CELEBRITY DEATHS
Hip hop singer Angie Stone killed in van crash headed back from Alabama show
ROYAL FUNERAL HOME
Mr. Alfonso Hayden b.k.a “Dude”
April 27, 1984 – February 28, 202
Funeral service will be held at 12:00 noon, Saturday, March 15, 2025, at Royal Chapel of Memories (4315 Oakwood Avenue NW Huntsville, AL 35810).
Mrs. Edna Cole
January 27, 1946 – February 26, 2025
Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 8, 2025, at First Missionary Baptist Church, 3509 Blue Spring Road, Huntsville, AL 35810. Interment will follow in Crestwood Memorial Gardens, Gadsden, AL.
Mrs. Rochelle Moore-Ross
August 1, 1957 – February 26, 2025
Funeral service will be held at 12:00 p.m., Saturday, March 8, 2025, at Deliverance Outreach Worship Center (3412 Mastin Lake Road NW Huntsville, AL 35810). Interment will follow in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, MI.
Mrs. Wanda Faye Lewis Gholston
June 16, 1954 – February 25, 2025
Funeral service will be held at 12:00 p.m., Saturday, March 1, 2025, at Royal Chapel of Memories (4315 Oakwood Avenue NW Huntsville, AL 35810). Interment will follow in Meadowlawn Garden of Peace, 450 Mt. Lebanon Road, Toney, AL 35773.
NELMS MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME
Mr. Franklin “Dirty” Drake
November 11, 1950 – February 22, 2025
Funeral service for Mr. Franklin “Dirty” Drake was Monday, March 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM at Progressive Union Missionary Baptist Church with Dr. Edward Anderson, Eulogist and Pastor Dion Watkins, Officiant. Interment was at Valley View Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Angelia Pruitt Goode
September 1, 1975 – February 21, 2025
Funeral service for Ms. Angelia D. Pruitt-Goode was held on Friday, February 28, 2025 at 11AM at the Nelms Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Bishop Carl Pruitt, Officiant and Eulogist. Interment was at Blutcher-Ford Cemetery.
Mrs. Lula Fletcher Phillips
October 24, 1946 – February 17, 2025
Funeral service for Mrs. Lula Fletcher Phillips was held on Friday, February 28, 2025 at 12:00 pm at Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor O. Wendell Davis, Officiant. Interment was at Meadowlawn Garden of Peace.
Mr. Darryl O. Sullivan
November 29, 1966 – February 15, 2025
Funeral service for Mr. Darryl O. Sullivan was Friday, February 21, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. in the Nelms Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Minister Walter Sullivan officiating. Interment was in the Big Cove Cemetery.