Obituaries

Obituaries in Fairhope, Daphne, Elberta, Foley, Gulf Shores, Lillian, and Surrounding Areas in Southern Alabama

Robin Jeanette Yoas

Robin Jeanette Yoas

Feb 21, 2022

Robin Jeanette Yoas was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister and friend. She left this world suddenly on Monday, February 21, 2022 at the age of 45. Robin was born on March 27, 1976 and lived an avid life of love for her family, horses, and any other animal that needed a caring hand. She spent her days as...

John Winford Hunsucker

John Winford Hunsucker

Feb 21, 2022

John Winford Hunsucker, age 59, a resident of Fairhope, Alabama, passed away Monday, February 21, 2022. John Winford Hunsucker was born October 21, 1962 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. He graduated from Eisenhower High School in 1980 in Lawton, Oklahoma. He attended Oklahoma State and graduated from Southern Mississippi in 1985. He was a member of the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity....

Joseph Cavaluzzi

Joseph Cavaluzzi

Feb 20, 2022

Our beloved Father, Joseph William Cavaluzzi of Robertsdale, Al passed away on Sunday, February 20, 2022. He was born and raised in Elmira, NY the son of the late James V. Cavaluzzi and Margaret Emanuel Cavaluzzi. He moved to Gulf Shores, AL after retiring from the United States Postal Service after 30 years as a Postal Supervisor in Elmira, NY....

Charlotte Ann Nettles-Depew

Charlotte Ann Nettles-Depew

Feb 19, 2022

NETTLES-DEPEW SILVERHILL, ALABAMA Memama July 20, 1941 - February 19, 2022 Charlotte Ann Nettles passed peacefully in her sleep on February 19, 2022 in the early morning hours holding hands with her loved ones. In the past few weeks and days she has been comforted by her children, grandchildren, and close family. Charlotte was born in Baker, Louisiana on July...

Kenneth Marshall Jansen

Kenneth Marshall Jansen

Feb 19, 2022

JANSEN FAIRHOPE, ALABAMA Kenneth Marshall Jansen, age 77, a resident of Fairhope, Alabama, passed away Saturday, February 19, 2022. Kenneth is survived by his wife, Rita Jansen; children, Jullie Hunley (Bill), Marshall Jansen (Christy), Amanda Blake (Geoff); grandchildren, Kyle Hunley, Josh Hunley, Alex Johnson, Lauren Jansen, Grady Blake, Alora Blake; great-grandchildren, Ezekiel Johnson, Athena Johnson; and many other loving relatives...

Walter William Brown

Walter William Brown

Feb 19, 2022

Walter “Bill” Brown, age 85, passed away suddenly on Saturday, February 19, 2022. He served in the US Navy for 20 years as an Aviation Electronics Technician, before retiring honorably from the Armed Forces. He went on to pursue a variety of hobbies, including refinishing furniture, recycling, and computers. Bill moved to Foley, AL with his wife, Josephine, in the...

Sharon Kay Allen

Sharon Kay Allen

Feb 18, 2022

Sharon Allen, age 78, a resident of Fairhope, Alabama, and formerly of Petersburg, Illinois, went to her heavenly home on Friday, February 18, 2022.

She was born at home in Cass County Illinois August 31, 1943. Her parents were Howard “Mike” and Bernadine Severns. Sharon married her high school sweetheart, Stephen Allen on June 17, 1961. Sharon loved her family...

Thelma Mae James-Scott

Thelma Mae James-Scott

Feb 17, 2022

Thelma Mae James-Scott, daughter of Dennis James and Arlene Jackson was born on July 24, 1936 in Jackson, Alabama in the county of Clarke County. She was the oldest of six children bestowed upon Arlene Jackson. Thelma grew up in the Rockville community of Jackson, Alabama and moved to the Fairhope area with her family as a young girl. She...

Dee Anna Lingafelter

Dee Anna Lingafelter

Feb 16, 2022

Dee Anna Parr Lingafelter, born December 9, 1953, was called home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Wednesday, February 16, 2022. Dee was a retired early childhood special education teacher for Southeastern Special Education. She spent time assisting and teaching at Limitless School in Newton, Illinois. Dee was also a licensed instructor for Brain Gym and the...

Evelyn E. Ward

Evelyn E. Ward

Feb 16, 2022

Evelyn E. Crumbley Ward left this Earth to dance with the angels on February 16, 2022. A blessing to all who knew her, Evelyn was born on December 28, 1929 in Holly Pond, Alabama. She moved to Akron, Ohio when she was a junior in high school. After high school, Evelyn graduated from Samford College in Birmingham and moved to...

