TRAGIC DEATHS
ALABAMA WOMAN FOUND SHOT IN DRIVEWAY DEAD IN ACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, POLICE SAY
SUSPECT, 18, CHARGED WITH MURDER IN SHOOTING DEATH OF 14-YEAR-OLD MONTGOMERY BOY
FAMILY BIDS TEARFUL GOODBYE TO 12 -YEAR-OLD BIRMINGHAM GIRL KILLED IN DRIVE-BY SHOOTING WHILE IN BED
ROYAL FUNERAL HOME
MR. CAMERON O’SHAI WITT
MAY 19, 1993 – DECEMBER 28, 2022
Funeral service will be 12:00 p.m., Saturday, January 7, 2023 at the Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church (13376 Dupree Worthey Rd, Harvest, AL 35749) with Elder Kourtney Wesley officiating. Interment will be in the Thatch-Mann Cemetery. Mr. Witt will lie in repose one hour prior to funeral time. Public viewing will be held from 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m., Friday, January 6, 2023 and 8:30 a.m. until 10:00 a.m., Saturday, January 7, 2023 at the Royal Funeral Home.
MS. CYNTHIA ANN WILLIAMS
JUNE 29, 1963 – DECEMBER 29, 2022
Funeral service will be 12:30 p.m., Saturday, January 7, 2022 at the Royal Chapel of Memories (4315 Oakwood Avenue, NW Huntsville, AL 35810) with Reverend Ernest Bailey officiating. Interment will be in the Indian Creek Cemetery. Public viewing will be held from 12:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m., Friday, January 6, 2023 and 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., Saturday, January 7, 2023 at the Royal Funeral Home.
MR. DEONTE’ SHAVON SHELTON, SR.
JULY 28, 1994 – DECEMBER 20, 2022
Funeral service was 10:00 a.m., Saturday, December 31, 2022 at Royal Chapel of Memories (4315 Oakwood Avenue NW, Huntsville, AL 35810) with Elder Johnny Jones officiating. Interment was in Oakwood Memorial Gardens.
To view the service for Mr. Deonte’ Shavon Shelton, Sr, please click on the link:https://vimeo.com/ event/2749876.
NELMS MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME
ATTORNEY ALPHONSO BECKLES
SEPTEMBER 1, 1942 – DECEMBER 29, 2022
Funeral service for Mr. Edwin B. Donelson (“AKILI and Old School”) was Friday, December 30, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at the Nelms Memorial Funeral Home Chapel.
MRS. CATHERINE LESLIE SLAUGHTER OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
JANUARY 17, 1945 – DECEMBER 27, 2022
Funeral service for Mrs. Catherine Leslie Slaughter (a resident of Birmingham, AL and a native of the Harvest/Toney, AL community) will be Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at the Roosevelt Church of God (1111 India Street ~ Brighton, AL). Mrs. Slaughter will lie in repose at the church one hour prior to the funeral service.
Family viewing: Friday, January 6, 2023 ~ 1:00-2:00 p.m. at Integrity Funeral Home (1011 Brookline Drive ~ Hueytown, AL)
Interment will be in Patterson-Forest Cemetery (1498 5th Avenue ~ Pleasant Grove, AL.
MR. JOSEPH LAMONT HUGHES OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
MAY 6, 1953 – DECEMBER 29, 2022
Funeral service for Mr. Joseph Lamont Hughes (a resident of Jackson, MS and formerly of Huntsville, AL) will be Friday, January 6, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. at Jackson Memorial Funeral Home (1000 W. Woodrow Wilson Avenue – Jackson, MS 39213