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Chafin, Joyce, age 69, of Dora, AL., died April 25, 1999. She was a homemaker and a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Dora. Visitation will be held Monday, 6-9p.m., at New Horizon Memorial Funeral Home. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, April 27, 1999 at 11:00 a.m. at Bethel Cemetery in Dora. Rev. Glen McCall officiating. She was pre ceded in death by husband, William H. Chafin; daughter, Renay Chafin; and brother, Harlan Wilson. She is survived by daughter, Janet Chafin of Ocala, FL.; sons, Ronald D. Willcutt of B'ham, and James H. "Jay" Chafin of Dora; sister, Helen Marie Phillips of Dora; grandchildren Tommy Willcutt of B'ham, Brett Chafin and Reid Chafin, both of Adamsville. New Horizon Memorial Funeral Home directing.
Wakefield, Ronald Larry, age 53, of Concord, died Thursday, June 3, 1999. He was a member of First Baptist Sylvan Springs. Funeral services will be Saturday, June 5, at 10 a.m. at Brown Service West Chapel with burial at Valley Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday, June 4, 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Brown Service West Chapel. Survivors: wife, Mrs. Patricia Wakefield; daughters, Mrs. Misty Warren and Mrs. Christy Higgins; grandsons, Noah Taylor Warren and Brandon Warren; brothers, Mr. Billy J. Wakefield, Mr. Kenneth Wakefield, Mr. Donald Wakefield, and Mr. Timothy Wakefield. Brown Service West Chapel Funeral Home directing.
Armstrong, Mr. Grover Bryant, age 64, of Albany, NY, died Tuesday, June 1, 1999. He was a member of Albany Church of God, Albany, New York; former resident of Birmingham. Funeral services will be Monday, June 7, at Noon at Twenty Eighth Street Church of God, Bessemer with burial in New Grace Hill Cemetery. Survivors: daughter, Mrs. Cindy Bell (Arthur); sons, Rodney and Brian (Lisa) Armstrong and James Bass (Queen); sisters, Mrs. Mildred Thompson (Arthur), Mrs. Faye Ray (John), Mrs. Chris tine Tate, Mrs. Debbie Hasberry (Daker) and Mrs. Marie Lewis; brothers, Rev. Lawerence Armstrong (Doris) and Tauheed Ziyad; aunt, Mrs. Leola Grant. Arrington Funeral Home directing.
Phillips, Willie, age 76, of Docena, died May 30, 1999. Funeral services will be held at the Morningstar Baptist Church, 1600 Slayden Avenue, Sherman Heights, 12:00 noon, Saturday, June 5, 1999, with the burial in the Rosemont Garden Cemetery. Survivors: wife, Mary Phillips; daughter, Minister Yolande' P. Smith; son, Rao'ul B. Phillips; seven grandchildren; two great grandchildren; seven sisters, one aunt; other relatives and friends. Mullins Metropolitan directing.
Rawls, Mrs. Polly L., of Birmingham, died Monday, May 24, 1999. Memorial services will be held Saturday, June 5, at 11 a.m. at Bethel A.M.E. Zion Church. Veteran of WWII, U.S. Army Nurses Corps. Survivors: sisters, Mrs. Ruth Crear of Birmingham and Mrs. Fontella P. Baugh of Portland, Oregon. Davenport-Harris Funeral Home directing.
Jenkins, Mary L., age 73, died on May 30, 1999. Funeral service will be held on Saturday, June 5 at 12:00 noon at the Mt. Hebron Baptist Church, Bessemer, with burial in Lincoln Cemetery, McCalla. Dr. D.L. Blackmon officiating. Survivors: brothers, Leslie McKel and John McKel, Jr. Lett Funeral Home directing.
Dee, John Francis, Jr., age 75, died Saturday, April 24, 1999. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, April 27, at 7 p.m. at Olinger's Mortuary, Denver (16th & Boulder). Funeral mass will be held Wednesday, April 28, at 10 a.m. at Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Downtown Denver. Dee received his undergraduate degree from Loyola University, Chicago in 1947. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame Law School, Dee became head basketball coach at the University of Alabama in 1952, leading the "Rocket Eight" to the SEC crown in 1956. Dee came to Denver to coach the D-C Truckers of the fledgling NIBL, taking the Truckers to consistent league dominance. After serving as Denver's Manager of Parks and Recreation, Dee moved back to South Bend to become head basketball coach at Notre Dame in 1964, taking the Irish to the NCAA tournament in his first seas on. In his seven years at Notre Dame, Dee orchestrated four consecutive 20-win seasons in his last four years at Notre Dame, the first 20-win seasons in Notre Dame history. Dee led his Irish teams to four NCAA Championship appearances and one trip to the NIT. Dee retired from coaching in 1971 and was elected Denver City Auditor in 1975. Admitted to both the Colorado and Illinois Bars, Dee practiced law until his death. Preceded in death by his wife, the former Katherine Noesen of Skokie, Illinois; Dee is survived by three children, Melinda, Dennis and John III, all of Denver; a granddaughter, Katherine Coler; and two sisters, Kathleen Dunne and Nora Murphy, both of Chicago. Donations can be made to Dee's boyhood parish, St. Ignatius Loyola/Ignatian Services, Chicago, Illinois.
Smith, Mrs. Millie Mildred, age 83, of Double Springs, Alabama, died April 25, 1999. Funeral services Tuesday, April 27, 1999 at 2:00 p.m. at Rock Creek Baptist Church in Double Springs. J.D. Snoddy officiating. Burial in the adjoining cemetery. Visitation Monday evening, from 6:00 until 9:00 p.m. at Nichols Funeral Home in Double Springs. Survivors: sons, Mr. Neal Moody of Double Springs, AL, Robert Moody of Sumiton, AL, Donald Moody of Panama City, FL; Larry Moody of Huntsville, AL, Ellwyn Moody of Fayetteville, GA; 11 grandchildren; eight great grandchildren. Nichols Funeral Home in Double Springs directing.
Webb, Jean Charles, age 60, of Birmingham, died Wednesday, June 2, 1999. He was employed by Tire Engineers/T. D. S. for 45 years. Survivors: his wife, Susie Webb; sons, Vernon (Lamirian) Webb and Roosevelt (Carletta) Jones of Birmingham, AL., Errol Anthony (Roxie) Woods of Baton Rouge, LA., Darrell Collins and Reginald Ray Read; three daughters, Alice Moore, Pamela Towns and Sylvia Jones, all of Birmingham, AL.; 21 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, four brothers, three sisters, a special friend, Fred Johnston; and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held on Saturday at 1:30 p.m., at Lively Hope Baptist Church, Pratt City with burial in Carver Memorial Gardens. Roberts Ensley Chapel directing.
Mays, Tavares (HERMAN), age 23, of Birmingham, died May 29, 1999. Funeral services will be Friday, June 4, at 2 p.m. at New Antioch Baptist Church with burial in Pine Hill Cemetery. Reverend W. J. Jones officiating. Survivors: father, Kizer Jones; sisters, Monica Davis, Gwennetta Mays, Latosh Mays, Jacquise Mays, Jasmine Mays of Bessemer; brother, Richard Mays of Bessemer; and a host of relatives and friends. Brighton Funeral Home of Bessemer directing.
