Chatom, AL Obituaries

William Jessie Wheat, 84, of Chatom, passed away January 6, 2018 at his residence. He was born March 30, 1933 to Joe and Viola Burroughs Wheat. After serving four years in the U.S. Navy, he began his ...

Doris Dean Grinstead, 82, of Chatom, passed away December 21, 2017 at the Washington County Nursing Home. She was born July 22, 1935 to Simmie and Lillie Reynolds. She lived her life with great compas...

It is with great sadness that the family of Alton Taylor announces his passing after a long battle with illness, on Wednesday, November 22, 2017, at the age of 80 years old. He was born on March 14, 1...

Gladys Evelyn Gilley, 90, of Millry, passed away November 12, 2017 at the Washington County Nursing Home. She was born September 27, 1927 to Charlie and Agnes Chafin. A member of Spring Hill Baptist C...

Teresa Parnell Knight, age 49, passed away November 10, 2017 in Mobile, Alabama. Ms. Knight was born December 9, 1967. A native of Tibbie where she was a member of Tibbie Baptist Church, Ms. Knight wa...

Larry R. Singleton, 58, of Chatom, passed away November 7, 2017 at his residence. He was born March 27, 1959 to Archie and Mary Lee Singleton. A loving and devoted husband, father and grandfather, he ...

Janet Carpenter Jordan, 85, of Chatom, AL passed away November 3, 2017 at South Baldwin Regional Medical Center. She was born July 29, 1932 to Wilson and Evelyn Carpenter. A member of Millry Baptist C...

Dorothy Louise Laton, 84, of Chatom, passed away October 23, 2017 at her residence. She was born October 15, 1933 to Henry and Irene Carpenter. A homemaker, she loved working in her yard, especially w...

Esther Allen Reynolds, 95, of Bastrop, TX, formerly of Chatom, passed away October 22, 2017 at Silver Pines Nursing Home in Bastrop. She was born September 20, 1922 to Jim and Artie Allen and lived mo...

Funeral Services will be 1 pm Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017 at Lathan Funeral Home in Chatom with a visitation from 12-1 prior to services. Full obituary will be listed soon.

Gregory Scott Jones, 40, of Chatom, passed away September 20, 2017 at the Washington County Nursing Home. He was born October 15, 1976 to Clarence and DeeLayne Jones. He was an avid fan of the Florida...

Osceola Howard Henderson, age 82, passed away September 1, 2017. Mrs. Henderson was born November 17, 1934 to the late Boyd and Lavonia Howard and was a life-long resident of Washington County. She ha...

James Franklin “Bo” Butts, 74, of Semmes, passed away August 30, 2017 at his residence. He was born March 5, 1943 to William Thomas and Aline Curry Butts. After serving in the U.S. Army, he was employ...

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Barry Glenn London Sr., 81, of Chatom, passed away August 21, 2017 at his residence. He was born March 22, 1936 to Hurbert and Achsa London. After serving in the U.S. Navy, he was employed with Scott ...

Lena Yvonne Taylor, 78, of Chatom, passed away August 23, 2017 at her residence. She was born March 23, 1939 to Dan and Virgie Beech. She was preceded in death by her parents; step-father, George D....

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Betty Jean Brewer Cannon, 81, passed away Saturday, July 1, 2017. Betty was born April 7, 1936, to George Alma Brewer and Maggie Elrod Brewer, and resided most of her life in McIntosh, Alabama. She wa...

Nettie Inez Hayes, 90, of Chatom, passed away July 8, 2017 at the Washington County Nursing Home. She was born April 6, 1927 to John Franklin and Edna Dees. A member of the Chatom Church of God, she h...

John Clayton “Johnny” Reynolds, Jr., 59, of Eight Mile, passed away June 15, 2017 at his residence. He was born March 3, 1958 to John C. Reynolds, Sr. and Betty Freeman Reynolds. Having established a ...

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Lemoyne Hearn, 79, of Chatom, AL passed away May 17, 2017 at Washington County Hospital. She was born May 29, 1937 to Isaac K. Lane and Bessie McDonald Lane. She and her husband of 61 years, Joseph He...

Bonnie Faye Moss, 50, of Chatom, passed away May 15, 2017 at her residence. She was born June 3, 1966 to Daniel Lamar Carpenter and Carlyon Sue Parnell Carpenter. She was a 1984 graduate of Washingt...

Brinley Lee Nichols, the infant daughter of Merritt and Amanda “Mandy” Nichols of Vinegar Bend, passed away at birth on April 10, 2017 at Mobile Infirmary. In addition to her parents, she is survived ...

