Obituaries

Mar 1, 2023

Albert Johnson Jr. was born September 12, 1941, in Camden, AL, to the late Albert Sr. and Bertha Mae Johnson. Albert Jr. departed this life on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Albert was a faithful Christian and attended church regularly until his health declined. He loved his Tabernacle Baptist church family and fellowship.

He was preceded in death...

Feb 28, 2023

Sis. Ruth Bank Dawson was born into this world of Yahweh on July 18, 1925 to the late Mr. Will Banks and Mrs. Avery Mae Martin Banks.

Born in Jefferson County, Alabama, she was the youngest of three girls and one younger brother.

She attended the Birmingham Public School System.  She was employed as a...

Feb 27, 2023

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Feb 25, 2023

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Feb 24, 2023

On this date, September 24, 1923, Mrs. Winnie Maretta Hill White Robinson was born to the late Mr. Willie Hill and Mrs. Mary Hill in West Blocton, Alabama. Mrs. Robinson was the youngest of fourteen children, and all of her siblings preceded her in death. She was raised by one of her sisters, Daisy Hill Long, in north Birmingham,...

Feb 24, 2023

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Feb 19, 2023

Miss Catherine (Sister) Hollins was born March 18, 1929, to the late Dorris and Katherine Hollins of Birmingham, Alabama.

Catherine was educated in the Birmingham, Alabama, school system where she attended A.H. Parker School and Booker T. Washington Business School.

Catherine worked for Temple Pharmacy and the Alabama Power Company where she ultimately retired.

Feb 18, 2023

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Feb 18, 2023

Viewing will be held Wednesday, February 22, 2023 from noon until 5:00 at Smith & Gaston Southside Chapel. Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 2:00 P.M. at West Missionary Baptist Church in West, Mississippi.  Winters Funeral Home in Kosciusko, Mississippi handling those arrangements.

Feb 15, 2023

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Feb 12, 2023

Michael attended Wayland Baptist University in Kapolei, Hawaii, while serving in the military. He later continued his education at Lawson State Community College in Birmingham, Alabama, Jefferson State Community College in Birmingham, Alabama, and Columbia Southern University in Orange Beach, Alabama, majoring in occupational safety and health.

Serving the community and mankind was a priority for Mike....

Feb 11, 2023

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Feb 11, 2023

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Feb 8, 2023

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Feb 5, 2023

Mrs. Josephine J. Robinson was born to the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Evans (Jannie) Jones on May 19, 1942, in Birmingham, Alabama. Her mother died two days after her baby sister, Bettie, was born, and Josephine was only nine years old. The girls were lovingly raised by their aunt and maternal grandmother.

Josephine received Christ and...

Feb 5, 2023

Viewing will be held Thursday, February 9, 2023 from noon until 6:00 P.M. at Smith & Gaston Southside Chapel. Funeral services will be held Friday, February 10, 2023 at 10:00 A.M. at Olivet Monumental Baptist Church with interment with military honors at Alabama National Cemetery in Montevallo, Alabama

Feb 4, 2023

Marie Thomas was born March 5, 1921, in Camden, AL. She was the third of twelve children born to the union of the late John and Mary McConico. She grew up in Selma, AL, where she started young working in the corn and cotton fields making data-widget-version="355" data-widget-config="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".50 a day.

At the age of 18, she married Claude...

Feb 4, 2023

Victor Francis Spencer was born on November 4, 1951, to James and Mamie Jackson Spencer. He was preceded in death by his father, James Daniel Spencer; mother, Mamie Jackson Spencer; grandfather, Willie Jackson; grandmothers, Dora Jackson and Luberta Stewart; and a beloved great-grandmother, Mamie Howard.

Victor attended St. Francis of Assisi Elementary School in Bessemer, Alabama, where...

Feb 4, 2023

Mr. Lovell Watkins, Sr., was born August 7, 1937, to the late Ernest, Sr., and Annie Lockett Watkins. He received Christ at an early age and joined Jerusalem Baptist Church. He later joined First Baptist Church ACIPCO and remained a faithful member until death.

He worked faithfully for ACIPCO for thirty-seven and a half years.

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Feb 2, 2023

Ke'Juan Alexander Poole was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 24, 2009, to Olivia Poole and Cantrell Harris.

Ke'Juan attended several churches with his parents. They were in search of a church home, with Greater Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church being the latest.

Ke'Juan was educated in the Jefferson County school system and was a seventh...