Obituaries

Franklin Joseph Thompson, affectionately known as “Frank” or “Pop,” passed away peacefully on June 22, 2026, at the age of 71. Frank was born on December 23, 1954, at Fort Knox, Kentucky. As the son of a military family, his childhood was anything but ordinary. His father, Colonel John Wesley Thompson, served in the United…

Donald Ray Bice of Jemison, AL went to his heavenly home on Monday, July 6, 2026 at the age of 73, surrounded by his loved ones. He was born on March 25, 1953 to his parents, Haskell Ray Bice and Sara Nell Bice Hayes from Montevallo, AL and the Aldrich Community. Donald was an evangelist…

  Sarah Glaudine Owens was born March 26, 1934, to John Henry Wesley Floyd Owens and Pearlie Odell Elam.  She attended Bibb County High School and six months after graduating high school, she married her sweetheart, Bruce Belcher.  They moved to Birmingham immediately where she attended Alverson Draughon Business College and learned typing and shorthand. …

John Alan Maddox, age 72 of Birmingham, AL, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, at UAB Palliative & Comfort Care, after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. John was born on August 1, 1953, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and grew up in Jasper. He was the youngest son of…

Sarah Tapscott Justus, age 87, passed away on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. She was born in 1939 and lived a life that spanned an extraordinary era of change, from the years before television and space travel through the rise of computers, the internet, and the modern world we know today. She was a kind, quick-witted,…

Dewey Edward Hogg (Sonny) 87, of Bessemer, AL, passed away on Saturday, June 27, 2026 after a long battle with health problems. He was surrounded by family and friends at the time of his passing. Sonny started out with humble beginnings and worked to make a good life with family, friends, neighbors and the community.…

Bert Leon Crocker, age 79, of Heiberger, Alabama, passed away on June 28, 2026. Bert was born to C.O. (Buddy) and Fern Crocker on October 25, 1946, in Heiberger, Alabama. He worked his early life in the log woods with his family and worked for the Perry County and Bibb County Highway Department until his…

William Thomas “Tommy” Smith, age 72, passed away in the comfort of his home unexpectedly on Saturday, June 27, 2026, with his sisters, Karen and Mary Ann at his side. He was born on the 27th of March 1954, to David Curtis Smith and Dorothy Dean Lawley Smith, both have preceded him. He is preceded…

    Rosalynn M. McClure, 88, passed away peacefully on June 21, 2026, beside her devoted and loving husband of 68 years. She was born on February 15, 1938, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Edwin and Irma Hasseld. A longtime resident of Alabaster, Alabama, Rosalynn built a life rooted in service, community, faith, church, family, and…

Jerry Lynn Jones, age 71, passed away unexpectedly on June 19, 2026. Born on December 7, 1954, in Colbert County, AL, Jerry was a man of unwavering faith in God, wisdom, kindness, and love. He embodied the definition of a “Servant’s Heart”, and epitomized class.  Jerry loved hard work. He retired from Dunlop Tire in…