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Gladys Louise Arrington Carr
Nov 27, 2023
Gladys Louise Carr, of Holly Pond, Alabama, passed away on Monday, November 27, 2023, at the age of 73. Ms. Carr was born to Chelcey Clinton and Eunice Lillian Sims Arrington on January 3, 1950, in Marshall County, Alabama.
Gladys worked as both an in-home daycare provider and as a sitter for the homebound. She attended Union Grove Church where...
Henry Roy Goodno
Nov 25, 2023
Henry Roy Goodno, of Cullman, Alabama, passed away on November 25, 2023, at the age of 92. Mr. Goodno was born in Cullman County, Alabama, on May 15, 1931, to Henry and Pearl Manord Goodno.
Mr. Goodno served our county honorably in the United States Army. He also farmed, enjoyed squirrel hunting when he had time, and was employed by...
John Cleveland Livingston
Nov 16, 2023
John Cleveland Livingston, of Hanceville, Alabama, passed away on November 16, 2023, at the age of 87. Mr. Livingston was born July 5, 1936, in Lawrence County, Alabama, to Paul Steven and Alma Birdie Jacobs Livingston.
Mr. Livingston was a logger by trade. He was a member of Livingston Tabernacle Church in Hanceville, Alabama. John was talented and his love...
Dakota Ray Lamons
Nov 9, 2023
Dakota Ray Lamons, 19, of Vinemont, Alabama, passed away on November 9, 2023. Dakota was born in Cullman County, Alabama, on October 1, 2004, to Steven Lamons and Jessica Coker Lamons.
Dakota was a mechanic and he enjoyed tearing apart, rebuilding, and repairing cars. He loved riding motorcycles and enjoyed yardwork. Dakota loved to eat, and he was known to...
Geraldine Sweatmon
Oct 9, 2023
Geraldine Sweatmon, of Cullman, Alabama, passed away on October 9, 2023, at the age of 89. Ms. Sweatmon was born in Cullman County, Alabama, on January 13, 1934, to Benjamin Bloomer and Ruby Sherrer Robertson.
Ms. Geraldine was a graduate of Holly Pond High School and long-time resident of the area. She was gifted with a green thumb and loved...
Millard Franklin Guffey
Oct 6, 2023
Millard Franklin Guffey, of Cullman, Alabama, was welcomed into the presence of our Lord and Savior on October 6, 2023, at the age of 82. Mr. Guffey was born in Cullman County, Alabama, on February 14, 1941.
At the age of nine, Millard fell in love with a pretty little girl named Natalie Golden and proposed to her. Nine-year-old Natalie...
Robert Earl Rowell
Oct 6, 2023
Robert Earl Rowell, of Holly Pond, Alabama, passed away on the morning of October 6, 2023, at the age of 82. Mr. Rowell was born in Lincoln, Alabama, on August 13, 1941, to John Thomas and Clara Eloise Fike Rowell.
Mr. Rowell served his county honorably in the United States Navy for four years, and we will be forever...
Bernice Marie Phillips
Sep 28, 2023
Bernice Marie Phillips, of Cullman, Alabama, was received into the loving arms of our Heavenly Father on September 28, 2023, at the age of 66. Bernice was born to J.B. and Genell Maynard Mobley on November 5, 1956, in Mobile, Alabama.
Mrs. Phillips enjoyed quilting, sewing, and cooking. She loved tending her flowers and doing yard work as well. She...
Sue Rigsby
Sep 27, 2023
Mrs. Sue Rigsby passed peacefully September 27, 2023, at the residence of her daughter in Glencoe, Alabama at the age of 91. She was born June 5, 1932, in Blount County, Alabama to Gussie and Annie Ruby Adams.
Sue went to Susan Moore High School. She was the loving wife to Jack Rigsby, who predeceased her in 2011, a devoted...
Era Faye Denney
Sep 14, 2023
Era Faye Denney, of Holly Pond, Alabama, passed away on Thursday morning, September 14, 2023, at the age of 86. Ms. Denney was born May 24, 1937, in Blount County, Alabama, to Grady and Velma McCollum Doyle.
Ms. Denney worked as a dietician for Cullman Regional Medical Center before retiring. She loved to cook, sew, read, and was always laughing...
