Obituaries
Maggie Cole-Jackson
Aug 30, 2013
Sister Maggie Cole Jackson was born in Marion, Alabama to the union of the late Deacon Young Moore Sr. and the late Bertha Moore on January 8, 1935. She confessed her faith in Christ at an early age and joined Mt. Olive Baptist Church under the leadership of Rev. Hill. She later moved to Bessemer, Alabama and joined Oak Grove...
Katie Robinson
Aug 29, 2013
Katie Townes Robinson was born on August 30, 1926 in Perry County, Alabama to the late Robert and Callie Houston. Preceding her in death are: Callie T. Moore (daughter); six brothers, Herman (Mattie) Torrance, Richard Torrance, John (Hattie) Torrance, Robert Torrance, Willie Lee Houston and James Houston; five sisters, Adelaide (Lucas) Thomas, Susie Etta (Houston) Lewis, Mattie Moore, Solonia Bell,...
Ethel Taylor
Aug 25, 2013
Ethel Lois Pringle Taylor was born to Mr. Elbert Ivory & Mrs. Mattie Bell Pringle on February 26, 1926. She was a mother to four incredible children; Willie, Sue, Charles and Billy Pringle were her four gems. Mrs. Taylor was well known for her cooking, her ability to press hair and the treats that everyone loved. She always had a...
Rosa Harris
Aug 23, 2013
Rosa Lee Carter Harris was born November 8, 1933 to the late Pastor Ed and Sarah Carter in Westfield, AL. She was the youngest of nine, three sisters and five brothers. Rosa had a career as a cook at a nursing home and various restaurants. She married William Harris in 1976, who preceded her in death. Rosa was a member...
Erma Bonner
Aug 13, 2013
Erma Lee Bonner was born March 12th in Birmingham, Alabama, the seventh devoted and loving child of the late Mr. David Benjamin and Mrs. Laura Bell Bonner. Education and Faith were paramount in the Bonner Family. At an early age, she was baptized at Galilee Missionary Baptist Church and later became a member of Sixth Avenue Baptist Church under the...
Limmie Lewis
Aug 1, 2013
Brother Limmie Lewis was born on January 6, 1955 to Limmie, Sr and Dorothy Lewis, both of whom preceded him in death. He was the first born of nine children. Limmie was educated in the Bessemer, AL school system and furthered his education at Northwestern Michigan College while enlisted in the United States Coast Guard, where he served loyally for...
Annie Owens
Jul 24, 2013
Annie Laura Owens was born the fourth of nine children, April 18, 1925, to the late Willie Ben and Annie Lucille Henley Owens. She confessed Christ at an early age and attended the New Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Bessemer, Alabama. God called her home on July 24, 2013. Annie Laura was a product of the Bessemer School System. She was...
Sarah Cooks
Jul 21, 2013
Our beloved Sarah Cooks faithful, mother, grandmother, and sister made her transition to be with our heavenly father on July 21, 2013. Mrs. Cooks was born in Bessemer, Alabama to the late Jim Jones and Clara Fisher on October 17, 1933. She married the love of her life Judge Christopher Cooks who preceded her in death, and was received into...
Stanley Brown
Jul 19, 2013
The Life and Legacy of Stanley Allen Brown Committed - Faithful - Servant of the Most High God In the Beginning God In accordance with the divine will of our great God, Stanley Allen Brown began his life on September 7, 1958 as the middle son of William Brown and Annie Ruth Dimbo Brown in Birmingham, Alabama. From the beginning,...
Spurgeion Boddie
Jul 18, 2013
Spurgeion Boddie Jr., 82, of Brent, Alabama, passed away, Thursday, July 18, 2013 at the V.A. Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. Spurgeion was born August 16, 1930 in Brent, Alabama to Spurgeion and Susie (Wilson) Boddie Sr. He graduated from Dunbar High School in 1948. On July 20, 1951, he married Elma L. Lewis, in St. Louis, MO. From this union...
Rosa Gaines
Jul 14, 2013
Mrs. Rosa Nell Gaines was born August 8, 1931 to the late Sadie Walthall and Fred Lord Gray of Jefferson County. She confessed hope in Christ at an early age and united with Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist- Fairfield. In 1958 she relocated to Bessemer, Alabama and united with Macedonia Baptist Church under the leadership of Reverend B.B. Strouder for several...
Mary Johnson
Jul 10, 2013
The Story of Sister Mary Fontella Wilson Johnson Sister Mary Fontella Wilson Johnson was born in Bessemer, Alabama on January 17, 1907. She was the first born of twelve siblings to Wesley and Addie Bell Wilson. She was a graduate of Dunbar High School in Bessemer, AL. She received from the State of Alabama, Department of Education and Division of...
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