HILLServices for Mattie Lee Hill, 85, of Ohatchee were at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 20, at Boiling Springs Baptist Church. Rev. Tommy Hayes officiated. Burial was in Vinson Cemetery. Austin Shuler. Gray Brown-Service Mortuary directed.
Mrs. Hill died April 17 at Gadsden Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Winford and Martha Hill of Ohatchee; two grandchildren, Sharla Beth Hill and Marcus Brady Hill of Ohatchee; three sisters, Nellie Sexton of Jacksonville and Sara Stone and Margie Nelson of Richmond, Va.; and several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Tommy Hill, Jimmy Darrell Hill, Jimmy Dean Hill, Danny Hill, Christopher Hagler and Truman Pate.
Mrs. Hill was a lifelong native of Calhoun County. She was a Calhoun County School bus driver at Ohatchee for 22 years and was a cashier at McCord’s Grocery for eight years. She was a member of Boiling Springs Baptist Church for more than 45 years, where she taught the junior Sunday school class. Her husband Gordon Hill and brother preceded her in death.
ISTRE
Graveside services for Wynell Skelton Istre, 75, were at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. Rev. Rick Coffman officiated. K. L. Brown Funeral Home and Cremation Center directec.
Mrs. Istre died April 20 at Jacksonville Health and Rehabilitation.
Survivors include a sister, Effie Lou Henderson of Jacksonville; a sister-in-law, Maxine Skelton of Jacksonville; five nieces, Kellie Whiteside, Sharon Luker, JoAnn Dunaway, Linda Jean Dickey and Connie Chilton; five nephews, Jay Curbow, Leroy Curbow, Benny Curbow, Frankie Skelton and Lee Gulledge and numerous great-nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Istre was a native and long time resident of Calhoun County. Her husband Joseph Istre, her brother, Homer Skelton and a sister, Lucille Gulledge preceded her in death.
McKERLEY
Memorial services for Sally Ann McKerley, 69, of Blue Mountain will be held at a later date. K.L. Brown Funeral Home and Cremation Center will direct.
Mrs. McKerley died Tuesday, April 15, at Regional Medical Center in Anniston.
Survivors include her husband, Melvin McKerley, Sr. of Blue Mountain; two daughters, Shelia Wilson and Patricia Butcher of Ohatchee; two sons Melvin Q. McKerley, Jr. and John Nix of Ohatchee; a brother, Thurman Nix, of Jacksonville; three grandchildren, Wendy Mink, Gary Wilson, Robert Scott; nine great grandchildren; three nieces and four nephews.
Mrs. McKerley was a member of Life Tabernacle Church and worked for several years at Blue Mountain Cotton Mill and Union Yarn Mill in Jacksonville. She was a homemaker and was preceded death by her son Howard Nix and a brother William Nix.
MEDDERS
A celebration of life for James Don Medders, 63, of LaGrange, Ga., formerly of Anniston, was at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 19, at Chapel Hill Funeral Home. Rev. Gene Webb and Dr. Paul Baxter officiated. Burial was in Jacksonville City Cemetery.
Mr. Medders died April 12 in LaGrange following a lengthy illness.
Survivors include his wife, Genie Seals Medders of LaGrange; two sons Morgan L. Medders of Atlanta and Darin L. Medders of Jacksonville; a sister-in-law and her husband, Elaine and George Cross; two brothers-in-law, Meryl B. Seals and K. Paul Seals and his wife Jimmy Nell, and nieces, nephews and cousins.
Mr. Medders was preceded in death by his parents, James Lee Medders and Mary Evelyn Brown Medders. He was born Nov. 1, 1944 in Boaz. He retired from a distinguished career of 26 years as a high school band director in Georgia and Alabama. He was a graduate of Jacksonville State University where he was a member of the 1962-65 Marching Southerners and of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia professional music fraternity. He was also a graduate of Auburn University and Troy State University. He was a member of First Baptist Church on the Square in LaGrange.
Memorial donations can be made to the JSU Marching Southerners Foundation, 700 Pelham Road N., Jacksonville 36265.