Alta Myrtle Miller
Sep 9, 2023
Alta Myrtle Sloan Miller, of Baileyton, Alabama, passed away on September 9, 2023, at the age of 95. Ms. Miller was born to Grady and Myrtle Whatley Sloan on April 24, 1928.
Alta was an active member of the Welcome Baptist Church family where she enjoyed Sunday School, singings, church activities, and worshipping with her friends and neighbors. She worked...
Alexis Tierra White
Sep 7, 2023
Alexis Tierra White, of Hanceville, Alabama, passed away the morning of September 7, 2023, at the age of 23. Lexi was born on March 1, 2000, in Cullman County, Alabama, to Joshua Brett White and Jamie Kim May.
Lexi grew up in the small community of Holly Pond, Alabama, and was a member of the Holly Pond Broncos graduating class...
Larry Paul Vondrasek
Aug 25, 2023
Larry Paul Vondrasek, of Cullman, Alabama, passed away on August 25, 2023, at the age of 65. Larry was born April 9, 1958, in Nebraska, to Paul and Irene Leach Bleach. Larry was later adopted by Frank Vondrasek when Frank and Irene married.
Mr. Vondrasek worked as a glazing engineer and was very proud of his contribution to the...
Fay Delores Underwood
Aug 25, 2023
Fay Delores Duskin Underwood, 81, of Holly Pond, Alabama, passed away on August 25, 2023. Delores was born in Cullman County, Alabama, on April 19, 1942, to James Mildredge and Louvie Bell Phillips Duskin.
Ms. Underwood is preceded in death by her parents; husband of fifty-six years, William Woodrow “Woody” Underwood; brothers, Jerald Duskin, Richard Duskin; and sister, Beverly Nix.
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Michelle Leigh Wade Dean
Aug 18, 2023
Michelle Leigh Wade Dean, of Holly Pond, Alabama, met Jesus face to face on Friday morning, August 18, 2023, at the age of 46. Michelle was born in Jefferson County, Alabama, on August 10, 1977, to Kevin Howard and Jackie Denise Chandler Wade.
Michelle had seasons of walking in her calling, seasons of joy, and seasons of struggle. She loved...
Arvel Richard Pruitt, Jr.
Aug 15, 2023
Arvel Richard Pruitt, Jr., of Joppa, Alabama, passed away on August 15, 2023, at the age of 49. Mr. Pruitt was born in Indiana, on August 24, 1973, to Arvel Richard Pruitt, Sr., and Terri Pruitt (Szpakowski).
Richie was a sweetheart. He would give the shirt off his back to anyone who might appear to need it more than he...
Jean Compton
Aug 13, 2023
Jean Compton, of Cullman, Alabama, passed away on Sunday evening, August 13, 2023, at the age of 83. Ms. Compton was born to Parris Lester and Elizabeth Vance on March 26, 1940, in Bradshaw, West Virginia.
Ms. Compton was of the Pentecostal faith. She enjoyed crocheting and she loved raising birds. Jean adored her sons, and she was not only...
Betty Jean King
Aug 7, 2023
Betty Jean King, of Crane Hill, Alabama, passed away on Monday morning, August 7, 2023, at the age of 76. Ms. King was born in Guntersville, Alabama, on February 7, 1947, to Henry Joseph Cowen and Generbell Lee Cannady.
Ms. King worked as a waitress for many years, primarily at Gus’s Hotdogs in Birmingham, but also at Busy Bee Café...
Eunice Marie Millican
Aug 2, 2023
Eunice Marie Millican, 79 possibly 80, of Oneonta, Alabama, passed away on August 2, 2023. She was born in Jefferson County, Alabama, on April 17, 1944, to John Henry and Margaret Louise Schmit Sheets.
Ms. Eunice, lovingly known as Grandmaw, loved to sing and read her Bible. She adored her family and enjoyed spending time with her children, grandchildren, and...
Annie Ruth Feemster
Jul 21, 2023
Annie Ruth McKleroy Feemster, of Tullahoma, Tennessee, passed away of Friday evening, July 21, 2023, at the age of 93. Ms. Feemster was born in Blount County, Alabama, on April 3, 1930, to Lawrence Emmett and Ruby Elizabeth Green McKleroy.
Annie worked as a seamstress for many years, and she also worked for General Motors. She loved to crochet, sew,...
