Obituaries

Obituaries in York Alabama

Sarah Mae Clark

Sarah Mae Clark

Aug 28, 2017

SARAH MAE CLARK, age 77, of York, Alabama, born  to  the late Isaac Cherry and Ora Lee Marshall, transitioned August 28, 2017 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.  Service of Remembrance is Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 12:00 noon from First Baptist Church, 254 McConnell Street, York, with Rev. Jonathan Byrd, pastor, delivering the eulogy and offering words of comfort and  consolation.       Sister...

Tyrone Vaughn Stephens, Sr.

Tyrone Vaughn Stephens, Sr.

Aug 27, 2017

       TYRONE VAUGHN STEPHENS, SR., age 44, of Columbus, Ohio, formerly of Sumter County; Alabama transitioned August 27, 2017.  Memorial Service of Remembrance was held Saturday, September 9, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. from New Hope Baptist Church, 702 North Broad Street, York, Alabama.  Rev. Jonathan Byrd delivered the eulogy and offered words of comfort and consolation;  Rev. Akiva Burton is...

Joe Lake

Joe Lake

Aug 8, 2017

        Just as everything has a beginning, Bro. Joe Lake, age 82, of York, Alabama, was born to the late Warren and Corine Lake on October 10, 1934 in Sumter County, Alabama. He confessed Christ as his personal Savior at a young age. He settled down and married his one true love, Earnestine Grant and they shared 30 years of...

Pearl H. Pruitt

Pearl H. Pruitt

Jul 30, 2017

PEARL H. PRUITT, age 81, of York, Alabama, born the second child of five to the late Milton Huggins and Catherine Jackson, transitioned on her birthday, July 30, 2017 at the residence of her daughter (Annette Rodgers).  Service of Remembrance is Saturday, August 5, 2017 at 12:00 noon from First Baptist Church, 254 McConnell Street, York.  Rev. Jonathan Byrd, pastor,...

Edmond Pervis James

Edmond Pervis James

Jul 5, 2017

EDMOND JAMES, age 66, of Ward, Alabama, affectionately known as "Blue", born to the late Curtis and Bessie Mobley James, entered into eternal rest July 5, 2017 at Anderson Regional Medical Center, Meridian, Mississippi.  Service of Remembrance is Saturday, July 15, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. from Union Chapel CME Church, 5277 Sumter 9, Ward, with Rev. James Campbell, pastor, delivering...

Sherry Diane Foster

Sherry Diane Foster

Jul 5, 2017

SHERRY DIANE FOSTER, age 65, of Lithonia, Georgia,  was the eighth of twelve children born to the late Amanda and Mathew Foster, Sr.  She entered into eternal rest July 5, 2017.               Service of Remembrance will be held, Friday, July 14, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. from Union Chapel C.M.E. Church, 5277 Sumter 9, Ward, Alabama.  Sherry is to lie in repose...

Althea Bollar

Althea Bollar

Jul 4, 2017

ALTHEA "Prince" BOLLAR, age 54, of Cuba, Alabama, born to John T. and Erma Jean Johnson Bollar, Sr., transitioned at DCH Regional Medical Center, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, July 4, 2017.  Service of Remembrance will be Saturday, July 15, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. from Grants Chapel CME Church, Kinterbish Road 10, Cuba.  Rev. Walter Ball is to deliver the eulogy and offer...

Julia Maxine Dawson

Julia Maxine Dawson

Jun 17, 2017

JULIA MAXINE DAWSON, age 75, of York, Alabama, transitioned at her daughter's residence, June 17, 2017 at approximately 12:10 a.m.  Service of Remembrance is Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. at Eastern Star Baptist Church, 112 Curl Road, in the Grant City Community of York.  Rev. Charles H. Delaine is to deliver the eulogy and offer words of comfort...

Bessie Louise Rodgers

Bessie Louise Rodgers

Jun 7, 2017

BESSIE LOUISE RODGERS, age 87, of York, Alabama born to the late Alonzo and Margaret Jo Bett Wilson, transitioned at Hill Hospital of Sumter County at 7:40 p.m.  June 7, 2017.  Service is Remembrance is Saturday, June 17, 2017 at 12:00 noon from Eastern Star Baptist Church, 110 Curl Road in the Grant City Community of York.  Rev. Charles H....

Oranell Portis Tanks

Oranell Portis Tanks

May 6, 2017

 ORA "NELL" PORTIS TANKS, age 74, of New Orleans, La., formerly of Sumter County; Alabama, tragically passed in a fatal car accident on May 6, 2017.  Service of Remembrance is Saturday, May 20, 2017 at 11:00 a. m. at Kinterbish Jr. High School, 5586 Kinterbish 10, with interment following in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Jarman Road, Cuba.  After the committal...

