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Ronald Park Hamner

Ronald Park Hamner

Dec 30, 2021

Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Ronald Park Hamner, passed away on December 30, 2021 at the age of 77. Born February 29th, 1944 to Raiford and Ellie Hamner in Tuscaloosa, AL, Ron grew up in Northport and graduated from Tuscaloosa County High School. He went on to graduate from the University of Alabama in 1968, remaining a lifelong fan of the Crimson...

Harry Fidoe

Harry Fidoe

Dec 28, 2021

Harry Leroy Fidoe went home to Jesus on December 28, 2021 at age 79.Harry was born to Tom and Lenora Fidoe on September 14, 1942 in Salem, Ohio. As a child, he enjoyed playing basketball and spending most of his time outdoors.Harry met his wife Ellen in 1965 at Ohio State University. They married in August 1966 and went on...

Peggy Moeller

Peggy Moeller

Dec 27, 2021

Following a long battle with Parkinson's disease, Peggy Moeller peacefully passed away on Dec. 27th, 2021, at 78 years of age, surrounded by her daughters Beth and Ann and her loving husband of 51 years, William Moeller. Peggy grew up in Hawkinsville, GA. She received her master's degree in mechanical engineering from UAH. Peggy was active in the civil rights...

Launa Bryant Raspilair

Launa Bryant Raspilair

Dec 26, 2021

Launa Bryant Raspilair of Somerville, Alabama, was born March 12, 1959, in McDowell, Kentucky, to Juanita Caudill and the late Homer Tackett.

            December 26, 2021, we lost an amazing wife, mother, grandmother, great- grandmother, and friend with a heart twice her size.

            She is and will continuously be loved and missed by her husband, David Laurin Raspilair, her...

Stephen Acton Howell

Stephen Acton Howell

Dec 25, 2021

Stephen Acton Howell was born August 5, 1953 to Jimmy Acton Howell and Merry Jon (McMinn) Howell in Rapid City, South Dakota.  He was born into an Air Force family and spent his childhood years living in several places before settling down in Columbia, Tennessee. He attended Middle Tennessee State University before enlisting in the Navy. After the Navy, he...

JB Johnson

JB Johnson

Dec 23, 2021

J.B. Johnson, 86, of Madison, Alabama passed away Thursday, December 23, 2021. 

 

J.B. retired from Ford Motor Company after 30 years of employment.

 

He was a loving son of Fred and Frances Johnson, a brother to Virgil Johnson, Ralph Johnson, Curtis Johnson, and Joyce Adams. He was a loving father to Sharon Johnson, and a grandfather to Michael...

Verna Kaye Preston

Verna Kaye Preston

Dec 21, 2021

Verna Kaye Preston was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, and friend to everyone she met. She passed away after a courageous battle with cancer on December 21, 2021 at the age of 70.

Kaye was born to Vernon Stephens and Dorothy (Porter) Webb on August 27, 1951. After graduating from Southwest High school in 1969, she married her high school...

Richard Jerome Scherberger, Jr.

Richard Jerome Scherberger, Jr.

Dec 21, 2021

Lieutenant Colonel Richard Jerome Scherberger, United States Army, Retired, died 21 December 2021 after a heroic battle with Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma.  He was a Soldier, Husband, and Father.

Surviving Richard is his wife, Vicky Lynn Hickerson Scherberger, son, Scott Douglas, wife Gina, grandchildren Mia Grace and Caden, all Madison, Alabama residents, and his recuse dogs Baxter and Bailey. 

His son,...

John Ludwig Dernovsek

John Ludwig Dernovsek

Dec 19, 2021

John Ludwig Dernovsek, 93, of Madison, Alabama, formerly of South Fayette Township, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 19, 2021. John was born in Sygan, Pennsylvania on May 14, 1928. John is preceded in death by his wife, Rita (Barish) Dernovsek; his parents, Henrietta (Bogats) Dernovsek and William L. Dernovsek, Sr. and his brother, William L. Dernovsek, Jr. He...

Laura Laut

Laura Laut

Dec 18, 2021

Laura Laut passed away on December 18, 2021. She was 90 years old. She passed from a short but tough fight with covid. She had lived in Huntsville, Alabama at the time of her passing. She was pre-deceased by her parents, Mary and Irving Richman and her brothers Bernard and Robert Richman. She is survived by her children, Arlene Laut,...

Michael L. Snitch

Michael L. Snitch

Dec 16, 2021

Michael “Mike” L. Snitch age 44 of Madison, AL, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on December 16, 2021. Mike was born at Ft. Bliss in El Paso, Texas on November 1, 1977 and was the son of W. Leonard and Ann Pauline (Saxton) Snitch. Mike also lived with his family in Panama and Seoul South Korea. An early...

Patricia Marie Doty

Patricia Marie Doty

Dec 14, 2021

Patricia Marie Doty, 79, of Madison, Alabama passed away on December 14th at her home after a courageous battle with cancer.  Pat was born on October 3, 1942 in St. Clair, Missouri. She graduated from The University of Alabama in Huntsville in 1986 with High Honors with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and a minor in Computer Science. ...

Stanley Laut

Stanley Laut

Dec 12, 2021

Stanley Laut passed away on December 12, 2021. He was 93 years old. He passed from a short but tough fight with covid. He had lived in Huntsville, Alabama at the time of his passing. He was pre-deceased by his parents, Abraham Laut, Eva Kazanowitz , his step-father Sam Kazanowitz, his sister, Renee Kazanowitz and his brother-in-law Larry Kazanowitz. He...

John Donald Eddleman, Jr.

John Donald Eddleman, Jr.

Dec 7, 2021

John David Eddleman, Jr., of Huntsville, Alabama, passed away December 7, 2021.

Jay H. Snyder

Jay H. Snyder

Dec 3, 2021

Jay H. Snyder of Harvest, AL, passed away on December 3, 2021. There are no public arrangements at this time.

Dr. Cynthia J. Anastas

Dr. Cynthia J. Anastas

Dec 2, 2021

Dr. Cynthia Anastas, 62, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by family after a long illness. Dr. Anastas devoted her life to caring for others, becoming one of the first women Interventional Cardiologists and ultimately opening her own practice in 2007. She is well known for spending as much time as needed with her patients, listening about their lives,...

Darrell Ray Osborn

Darrell Ray Osborn

Dec 1, 2021

Darrell R. Osborn passed away on December 1, 2021.  He was born on July 1, 1959 in Orleans, France, but grew up in Trenton, KY. He was predeceased by his parents, Annie Elizabeth Newcomb Osborn and James Richard Osborn. Survivors include his beloved wife, Stephanie Anne Gannaway Osborn, originally of Cunningham, TN, whom he married on June 18, 1983. Other...

Justin Ryan Williams

Justin Ryan Williams

Nov 30, 2021

Justin Ryan Williams, 39, of Harvest, Alabama passed away Tuesday, November 30, 2021.

No services are planned at this time. 

Bessie Kirby Byrd

Bessie Kirby Byrd

Nov 29, 2021

Bessie Dansby Kirby Byrd, age 80, of Madison, Alabama went to be with our Lord on November 29, 2021.

She was born on March 3, 1941 in Selma, Alabama. She began her education at Byrd Elementary School and graduated from Parrish High School in 1959.  Upon graduation from high school, she enrolled at Auburn University. During her time in college,...

Susan Narro Ragsdale

Susan Narro Ragsdale

Nov 29, 2021

Susan Narro Ragsdale, 73, of Madison, Alabama passed away Monday, November 29, 2021. 

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