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Krag, Sarah Idella, age 80, of Hattiesburg, MS died November 1, 1999. She is survived by her sons, Roy Frederick Krag (Charlotte) of Hattiesburg, and Hugh Foster (Nancy) Krag of Franklin, NC; grandchildren, Keith Frederick Krag of Almaty, Roy Grantham Krag and Parker Frederick Krag of Hattiesburg, MS; brothers, Cranford Foster of Birmingham, AL and a number of nieces and nephews. Graveside funeral services will be held on November 5, at 3 p.m. at Elmwood Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday afternoon from 12 to 2 p.m. Roebuck Chapel directing.
Schillaci, Joseph Robert, age 61, of Ensley, passed away November 2, 1999. Mr. Schillaci was survived by his sis ter, Lynda Quinn; brother, Frank R. Schillaci; sister-in-law, Shelly R. Schillaci; nephews, David Quinn and Jacque Motte; nieces, Deana Quinn, Carla Quinn, and Tony Motte; great niece, Alix Quinn. Funeral services will be held on Friday, November 5, 1999 at 1 p.m. at Angwin Mortuary Center Birmingham Chapel. Father Robert Crossmyer will be officiating. Family will receive friends at Angwin on Thursday, November 4 from 4 til 7 p.m. Angwin Mortuary Center directing.
Cummings, Helen Louise, age 77, of Midfield passed awa y on Wednesday, November 3, 1999. Mrs. Cummings was a member of Grace Lutheran Church. Graveside services will be held at Oakland Cemetery on Friday, November 5, at 10 a.m. Family will receive friends at Angwin Mortuary Center Birmingham Chapel on Thursday, November 4, 1999 from 5 til 8 p.m. Reverend Richard P. Hartmann will be officiating. Survivors are son, Charles Tom Cummings, II; daughters, Teresa Cummings Sulzby, Anne Cummings Hartmann, Susan Cummings Arthur, Tammy Cummings Reeves; grandchildren, Lindsay and Lauren Wells, Andrew and Jennifer Hartmann, Jessica, Rebecca, and Kelli Arthur, Tamra, Tonya, and Thomas Lee, Shellie Vaughn; brothers, George Clay Chandler and William Bill Chandler; numerous nieces and nephews. Angwin Mortuary Center, Birmingham Chapel will be directing.
Ellison, Evelyn, of Milwaukee, WI, died October 26, 1999. She was formerly a resident of Birmingham. Funeral services were held Tuesday, November 2, in Milwaukee. Graveside service will be held today at 2 p.m. at Carver Memorial Gardens. Roberts Central Park Chapel directing.
Carson, Lebertha, age 90, of Birmingham, died Tuesday, November 2, 1999. She was a longtime resident of Birmingham and a member of the St. James Baptist Church. She was a member of the Women's Division of the Mt. Pilgrim District. The arrangements will be announced later by Smith and Gaston South Side Chapel.
Fields, Clara Mae, age 85, of Hueytown, died Tuesday, November 2, 1999. Funeral services will be Thursday, November 4, at 10:00 a.m. at Brown Service West Chapel with burial in Oak Grove First Baptist Cemetery. Rev. Fred Jordan and Rev. Fritz Harder officiating. Survivors: daughters, Myra Salter of Quinton and Gloria Fields of Hueytown; sons, Jimmy Fields (Mary Sue), Danny Fields (Alberta), Roger Fields (Betty), Joy Fields (Nelda), Neil Fields (Ella), both of Warrior River, Elgin Fields, Jr. (Nelda) of Panama City, Fla.; sister, Lucille Justice Foster of Bessemer; 11 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. Brown Service West Chapel directing.
Wallace, Meliya Gilbert, age 37, died November 3, 1999, at home with her family. Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1989, she fought courageously and with great dignity against the disease. She is survived by her husband of fifteen years, R. Mark Wallace; her parents, Garry & Marcia Gilbert; her brother, Greg T. Gilbert; her "Big Nanny" and "Pappaw", Blanche & Leon Gilbert; aunts and uncles, Butch & Sandy Turner, Jon & Sandy Gilbert, Russell & Sherry Gilbert, Rhonda & Don Meads; and an extended family of relatives and caring friends. Funeral service will be on Friday, November 5th at 11:00 A.M. at Jefferson Memorial East with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Her family will welcome friends at Jefferson Memorial on Thursday, November 4th from 5:00 until 8:00 P.M. both to share their sorrow and to celebrate the thirty-seven years she graced their lives. Jefferson Memorial-Trussville is directing.
