Legal Notices Week of Dec 25, 2025
LEGAL NOTICE State of AlabamaHale CountyProbate Court Notice This is notice that William Ralph Cothran, Administrator of the Estate of Charles Melvin Cothran, deceased, surviving spouse of Rollanda Rudd Cothran, deceased, has filed a petition for summary distribution under the provisions of Section 43-2-692 of the Code of Alabama of the personal estate of the... Read More
Local charity announces ‘Sponsor a Family’ program
Love Is What Love Does, a local nonprofit, announced its “Sponsor a Family” program, which began November 10 and will conclude on December 26 of this year. The program is aimed at community members who wish to give other families in the Hale, Perry, Houston, Dallas, Dale, and Coffee County areas food for the holiday... Read More
Sherman Thomas
Sherman Thomas, 77, was born November 2, 1948, and died December 10, 2025. A viewing will be held Friday, December 19, 2025, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Melvin Miller Funeral Service, 302 Pickens St., Marion. A graveside service will be held Saturday, December 20, 2025, at 12:00 p.m. at Serenity Memorial Gardens on... Read More
Lottie M. Jackson-Blount
Lottie M. Jackson-Blount, 84, was born July 21, 1941, and died December 9, 2025. A celebration of life service was held Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at 12:00 p.m. at Melvin Miller Funeral Chapel, 302 Pickens Street, Marion. Interment followed at Cosby Jackson Cemetery on Cosby Hill Road in Marion.
Jake Johnson
Jake Johnson, 68, of Savannah, Georgia, died Sunday, November 23, 2025, in Selma, Alabama. He was born October 9, 1957. Sgt. Johnson, a native of Uniontown, Alabama, entered into eternal transition on Sunday, November 23, 2025, in Selma, Alabama. He was a U.S. veteran. Visitation was held Friday, December 5, 2025, from 1:00 p.m. until... Read More
John Johnson
John Johnson, 69, died Saturday, November 29, 2025. He was born July 22, 1956. John was called to eternal rest on Saturday, November 29, 2025. He was a lifelong member of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Sawyerville, Alabama, where he served in many capacities. He leaves to cherish his memory his loving mother, Ms. Willie Mae... Read More
Alexander Harris
Alexander Harris, 55, died Sunday, November 23, 2025, at Hospice of West Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He was born January 15, 1970, to Dorothy Harris of Sawyerville, Alabama. He confessed his life to Christ at an early age and joined New Hope Baptist Church in Sawyerville. He graduated from Greensboro High School in 1989 and... Read More
Larry Gene Logan
Larry Gene Logan, age 61, of Northport, Ala., passed away November 30, 2025, at DCH Regional Medical Center. Services were held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 3, 2025, at Mt. Hebron Baptist Church with Dr. Ken Cheek and Rev. Scott Montgomery officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery, with Magnolia Chapel North directing. Visitation was... Read More
Switches for Christmas? Essay from Cahawba sheds light on 19th C. Black Belt holiday
Thirteen-year-old Kittie Watson, a student attending the Female Academy at Cahawba, wrote this essay on Christmas in 1864, near the end of the Civil War. We reproduce it here out of historical interest, as it shows what was different about Christmas in the Black Belt over 150 years ago, and what is still familiar: Christmas... Read More
Dorothy Jean Caples Minor
Dorothy Jean Caples Minor, age 90, of Clinton, Alabama, passed away peacefully in her sleep on December 1, 2025, at Moundville Health and Rehabilitation. Born on October 13, 1935, Dorothy was the oldest of eleven children born to Richard and Bessie Caples. Dorothy devoted her life to her family, raising seven children of her own... Read More