Obituaries

Charles Terry Langley, Sr.

Charles Terry Langley, Sr.

Mar 7, 2025

It is with great sadness, we share the passing of our beloved father, Charles Terry Langley, Sr. who left us on March 7, 2025, at the age of 79. Born on June 4, 1945, in Jackson, Alabama, he lived a life defined by faith, love, and unwavering dedication to his family. Terry was a devoted member of West Concord Church...

Joy Barker Tarwater

Joy Barker Tarwater

Mar 6, 2025

Joy Melanie Barker was born to Evan and Corinna Barker in Fairfield, Alabama on May 1, 1950. She graduated from Fairfield High School in 1968 and attended the University of Montevallo before attending and graduating from the University of Alabama with a bachelor’s degree in Home Economics. In 1974, she married Chester Eugene Tarwater Jr. She started her career as...

Kenneth Theodore Usry

Kenneth Theodore Usry

Mar 6, 2025

Dr. Kenneth Theodore Usry passed from this life Thursday, March 6, 2025 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Birmingham. Dr. Usry was born in Talladega, Alabama on June 30, 1940 to the late Theodore Shelton and Annie Ruth Chappell Usry. He is also predeceased by his son, Bobby Scott Usry. Survivors include his loving wife of 61 years, Linda Usry; daughter,...

Marion Carol Whitson

Marion Carol Whitson

Feb 28, 2025

Marion Carol Whitson, age 91, of Fultondale, passed away at her home Friday, February 28, 2025. She is preceded in death by her mother Amy McPherson, her son James Allen Cash, brothers Jimmy Armstrong, Don Armstrong and sister Shirley Jean Barry. She is survived by her children, John Cash, Debbie Whitmire (Jerry); brother Bobby Armstrong, sister Mary Jo Dunlap; 6...

Joann Mosley

Joann Mosley

Feb 25, 2025

Joann Mosley of Hueytown passed away February 25, 2025 at Brookwood Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. Joann was born October 17, 1956 in Selma, Alabama to the late Winston Alfred and Willie Mae Goodman Smith. She is also predeceased by her daughter, Misty Michelle Mosley; granddaughter, Emeri Alaya Brown and brother, Danny Ray Smith. Joann is survived by...

Ronald Steven Kelley

Ronald Steven Kelley

Feb 24, 2025

Ronald Steven Kelley, 71 of Helena, Alabama, died on February 24, 2025. Steve was the son of the late Floyd M. Kelley and Myrtice Kelley. The Memorial Service will be held at Patterson-Forest Grove Funeral Home and Crematory in Pleasant Grove, Alabama on Saturday, March 15, 2025. The family will receive friends starting at 10:00 am and service will start...

Joseph David Coan

Joseph David Coan

Feb 21, 2025

Mr. Joseph David Coan, age 72 of Pleasant Grove, passed away Friday, February 21, 2025 at his residence. David was born July 26, 1952, to the late Joseph Claude “JC” and Ruby Wallace Coan in Birmingham. He is also predeceased by his sister and brother-in-law JoAnn and Jere Patterson and his brother; Robert Coan. Left to cherish his memories are...

Josephine Haywood

Josephine Haywood

Feb 18, 2025

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Margaret Lauren "Mimi" Thomas

Margaret Lauren "Mimi" Thomas

Feb 18, 2025

Margaret Lauren Thomas, better know as "MiMi", age 77, of Birmingham passed away at UAB Palliative Care in Birmingham on February 18, 2025. Lauren was born November 5, 1947 to the late Howard and Gladys Horton Willingham. She is also predeceased by her husband, Charles "Sleepy" Thomas and her sister, Marie Jones. Left to cherish her memory are her sons,...

William "Billy" Eldridge Wade, Jr.

William "Billy" Eldridge Wade, Jr.

Feb 17, 2025

William Eldridge Wade, Jr. (Billy) passed away peacefully on February 17, 2025 at the age of 68. Billy is survived by his mother Lois Robbins Weaver (David); wife, Victoria Wade; children, Belenda Little (Chris), Destinee Wheeler(Benjamin), Brett Wood (LeAnn), Tiffany Wood (Charlie), Amanda Eddleman (Matt); sister, Debra Mccraw; niece, Devin Harmon (Steven); grandchildren: Estelle, Katelyn, Jackson, Stone, Eason, Ian, Olivia,...