Williams, Mr. Jody Bell, of Birmingham, died Friday, October 29, 1999. Funeral will be held Friday, November 5, at 11:00 a.m., at Davenport-Harris Chapel with burial in Highland Memorial Gardens. Survivors: wife, Mrs. Lula Mae Williams; two daughters, Miss Valerie P. Terrell, Mrs. Donna W. Cockrell; one son, Mr. Bobby Phillips; two sisters, Mrs. Sylvia Sanders and Mrs. Della M. Ramsey; two brothers, Mr. Sammie L. Williams, all of Birmingham, and Mr. Ledale Williams of Camden, AL; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Davenport & Harris Funeral Home, directing.
Woods, Infant Netania Yvette, of Bessemer, died October 29, 1999. Graveside service will be Thursday, November 4, at 11 a.m. at New Oakdale Cemetery. Pastor John Thomas officiating. Survivors: mother, Benita Woods; father, Renardo Washington; sisters, Rachel and Janay; brothers, William, JaMarcus, Dedrick, and Quinlin; grandparents, Rosa Woods, Joseph Washington, and Marbel Washington; aunts, uncles, and cousins, all of Bessemer. R. L. Lumzy Funeral Home directing.
McBrayer, Robert W., age 77, of Hayden, died November 1, 1999. Former member of Union Baptist Church of Lipscomb and Friendship Baptist Church of Clanton. He is currently a member of First Baptist Church of Hayden. Retired from U. S. Steel after 32 years of service. He served in the U. S. Army Air Force during WWII. Private family services only. He was preceded in death by his wife, Oma Clara McBrayer. Survivors: son, Robert E. McBrayer (Alice); daughter, Cathy Doss (David); sisters, Mildred Bowden and Bessie Randolph; grandchildren, Angie Harris (Todd), Ashley McBrayer, Jennifer Doss, Heather Doss, and Misty Doss; great-grandson, Arthur Harris. The family requests that donations be made to the Gideons International or John Croyle Big Oak Ranch. Valhalla Funeral Home directing.
Baity, Margaret, formerly of Birmingham, died in New York on Friday, April 2, 1999. Funeral service will be held Saturday, April 10, at Noon at Pilgrim Home Baptist Church. Rev. Fred Jemison, Pastor. Burial in Pisgah Cemetery, Carbon Hill. Roberts Central Park Chapel directing.
Pace, Mattie W., age 74, of Birmingham, died Sunday, April 4, 1999. She was a native of Lee County. She was a member of St. John Missionary Baptist Church, Edgewater. Funeral service will be held Thursday, April 8, at 11 a. m. at the church with burial in Carver Memorial Gardens. Survivors: daughters, Yvonne du Pree and Alicia Pace Boyd; son, James Dupree Jr. (Vera); four grandchildren, other relatives and friends. Roberts Ensley Chapel directing.
Mabry, Dorothy E., age 79, of Birmingham, died April 5, 1999. She was a member of the First Christian Church of Birmingham. She was retired from Sears, Roebuck and Company after many years of service. Funeral service will be Wednesday, April 7, at 2 p.m. at Ridout's Roebuck East Chapel with burial at Jefferson Memorial Gardens. Rev. Jim Hazelwood officiating. Visitation will be Wednesday from 1 p.m. until service time. Survivors: son, William Mabry of Fullerton; daughter, Sandra Scott of Birmingham; grandchildren, Sherri Middleton of Hoover, Robin Mackinaw of Jack son, Tenn., Stacy Aycock of Birmingham, and Keith Mabry of Trussville; great-grandchildren, Kaytie, Mack, Alex, Robert, Jordan, Johnathan, and Nicole; brothers, William, Robert, James, and David Lopez; sisters, Adele Carroll, Dolores Mills, Norma Kent, and Jacqueline Hogan; numerous nieces and nephews. Ridout's Roebuck East Chapel directing.
