Obituaries

Jan 15, 2021

Mrs. Jan Waldrup Browder 69 of Marietta, Georgia died Friday January 15, 2021 at the Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Georgia.

Jan was born in Brundidge, Alabama June 11, 1951 to the late Ralph Waldrup and the late Okla Hicks, she was a member of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church now Mercy Hill Church in Marietta, she served in...

Jan 9, 2021

Mr. James C. "Pop" Looney 86 of LaFayette, Alabama died Saturday January 9, 2021 at the East Alabama Medical Center

Graveside service will be held Sunday, January 17th, at 2:00 PM at Lafayette City Cemetery with Rev. James Caulfield officiating.

Pop was born in LaGrange, Georgia November 25, 1934 to the late Samuel Engo Looney...

Jan 8, 2021

Ann Simpson Walton, age 92 of LaFayette was born May 20,1928, and passed away January 8,2021, at Magnolia Place in Auburn, Alabama.

She was the daughter of Roy Greene Simpson Jr and Rebecca Finney Simpson. She was a graduate of LaFayette High School where she met the love of her life, Alex Walton. At the time of...

Jan 7, 2021

Mrs. Evelyn Louise Smith 67, of Valley, Alabama died Thursday January 7, 2021 at her residence.

Mrs. Smith was born February 25, 1953 in DesArc, Arkansas to the late Noah Wyatt, Jr. and the late Irma Sue Wisenhunt, she was a hard worker through the years she worked as a waitress, and in the local mills, her...

Dec 18, 2020

Mrs. Barbara Ann Cole Owens, 85 of LaFayette, Alabama passed away peacefully at Tanner East Alabama in Wedowee, Alabama on Friday December 18, 2020 after a lengthy illness.

She was born on June 26, 1935 in LaFayette to the late Edward Lawson Cole, Sr. and the late Evie Yarbrough Cole. She graduated from LaFayette High School in...

Dec 18, 2020

Mr. Mack Jones, 65 of Valley, Alabama died Friday December 18, 2020 at his residence.

Mack was born in Maryville, Tennessee November 13, 1955 to the late Betty Ruth Jones, he owned and operated Jones Lawn Care Service.

Graveside services will be held Tuesday December 22, 2020 at 1PM (ET) at the Fairfax Cemetery with...

Dec 11, 2020

Mr. Jessie Calhoun 73 of Camp Hill, Alabama died Friday December 11, 2020 at his residence.

Mr. Calhoun was born in LaFayette October 15, 1947 to the late Johnny Calhoun and the late Mollie Sykes Calhoun and retired from the Joe Blanks Logging Company.

Graveside services will be held Tuesday December 15, 2020 at 2PM...

Dec 10, 2020

Mr. Don Miller 67 of LaFayette, Alabama died Thursday, December 10, 2020 at the EAMC Lanier Hospital in Valley.

Don was a lifelong resident of LaFayette, he was born April 22, 1953 to the late Dan Miller and the late Clara (Red) Blackmon Miller, and was a retired textile employee.

He is survived by his...

Dec 9, 2020

Mr. Randy Harper aka Piano Man 61, of LaFayette, Alabama died Thursday December 9, 2020 at the East Alabama Medical Center.

Randy was born in LaFayette June 28, 1959 to the late Alvin Harper and the late Sarah Love Harper, he was a member of the LaFayette Heights Baptist Church where he played the piano for many...

Nov 24, 2020

Mr. Jerry Smith 61, of Five Points, Alabama died Tuesday, November 24, 2020, at the Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.

He was born in Richmond, Virginia August 24, 1959 to the late Herman Allen (Bing) Smith and the late Rebecca Nelson (Beck) Smith, he had worked at Stevenson Insurance in Roanoke, Alabama as an agent for...

Nov 24, 2020

Mrs. Ruth Nichols 97, of LaFayette died Tuesday November 24, 2020 at the U A B Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama.

She was born in Waverly, Alabama December 17, 1922 to the late Otis Carlisle, Sr. and the late Ura Merle Moreman Carlisle. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in LaFayette and also the Dorcus...

Nov 11, 2020

Mr. Billy Wayne Patterson 76, of LaFayette, Alabama died Wednesday November 11, 2020 at his residence.

Billy was born in Tallapoosa County, Alabama August 31, 1944 to the late Voncile Patterson and the late Helen Patterson, he was a member of the LaFayette Church of Christ, and retired as the custodian at Tallapoosa River Electric Co-Op after...

Nov 10, 2020

Mr. James (Mike) Johnson 70 of LaFayette, Alabama died Tuesday November 10, 2020 at the East Alabama Medical Center.

Mike was born in LaFayette September 10, 1950 to the late James Otis Johnson and the late Ruth Clolinger Johnson, he served in the National Guard and worked as a welder for the Brown & Root and also...

Nov 9, 2020

Mrs. Barbara Lankford St. John 66, of LaFayette, Alabama died Monday, November 9, 2020 at her residence.

Barbara was born May 18, 1954, in Columbus, Georgia, she was a member of the Jackson Memorial Baptist Church in LaFayette and retired from the Lee County Health Department after 20 years of service as a nurse's aide, she was...

Nov 6, 2020

Mr. James Ray Bassett 72, of LaFayette, Alabama died Friday November 6, 2020 at his residence.

Mr. Bassett was born in Mobile, Alabama August 31, 1948 to the late James Vernon Bassett and the late Annie Jewell Crenshaw Bassett, he retired from the East Alabama Lumber Company in LaFayette.

Graveside services will be held Monday,...

Nov 3, 2020

Mrs. Edith LaVerne Bohler Carmichael Stiver 87, of St. Petersburg, Florida formerly of Lanett, Alabama died Tuesday November 3, 2020 at her residence.

Graveside services will be held Sunday, November 8, 2020, at 2PM (ET) 1PM (CT) at the Oakwood Cemetery in Lanett. Jeff Jones Funeral Home, LaFayette, Al In Charge Of Arrangements.

Edith went...

Oct 19, 2020

Mr. Randy Dodgen 75 of LaFayette, Alabama died Monday October 19, 2020 at his residence.

Mr. Dodgen was born in West Point, Georgia June 29, 1945 to the late Paul Dodgen and Zelma Welch Dodgen, he was a member of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Camp Hill, Alabama, and retired from the Jeff Dodgen Logging Company...

Oct 18, 2020

Mrs. Cynthia Aikens 70, of Valley, Alabama died Sunday, October 18, 2020, at East Alabama Medical Center.

Mrs. Aikens was born in Langdale, Alabama April 6, 1950 to the late West Byron Foster and the late Annie Jewell Bailey Foster, she was a member of the Faith Baptist Church in Valley, and was retired from the Fairview...

Oct 7, 2020

Janette Bartley Hood was born in Phenix City, Alabama on May 16, 1922 to the late Brady F. and Susie Fowler Bartley.

She passed this life on October 7th, 2020 at the age of 98. She moved to Chambers County, Alabama at the age of five and lived there most all her life. She was a member...

Oct 2, 2020

Mrs. Sherry Oliver 69, of LaFayette, Alabama died Friday, October 2, 2020 at the East Alabama Medical Center.

Sherry was born in Chambers County, Alabama December 30, 1950 to the late Andrew Jackson (Gawky) Teel and the late Virginia Colley Teel. She was a member of the Community Baptist Church and retired from the Carter Lanier Mill...