Carolyn Nelson Spiller

Carolyn Nelson Spiller

Feb 16, 2025

Carolyn Nelson Spiller, 90 was born on November 16, 1934 in Marion County, AL to Arthur Bryan Nelson and Lillian Pearl Myers Nelson. She worked at AT&T as a Customer Service Supervisor for 35 years. She is preceded in death by her husband, William Lonzo Spiller; her parents, Arthur and Lillian Nelson; sisters, Hazel Nelson, Willie Mae Kimbrell, Estell Strickland,...

Wanda Hand Atchison

Wanda Hand Atchison

Feb 15, 2025

Wanda Hand Atchison, 77 of Bessemer, passed away February 15, 2025. She is preceded in death by her husband, Roy F. Atchison. She worked as a hairdresser in the Wylam area for over 50 years. Graveside service will be Friday, February 28, 2025 in Cedar Hill Cemetery at 1:00 PM. Patterson Forest Grove Funeral Home is honored to serve the...

Dalen Michaeleen Orphanos

Dalen Michaeleen Orphanos

Feb 13, 2025

Heaven welcomed a new angel on February 13, 2025, as Dalen Michaeleen Orphanos, age 75, of Hoover, passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Dalen was a woman of warmth, creativity, and boundless love. She had a rare gift for sparking the imagination of her children, filling their lives with wonder, encouragement, and the magic of...

Robbye Faye Creel

Robbye Faye Creel

Feb 8, 2025

Robbye Faye Creel, 92, of Dawsonville, Georgia passed from this life on the evening of February 8th, 2025. Mrs. Creel was born on May 29th, 1932, in Haleyville, Alabama to her parents Lonnie and Laura Gravitt. She grew up in Parish, Alabama and attended college at Alabama Christian College (now Faulkner University) in Montgomery, Alabama where she met her husband,...

Judith Pate Hickey

Judith Pate Hickey

Feb 7, 2025

Judith Pate Hickey, 69 of Adger, AL, passed on February 7, 2025. She is preceded in death by her husband of over 40 years, John R. Hickey and parents, Lonnie and Lora Pate. Judith is survived by her son, Walter L. Hickey (Mary) and John D. Hickey; grandchildren, Darren Hickey and Dakota Hickey; sisters, Ramona Pate and Diane McCarty (Randy);...

Jacqueline "Jackie" Short Parsons

Jacqueline "Jackie" Short Parsons

Feb 7, 2025

Jacqueline "Jackie" Short Parsons, 61 of Hoover, Alabama passed away, February 7, 2025. She was the salutatorian at Gilmore Bell High School. She was a member of Garywood Assembly of God and Hunter Street Baptist Church. She had difficult struggles for most of her life but she was a very strong woman who never complained and was a 4x cancer...

Cesar Vazquez Vega

Cesar Vazquez Vega

Feb 6, 2025

Es con una gran tristeza que anunciamos el fallecimiento de Cesar Vazquez Vega. Cesar falleció el 6 de Febrero, 2025 a su corta edad de 26 años. Procede en el fallecimiento de su abuela, Rosa Gamez. Le sobrevive su madre, Laura Vega Juárez; su padre, José Rosario Vázquez; será recordado con mucho amor y cariño por sus hermanos, Miguel Anger...

Rhonda Gail Acker

Rhonda Gail Acker

Feb 6, 2025

Rhonda Gail Acker, 68 of West Blocton, passed away February 6, 2025. She is preceded in death by her parents, James and Ruth Yeager; her husband of 16 years, Gary Acker; daughter, Olivia Ann Parten; and brother, Michael Yeager. She is survived by her sisters, Marsha D. Abbett and Elaine Y. Moody (Fred); brother, Ralph "Doug" Yeager (Regina); BFFs, Patricia,...

Christopher Grant Hulgan

Christopher Grant Hulgan

Feb 4, 2025

Christopher Grant Hulgan, 44 of McCalla, AL, passed on February 4, 2025. Grant loved Alabama Football, hot rods and was a race car enthusiast. He was also, very good at skeet shooting. He loved his children and will be missed by his family and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, Gabby and Lorraine Hulgan and grandparents, Hollis...

Sharon Jean Bryant

Sharon Jean Bryant

Feb 1, 2025

Sharon Jean Bryant, age 79, of McCalla passed away at UAB Medical West Hospital on February1, 2025 surrounded by her loving family. Sharon was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 22, 1946 to the late Frank Stanley and Helen Joyce Woodward Cook. she is also predeceased by her husband, Joseph Oliver Bryant; son, Andrew Frank Dunbar and brother, Frankie Cook,...