Blackstock, Mrs. Mildred Kathleen, of Oxford, Ga., age 71, died Monday, April 5, 1999. Mrs. Blackstock retired in 1984 from Hercules. She had been employed for 15 years as Quality Control. She was preceded in death by parents, Olga and Lilly Morgan Phillips and husband, Thomas T. Black stock, Sr. Mrs. Blackstock is survived by daughter and son-in-law, Kathy and Olin McMichael, Covington, Ga.; sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas Terrell and Oralla Blackstock, Covington, Ga.; Jeffrey (Butch) and Julie Blackstock, Coving ton, Ga.; Hank Blackstock, Oxford, Ga.; sister, Mrs. Joy Baggett, Bessemer, AL; brother, Mr. James Phillips, Birmingham; six grandchildren, four great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews and a host of friends. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 7, at 2 p.m. from the Chapel of Wheeler Funeral Home. Dr. R. Hudson will officiate. A funeral service will be held Thursday, April 8, at 3:00 p.m. from Brown Funeral Home, Bessemer. Interment will be held at Wooten's Cemetery, Birmingham. Wheeler Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Davis, Doris Nesbitt, age 84, of Plant City, died April 4, 1999. Survivors: husband, Hugh W. Davis; daughters, Sandra Winegar of Lakeland, Fla., Gail Ogden of Plant City, Fla., and Janelle Hastings of Zephyrhills, Fla.; one brother, one sister, 8 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. Hopewell Funeral Home directing.
Johnson, Golda W., age 83, of North Shelby County, passed away April 5, 1999. She was born and raised in Cull man County, Alabama. The daughter of Samuel and Alice Watson, she was married to Dr. Kermit A. Johnson for 55 years before his death. She is survived by her daughter, Judith Kay Johnson of North Shelby County; a sister, Lucille Watson of Birmingham; Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Johnson and family, of Birmingham, Mr. and Mrs. Al Haigler and family of Orlando, Florida, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Marsh and family of Hancock, New York, many nieces and nephews. Golda Johnson held a B.S. and M.A. Degree from the University of Alabama, taught school at Garden City Junior High in Garden City, Alabama, Kate Duncan Smith, D.A.R. school in Grant, Alabama, Verner Elementary School in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and she served as a critic teacher and helped in the teacher training program for the University of Alabama. She taught nine years at Mt. Brook Elementary School and from 1967 - 1977 was First Lady of The University of Montevallo. While at Montevallo she did informal counseling for students and her primary project while she was first lady was the Historical restoration of the King House on campus, which was the former home of the plantation owner, built it in 1823. She wrote the book, THE LIVES AND TIMES OF KINGSWOOD IN ALABAMA 1817 - 1890. Mrs. Johnson held professional memberships in the Alabama Education Association; the National Education Association; the Alabama Retired Teachers Association; Jefferson County Retired Teachers Association; A.A.R.P., Delta Kappa Gamma International Society of Key Teachers. Other membership s include: the Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge - Birmingham Area Chapter, Awards Chairperson 1993-1994. Silver Chain member of American Mothers Inc., A member of the Alabama Mothers Association. She was the Merit Mother of Alabama 1988, and was inducted into the Alabama Mother Hall of Honor in 1989. She was a member of Vestavia Country Club and The Club in Birmingham. Her civic and community duties included volunteer work at U.A.B. Hospital in Birmingham for 11 years, she was a Board Member of the Auxiliary and Chairperson of the Admitting Hostesses. Her duties included visiting patients at the hospital and nursing homes. She met heart patients at the Birmingham Airport and escorted them to UAB Medical Center. Golda Johnson was a member of the Canterbury United Methodist Church in Mountain Brook, Alabama and was a proud member of the Fred Kelly Sunday School Class. She was a caring mother, a wonderful wife, the caretaker for a ninety year old sister who lives alone and an intelligent person who truly cared about the needs of others. Funeral services will be held on Friday, April 9, at Southern Heritage Chapel at 11:00 a.m. with burial in Southern Heritage Cemetery. Ridout's Southern Heritage Funeral Home of Pelham directing.
