Linda Rae Bell

Jun 19, 2017

Linda Rae Bell Linda Rae Bell, age 55, of Northport, died Monday, June 20, 2017, at her residence. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 24, 2017, at Valhalla Funeral Home in Midfield, Alabama. The family will receive friends from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the funeral home. Linda was preceded in death by her parents, Ray and...

Carl Joseph Hum

Jun 16, 2017

Carl Joseph Hum, born June 26, 1921 in Black Hawk County, Iowa to Alfons and Josephine Hum, passed away Friday June 16, 2017 at the age of 95. Mr. Hum graduated from Finchford High School. A World War II veteran, he settled in Bessemer, Alabama after the war. He married Bessemer native, Lucile Hood on April 13, 1946. Carl was...

Virgie Mae Ware (Perry)

Jun 8, 2017

Virgie Mae Ware, age 95, of Hueytown, AL went to be with her Heavenly Father on June 8, 2017. Virgie was born March 25, 1922. She was a life long member of the Woodland Hills Church of God of Prophecy. She is preceded in death by her husband, Herbert, and her two sons, Ronald and Kenneth. She is survived by...

Manuel Joseph Veiga

Jun 4, 2017

Manuel Joseph Veiga, age 87, passed away on Sunday, June 4, 2017 at the VA Hospital in Birmingham. Mr. Veiga was born in Michigan and was raised in New Jersey, lived in Hell's Kitchen in New York and moved to Birmingham in 1981. He served over 20 years in the United States Air Force and was a veteran of the...

Louie Monroe Sanders

May 31, 2017

Louis Monroe Sanders, Jr., passed away May 31, 2017 at the age of 86. Louis was born in Birmingham, AL on October 4, 1930 and grew up in Gate City. He attended Woodlawn High School. He was a veteran of the Korean War where he served in the United States Army. Louie also served as a Mountain Brook Firefighter for...

Barbara Elizabeth Crider (Hubka)

May 31, 2017

Barbara Elizabeth Hubka Crider, age 90, of Birmingham, passed away on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. Mrs. Crider was a native and lifelong resident of Jefferson County and was a graduate of Ensley High School. She formerly worked with the State Department and the Department of the Army in Korea, Yellow Label Syrup, TCI Commissary, and Continental Gin. She was a...

Florrie Jean Dozier (Massey)

May 28, 2017

Florrie Jean Dozier, age 88, of Bessemer passed away Sunday, May 28, 2017 in Bessemer. She was a native and life long resident of Jefferson County (Bessemer), a homemaker and a member of Shady Grove Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Dozier and a brother, Charles Massey. Mrs. Dozier is survived by three daughters, Linda...

Jerry Wright Bagwell

May 23, 2017

Jerry Wright Bagwell, Sr., age 74, of Birmingham passed away on Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at St. Vincent''s -East Hospital. Mr. Bagwell was a native of Fayette, Alabama and lived in Jefferson County most all of his life. He retired from Mayfield and Barber Dairy and was a member of Fairfield Highlands Baptist Church. He served his country in the...

Mary Ann Jafari (Sturgis)

May 22, 2017

Mary Ann Sturgis Jafari, age 65, formerly of Birmingham passed away on May 22, 2017 in Corpus Christi, TX. She served as a long time Social Worker in the Birmingham area. The family request that memorials be made to Faith Lutheran Church, 933 West Lott Avenue, Aransas Pass, Texas. 78366

Dr. Rodney Melvin Van Dyke

May 20, 2017

Dr. Rodney Melvin Van Dyke, age 73, of Hoover went to be with His Lord on Saturday, May 20, 2017 at UAB Medical West in Bessemer. Dr. Van Dyke was a native of Jefferson County where he lived until he left to attend Seminary. He was a graduate of Howard College, now Samford, in 1965, the last graduating class of...