Obituaries

Jul 26, 2020

Viewing will be held Thursday, July 30, 2020 from noon until 7:00 P.M. at Smith & Gaston Southside Chapel. Graveside service will be held Friday, July 31, 2020 at 11:00 A.M. at Highland Memorial Gardens.

Mr. Vanza Wesley Leonard was born September 6, 1930 to Doctor Joe Leonard and Minnie Ola Pearson Leonard in Coosa County, Alabama....

Jul 26, 2020

Viewing will be held Tuesday, August 4, 2020 from noon until 7:00 P.M. at Smith & Gaston Southside Chapel. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 11:00 A.M. at Smith & Gaston Southside Chapel with burial at Alabama National Cemetery in Montevallo, Alabama.

Jul 25, 2020

Viewing will be held Friday, July 31, 2020 from noon until 7:00 P.M. at Smith & Gaston Southside Chapel. Graveside service will be held Saturday, August 1, 2020 at Noon at Zion Memorial Gardens.

Jul 20, 2020

Viewing will be held Friday, July 31, 2020 from noon until 7:00 P.M. at Smith & Gaston Southside Chapel. Graveside service will be held Saturday, August 1, 2020 at noon at Oakland Cemetery.

Jul 18, 2020

Virginia B. Edwards, age 84, of Birmingham, Alabama departed this life to enter her heavenly home on Saturday, July 18, 2020. She leaves to cherish her precious memories a loving and devoted family. Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 1, 2020 at 11:30 A.M. at Smith & Gaston Southisde Chapel with burial in Zion Memorial Gardens. Family Hour...

Jul 16, 2020

Fannie Mae Braxton, age 101, of Birmingham, Alabama transitioned peacefully on July 16, 2020 surrounded by her family. The Celebration of Life services will be held Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 11:00 am from the Twenty-Second Avenue Baptist Church located at 2614 - 22nd Avenue North, Birmingham, Alabama 35207 with interment in Zion Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held...

Jul 14, 2020

Family Hour will be held Saturday, July 18, 2020 from 2:00 until 6:00 P.M. at Smith & Gaston Southside Chapel. Funeral services will be held Monday, July 20, 2020 at Noon at Smith & Gaston Southside Chapel with burial in Oakland Cemetery.

Mrs. Willie B. Lathan, daughter of the late James & Ida Burnett, was...

Jul 13, 2020

Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 25, 2020 at Noon at Smith & Gaston Southside Chapel with burial in Oakland Cemetery.

Jul 12, 2020

William 'Billy' Davis Moore was born on October 4th, 1944, to Isaiah Moore, Sr. and Estell P. Moore in Birmingham, AL. Raised as one of ten children, William, was skilled in the art of communication, which led him to follow career paths that allowed him to engage with people he encountered on a daily basis. He worked for Courier...

Jul 9, 2020

Ruth Bernice Murphy was born to the late Andrew and Josephine Lawson on October 17, 1927, in Lowndes County, Alabama.

Ruth Bernice Murphy confessed Christ at an early age and joined Mount Carmel Baptist Church in Gordonville, Alabama. She educated in the Lowndes County Public Schools.

Ruth Bernice Murphy was united in holy matrimony to...

Jul 5, 2020

Graveside service will be held Saturday, July 11, 2020 at 1:00 P.M at Dynasty Gardens

Jun 27, 2020

Robert L. Todd was born August 30, 1941 before day in the morning in Birmingham. He was delivered by Dr. Aldu Samuel Mitchell. Mr. Todd was born in a railroad section house off Vanderbilt Road at 2028 - 37th Street, North Birmingham. The road on the side of the River Fish Market led to this community. His grandparents, Leroy...

Jun 26, 2020

Funeral service will be held Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at 12:00 Noon at Smith & Gaston Southside Chapel with burial in Elmwood Cemetery.

Jun 23, 2020

Graveside service for Geraldine E. Coker will be held at Elmwood Cemetery on Tuesday, June 30, 2020, at 12 noon. The Reverend John E. King, Jr. pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, will be officiating. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Smith and Gaston Funeral Services, but there will be no public viewing of the body. There are no restrictions on the...

Jun 21, 2020

Graveside services will be held Saturday, June 27, 2020 at 12:00 noon at Zion Memorial Gardens. Smith & Gaston Southside directing.

Jun 18, 2020

Funeral service will be held Saturday, June 27, 2020 at 11:00 A.M. Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Fairfield. Viewing will be held Friday June 26, 2020 from 12:00 to 8:00 P.M. at Smith & Gaston Southside Chapel

Jun 9, 2020

Viewing will be held Thursday, June 18, 2020 from noon until 7:00 P.M. at Smith & Gaston Southside Chapel. Funeral Services will be held Friday, June 19, 2020 at 11:00 A.M. at Smith & Gaston Southside Chapel with burial at Alabama National Cemetery in Montevallo, Alabama.

Jun 9, 2020

Viewing will be held Friday, June 19, 2020 from noon until 8:00 P.M. at Smith & Gaston Southside Chapel. Graveside service will be held Saturday, June 20, 2020 at 11:00 A.M. at Zion Memorial Gardens.

Jun 8, 2020

Viewing will be held Thursday, June 11, 2020 from 12:00 P.M until 6:00 P.M. at Smith & Gaston Funeral Home. Graveside service will be held Friday June 12, 2020 at 11:00 A.M. at Elmwood Cemetery.

Jun 7, 2020

Graveside service will be held Saturday, June 13, 2020 at 11:00 A.M. at Elmwood Cemetery