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ROYAL FUNERAL HOME
MRS. VERA MAE (MORRIS) NANCE
JULY 13, 1942 – MAY 11, 2022

Funeral service will be11:00 a.m., Friday, May20, 2022 at the Royal Chapel of Memories (4315 Oak- wood Avenue Huntsville, AL 35810). Interment will be in the Baltimore Hill Cemetery.
MRS. LEONA LACY LOVE
JANUARY 12, 1942 – MAY 11, 2022

Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at the Royal Chapel of Memories (4315 Oakwood Avenue Huntsville, AL 35810).
MRS. IRENE CHESTER
JUNE 19, 1925 – MAY 10, 2022

Funeral service was 1:00p.m. Sunday, May 15, 2022 at the Oakwood SeventhDay Adventist Church (5500 Adventist Blvd Huntsville, AL35896) with Pastor Paul Goodrich officiating. Interment was in the Oakwood Memorial Gardens.
MR. EMMITT FLETCHER “NED, JR.”
AUGUST 26, 1938 – MAY 6, 2022

Funeral service will be 12:00 NOON, Friday, May 20, 2022 at the Macedonia M.B. Church in Dayton, OH with interment in the West Memory Gardens in Moraine, OH.
DEACON WILLIE JAMES LESLIE
NOVEMBER 28, 1942 – MAY 7, 2022

Funeral service was 1:00p.m., Saturday, May 14,2022 at the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church (710 Dan Crutcher Road, Toney, AL 35773) with Pastor Ernest Williams officiating. Interment was in Valhalla Memory Gardens.
NELMS MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME
MS. LILLIE R. CARR
JUNE 30, 1953 – MAY 10, 2022

Funeral service for Ms. Lillie R. Carr will be Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Pentecostal Lighthouse Church with Elder Reginal Burrell officiating. Interment will be in Valhalla Memory Gardens.
MRS. EDITH A. WILLIAMS DONALDSON
FEBRUARY 16, 1938 – MAY 9, 2022

Graveside service for Mrs. Edith A. Williams Donaldson will be Friday, May 20, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. at Meadowlawn Garden of Peace with Minister Vernon L. Parrish officiating.
MR. LAWRENCE “BILL” WHERRY
AUGUST 28, 1949 – MAY 8, 2022

Funeral service for Mr. Lawrence “Bill” Wherry was Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. in the Nelms Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with The Reverend Desi Fletcher officiating. Interment was in the Pine Grove Cemetery (Deposit, AL).
MRS. ELAINE LIGHTFOOT CHUNN
SEPTEMBER 14, 1953 – MAY 7, 2022

Graveside service for Mrs. Elaine Lightfoot Chunn was Friday, May 13, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. at Valhalla Memory Gardens with Pastor T. C. Johnson officiating.