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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,...
Gena Cain Shaul
Jan 29, 2025
Gena Cain Shaul, age 73, went home to be with her Lord on January 29, 2025 surrounded by her loving family. Gena was born in Birmingham, Al October 23, 1951 to the late Alton and Martha Vincent Cain. she is also predeceased by her two brothers, William and Lamar Cain. Left to cherish Gena's memory is her husband, Lawrence Shaul;...
James Austin Quisenberry, III
Jan 27, 2025
James Austin Quisenberry, 61 of Birmingham, AL, passed away January 27, 2025 at this home. James is survived by his aunt and uncle, Carolyn and Ronald Rose; one brother, Ronald Lipscomb. No services are planned at this time.
Richard B. "Candyman" Adams Jr.
Jan 25, 2025
Richard "Candyman" B. Adams, Jr. 86 of Pleasant Grove, Alabama passed away, January 25, 2025. Richard was born October 11, 1938 to the late Richard B. Adams, Sr. and Ruth E. Mounter Adams. He is also predeceased by his daughter, Deborah Elizabeth "Lisa" Adams Phillips and his wives, Judy Hawkins Adams and Mary Smith Adams. Left to cherish his memory...
Augustine Kelly West
Jan 20, 2025
Augustine Kelly West , age 87, of Hueytown passed away at her residence on January 20, 2025. Mrs West was born November 30, 1937 in West Blocton, Al to the late Tousint and Clara Bell Carroll Savadori; she is also predeceased by her husband, Fred West; sister, Thelma Irvin and brother, Johnny Salvadori.. Mrs. West is survived by her son,...
Diane Raymond
Jan 19, 2025
Diane Raymond, age 68, of Quinton, Al passed away at UAB Hospital on January 19, 2025. Diane was born December 2, 1956 in Haleyville, Al to the late Herman Cagle and Jewel Beck Kendrick. She is also preceded in death by her sister, Joyce Cagle; brother, Donald Cagle and grandmother Mert Beck. Diane is survived by her children, Patricia Eddings...
Robert " Bob Ironman" Dewey Jones, III
Jan 16, 2025
Robert “Bob Ironman” Jones, 61 of Helena, passed away doing what he loved most-living life full throttle. Bob was known far and wide for his sense of adventure, his devotion to family, and his uncanny ability to charm anyone (and anything) he came across. Bob was preceded in death by his beloved father, Robert “Chuck” Jones, and his mother, Lynn...
Shirley Dean Dempsey
Jan 15, 2025
Shirley Dean Parsons Dempsey, 85 of Pleasant Grove Alabama passed away at home surrounded by her family on January 15, 2025. She was born and raised in Wylam, Alabama where she met and married the “love of her life,” John R. Dempsey. They raised and loved four children and numerous grandchildren, telling us daily “how blessed” they have been. She...

