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ROYAL FUNERAL HOME
Dr. Ola Goode Sanders
February 23, 1952 – November 28, 2024
Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, December 6, 2024 at the Phillips Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (2185 Winchester Road NW, Huntsville, AL 35810) with Reverend Dr. Gregory Scott officiating. Interment will be in the Meadowlawn Garden of Peace.
Mr. Willam “Peter Rabbit” Adams, Jr.
March 9, 1947 – November 23, 2024
Funeral service was 2:00 p.m., Sunday, December 1, 2024 at the Saint Bartley Primitive Baptist Church (3020 Belafonte Avenue, Huntsville, AL 35816) with Bishop Calvin Boone officiating. Interment was in the Meadowlawn Garden of Peace.
Deacon Eddie L. C. Williams
May 26, 1938 – November 23, 2024
Funeral service was 12:00 noon, Friday, November 29, 2024 at the Little Flock Primitive Baptist Church (599 Brock Road, Gurley, AL 35748) with Dr. Oscar L. Montgomery as officiant and Reverend Christopher L. Williams, Sr. (son) as eulogist. Entombment was in the Valhalla Memory Gardens.
Mrs. Promise Charmaine Shorter Ford
January 20, 1976 – November 20, 2024
Funeral service will be 1:00 p.m., Sunday, December 8, 2024 at the New Life Seventh-day Adventist Church (3912 Pulaski Pike NW, Huntsville, AL 35810) with Bishop Esley B. Simmons and Dr. Isacc Olatunji officiating. Interment will be in the Oakwood Memorial Gardens.
NELMS MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME
Mr. Howard Cothrean
August 7, 1969 – November 21, 2024
Visitation was held on Sunday, December 1, 2024 from 1:00 P.M. until 3:00 p.m. at Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church, Hollywood, AL. Interment will follow at the Old Baptist Cemetery in Hollywood, Alabama.
Mr. Edward King
December 2, 1973 – November 21, 2024
Funeral service was held on Saturday, November 30, 2024 at 12:00 P.M. at Nelms Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. Interment was follow in the King Cemetery.
Mr. Wayne Maurice Horton
July 30, 1953 – November 20, 2024
Funeral service was held on Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 2 P.M. at Saint Minor P. B. Church, Guntersville, AL with Elder Mario Ford, officiating. Interment was follow in the Warrenton Cemetery.