Category: Obituaries

Dorita Purifoy Purifoy Mrs. Dorita Purifoy, age 69, of Atmore, Ala. passed away most recently. Funeral services will be held Saturday, August. 13, 2022 at 11 a.m. at Faith Tabernacle Holiness Church (Freemanville Comm.) with Rev. Cleitis Walker, Sr. – Eulogist and Elder Edgar McCarthy – Host Pastor. Inhumation will be in Fairview Cemetery. Turner Funeral Chapel in charge of all arrangements. Freddie Marshall Godwin    Godwin Mr. Freddie Marshall Godwin,…

Rosie Lee McGougin Byrd Mrs. Rosie Lee McGougin Byrd, age 81, passed away Thursday, August 4, 2022 in Bay Minette, Ala.  She was born in Brewton, Ala. to the late James and Inez Lowe McGougin. She was a member of Little Rock Church of Assembly of the Lord Jesus Christ. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Carl Winston Byrd, Sr. Mrs. Byrd is survived by…

William Thomas Rolin Mr. William Thomas Rolin, age 80, passed away Monday, July 25, 2022 at his home. He was born to Tracy and Girlie Walker Rolin in Atmore, Ala. He was a native of Poarch, Ala. and has resided in Stapleton, Ala. for the past forty-three years. He was a Member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, working for thirty-four years serving his Tribe initially as a Tribal…

Melvin Purvis Sr.  Purvis Retired U. S. Navy Senior Chief Radioman Melvin Purvis Sr., age 87, passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2022. He was a Canoe, Ala. native, and a resident of Virginia Beach, Va.  In 1952 he joined the Navy, became a Radioman, served on five ships and five shore stations. As his career progressed he sent and received messages using systems which evolved from Morse code to Satellite…

Doris Marie Martin Mrs. Doris Marie Martin, age 86, of Poarch, Ala., passed away in the early morning on Monday, July 11, 2022 at her home. She was a native and lifelong resident of Poarch and a member of Poarch Community Church, where she was a former singer in the Heavenly Voices. She was a proud member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. Marie was a mother and grandmother…