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Linda Joyce Brown-Coker, 57, died Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019. Mrs. Brown-Coker was born Ot. 18, 1962, to Luck and Willie Bell Brown. A 1983 Escambia County High School graduate, she worked at Atmore Wind Creek Casino for about 15 years and attend- ed the Elizabeth Baptist Holiness Church under the leadership of Rev. Dan Abner. The funeral was held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 4, at Empowerment Tabernacle Christian Center with Pastor Brian Johnson officiating. Burial followed at Fairview Cemetery with Christian Memorial Funeral Home directing. Mrs....
James “Sput” Perry Freeman, 62, of Brewron, died Friday, Dec. 27, 2019, following a brief illness. Mr. Freeman was a native of Brewton and former resi- dent of Decatur, Ala., before moving back to Brewton. Of the Baptist faith, he attended the W.S. Neal School system before graduating from West Morgan High School in Decatur. He was employed as a safety supervisor at T.R. Miller Mill Company and for- mer administrator at the Escambia County Jail, with a total of 33 years of service in law enforcement. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Monday, Dec....
Wally Roger Harrelson, 64, of Brewton, died Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, following a brief ill- ness. Mr. Harrelson was a native and life long resident of Brewton who attended the W.S. Neal School system. A U.S. Army veteran, he worked as a floor covering installer and was of the Baptist faith. The funeral was held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 2, at Travis Community Church on Travis Rd. with Rev. Billy Ray Singleton officiating and Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mr. Harrelson is survived by his wife, Joyce Hughes Harrelson of...
Collie Ray “Bo” Hughes, 98, of Cantonment, died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. Mr. Hughes was born Jan. 4, 1922, to George Cobb and Lula Bell Powell Hughes in Excel, Ala. With only a sixth grade education, he became a crane operator at the Mobile Steel Company from Feb. 1942 until he enlisted in U.S. Navy in 1943. He served on the NTS Bainbridge in Maryland, the USS Griener (DE-37) and USS Natoma Bay (CVE 62). When World War II officially ended, he was on a ship 300 miles from the Tokyo harbor and was later honorably dis- charged Feb. 10, 1946. He...
Curtis James Knowles, 67, died Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019, in Brewton. Mr. Knowles was a native of Century, Fla., and former resident of Lafayette, La., who had resided in Flomaton for the past 35 years. Retired from the oil field as a tool pusher with more than 30 years of service. He was a member of the 1st Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ of Flomaton. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 29, at Petty- Eastside Chapel with Bro. Jimmy Colley and Bro. Farron Wilson officiating. Burial followed at the Little Escambia Cemtery with Petty-East...
Howard Dewitt McGhee, Jr., 72, died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. Mr. McGhee was born Sept. 13, 1948, in Atmore, Ala. and lived most of his life in the Clark and Escambia County areas. Owner and operator of Dynamic Cleaning Company, he was a member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians and the Amith Baptist Church of Clark County. The funeral was held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 7, at the McCullough Christian Center with Bro. Joe White officiat- ing. Burial followed at the jud- son Cemetery with Petty- Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mr. McGhee...
Labarron Mitchell, 43, died Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019. Mr. Mitchell was born Dec. 26, 1976, to Charles Ray Crook, Sr. and Linda Faye Crook (Jimmy) Marshall. He attend- ed Escambia County High School as a 1996 class mem- ber. He was a member of Gaines Chapel AME Church in Atmore. The funeral was held at 11 a.m., Friday, Jan. 3, at Empowerment Tabernacle Christian Center with Bishop Catadro North officiating. Butial followed at Fairview Cemetery with Christian Memorial Funeral Directors directing. Mr. Mitchell was survived by his parents; one...
Lucille Margaret Sellers Nelson, 87, of East Brewton, died Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, in a Century, Fla. nursing facility after a brief illness. Mrs. Nelson was a native of Santa Rosa, Fla. and long time resident of East Brewton. Of the Holiness faith, she was a graduate of Munson High School and had retired from the Florida Division of Forestry as a forest fire tower observer. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 5, at Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Jerry Lynn officiating. Burial followed at Green Acres Cemetery with...
Cynthia Annette Quinley, 56, died Friday, Dec. 27, 2019. Mrs. Quinley was born Jan. 11, 1963, to Claborne and Sophronia Quinley in Flomaton, Ala. She worked for Vanity Fair in Atmore, David's Catfish in Brewton, Church's Chicken in Flomaton and numerous other restaurants in the area. A member of Fanny Missionary Baptist Church, where she served as gospel choir president, on the Missionary Board and as superintendent of the Sunday School, she had attended Flomaton High School. The funeral was held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 4, at Fanny...
Mary June Townson, 75, died Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Enterprise, Ala. Mrs. Townson was a native of Canoe, Ala. and former longtime resident of Atmore who had resided in Enterprise for the past two months. She was of the Pentecostal faith. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 4, at Petty-Eastside Chapel with Rev. Angelo Thomley and Bro. Michael Hadley officiat- ing. Burial followed at Traveler's Rest Cemetery with Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Townson is survived by three daughters, Tammy Woods of Enterprise and...
Elizabeth Williams, 73, died Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019. Mrs. Williams was born Feb. 14, 1946, to Julius Powe and Rosie Mae Mims, in Camden, Ala. She attended Escambia County Training School and was a member of Lighthouse Apostolic Holiness Church under Apostle Robert Grissett. She worked as a cook at The Ponderosa and David's Catfish and retired with 30 years of service. Mrs. Williams is survived by two sons, Ronnie (Shavaughn) Williams and Ray (Kim) Williams, both of Atmore; two daughters, Barbara (Willie) Fountain of Walnut Hill, Fla. and...
