Obituaries for Thursday
Janie Marie Coffee, Anniston
Curry James Mathis, Roanoke
Delilah Payne "Dee" Mays, Weavers
Deacon Charles "Brutonville" Peters, Anniston
Lois Jean Stephens, Munford
ANNISTON — Funeral services for Janie Marie Coffee, 72, will be announced by Gray Brown-Service Mortuary. Mrs. Coffee died Tuesday, August 26, 2008, at her residence.
ROANOKE — Graveside services for Curry James Mathis, 78, will be at 11 a.m. Friday from Randolph Memory Gardens. Visitation: 9-11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Home.
WEAVER — Memorial service for Mrs. Delilah Payne "Dee" Mays, 83, will be Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 11 a.m. at Weaver Church of Christ with the Minister Clyde Ray officiating. The family invites friends to visitation from 9 a.m. until time of service. Mrs. Mays passed away at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center, Tuesday, August 19, 2008. Mrs. Mays is survived by her husband, Robert H. Mays, 87, of Weaver; daughter, Charlotte Mays Varnold and son-in-law, Tommy Wayne Varnold, of Weaver; sister, Wilma Hughlesman, of San Diego, Calif.; brothers, Bill Payne, of El Cahone, Tom Payne, of Albuquerque, N.M.; great-granddaughter, Ashley Mays, of Cascade, Calif. She was a owner and operator of Mays Antiques in Lenlock and member of Weaver Church of Christ Chapel Hill Funeral Home will be servicing the Mays family (256) 820-5151
ANNISTON — Funeral services for Deacon Charles "Brutonville" Peters, 73, will be Friday, August 29, 2008, at 2 p.m. from the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Jacksonville with the Rev. Roosevelt Parker Sr. officiating. Burial will be in the Anniston Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends this evening from 6-8 p.m. at Ervin Funeral Chapel. Deacon Peters passed away Thursday, August 21, 2008, at North East Alabama Regional Medical Center. He is survived by his wife, MelJoyce Peters, of Brutonville; two daughters, Linda (John) Moody, of Anniston and Diana (Sylvester) White, of Jacksonville; one son, Eugene (Veronica) Glenn, of Jacksonville; eleven grandchildren, six great-grandchildren; a very special sister, Mildred Peters, of Brutonville; two brothers-in-law, Buster (June) Brown, of Rome Ga. and Daniel Glenn, of Angleton, Texas; his mother-in-law, Viola Rush, of Jacksonville; and a host of relatives and friends. Ervin Funeral Chapel "Where Courtesy Dwells and Service Excels" www.ervinfuneralchapel.net
MUNFORD — Funeral services for Mrs. Lois Jean Stephens, 74, will be at 2 p.m. on Friday, August 29, 2008, at the Munford Church of Christ with Minister Jeff Clark officiating. Burial will follow in Munford Cemetery. Mrs. Stephens passed away Tuesday, August 26, 2008, at her home in Munford, Alabama. She was born October 6, 2933 in Eastaboga, but had lived most of her life in Munford High School. She was a faithful member of the Munford Church of Christ. She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Billy E. Stephens; three sons, Eddy Stephens (Pamela), of Mobile, Eugene Stephens (Cynthia), of Oxford, and Jay Kirk Stephens (Katherine), of Munford; one daughter, Connie Stephens, of Munford; one sister, Mrs. Sue Byrd, of DeArmanville; five grandchildren, Elizabeth Stephens, Ryan Stephens, and Donny Stephens, of Mobile, Mrs. Amanda Jones and Mrs. Kim Mayo, of Munford; and a host of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Kirkpatrick, and her brother, Mr. Lewis Harold (Preacher) Kirkpatrick, of Munford.
Pallbearers will be Ryan Stephens, Donny Stephens, Britt Weems, Justin Jones, Frank Mayo and Jeff Hughes. The family will receive friends at Usrey Funeral Home in Talladega from 6-9 this evening. There will be visitation at the church on Friday from 12-2 p.m. The family recognizes with grateful appreciation the assistance of Physicians Choice Dialysis, Regional Paramedics, Mid-South Home Health and Mrs. Janice Daniel, her personal caregiver. Usrey Brown-Service Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