Carrel "Sonny" Elbert Cometti, Sr.

Carrel "Sonny" Elbert Cometti, Sr.

Feb 16, 2022

Carrel “Sonny” Elbert Cometti, Sr., age 88, a resident of Spanish Fort, passed away Wednesday, February 17, 2022.

Sonny was a lifetime resident of Spanish Fort, Alabama, and a proud veteran of the United States Army. He retired from the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida. He was inducted into the Fairhope Football Hall of Fame, and avid hunter, fisherman,...

Dwayne Elwood Clanton

Dwayne Elwood Clanton

Feb 15, 2022

Dwayne Elwood Clanton, age 59, a resident of Daphne, AL, passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2022. He was the co-owner of Audio Indulgence in Daphne and was the former owner/founder of Fastime convenience stores in Alabama. In his own words, “I was rich with family.” His survivors, whom he loved dearly, include his wife, Jacinda Clanton; mother, Dottie Clanton; children,...

William Rayford Stanton

William Rayford Stanton

Feb 15, 2022

William Ray Stanton went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on February 15, 2022. Ray grew up in Monroe County Alabama. He was a graduate of Monroe County High School. Ray has called Mobile and Baldwin County his home since 1961. In his early years, Ray was Credit Manager at Sherwin-Williams paint. Ray’s chosen profession was...

Roy Gilbert Childers

Roy Gilbert Childers

Feb 14, 2022

Roy Gilbert Childers, age 83, a native of Ripley, MS, and a resident of Fairhope, AL., passed away Monday, February 14, 2022. He was an avid golfer, a member of PAL’s, and a baseball coach for Chickasaw and Satsuma. Roy worked and retired from Kimberly-Clark for 38 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Aubrey and Icie Childers;...

Robert "Bobby D" Daniel Doyle, Jr.

Robert "Bobby D" Daniel Doyle, Jr.

Feb 14, 2022

On Monday, February 14, 2022, Robert (Bobby) Daniel Doyle, Jr., of Mobile, Alabama, died just 10 days shy of his 59th birthday at Mulherin Home in Mobile. Bobby D. (as he was affectionately known) was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, on February 24, 1963, to the late Robert (Bob) Daniel Doyle and Maeredith (Reedy) Houser Doyle.

It’s fitting that Bobby departed...

Carol Ann Long

Carol Ann Long

Feb 14, 2022

There are four people in this world who will only ever hear my mother’s voice over James Taylor’s when “Sweet Baby James” is played; my brother, sisters and I were rocked to sleep every night of our young lives hearing it.  Long past the time when a baby should qualify for rocking, when our freshly bathed chunky toddler legs were...

Louis John Daverede III

Louis John Daverede III

Feb 13, 2022

Louis John Daverede III, 62, of Gulf Shores, Alabama, went home to be with the Lord at 2:50 AM on Sunday, February 13, 2022, surrounded by his family at South Baldwin Regional Medical Center. He was born May 31, 1959, to Joyce Daverede and Louis J. Daverede Jr. He was a longtime resident of Chalmette, Louisiana, until 2005 when Hurricane...

LaVera M. Sorick

LaVera M. Sorick

Feb 11, 2022

LaVera M. Sorick, age 91, a resident of Gulf Shores, Alabama, passed away Friday, February 11, 2022. LaVera was a member of Oyster Bay Baptist Church in Gulf Shores, Alabama. She was a 50-year member of Valley Chapter #26, Order of Eastern Star in Missouri Valley, Iowa, and Foley Chapter 142, Order of Eastern Star in Foley, Alabama. LaVera was...

Kathryn Jean Hill

Kathryn Jean Hill

Feb 11, 2022

Ms. Kathryn Jean Hill, age 84, a former resident of Fairhope, Alabama, residing in Daphne, Alabama, passed away on Friday, February 11, 2022.

Jean was employed with Thomas Hospital in Fairhope for thirty years. She also coached girl's softball.

She is survived by a sister, Helen Ferguson, of Kennesaw, GA; two nieces; two nephews; three great nephews; four great nieces;...

Peggy L. Henderson Greene

Peggy L. Henderson Greene

Feb 9, 2022

Peggy Greene, Age 74 of Eufaula, Alabama, died Wednesday February 9, 2022, at SAAD Hospice Facility in Mobile, Alabama of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia.

Peggy is preceded in death by her brother John Wallace Henderson, that passed away on May 31, 1945.

Peggy is survived by her son Jimmy Felton Greene.

Peggy was born Aug 7th, 1947, to the late John...