Obituaries
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...
Bobbie Crosby
Jun 20, 2013
Bobbie Nell Crosby was sent by our Heavenly Father to be one of God's earthly angels to display His greatest command - LOVE EVERYONE! Bobbie was born in Docena, Alabama on January 13, 1943. She was the second oldest child born to the late Rev. David C. Holmes and Mrs. Francis L. Holmes. As a child, her father said, "She...
Bessie Warren
Jun 14, 2013
ARMSTEAD WARREN, BESSIE LEE age 75, of Bessemer, AL, transitioned from labour to reward on June 14, 2013 in the presence of family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, William & Johnnie Mae Armstead; sister, Lois Armstead; and brothers, Charles & Marvin Armstead. Survivors: a loving and devoted husband, Eugene Warren, Jr.; children, Tera (Adam), Eugene,...
LaTrece Foster
Jun 3, 2013
LaTrece Michelle Craig Foster was born on December 20, 1971 in Birmingham, Alabama to Ernest and Corliss Craig. She confessed her faith in Christ at an early age and united with the First Baptist Church of Roosevelt under the leadership of Rev. Mack Frederick during Spring Youth Revival. She remained a life-long member . LaTrece was a faithful staff member...
Gregory Lee
May 20, 2013
"For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand, I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith, henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteous judge, shall give me at the day, and not to me only, but unto all them...
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