Mrs. Elizabeth Duane Walker of Louisville passed away Tuesday, October 16, 2018, at her residence. She was 85. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m., Friday, October 19, 2018, at Pine Level Baptist Church. Rev. Russell Hagler and Rev. Jason Waddell will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to services on Friday. Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to Pine Level Baptist Church. She is...

Mr. Lonnie Esker Williams of Red Level passed away Tuesday, October 16, 2018, in the Opp hospital. He was 57. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m., Friday, October 19, 2018, at Keahey Chapel. Rev. Bill Butler and Rev. John Eiland will officiate. The family will receive friends at Keahey Funeral Home one hour prior to services on Friday. Interment will follow in Mitchell Cemetery. Survivors include his sons, Samuel Williams, Matthew Williams and Joshua Williams, all of Andalusia; caretaker...

 Ms. Linda Jean Shehane Jones, passed away Sunday, October 14, 2018, in a Dothan hospital. She was 69. She is survived by her daughter, Jennifer Abney (husband Clay) of Charleston, West Virginia; her son, Keith Jones of  Florissant, Colorado; her sister, Emily Wilkinson (husband Larry) of Clio.  Ms. Jones was preceded in death by her parents, Eugene Shehane and Billie Baxter Shehane Stone. Graveside services will be held 11 A.M. Tuesday, October 16, 2018, at Pea River...

Miss Mary Ellene Baxter passed away peacefully at her residence in Clio on October, 8, 2018. She was 96. Miss Baxter graduated from Barbour County High School in 1940. She received a Bachelor’s Degree from Troy State University and a Master’s Degree from Auburn University. Miss Baxter taught 3rd Math at Clio Elementary School for 46 years. Survivors include her nieces and nephews, Jackie Weston Herring, Carolyn Weston Williams, Beth LaBudde Evans, Frank R. LaBudde, III., Laura...

Mr. Dwight Wayne Rainwater, age 73, of Andalusia, passed away Thursday, October 4, 2018, at Mizell Memorial Hospital in Opp.   Dwight had lived in Andalusia since 1989.  He was the owner of AAA Computer and Andalusia Alarm and Computer. Dwight is survived by his sons, Jeff (Sondra) Rainwater and Keith Rainwater both of Cullman, AL; his grandchildren, Jeb Rainwater, Gracie Rainwater, Megan (Adam) Seckfort, Emily Sims, and Bailey Sims, Amy and Sasha and his great-grandchildren,...

Rev. John Hurst McGukin, age 90, of Andalusia, Alabama, passed into his eternal reward in heaven on Monday, October 1, 2018, in Pell City, Alabama. John McGukin, the son of the late Russell McGukin and Clara Hurst McGukin, was born December 25, 1927. He was raised in the Center Point Community of Carroll County, GA, on a farm originally purchased by his great grandfather, John McGukin, who migrated from Ireland. At the Temple School, he met his future wife, Janie Lou (Jane) Stevens, the...

Mr. Richard Charles Tarey of Opp passed away Saturday, September 29, 2018 at his residence. He was 88. Survivors include his loving wife of 65 years, Lois Rose Tarey of Opp; children and spouses, Nancy (Edward) Wolcott of Leicester, New York; Charles R. (Cathy) Tarey of Wyoming, New York; Kathleen A. (Edward) Evans of Babbie; William A. (Debbie) Tarey of Andalusia; Martin J. (Daphanie) Tarey of Elba; 16 grandchildren, 40 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m., Monday,...

Mr. Robert E. Andrews, age 70, of the Leonia Community (Ponce de Leon, FL), passed away Saturday, September 28, 2018, at his residence.  He was both a U.S. Navy and U.S. Army National Guard veteran who retired after 40 years of service to his country. He is survived by his loving wife of 46 years, Betty Andrews of Leonia; his children, Rita (Robert) Carroll of Ponce de Leon and Joanie Watson Wade of Hartford, AL; two grandchildren, Jerry “Scooter” Carroll and wife Kitrena...

The seasons of life began for Patricia Ann Ward Hamilton Wheeler on January 15, 1944 and ended some seventy-four years later on Tuesday, September 25, 2018.  Patricia W. Hamilton Wheeler, the second of six children, was born to the union of Mrs. Alice Kitchen Ward & the late Mr. King Solomon Ward.  She grew up in this community, frequently called “NanNan” by family and friends. She confessed Christ at an early age and joined the St. Peter Missionary Baptist Church...

Mrs. Laura J. Godwin, age 90, of Andalusia, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, September 25, 2018, at USA Medical Center in Mobile.  Mrs. Godwin enjoyed oil painting, gardening, and was a member of Crossway Ministries.  She retired several years ago from Alatex. Mrs. Godwin is survived by her two children, Tony (Lisa) Godwin of Andalusia and Roy Godwin of Plantersville, AL; her grandchildren, Brandy (Jeremy) Bond of Andalusia, Tammy Godwin of Prattville, Shelley (Todd) Jones of...