Obituaries
Janet Richardson
Jan 18, 2025
Janet Eleanor Richards, born in Aberporth, Wales UK on the 17th of March, 1944 to Eluned and Elfyn Richards. Janet passed away on 18th of January, 2025 in Birmingham, AL USA.
Janet is preceded in death by her mother Eluned Richards, father Elfyn Richards, daughter-in-law Courtney Richardson, her beloved corgi Dewey, and countless other loved dogs. Janet is survived by her...
George Adkins
Jan 18, 2025
George Adkins went home to be with Jesus on January 18, 2025. He was 88 years old.
On September 22, 1936, George was born to George and Lillian Adkins in Birmingham Alabama. He was the oldest of 3 with a sister Katherine, and a brother, Gene. He attended Tarrant High School where he was an outstanding basketball player. After high school...
Ted Cost
Jan 17, 2025
Ted M. Cost passed away peacefully in his home on Thursday, January 17, 2025, just days after his 97th birthday. Born in Tarrant, Alabama on January 8, 1928, he was a graduate of Calera High School, and a 1962 graduate of the University of Alabama.
Ted married Billie Strickland, the love of his life, in 1954. After serving...
Barbara Straynar
Jan 9, 2025
Barbara Ruth Straynar was called home to the Lord on Thursday January 09, 2025 at the age of 97.
She passed away in her Crestwood home surrounded by family and friends.
She was born Dec. 5, 1927 in McCalla, AL. She lived at the Presbyterian Home for Children in Talladega, AL until she eloped in 1945....
Eileen Moreau
Jan 9, 2025
Eileen Elizabeth Moreau, age 81. A native of Sanford, ME and resident of Hoover, AL passed away on January 9, 2025. The family will have Mass said for Mrs. Moreau on Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11am from Holy Infant of Prague Catholic Church. 8090 Gadsden Hwy. Trussville, AL 35173. Services in Maine will be held at a later time....
George McGaughy
Jan 8, 2025
George Dabney McGaughy, 85, of Homewood, Alabama passed away on January 8, 2025. George, or Dabney, to those closest to him, was born on November 10, 1939. He grew up in Homewood, Alabama and attended Shades Valley High School. He loved his country and joined the Alabama National Guard, 156 MP Battalion. He completed his basic training at Fort Jackson,...
Barry Gallo
Jan 6, 2025
On January 6, 2025 a family lost a wonderful man and heaven gained an angel. It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Barry Charles Gallo.
Barry was born in New Orleans on May 16, 1955. He grew up in Covington and attended St. Paul's high school . He went on to graduate from University of...
Claire "Candy" Catherine Hargett
Jan 4, 2025
Claire Catherine “Candy” Hargett, beloved mother, sister, grandmother (Gigi), and friend, passed away peacefully on January 4, 2025, in Hoover, Alabama, at the age of 80. Born on September 23, 1944, in Baltimore, Maryland, Candy was raised in Baltimore and Ellicott City by her parents, Albert and Claire Kiersarsky. She was predeceased by her parents, her brother Albert Kiersarsky, and...
Carolyn Jo Martin Farrington
Jan 4, 2025
Carolyn Jo Martin Farrington July 27, 1936 – January 4, 2025
Carolyn Jo Martin Farrington, age 88, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on January 4, 2025, in Franklin, Tennessee.
Born on July 27, 1936, in Birmingham, Alabama, Carolyn was the cherished daughter of Oda Joe and Rosa Lee (née Taylor) Martin. After graduation...
Anita Long
Jan 4, 2025
Anita P. Long, 82
Resident of Pelham, Alabama went to be with her Heavenly Father on January 04, 2025, with her family beside her. We lost our Mother, Grandmother, and Great Grandmother.
She was born in Lucedale, Mississippi to the late Claude and Wilma Polk. She is survived by her sister, Carolyn Jones and her brother, Tommy Polk along with several nieces...
Marvin Wayne Long
Dec 30, 2024
“You are my sunshine my only sunshine…”
Marvin Wayne Long (age 74) passed away on December 30, 2024. Originally from Wilmington North Carolina, he last hung his hat in Hoover Alabama. Intelligent, kind, hard-working and having a wonderful sense of humour were only a few of the many facets of his amazing personality. When not reading or watching Gunsmoke, he could...
Gerald McLeod
Dec 27, 2024
Gerald Ray McLeod, age 87. Passed away on Friday, December 27, 2024. He was a General Contractor for over 32 years and was the founder of Charter South Inc. He was a Sunday School Teacher at Lakeside Baptist Church on Rocky Ridge Rd. and served in the US Army.
He is survived by his wife, Allie McLeod of 32 years,...
James Bennett
Dec 25, 2024
James "Keith" Bennett of Hoover, Alabama went to join the Lord-at the age of 73, on Christmas Day, 2024. Born in Athens, Tennessee and raised in Alcoa, Tennessee Keith was a member of First Baptist Church Alcoa for many years. He graduated from Alcoa High School and the University of Tennessee with honors.
Keith worked for Mayer Electric Supply...
Carol Owens
Dec 24, 2024
Carol LaJune Owens passed away December 24, 2024. She is preceded in death by her father John Wesley Cantrell, her brother Ronald Cantrell, and her son, Adam Rockwell Owens. She is survived by her mother, Ona Vee Cantrell, aunts Ova Lee Peeples and Marjorie Glenn, sister Debbie Bammerlin, daughter Mila Foster (Joe Foster), stepson Byron Cole Owens, grandsons James Tyler...
Ronald Dortch Jr.
Dec 23, 2024
Ronald Earl Dortch, Jr., age 63, moved his long-term Birmingham residence to his heavenly home on Monday, December 23, 2024. Ronnie was born in Birmingham, AL on January 3, 1961, to Carmen and Ronald Earl Dortch, Sr. He later moved to Peoria, IL and Findley Lake, NY before returning to Birmingham to attend college. He was preceded in death by...
Charles Brown
Dec 22, 2024
Charles William Brown passed peacefully through this life to his eternal home on December 22, 2024. Charles was born May 18, 1930, in Morgan Co., AL. He graduated from Falkville High School in 1949. He was 94.
Charles grew up in north Alabama and moved to Birmingham to work with family at Buchanan Construction. Shortly after arriving in Birmingham,...
Lily Beam
Dec 18, 2024
Lily Hope Beam, 17, of Hoover, Alabama, met her Savior face to face on December 18th after a courageous battle with leukemia. Lily was born on September 9, 2007, and grew into a beautiful young woman who was kind to everyone she met.
Psalm 56:3 was the Bible verse that Lily held tightly all her life. “When I am afraid, I...
Shannon Shuman
Dec 15, 2024
Shannon was born on July the 24th, 1973. She passed away yesterday December 15th, 2024. She leaves behind her Husband, Kenneth J. Shuman, her daughter, Jessica (Jordon) Cook. Grandchildren: Aubri, Kinley, Auden, and Henri. Her Sisters Janice (James) Murray and Sheryl Blanton, her brothers, Kent Starman & Kurt Starman. Shannon had a passion for life. Very direct, in your face...
Peter Cober
Dec 12, 2024
Peter John Cober, 68 years old, received his angel wings December 12, 2024, Birmingham Alabama.
Peter, known to his family and friends as Pete, was a family man who loved his family and his friends. He always had a funny story to tell or smile to improve your day. He loved telling jokes, sometimes, three or fifty times, but...
