All Obituaries

     Tiffany Faye “Tinka Bell” Crawford, age 4 months 23 days, passed away on Saturday, February 13th, 2021 at the EAMC Lanier Hospital in Valley. She was born on September 21st, 2020 in Opelika, Alabama.      Tiffany is survived by her parents, Tommy and Danie Crawford of Lanett, Alabama; brother, Rayleen Crawford; twin brother, Tommy Leo Crawford; grandparents, Chris and Butch Grubb; great grandparents, Nunnie and Kevin Hawkins; aunts and uncles,...

  Robbie Threadgill, age 39, of Valley, Alabama passed away on Saturday, February 27th, 2021 at his residence.  Robbie was born on October 3rd, 1981 in Langdale, Alabama to Robert Randall Threadgill and the late Melody Brown Threadgill.  He was a 2000 graduate of Valley High School. Upon graduation, Robbie enlisted in the United States Navy and served two tours in Afghanistan and Iraq aboard the USS Bataan based out of the Norfolk Naval Station in Norfolk,...

     Mrs. Betty Louise McConnell passed away Friday, February 26th, 2021 at East Alabama Medical Center. Mrs. Betty was born in Langdale on January 24th, 1949 to the late Mr. Raymond Murphy and Mrs. Annie Lee Templeton. She met the love of her life, Robert McConnell as a young girl and the two were wed July 3rd, 1966. Their union produced two children, Anessa and Shane.      Mrs. Betty was the representation of all that is good in this world. She loved her...

     Mrs. Debra Harper Belcher passed away February 25th, 2021 at EAMC Opelika. She was born December 26th, 1959 in LaFayette, AL to the late Harold and Annie Pearl Harper. She was a 1977 graduate of Lanett High School. She was a retired employee of the Law Department at the General Offices of West Point Pepperell.      She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Eddie Belcher; and son, Brandon James.      She is survived by three...

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. -Matthew 11:28      Norma Nell Walker Smith, 87, of Valley, Ala. passed away at Lanier Memorial Nursing Home after a long battle with Covid 19 on Thursday, February 25, 2021.      Nell was born prematurely on March 22, 1933 in Hightower, Ala. to Avery Lawrence Walker and Eppie Lillian Wheeler Walker. The doctor wrapped the two pound infant in a blanket and placed her in a shoe box for...

  Richard “Rick” Brown, age 58 passed away on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021 after a lengthy battle with COVID-19.  Rick was born in Langdale, Alabama on November 21, 1962 and he attended Lanett High School. He joined the Lanett Police Department in 1989 and he retired after 25 years of service.  He then went on to work with Thompson Trucking. Rick was an avid motorcycle rider and had been on many trips across the United States of America and Canada.  His...

  Mrs. Betty Butts Shaw, age 91, of Valley, Alabama passed away Tuesday February 23rd, at Bethany House in Auburn. She was born on September 22nd, 1929. Mrs. Shaw was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Leona Butts; husband, Robert A. Shaw; brothers, Roy Dan Butts and William ‘Billy’ Butts; sister, Rebecca McDonald; and son-in-law, Gerald Sigman.  She is survived by her daughters, Sheila Sigman, Charlotte Robertson (Jack), Karen Yarbrough (Randy);...

     Ms. Linda Faye Hamer Grant Lankford, age 78, of Valley, Alabama passed away on Monday, February 22nd, 2021 at Bethany House in Auburn, Alabama. She was born on December 19th, 1942 in Chambers County, Alabama to the late S.C. Hamer and Wilma Pitts Hamer.      Ms. Lankford is survived by her children, Bobby H. Grant, Jr. and Hope Grant (Brian) Woods, both of Alexander City, Alabama; grandchildren, Seth Battistella, Valley, Braylie Whitt, Valley, Heather...

  James Buford McKeehan, 37, a resident of Opelika, AL died Friday, February 19, 2021 in Opelika, AL.  He was born in Columbus, GA on October 25, 1983.  Survivors include his mother, Sheila Cox McKeehan; father, Buford McKeehan, Jr. (Ellie); brother, Bryan Paul McKeehan; sister, Patricia Ann McKeehan; grandfather, Ray Booker; and his partner, Brian Veasley. He was preceded in death by his grandmothers, Pat Booker & Shirley Hamilton and his grandfather, Buford McKeehan,...

  Mr. Gerald Isidore Sigman, age 71, of Valley, Alabama, passed away Thursday, February 18th, 2021, at EAMC Opelika. Mr. Sigman is survived by his wife Sheila Shaw Sigman; daughters Tamara Sigman and Joanna Sigman Taylor (Chase); brother, Jack T. Kennedy (Jessie) and many other loving members of his family. He was preceded in death by his parents David and Dorothy Sigman, and sister, Anita Davis.  Gerald was born in Langdale, Alabama on November 23rd, 1949. He graduated from...