All Obituaries

  LAS VEGAS, NEVADA… Mrs. Shirley Johnson Monette, a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada (formerly of Dothan), died Wednesday, July 22, 2021, at her home. She was 72.             Celebration of Life services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, August 1, 2021, in the Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Matt Sasser officiating. The family will receive friends from 2:00 until 3:00 P.M. Sunday at the funeral home. Fuqua...

  ECHO COMMUNITY…Mason Sego, a resident of the Echo Community, near Midland City, died early Sunday morning, July 18, 2021, as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident near Wicksburg. He was 17.             Funeral services will be held at 5:00 P.M. Thursday, July 22, 2021, in the Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Damon Wilson officiating. The family will receive friends from 3:30 until 5:00...

NEWTON…Mr. Clarence “Bub” Pearce, Jr., a resident of Newton, died Saturday morning, July 17, 2021, at the home of his sister in Newton. He was 88.             There are no public services planned at this time. Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.             Mr. Pearce, son of the late Clarence Leroy Pearce, Sr., and Emma Virginia Scotton...

  OZARK… Mrs. Jean Maddox Watson, a resident of Ozark (formerly of Newton), died early Friday morning, July 16, 2021, at her home. She was 76.             Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, July 20, 2021, in the Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend David Willis officiating. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. Monday at the funeral...

  OZARK…Mr. Edward Kirkland, a resident of Ozark, passed away Wednesday, July 14, 2021, in Dale Medical Center surrounded by loved ones.  He was 89.          Celebration of Life Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, July 19, 2021, in the Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Randy Adams officiating and a eulogy to be given by his grandson, Josh Kirkland. Burial will follow in Concord Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery....

  ARITON…    Mrs. Joyce Marie Blackmon Hughes, a resident of Ariton, passed away on July 14, 2021, at her home. She was 73 years old.      Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, July 16, 2021, in the Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Adam Carlee officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Olive Cemetery in Rocky Head with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home...

Rosemary Jenison, of Ozark, Alabama, passed away on Wednesday evening, July 14, 2021, at her home. Rosemary was born in Pinckard, Alabama on October 1, 1929, to Thomas LeGrand Borom & Ocie Tyson Borom.        She traveled extensively with her Army family and attended at least a dozen different schools in various states, before graduating high school in El Paso, Texas.  She then matriculated to Mary Washington college, studying art &...

OZARK… Joey Wayne Bamberger (Sergeant First Class, United States Army, Retired), a resident of Ozark, died Wednesday afternoon, July 14, 2021, in Medical Center Enterprise. He was 62.             There are no public services planned at this time. Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.             In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Zoe...

  OZARK…(Ret) SFC Claude Thomas Shorter aka Tommy Neel, 72, of Lumberport, West Virginia, passed away on July 8, 2021, in Ozark, Alabama following a brief battle with GBM Brain Cancer. Just like he dealt with all experiences in life he managed his illness with strength and grace and wanted to spend as much time with his loved ones as possible. On his final day, he was surrounded by his children, who he adored more than anything else in the...

  ARITON… Ryker Kyle Lampley, son of Jonathan Kyle Lampley and Brittany Nicole Glass Lampley, a resident of Ariton, died Wednesday morning, July 7, 2021, in Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was 6.             A gathering of family and friends will be held from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. Monday, July 12, 2021, in the Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home...