Death Notices

Funeral service for William Fred Abel, 80, of Cullman, will be at 11 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, at Cullman Heritage Funeral Home. Visitation is from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 3, at the funeral home.

Moss Service Funeral Home is saddened by the death of Evelyn Helms Akin, age 68, of Hartselle. Arrangements will be announced later. To leave condolences for the family visit mossservicefh.com. Moss Service Funeral Home directing.

Funeral Service for Charles Frank Allbright, Jr., 60, will be at 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, at Hopewell Road Church of God. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday at the church.

Services for Sgt. Arvel 'Lightning' Allison, 70, will be Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at 2 p.m. at Cullman Heritage Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 12-2. Mr. Allison passed on December 28, 2018.

Muriel V. Allred of Cullman passed away on July 9, 2017. Funeral services will be Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 11:00 A.M. at Moss Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Hopewell Cemetery.

Nelda June Alston, 83 of Addison, entered into rest on Saturday, April 14, 2018 at Cullman Regional Medical Center.

Nelda was born on January 20, 1935 in Cullman County. She was a lifelong member of Sardis No. 2 Baptist Church. Nelda graduated from Addison High School in 1953. She loved to spend time gardening...

Services for Hazel Anderson, 61, of Hanceville are at 1 p.m. June 17, 2017, at Liberty Church of God; burial in Colony Cemetery.
Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Hanceville Funeral Home.
She died Monday.

Graveside funeral services for Helen Armstrong (1921-2021) will take place at Hopewell Cemetery, Hanceville, on January 6, 2022 at 1:00 pm. Pastor Eric Martin of the Seventh Street Baptist Church will be officiating.

Lillian Artist of Hanceville passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 30 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Visitation will be at Hanceville Funeral Home Friday from 5:30 p.m.-8 p.m.
Charitable donations requested in lieu of flowers.

Services for Mark Bailey, 50, are 2 p.m. Friday, December 28, at Refuge Church, burial in Etha Cemetery. Visitation Thursday 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the church. Cullman Funeral Home directing. He died December 23, 2018.

Ruby Jones Bailey, 95, of the Brooklyn Community, passed away August 11, 2019. Funeral services are 11 a.m., August 15, Holly Pond Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation is August 14, from 6 p.m., until 8 p.m., at the funeral home.

Funeral Service for Charles Sanford Bailey, 89, will be at 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 28, 2022, at Fairview Methodist Church. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, May 27, 2022, at Cullman Heritage Funeral Home.

Ellis "Rip" Baker of Cullman passed away Feb. 9, 2018. Services are at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, at Moss Service Funeral Home, with interment in Valley Springs Cemetery. Visitation is from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday.

J.C. Baker, 81, of Hanceville, passed away on April 19, 2019. Funeral services are 1 p.m., Tuesday, April 23, 2019, Holly Pond Funeral Home. Burial in Hopewell Cemetery.

Funeral services for Phylis Ball will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 13, 2017, at Cullman Heritage Funeral Home.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Mrs. Ball passed away Tuesday, May, 9.

Dalton Matthew "Matt" Bannister, 36, of Holly Pond, passed away on August 15, 2020. Funeral services are 7 p.m., Wednesday, August 19, 2020, Holly Pond Funeral Home, with visitation from 5 p.m., until 7 p.m.

Solomon Barger, 85, of Garden City passed away at his home Wednesday, Aug. 21. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, with visitation from 11 a.m. until time of service at Holly Pond Funeral Home Chapel. Read full obituary at HollyPondFuneralHome.com.

Graveside services for Karen Barnes-Hancock, 66, of Crane Hill will be 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023, at Ryan's Creek Cemetery in Bremen, Ala.

Graveside services for Frank Bates, 70, of Crane Hill are 2 p.m. Thursday, May 24, 2018 at Prospect Church of Christ Cemetery, Rev. Tim Aris officiating. Cullman Funeral Home directing. Mr. Bates passed away on Saturday, May 19, 2018.

Floyd Donald Bates, 87 of Cullman, passed away on February 14, 2019. His Services will be at Moss
Service Funeral Home on Monday, February 18, 2019, 2:00 pm; visitation Sunday 6-8 pm. Please visit mossservicefh.com for full obituary.

Charles Floyd "Paw-Paw" Bates, 85, of Baileyton, passed away April 6, 2022. Funeral services are 1 p.m., Friday, April 8, Holly Pond Funeral Home, with visitation from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Burial will follow in Baileyton Cemetery.

