 2020

ERIC LUGUSTA DELAINE, age 52, of Atlanta, Georgia, affectionately known as “Scrap”, born in Hartford, Ct. to the union of William and Mary Delaine, transitioned October 10, 2020. Memorial arrangements and "Distancing Celebration of Life are slated for Saturday, October 17, 2020 from 1:30-3:30 pm. at Dantanna's, located 3400 Around a Lenox Road #304, Atlanta 30326. Public Visitation is Saturday...

Sarah Lee Mobley

Sarah Lee Mobley

Sep 29, 2020

SARAH LEE CROOM MOBLEY, age 69 of York, Alabama, born to the union of the late Ira and Rachel Amerson Croom, transitioned peacefully surrounded by and supported by loving family at Specialty Hospital, Meridian, Mississippi, September 29, 2020 at 10:40 a.m. She was the eighth of ten children. Graveside Service of Memory and Life Celebration is slated for Saturday, October...