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Obituaries for week of April 7, 2019
Dorothy Vickrey Hardy Mrs. Dorothy Vickrey Hardy, age 93, passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at her home in Atmore, Ala. She was a native and life-long resident of Atmore. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great-great grandmother and sister. She was the bookkeeper at Hardy & Kearley Garage for many years. She was a member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary and Lottie Baptist Church. She…
Obituaries for week of March 31, 2019
Willie Bernard Blackwell  Mr. Willie Bernard Blackwell, age 82, passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2019 in Pensacola, Fla. He was a native of Excel, Ala., former resident of Conecuh Co, Ala., and had resided in McDavid, Fla. since 1978. He was a veteran of the Vietnam Conflict, serving with the U.S. Army where he retired with twenty years of service and received two bronze stars. He was an avid outdoorsman,…
Obituaries for week of March 24, 2019
Dorothy Ward Bell Mrs. Dorothy Ward Bell, age 91, of Atmore, Ala., passed away Monday, March 18, 2019 in Century, Fla. She was a homemaker. She born in Harlingen, Texas to the late Otis Merritt and Lizzie Petty Ward. She was a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; step-mother, Nellie B. Ward; husband, Lewis Dewitt Bell, Sr.; son, Lewis Dewitt Bell, Jr; brother,…
Obituaries for week of March 17, 2019
William “Billy” Coker, Jr. Mr. William “Billy” Coker, Jr., age 77, passed away Monday, March 11, 2019 in Atmore, Ala. He was a native of Huxford, Ala. and had resided in Atmore, Ala. for most of his life. He was of the Baptist Faith. He was preceded in death by his wife of fort y-nine years, Anita Mason Coker; parents, William E. and Jessie Coker; one brother, Elbert Coker and…
Obituaries for week of March 10, 2019
Margery Gaynelle Newton Margery Gaynelle Newton, age 80, passed away peacefully Tuesday, March 5, 2019. She was born in Jackson, Miss. to the late Margery Whitwer Granberry and Rev. Seth Granberry. She had resided in Choctaw Beach, Fla. for the last eleven year. She attended Asbury University in Wilmore, Ky. Mrs. Newton is survived by her husband of sixty-one years, Dr. Doug Newton; brother and sister-in-law Seth and Sally Granberry; son,…