Moss Service Funeral Home is saddened by the death of Leonce Adolph "Al" Baumgartner, age 61, of Cullman. Arrangements will be announced later. To leave condolences for the family visit mossservicefh.com. Moss Service Funeral Home directing.

Susan Beck, 62, of Decatur passed away on December 26, 2025. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. on Friday, January 2, 2026, at the Union Cemetery. Bro. Doyce Putman officiating.

Ima 'Jean' Bellairs, 97, of Cullman, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. Services will be Saturday, Aug. 31 at 11 a.m. at Moss Service Funeral Home. Visitation is Friday from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home. mossservicefh.com.

Moss Service Funeral Home is saddened by the death of Dwight Price Bennett, age 88, of Cullman. Arrangements will be announced later. To leave condolences for the family visit mossservicefh.com. Moss Service Funeral Home directing.

A private graveside service and interment will be held for Michael Jay Bentley of Hartselle. A public visitation will be on Dec. 11, 2022 from 1-2 p.m. at Peck Funeral Home, Hartselle, Ala. 256.773.2541, 256.773.2543 (Fax)

Services for Haskel Berry, 85, of Cullman, will be at 12 p.m. on Saturday, May 25, 2024, at Cullman Heritage Funeral Home. Visitation from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. on Saturday, May 25, 2024, at Cullman Heritage Funeral Home.

Graveside services for Marjorie Bice will be at 2 p.m. Oct. 20, 2017, at Duck River Cemetery. Visitation is from noon to 1:30 p.m. Friday at Hanceville Funeral Home.
She died Oct. 18.

Services for Thomas Black, 54, of Walter will be at 2 p.m. March 14, 2018, at Hanceville Funeral Home, with burial in Duck River Cemetery. Visitation is at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Mr. Black died March 10.

Graveside services for Wally Delane Blankenship, 71, of Cullman, are at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 3, 2017, at Flint Creek Cemetery.
Visitation is from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Cullman Heritage Funeral Home.
He died Tuesday.

Funeral service for Lola Lott Blevins, 92, is Saturday, September 6, 2025, 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church. Burial in Cook Cemetery. Visitation, Saturday, September 6, 2025 from 10-11 a.m. at Church. Peck Funeral Home assisted family.

Funeral services for Elouise "Bee Dee" Boles, 89, of Hanceville will be Sunday, June 23 2019 at 2 p.m. at Hanceville Funeral Home. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Saturday beginning at 6 p.m.

Moss Service Funeral Home is saddened by the death of Larry Guy Bonner, age 70, of Cullman. Arrangements will be announced later. To leave condolences for the family visit mossservicefh.com. Moss Service Funeral Home directing.

Funeral services for Mary Frances Bontrager of Cullman are Friday, July 10, 2020 at 2 p.m. at Moss Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be in Cullman Memory Gardens. Visitation is Thursday night.
Moss Service Funeral Home directing.

Lynette Gail Boshell, 68, died on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at Cullman Regional Medical Center. She was born June 16, 1953, in Arkansas. Her family will hold a private family service.
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Services for Randall Bowen are at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 4, 2018, at Cullman Heritage Funeral Home, with burial in Union Hill. Visitation is 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday.
Born Sept. 29, 1954, he died Feb. 28.

John Paul Bowling, 68, of Arley, Alabama entered into rest on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at North Alabama Specialty Hospital in Athens surrounded by his family.
Visitation will be on Friday, August 2, 2019 from 6-8pm at Nichols Funeral Home in Addison with services on Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 2pm at Liberty Baptist...

Margie Townsend Bradford, 80, passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Please visit cullmanheritage.com to sign the online guest book.

Services for Estelle Bradley, 81, of Cullman, are at noon Thursday, May 4, 2017, at Cullman Heritage Funeral Home, with interment in Cullman Heritage Cemetery.
Mrs. Bradley died May 3.
Visitation is 10:30 a.m. to noon Thursday.

Moss Service Funeral Home is saddened by the death of Gerald Jackson Bragg, 86, of Tarrant. Arrangements will be announced later. To leave condolences for the family visit mossservicefh.com. Moss Service Funeral Home directing.

Irvin Brannon Jr., passed away January 4.
Visitation will be Thursday, January 7 from 3-5 p.m. at Nichols Funeral Home, Addison. Graveside services are Friday, January 8 at 10 a.m. at Ethridge Masonic Cemetery in Ethridge, Tenn.

Services for Mr. W.M. Brewer, 79, of Cullman are 2 p.m. Friday, December 7, 2018 at Cullman Funeral Home, burial in New Hope #1 Cemetery. Visitation Friday from noon to 2 p.m. He passed away December 4, 2018.

Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday May 11, 2017 at Central Baptist Cemetery with Bro. Steve Rodgers officiating. He was born on April 3, 1941 and passed away May 8, 2017. Cullman Funeral Home directing.

Kenneth Briscoe, 47, passed away Jan. 17, 2018, in Panama City, Fla. He was born Feb. 13, 1978. Memorial services will be at 5 p.m. Feb. 3, at Hopewell Road Church of God. Friends and family invited.

Martha Faye Brockway, age 76 of Double Springs, entered into rest on Friday, March 22, 2019.
Visitation will be on Sunday, March 24, 2019 from 12-2 p.m. at Nichols Funeral Home in Double Springs, where services will be held at 2 p.m. Burial will be at Mt. Ebron Cemetery, Double Springs.

Sylvia Batemon, 87, of Holly Pond, passed away on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., on Saturday, July 10, 2021 at Holly Pond Funeral Home. The family will receive guest on Friday, July 9, 2021, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m., at the funeral home.

Funeral services for Buell Roy Brown of Bremen are Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 12 Noon at Moss Funeral Home Chapel in Cullman Alabama. Interment will follow services at Cold Springs Cemetery.

Dessie Jean Brown passed away on September 2.
Visitation will be Saturday from 1:30-3 p.m. at Moss Service with a Celebration of Life Service following and burial at Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Moss Service Funeral Home directing.

Funeral services for Nellie Elizabeth Brown, 98, of Hanceville, will be 11 a.m. Monday, November 18 at Hanceville Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will be at 6 p.m. Sunday, November 17 at the funeral home. Reverend Trueman Davis will officiate. Burial will be at Hopewell Cemetery.

Mildred Brown, 88, of Arley, passed away January 4. Visitation will be Tuesday, January 7 at Nichols Funeral Home-Addison from 5-8 p.m. Services will be Wednesday at Liberty Baptist Church, Helicon Community at 2 p.m.

Memorial service will be held Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, at 2:30 p.m. at Peck Funeral Home Chapel, Hartselle, Ala. No visitation scheduled. Family requests memorial donations to the American Liver Foundation, in lieu of flowers.

Moss Service Funeral Home is saddened by the death of Bessie Bryant, age 98, of Hanceville. Arrangements will be announced later. To leave condolences for the family visit mossservicefh.com. Moss Service Funeral Home directing.

June 5, 1927 - Aug. 18, 2019. Visitation will be Tuesday, August 20, 10-11 a.m., Ascension Lutheran Church, Huntsville with funeral service following at the church. Burial will follow in Cullman City Cemetery. (laughlinservice.com).

Clinnon Conrad "Buddy" Burden, 87, of Baileyton passed away January 7, 2019. Funeral services are 11 a.m., Wednesday, January 9, 2019, in the Holly Pond Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Corinth Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time.

Moss Service Funeral Home is saddened by the death of Nancy Carolyn Burks, age 83, of Vinemont. Arrangements will be announced later. To leave condolences for the family visit mossservicefh.com. Moss Service Funeral Home directing.

Derrol King Burney, age 75, of Falkville, died September 13, 2021. Funeral Services will be Saturday, September 18, 2021 at 3 p.m. at Light House Baptist Church.
For more information please visit mossservicefh.com. Moss Service Funeral Home directing.

Services for Margie Burns are at 2 p.m. Feb. 15, 2018, at Cullman Funeral Home, with burial in Springhill Cemetery. Visitation is 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. She was born April 22, 1949, and died Feb. 10.

Shelby Ann Byars, age 83, of Arley, passed away Monday, Oct. 14, 2024 at Walker Baptist Medical Center.
Visitation will be Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024 from 6-8 p.m. at Nichols Funeral Home in Addison, Alabama. Services will be Friday, Oct. 18 at 10 a.m. Burial will be at Byars Family Cemetery in Logan, Alabama. Brother...

Service for Ella Grace Byrd, 87, of Hanceville on Monday, April 16, 2018 at 1 p.m. at Hanceville Funeral Home. Interment at Duck River Cemetery. Visitation on Monday from 11:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m.

Her family will receive friends on November 11, 2025, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Nichols Funeral Home in Addison. Funeral service will follow on November 12, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. at William McClellan will officiate. Interment will be in Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery.

Mr. Roger D. Calvert, 71, of Crane Hill passed away on Friday, September 7, 2018 at St. Vincent's Hospital. Services will be announced at a later date by Cullman Funeral Home.