Obituaries

Mar 25, 2025

Donald Cohen Lee, age 78, of Aliceville, AL died March 25, 2025 at Aliceville Manor Nursing Home.  Funeral services will be 11:00 am Saturday, March 29, 2025 at Skelton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mike Ezelle officiating.  Burial will be in Carrollton City Cemetery with Skelton Funeral Home of Reform directing.  Visitation will be one hour prior and immediately...

Mar 25, 2025

Lt. Col. Robert Maurice "Bob" Barnes (Ret.), age 82, of Reform, AL died March 25, 2025 at UAB St. Vincent's St. Clair in Pell City.  Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Sunday, March 30, 2025 at Skelton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Joe Fondren officiating.  Burial will be in Cross Roads Baptist Church Cemetery in Carrollton with Skelton Funeral...

Mar 24, 2025

Patti Shaw Noland, Age 72, of Gordo, Alabama passed away on March 24,2025 at DCH Regional Medical Center.  A celebration of life will take place held at 12 pm on Monday, May 5, 2025 at Skelton Funeral Home in Reform. Visitation will be one hour prior to service.

Patti is preceded in death by her father, James...

Mar 24, 2025

Melody Dawn Cousins, age 34, of Reform, AL died March 24, 2025 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus, MS.  No formal services will be held. She was preceded in death by her father, Grover Charles Peoples, Jr.; grandmother, Lavada Peoples; grandfather, Doyle Peoples;  the "Dad" who raised her, James Earl Thomas and uncle, Frankie Gable. Survivors include her husband,...

Mar 23, 2025

Samuel Ricky Baines, age 69, of Gordo, AL died March 23, 2025 at his residence.  Memorial services will be 2:00 pm Sunday, April 6, 2025 at New Hope Methodist Church in Gordo with Bro. Woody Jones officiating and Skelton Funeral Home of Reform directing. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Jerri Lancaster Baines; his parents and...

Mar 22, 2025

Edna Earl Shirley, age 86, of Gordo, AL died March 22, 2025 at Hospice of West Alabama in Tuscaloosa.  Graveside services will be 10:00 am Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at Center Springs Cemetery with Jeremy Kelley officiating and Skelton Funeral Home of Reform directing.  A short visitation will follow the service at the graveside. She was preceded in death...

Mar 22, 2025

Gene Robert Perrigin, age 85, of Columbus, MS died March 22, 2025 at OCH Medical Center in Starkville, MS.  Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at Liberty Assembly of God with Bro. Kenneth Henegar officiating.  Burial will be in Andrews Chapel Cemetery in the Liberty Community with Skelton Funeral Home of Reform directing.  Visitation will...

Mar 19, 2025

Our dear father, Henry (Hal) Brodnax Hamilton, passed away March 19th, 2025, due to a valiant battle with Parkinson's disease, in his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. He was 85, and he was born and grew up in Eutaw, Alabama. Preceded in death by his wife, Linda (Lynn) O'Briant Hamilton and his parents Rachel Brodnax Hamilton and Bain Hamilton. He...

Mar 19, 2025

Carol "Renee" Hudson, age 62, of Reform, AL died March 19, 2025 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus, MS.  Memorial services will be 2:00 pm Saturday, March 22, 2025 at Skelton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. George Shaw and Rev. Trey Reece officiating and Skelton Funeral Home of Reform directing.  Visitation will follow the service. She was preceded in...

Mar 17, 2025

Alan Keith Shaw, age 68, of Calera, AL died March 17, 2025 at his residence.  Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Friday, March 28, 2025 at Skelton Funeral Home Chapel.  Burial will be in Arbor Springs Baptist Church Cemetery with Skelton Funeral Home of Reform directing.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home....

Mar 15, 2025

Nancy Parker Owens passed away in Mountain Brook, Alabama on March 15, 2025, leaving a void her family cannot fill.  A memorial service will be 12:00 noon Saturday, June 14, 2025 at the First Presbyterian Church in Aliceville with Bro. Derrick Brite officiating. Nancy was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on March 12, 1940 to Thomas Rufus Parker and Lucille...

Mar 14, 2025

Catherine Virginia Oglesby, age 85, passed away Friday, March 14, 2025.  She was surrounded by loved ones.  Catherine was born August 26, 1939 in Pickens County, Alabama.  She lived most of her life in Pickens County.  She was a homemaker and a devoted member of Mount Moriah Free Will Baptist Church. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Tuesday, March...

Mar 10, 2025

William Raybon Junkin, age 88, of Gordo, AL died March 10, 2025 at his residence.  Funeral services will be 3:00 pm Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church with Rev. Mike Hall officiating.  Burial will be in the church cemetery with Skelton Funeral Home of Reform directing.  Visitation will be one hour prior and immediately following the...

Mar 6, 2025

David Kimbrough West, age 87, of Ethelsville, AL died March 6, 2025 at his residence. There will be no funeral service held. He was preceded in death by his parents, Kimbrough and Jessie May West; son, David West and brother, Charles West. Survivors are his wife of 35 years, Marilyn West; daughter, Diane R. West; son, Daniel B. West;...

Mar 2, 2025

"Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his faithful servants." Psalms 116:15

Mary Savannah Swedenburg of McCalla, Alabama passed on into Glory and the loving arms of her Savior the evening of March 2nd, 2025. She was born in Carrollton, Alabama on February 9th, 1943, to Rev. James Reece Swedenburg Sr. and Trannie...

Feb 24, 2025

Nina Phillips Foucher, age 56, of Gordo AL went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ February 24, 2025 at her residence.  Funeral services will be 11:00 am Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at Skelton Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Tony Tilley, Bro. Clay Latham and Bro. Scott Montgomery officiating.  A graveside service will follow in Shiloh Free...

Feb 22, 2025

Ann Elizabeth Burns Brown was born in Hale County, AL on December 28, 1947 to George and Elizabeth Burns. She passed away peacefully at her home in Greensboro, AL on February 22, 2025, with her loving husband of 59 years, by her side.

Graveside services will be 2:00 pm Saturday, March 1, 2025 at Oakwood Martin Cemetery...

Feb 15, 2025

Faron Earl Pate, 70, of Gordo, AL passed away on February 15th at home surrounded by his family. He is survived by his wife, Vanessa; daughters Kelly (John) Windham and Amanda (Ben) Snipes; grandchildren Logan Snipes, Lainey Snipes, and Clifton Windham; sister Joyce Montgomery; sister-in-law Betty Gayle Pate; and special nephew Jason (Tara) Sullivan. He is also survived by...

Feb 8, 2025

Eleanor Ruth Kelly Blakney was born August 20, 1945 and passed away on February 8, 2025. She was born in the house in Aliceville where she was raised.  She was the baby of six children, and she attended Aliceville High School.  She loved life, people and music.  She was a gifted piano player who loved to share her talent...

Feb 6, 2025

Billy Joe Matlock, Jr., age 54, of Carrollton, AL died February 6, 2025 at his residence.  Graveside services were 2:00 pm Monday, February 10, 2025 at Franconia-Oak Grove Cemetery in Aliceville with Bro. Trey Reece officiating and Skelton Funeral Home of Reform directing. He was preceded in death by his mother, Barbara June Ammons; father, Billy Joe Matlock, Sr....