TRAGIC DEATHS
Deaths of Mississippi Mother, Toddler Found in Alabama Ruled Murder-Suicide
ROYAL FUNERAL HOME
Ms. Alonge Ashleighn Ellis
July 6, 1992 – December 8, 2025
Funeral service for Ms. Alonge Ashleighn Ellis will be held at 12:00 noon, Friday, January 2, 2025 at the Royal Chapel of Memories (4315 Oakwood Avenue NW Huntsville, AL 35810) with Minister John Jones officiating.
Mr. Gregory Ward
August 16, 1955 – December 8, 2025
Funeral service for Mr. Gregory Ward will be held at 12:00 noon, Saturday, December 27, 2025 at the Royal Chapel of Memories (4315 Oakwood Avenue NW Huntsville, AL 35810).
Ms. Wilma Grace West
June 9, 1953 – December 8, 2025
Funeral service for Ms. Wilma Grace West was held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at the Royal Chapel of Memories (4315 Oakwood Avenue NW, Huntsville, AL 35810) with Pastor Carlos Williams officiating. Interment was held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, December 18, 2025 at the Hamilton Memory Gardens, 480 County Highway 25, Hamilton, AL 35570.
Ms. Jody Woods
September 22, 1977 – December 10, 2025
Funeral service for Ms. Jody Woods was held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, December 20, 2025 at the Saint Mark Primitive Baptist Church (740 W. Sanderfer Rd, Athens, AL 35611) with Elder Kenneth Owens officiating, with Royal Funeral Home-Mason Chapel, directing. Interment was in the Thatch-Mann Cemetery, 1801-1803 W. Hobbs St, Athens, AL 35611.
NELMS MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME
Mr. William Douglas Fails
December 29, 1945 – December 17, 2025
Funeral service for Mr. William Douglas Fails will be held on Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM at First Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Carlos Williams officiating. Entombment will follow at the Garden of Peace, Valhalla Memory Gardens.
Mrs. Emma Jean (Moss) Flakes
January 16, 1950 – December 13, 2025
Funeral service for Mrs. Emma Jean (Moss) Flakes was held on Saturday, December 20, 2025, at 12:00 PM at Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor O. Wendell Davis officiating. Interment will follow at Valhalla Memory Gardens.