All Obituaries

     Mr. David J. Brand, age 78, of Valley, Alabama passed away at home on Tuesday, August 4th, 2020. He was born on May 18th, 1942 in Rock Mills, Alabama.      Mr. Brand is survived by his wife of 60 years, Sandra Brand; his son, Tim (Kathy) Brand; his grandchildren, Rebecca, Tyson, Emma, Angel, and Ivie; his sister, Betty Jean Guilford.      He was preceded in death by his son, Phillip Brand.      Mr. Brand attended Three...

  Mr. Waites Jerome Pitts, 72, of Opelika, AL (formerly of Lanett, AL) went home to be with Jesus on Monday, August 3, 2020.  He was born on March 11, 1948.  Jerome is survived by two sisters, Wanda Lee Cauley & Charlotte Brown, one brother, Ralph (Cathy) Pitts and a special nephew, Jeffrey Pitts. Jerome is preceded in death by his parents, Nathaniel Lee and Margaret McKay Pitts; his brothers, Leonard Pitts, James O. Pitts, Sr., Ted Pitts and Henry Pitts; and his...

     Ms. Linda L. Peck, age 73, of LaGrange, Georgia passed away on Thursday, July 30th, 2020 at West Georgia Hospice in LaGrange. She was born on August 26th, 1946 in Langdale, Alabama.      Ms. Peck is survived by her son, Ronald Woodrow Peck, Jr. (Angie); sister, Peggy Harrelson (Danny); grandchildren, Jeff Sheppard and Amber Sheppard; eleven great-grandchildren.      Ms. Peck was a former resident of the Shawmut community who lived most of...

     Brother Mark Raughton, age 59, of Montgomery, Alabama went to his Heavenly home on Wednesday, July 29th, 2020 in Montgomery.  He was born on February 5th, 1961 in LaGrange, Georgia.      Mark is survived by his wife, Lou Ann Raughton; son, Matthew (Lindsey) Raughton, daughter, Amanda (Charlie) Warner; grandchildren, Dozier Warner, Jackson Raughton, and Kate Olive Warner; father, Winfred E. Raughton; brother, Patrick Powers; sister, Mary (Brian)...

     Jeanene Lovelace Colley went home to be with her Lord on Monday, July 27, 2020 at 89 years old. She was pre-deceased by her husband of 62 years, James Owen Colley and her daughter, Owena C. Jenkins. She is survived by her son, Ed (Connie) Colley of Headland, Alabama; nine grandchildren, Rebecca (Jericho) Wilson, Edwin Dale (Avery) Colley, Jackson Colley, Mason Colley, Jenny Spear, Russell Spear, Beth Spear, Meredith Spear, and Julie Spear; four greatgrandchildren and...

     Helen Sanders Blankenship, 98, of Huguley, AL has peacefully been called to Heaven by her Lord on Monday, July 27th, 2020 at Bethany House in Auburn, AL. Helen was born in Buffalo, AL on November 6th, 1921 and was the oldest of Olin and Jimmie Sanders. Her family moved to Huguley, AL when she was 6 years old.      Helen is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Milford Blankenship, of 60 years; all her siblings, Annie Pearl Harper, Harold Sanders,...

     Mr. George L. Reese, age 75 of Valley, Alabama passed away on Sunday, July 26th, 2020 at his residence. He was born on February 27th, 1945 in West Point, Georgia to the late Clifton E. Reese, Sr. and Lucille Hahn.      Mr. Reese is survived by his wife of 50 years, Doris Reese; daughters, Laura Reese and Jennifer (Terry) Johnson; grandchildren, Shasta Robinson, Abigail Johnson, Madison Johnson, Zachary Johnson, Hannah Johnson, and Sophie Smith; great...

  Ms. Brenda A. Bolt, 76, passed away Saturday, July 25, 2020 at the EAMC Lanier Nursing Home. Private graveside services will be held at Hillcrest Cemetery in Lanett, AL with Fr. Gali Balaswamy officiating. Brenda was born on July 6, 1944 in West Point, GA to Wallace Berry Bolt and Burnie Mitchell Bolt.  She graduated from St. Margaret’s School of Nursing in Montgomery, AL in 1965. She served in the U.S. Army Nursing Corp. for 15 years and was a Vietnam Veteran. ...

     If loving others and being loved were the standards of measure for a life well lived, the life of Patricia “Pat” Helen Hudson Parr of West Point, Georgia, was lived to the fullest. On Friday, July 25, 2020, Pat was called to her eternal home. Pat was born in Atlanta, Georgia on February 6, 1937 the only child of Hazel (nee Fincher) and Eugene Hudson. In that hospital nursery she and her husband of 51 years, William “Billy” Thomas Parr, Jr., met....

     Calvin C. Close, age 96, of Valley, Alabama walked through the valley of the shadow of death to dwell in the house of the Lord forever on Thursday, July 23rd, 2020. He was born on May 13th, 1924 in LaGrange, Georgia to the late Irene Robinson Hill.      Mr. Close is survived by his wife of 55 years, Betty Close; his nephew, Charles Vining; his special dog, Sassy.      He was preceded in death by his mother; son, Brian Close; sister,...