Margie Lee McIlwain, 91, of Laton Hill, passed away March 21, 2017 in Mobile. She was born April 26, 1925 to Thomas Jefferson Williams and Alabama Lee Williams. She was raised in Washington County and...

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Juanita Godwin Parnell, 94, of Tibbie, passed away February 7, 2017 at the Washington County Nursing Home. She was born November 28, 1922 in Fairhope. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Pa...

Vermel Laton Reynolds, 86, of Chatom, passed away January 25, 2017 at her residence. She was born August 22, 1930 to Joseph J. Laton and Ada Mae Scarbrough Laton. She was a member of Laton Hill Baptis...

Tony Carlton “T.C.” Dearmon, Jr., 37, of Chatom, passed away January 21, 2017 at his residence. He was born May 25, 1979 to Tony Carlton, Dearmon, Sr. and Barbara Thompson Newton. An avid Alabama fan ...

Sue J. Loper, 88, of Longmont, Colorado, passed away January 13, 2017 at her home. She was born March 9, 1928 in Honaker, Virginia to Edward and Rachel (Keene) Johnston. She graduated from the Univers...

Betty J. Boudreaux, 78, of Fruitdale, passed away December 22, 2016 at the Washington County Nursing Home. She was born June 20, 1938 to William Cantrell and Maude Loper Cantrell-Wilkins. She was reti...

Joseph O. Hearn, Sr., 85, of Chatom, went home to be with his Savior while surrounded by his family on Sunday, December 25, 2016. He was born to Esther and Oscar Hearn in Citronelle on October 24, 193...

Melanie Sue Garcia, 32, of Chatom, passed away December 12, 2016 at Jackson Medical Center. She was born in Jackson on July 13, 1984 to James Elvin and Shirley Ann Sullivan. She had been employed as a...

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Virginia L. Harris, 85, of Wilmer, passed away November 18, 2016 at Providence Hospital. She was born February 16, 1931 to Lee and Lettie Carpenter. She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands,...

Jimmy Hollis Kennedy, 74, of Millry, passed away November 16, 2016 at his residence. He was born October 3, 1942 in Wetumpka to Noah and Leona Kennedy. He was employed as a supervisor of the structura...

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Shelton H. Weaver, 81, of Tibbie, passed away November 3, 2016 at his residence. He was born March 13, 1935 to Tom Daniel and Tiny Weaver. A hard worker, he retired with Brown and Root in 1997 and fro...

John Franklin Laton, Jr., 87, of Chatom, passed away October 16, 2016 at his residence. He was born July 28, 1929 to John Franklin Laton Sr. and Etta Scarbrough Laton. He had been employed with Greers...

Robert Edward Henson, 75, entered into rest September 10, 2016. He was born December 17, 1940 to Marie Elizabeth Blount Henson and Robert Lee Henson. He grew up on his family farm in Hawthorn and grad...

Lucile Elizabeth Carpenter, 88, passed away September 9, 2016. She was born June 28, 1928 to William and Edna Walker. She had been employed as a bookkeeper with H.H.S. Inc. in Tuscaloosa. She was prec...

Bodie Martin Carpenter, 94, of Millry, passed away September 8, 2016 at his residence. He was born November 6, 1921 to Bush Rod and Alice E. Carpenter. He was an employee of Ciba Geigy for 22 years an...

Emmett Raymond Dailey, 84, passed away Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at his residence in Fruitdale. He was born June 21, 1932. A proud veteran of the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict, he was retire...

Verna M. Parnell, 94, of Tibbie, passed away August 30, 2016 at Mobile Infirmary. She was born May 30, 1922 to Annie and Milton McIlwain. A member of Tibbie Baptist Church, she enjoyed fishing, garden...

Ray Marshall Beech, 82, of Chatom, passed away August 12, 2016 at Mobile Infirmary. He was born September 9, 1933 to William P. and Maudie Atchison Beech. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served as an M...

Pauline “Nade” McIlwain, 83, of Tibbie, AL passed away on Wednesday, July, 20, 2016 at her home. Mrs. McIlwain was born in the Seabord community on October 15, 1932 to Wash Steven Gardner and Ola Mae ...

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Robert Leslie "Bobby" Thompson, 68, of Chatom, passed away July 12, 2016 at his residence. He was born July 22, 1947 to Leslie and Bessie Thompson. He had been employed as a timber and game manager wi...

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Linda Gayle Loper Dungan, 62, of Millry, passed away July 2, 2016 at her residence. She was born November 19, 1953. She enjoyed spending time with her family and sharing her love of gardening and cann...