Oct 22, 2020

AUDREY LOUISE MCLEOD SMITH, 96, of Centre, passed away Thursday, October 22, 2020 at  Cherokee County Health and Rehab. Born in Georgia to Ada Elruada Russell and Neal Conealious Alexandra McLeod, she was was loving homemaker to husband, Don Wilson Smith, who preceded  her in death.  She was a Christian and loved her Lord and family dearly.       ...

Oct 19, 2020

CODY RAY SMITH, 33, of Jacksonville, passed away on Monday, October 19, 2020 from injuries  sustained in a motorcycle accident. He was born in Anniston, was in the housing construction, and a huge Auburn Fan.  He was preceded in death by his grandparents: Bobbie Sue and Roger Wilkerson.                       ...

Oct 17, 2020

Funeral Service for Mrs. Michelle Lee Raney, 44, of Piedmont, will be held Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. with visitation from 10-11 a.m.      Rev. Ashley Penton will officiate and burial will be in Carmel Cemetery. Mrs. Raney passed away on Saturday, October 17 at UAB Hospital in     Birmingham. Pallbearers will be Dalton Dodd,...

Oct 16, 2020

JANICE REAVES FAIR, 68, of Jacksonville, passed away on Friday, October 16, 2020 at her residence surrounded by her loving family.  She was born in Calhoun County, AL to Clay and Betty Cubbins Reaves.    She loved God deeply and her family fiercely.  She was saved in 1985 and was a faithful member of JCHC where she taught Sunday School...

Oct 14, 2020

BRUCE VERNON COBB, 85, of Jacksonville, AL passed away on Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at Gadsden Regional Medical Center. Born in Oteen, NC on September 30, 1934 to Rexie and Rose Green Cobb, he was raised in the Gnatville Community outside Piedmont in Cherokee Co., AL.  (Since the doctor made a mistake and filed his month of birth as...

Oct 7, 2020

Joe Donald Holland , 81, of Spring Garden, passed away on Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at Redmond Regional Medical Center. He was born in Bibb County, AL to Claude Hubert and Willie Emmeline Little Holland.  He was a member of Larry Town Church and retired from the Army Air National Guard as a Flight Instructor. He was also a...

Oct 5, 2020

ETHEL ILADEAN FORD, 85, of Jacksonville, passed away on Monday, October 5, 2020 in Advent Health -Gordon in Calhoun, GA.  She was born in Anniston to James Carl and Carrie Mae Davis Deason and was a lifelong resident of Jacksonville.  She was a member of Asberry Baptist Church, a homemaker, a loving mother and devoted wife.

She...

Sep 14, 2020

Frances Coogler Bragg, 77 of Jacksonville met Jesus face to face on Monday, September 14 at Gadsden Regional Medical Center. Born in Cedartown, GA to Chester Eugene and Elsie Aurellia Coley Coogler, she was a housewife and devoted wife to Horace Lee Bragg.  They met when she was 14 and their love never wavered.  She was preceded in death...

Sep 13, 2020

Jackie Vann Sides, 61, of Piedmont, passed away Sunday, September 13, 2020 at his residence. Born in Anniston, AL to Gordon Lee Sides and Mary Frances Surrett Sides, he was as an auto mechanic and ‘jack-of-all-trades’.  He lived life on the edge from the time he was able to get up and go.  He loved motorcycle riding and working...

Aug 22, 2020

Mary Ellen Price Scott, 72, of Piedmont, passed away at her residence on Saturday, August 22, 2020. She was a Calhoun County native, born to Hoyt Clifford and Clara Sue Acker Price.  She was employed with Anniston Regional Medical Center as an RN in Critical Care for years. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband: Douglas...

Aug 22, 2020

CATHY DIANE LIVINGSTON, 63, of Piedmont, passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2020 at her residence surrounded by her family. She was born in Rome, Ga to Albert and Geraldine Arp Rhinehart, who preceded her in death.                                             ...

Aug 20, 2020

THYRA ANN DOSS SMITH, 82, of Piedmont, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 20, 2020, following a brief illness.  The Calhoun County native was born to L.M. and Emma Wilma Smith Doss.  She was the widow of Rev. Orville Smith. Thyra was ordained deaconess in   the Congregational Holiness Church on February 18, 1998.  She received her local preachers license...

Aug 17, 2020

ARNOLD OLIVER KISER, 85, of Piedmont, passed away on Monday, August 17, 2020 at Gadsden Regional Medical Center.  Mr. Kiser was born in Cherokee County to Leonard Edward and Callie Eugena Mitchell Kiser.  He was a Sergeant in the US Army. He was a member of Moshat Baptist Church and an Electronics Technician with Sears until retirement.

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Aug 16, 2020

JOHN WAYNE SNIDER, 30, of Piedmont passed away on Sunday, August 16, 2020.  He was born in Calhoun Co., AL to Tommy Dewayne and Kris Ann Trotter Snider.  He was in the construction business and was a business man.

He is survived by his grandmother, Joyce Snider; mother: Kris Shaw; two sons:  Chance Carnell Snider and his...

Aug 10, 2020

JAMES “GARLAND” ESTES, 86, of Piedmont, passed away Monday, August 10, 2020 at Piedmont Health Care Center.  The Calhoun County native was born on Sept. 21, 1933 to Frank and Ludie Sexton Estes. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife: Helen Estes; sister: Burma Studdard; brothers: Francis, Jack, Vonley and Joe Estes; and step son: Todd Carroll. ...

Aug 8, 2020

TINA TOOLE STUDDARD, 53, of Piedmont passed away at her residence on Saturday, August 8, 2020. Born in Georgia, she was one of four children born to Archie and Barbara Ann Slaughter Toole, Jr.  She was preceded in death by her father: Archie Toole, Jr.; mother in law: Mary Jane Studdard; and two sisters:  Karen Toole and Sheila Wolfe. ...

Jul 23, 2020

Carl Ottis Hilburn, Jr., 61, a lifelong resident of Piedmont, passed away Thursday, July 23, 2020 at his residence.  Born in Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL, he was a graduate of Piedmont High School, proudly served in the Army National Guard for 9 months, and the US Air Force for 12 years. He was married to Janice Wester Hilburn for...

Jul 21, 2020

WILLIE MAE TOLBERT, 90, of Jacksonville, departed this life to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at RMC-Noland in Anniston.  She was born on December 21, 1929, in Gnatville, Cherokee Co., AL, to James E. Pruitt and Susie B. Pierce.  She was married to J. T. Tolbert, who preceded her in death in 1996.

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Jul 18, 2020

GRACIE JUANITA BUNDRUM FAIR, 86, of Jacksonville, passed away on Saturday, July 18, 2020   at her residence. She was one of eight children born in Georgia to Charlie Franklin and Ava Mae Hamilton Bundrum.  Primarily a homemaker, she worked with her husband in the family business, Ed Fair Landscaping.  She loved to quilt, sew, read (before her eyesight failed...

Jul 5, 2020

MISTY RENEE JACKSON, 46, formerly of Piedmont, passed away on Sunday, July 5, 2020 at her home in Anniston.  She was born in Georgia to David and Beverly Sheffield Hickman and raised by her special mother and father, Nancy Sheffield and Carl Parker.  She worked in the restaurant industry.

She was preceded in death by her parents...