Lillian Morris Christian

Lillian Morris Christian

May 6, 2017

Lillian Morris Christian, age 88, of Epes, Alabama, born to the late Zephaniah Woodruff Morris and Alberta Pratt, passed at DCH Regional Medical Center, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, May 6, 2017. Service of remembrance will be Saturday, May 13, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Sumterville Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. John Meeks delivering the eulogy and offering words of comfort and consolation;...

Deloris Dawn Walker

Deloris Dawn Walker

May 5, 2017

Deloris Dawn Walker, age 71, of Cuba, Alabama, born to Neal and Doshie Nettles Gibbs, passed May 5, 2017 in Anderson Regional Medical Center, Meridian, Mississippi. Deloris Dawn Walker was a longtime Alabama television journalist and program director.        Ms. Walker is a 1965 graduate of West End High School in York, Alabama; also a graduate of Miles College in Fairfield...

Dennis James Altman

Dennis James Altman

May 2, 2017

Dennis James Altman, age 36, formerly of Sumter County, Alabama, born to Eddie James Horn and Patricia Ann Altman, entered into eternal rest May 2, 2017 in St. Vincent Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama.  Service of remembrance will be Saturday, May 13, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. from Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, York, Alabama with interment following in Gibbs Cemetery, Cuba.  Rev....

Lueessia Booker Delaine

Lueessia Booker Delaine

Apr 28, 2017

LUEESSIA BOOKER DELAINE, age 74, of Fayetteville, Georgia, was a native of Lexington, Mississippi.  She entered into eternal rest April 28, 2017 at her residence in Georgia.  After graduation, she relocated to Madison, Wisconsin where she met the love of her life, Earnest Delaine, Sr., and they shard the joys of marriage for 54 years.  Service of memory will be...

Mable Beatrice Lawson

Mable Beatrice Lawson

Apr 8, 2017

MABLE BEATRICE LAWSON, age 102, of Cuba, Alabama, the third child of thirteen born in Mt. Sterling, Choctaw County, Alabama to the late Bennie Frank and Mamie Gregg Brown, and affectionately known as "Beatty" passed at her residence April 8, 2017.  Service of Remembrance is Saturday afternoon, April 15, 2017 at 12:00 from Union Chapel CME Church, Ward, Alabama with...

Emma Pearl Evans

Emma Pearl Evans

Mar 22, 2017

Emma Pearl Evans, age 74, of Springdale, MD, passed March 22, 2017 at Anne ArRundel Medical Center, Annapolis, MD. Service of Remembrance will be Saturday (April 1st) at 12 noon  from Shiloh Baptist Church, 305 Nelson R Hudges Drive, Livingston, AL. Rev. Archie L. Porter will deliver the eulogy and offer words of comfort and consolation; Rev. DeWayne Crockett is church Pastor. Interment follows...

Abraham Kelly Jr.

Abraham Kelly Jr.

Mar 16, 2017

Abraham Kelly Jr., age 68, of Tucson, Az., born in Choctaw Co. Alabama to the late Abraham and Bennie Lee Ezell Kelly Sr, passed March 16, 2017 at the Tucson Medical Center.  Service of Remembrance will be held Thursday morning March 30, 2017 at 10 a.m. from Shiloh CME Church Cromwell, Alabama.  Rev. Archie Kelly will deliver the eulogy, offering...

Fannie Mae Cross

Fannie Mae Cross

Mar 10, 2017

 FANNIE M. "Teena" CROSS, age 83, of Epes, Alabama, born to the late Vember and Leona Jones Cross in Sumter County Alabama, entered into eternal rest March 10, 2017 in DCH Regional Medical Center, Tuscaloosa.  Service of Remembrance is Saturday, March 18, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church, Epes, with her nephew, Rev. Larry Yates delivering the eulogy...

Stanley Fellows

Stanley Fellows

Jan 28, 2017

STANLEY FELLOWS, age 60, of Livingston, Alabama, affectionately known as "Pookie", born to the late Charlie and Gertrude Williams Fellows, departed this life and transitioned January 28, 2017 at Sumter Health & Rehabilitation, York, Alabama.  Service of Remembrance is Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 12:00 noon from the Weatherly Chapel.  Interment follows in Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Highway 11 East, York. ...

Mae Belle Chaney

Mae Belle Chaney

Jan 26, 2017

Mae Belle Chaney, age 62, of Ward, Alabama, born to the late Thomas ("Osie") and Bessie Lee Ausbrooks, entered into eternal rest late Thursday night, January 26, 2017 at Choctaw General Medical Center, Butler, Alabama.  Service of Remembrance will be Saturday, February 4, 2017 at 11:00 AM from St. John Missionary Baptist Church, 1225 Shorts 15 Ward, AL 36922.  Rev....