CELEBRITY DEATH
MLK and Coretta Scott King’s son Dexter dead of prostate cancer at 62
ROYAL FUNERAL HOME
MOTHER DORIS J. BROWN
OCTOBER 31, 1935 – JANUARY 16, 2024
Funeral service will be 1:00 p.m.,Sunday January 28, 2024, at the Pine Grove Missionary Baptist Church (759 Pine Grove Road Unit A, Harvest, AL 35749) with Dr. C. Jermaine Turner officiating. Interment will be in Valhalla Memory Gardens.
MR. WILLIE W. HEREFORD
DECEMBER 21, 1932 – JANUARY 11, 2024
Funeral service will be 11:00 am Saturday,January 27, 2024, at Phillips Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (2185 Winchester Rd NW, Huntsville, AL 35810) with Pastor Gregory Scott officiating. Interment will be in the Valhalla Memory Gardens.
MR. MELVIN STARKS
FEBRUARY 11, 1953 – JANUARY 11, 2024
Funeral service will be at 12:00 noon, Tuesday, January 23, 2024, at True Light Church of God in Christ (6380 Pulaski Pike NW, Huntsville, AL 35810). Entombment will be in the Valhalla Memory Gardens.
ELDER WALLACE MCCORMICK
APRIL 27, 1956 – JANUARY 10, 2024
Funeral service was 11:00 a.m., Monday, January 15, 2024, at the Bethany Primitive Baptist Church (280 Beth Road, New Market, AL 35761) with Pastor James Battle officiating. Interment was the Valley View Memorial Gardens.
NELMS MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME
MR. EUGENE BRIGGS
AUGUST 2, 1957 – JANUARY 18, 2024
Funeral service for Mr. Eugene Briggs will be Friday, January 26, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. in the Nelms Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with The Reverend Hernandez Ford officiating. Interment will be in the Alabama National Cemetery.
MRS. MILDRED JOYCE WOODS POPE
APRIL 17, 1944 – JANUARY 15, 2024
Funeral service for Mrs. Mildred Joyce Woods Pope will be Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. at Little Flock Primitive Bap- tist Church with Reverend Hernandez Ford officiating. Interment: Blutchers Ford Cemetery.
MS. MARY LIGHTFOOT FRIEND
APRIL 30, 1943 – JANUARY 12, 2024
Funeral service for Ms. Mary Lightfoot Friend will be Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. at Zion Progress Missionary Baptist Church with The Reverend Hernandez Ford officiating. Interment will be in Blutcher’s Ford Cemetery.