All Obituaries

Pop was born on September 24, 1931.  God called him home on April 20, 2020.  Pop loved to talk about the Packers and the Milwaukee Brewers.  He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of thirty-five years, Warnie Lee Griffins. Left to cherish his memory are:  three sons, Willie, Jr. (Theressa), Charles (Angela) and Reginald; three daughters, Carsandra, Vickie and Cheryl (Luther); ten grandchildren, fourteen great grandchildren, two great great grandchildren and a host...

Eddie Will Grant, Jr., affectionately known as “Big Dark”, was born on February 15, 1965 to Mr. Eddie Will Grant, Sr. and Mrs. Jeanette Grant. He departed this life on March 20, 2020 in Birmingham, Alabama. Eddie was a graduate of Ensley High School. His favorite colors were blue and orange and he was an avid Auburn football fan. He leaves behind to cherish his memory: mother, Mrs. Jeanette Grant; sister, Mrs. Denise Scott; two daughters, two...

Lenzie Reese, also known as “Kuda” growing up, was born August 29, 1935, eldest son of the late JoAnna Cowans and Joseph Lenzie Reese “Joe” in Fostoria, Alabama. At a very ear;ly age Lenzie and his parents moved to Birmingham, Alabama. Lenzie has two brothers and one sister  Alonso Reese who is preceded in death, Robert Reese also known as “Fats” and Eloise Reese who is also preceded in death. When Lenzie was young his mother JoAnna Cowans passed...

Reginald Anthony Jackson Sr. departed this life on February 4,2020. He was born to Ruby Nell Jackson and Joseph Jackson in Birmingham, AL on August 02, 1954, and was raised by his grandparents Add Douglas and Daisy Jackson of Ensley/Pratt City. Reginald attended Western Olin High School, where his love of music drew him to the choir until his graduation in 1972. After graduation, he joined the United States Air Force, where he attained the rank of Sergeant. He received the Air Force Good...

Ruth Dunning Bell was the 13th child born to the late Charlie and Mattie Clark Dunning of Gainesville, AL. Her father, three sisters; Evelyn Moore, Eliza Dunning, Mary Bush and one brother, James Dunning, proceeded her in death. She accepted Christ as her personal savior and joined the Spring Valley Baptist Church, Gainesville, AL, where she served faithfully in ministry as an usher, choir member, in various programs, teaching, dance, Biblical play writer, etc. Ruth was educated in the...

Mother Mary Edmond was born to the late Mary Brewer and Joe Albert Phillips on May 10, 1929 in Selma, Alabama. She was educated and graduated from RE B. Hudson High School in Selma, Alabama. She later moved to Birmingham, Alabama where she met and married the late James F. Edmond and from that union four children were born. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Janet Hendon; brothers, James Calvin Woodard and Rickey Phillips; and daughter-in-law, Minnie R....

Clara Bell Lowery Peters was born to the union of Eugene Lowery and Mary Francies Pearl Lowery on May 26, 1929, in Selma, Alabama. She attended school and was baptized at an early age in Selma and joined Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Fairfield, Alabama in 1947, under the leadership of Reverend Edwards. She is preceded in death by her daughter, O’Reatha Lowery and parents and brothers, Willie Lee Lowery Sr. and Eddie James Lowery, and former husbands, William Fullard and Reverend...