Obituaries
Mrs. Eloise L. Fowler
Nov 10, 2015
Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 12:00 Noon at A.O.H. Cathedral of the Cross. Interment Elmwood Cemetery. Family hour will be held at Smith and Gaston funeral home from 6:00-8:00. Smith and Gaston Southside directing
Mr. Dan Purifoy
Nov 10, 2015
age 76, of Birmingham, Alabama passed away November 10, 2015. Service of Memory will be held Saturday, November 14, 2015 at 12:00 Noon at Smith & Gaston Southside Chapel with burial in Zion Memorial Gardens. Survivors include: one sister, Valanchie P. Harris (LeRoy); two brothers, William Purifoy (Carolyn) and Alfred Purifoy, Sr. (Estella).
Mrs. Mertha L. Upshaw
Nov 9, 2015
Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 12:00 Noon at Lily Baptist Church, Brummitt Heights, with burial in Zion Memorial Gardens. Family Hour will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday at the church immediately preceding the funeral services.
Mr. Bobby Joe Collins
Nov 8, 2015
Memorial service will be held Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 12:00 Noon at First United Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 400 Avenue T Pratt City, Birmingham, Alabama 35214.
Mr. Theadore (Theotis) White
Nov 6, 2015
Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 14, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. at True Love Missionary Baptist Church, 1001 - 35th Street Ensley, Birmingham, Alabama 35218. Interment in Valhalla Cemetery.
Mr. Otis Howard Banks, Jr.
Nov 4, 2015
Graveside service will be held Sunday, November 8, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. at Elmwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Jeanette Gilbert Mcmillon
Nov 1, 2015
Family hour will be held Friday, November 6, 2015 from 6:00 - 7:00 P.M. at Smith & Gaston Southside Chapel. Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 7, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. at New Life Interfaith Ministries, Inc., 1600 - 8th Avenue North, Bessemer, Alabama 35020. Interment in G.W. Carver Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Brooks Williams
Oct 27, 2015
Family hour will be held Saturday October 31, 2015 at 10:30 A.M. at United Baptist Ministries - 911 - 41st Street North, with funeral services immediatley following at 11:00 A.M. Interment in Zion Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Hesterene Aaron Brand
Oct 27, 2015
Viewing will be held Thursday, October 29, 2015 from 12:00 Noon until 8:30 P.M. and Friday, October 30, 2015 from 8:30 A.M. until 10:30 A.M. at Smith & Gaston Southside Chapel. Graveside service will be held Friday, October 30, 2015 at 12:00 Noon at Highland Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the...
Mr. Roosevelt Maurice George
Oct 23, 2015
Mr. Roosevelt Maurice George transitioned into eternal life on Friday, October 23, 2015. He was a lifetime resident of Birmingham, Alabama and a member of St. John A.M.E. Church. He was educated in the Birmingham City School System and attended Tuskegee University and Alabama State University where he met his wife, Carolyn Joseph George. They were united in marriage for...
Baby Boy Romeo Messiah Mcfarland
Oct 22, 2015
Graveside service will be held 11:00 A.M on Thursday, October 29, 2015 at Elmwood Cemetery.
Mr. James Long, Jr.
Oct 22, 2015
Mr. James Long, Jr., age 91, of Birmingham, passed away Wednesday, October 22, 2015. He was preceded in death by his parents, Abbie Harper Long and James Long, Sr., sisters, Irene, Henrietta, Mary and brother, Lee. He is survived by his wife, Daisy Beverly Long; brother, Johnny Long; daughters, Geraldine Adams, Alice Atkins and Sharon (Howard) Shepheard; sons, John (Shirley)...
Mrs. Alma Johnson
Oct 21, 2015
Funeral Service will be held Friday, October 30, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. at First Baptist Church, Kingston. Interment in Oakland Cemetery.
Ms. Elaine S Thomas
Oct 20, 2015
Family Hour will be held on Friday, October 23, 2015 at Smith & Gaston Southside Chapel from 7:00 - 8: 00 P.M. Funeral service will be held 12:00 Noon on Saturday, October 24, 2015 at Progressive Missionary Baptist Church. Interment in Zion Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Juanita (Burgess) Lyas
Oct 17, 2015
Mrs. Juanita (Burgess) Lyas departed this life on Friday, October 16, 2015. She was a proud graduate of Rosedale High School, Class of 1969. For over twenty-five years, Nita was employed by the Briarwood Presbyterian Church, where she faithfully served the Children's Ministry. A celebration of Nita's life will be held Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 12:00 Noon at Friendship...
Mrs. Loretta E. Gordon
Oct 15, 2015
Mrs. Loretta E. Gordon, age 85, of Birmingham, Alabama died Thursday, October 15, 2015. She was a member of Unity Lutheran Church (formerly Pilgrim Lutheran Church). She was a retired school teacher for Birmingham Board of Education, having taught at Ullman and Ramsay High Schools, a graduate of Spelman College and the University of Nebraska in Omaha. Funeral services will...
Mrs. Wintress L. Crenshaw
Oct 13, 2015
Funeral service will be held 1:00 P.M. on Saturday, October 24, 2015 at Saint James Methodist Church Warrior, Alabama. Interment at Warrior Cemetery.
Mrs. Virginia Cooke Ollie
Oct 9, 2015
Graveside service will be held Thursday, October 15, 2015 at New Grace Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Najee' Jamaal Shakeel
Oct 7, 2015
Family Hour will be held Friday, October 16, 2015 from 7:00 until 8:00 P.M. at Smith & Gaston Southside Chapel. Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 1:00 P.M. at New Hope Baptist Church with burial in Highland Memorial Gardens. Smith & Gaston Southside directing.
Mrs. Alice A. Jackson
Oct 6, 2015
Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 10, 2015 at 12:00 Noon at Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Smith & Gaston Southside directing.


