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ROYA FUNERAL HOME
Ms. Pauline Lacy
July 29, 1940 – April 5, 2026
Funeral service will be held at 12:00 noon, Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at the Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church (315 Winchester Road, Huntsville, AL 35811) with Pastor O. Wendell Davis officiating. Interment will be in the Meadowlawn Garden of Peace, 450 Mt. Lebanon Road, Toney, AL 35773.
Mr. Armando Garcia
January 11, 1960 – April 2, 2026
Funeral service was held at Friday, April 10, 2026 at the Holy Spirit Catholic Church (625 Airport Rd SW, Huntsville, AL 35802). Interment was in the Oakwood University Memorial Gardens Cemetery, 1 HL Cleveland Way Huntsville, AL 35806.
Mr. George Theodore Hamilton, Jr.
December 18, 1942 – April 2, 2026
Funeral service was held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, April 9, 2026 at the Royal Chapel of Memories (4315 Oakwood Ave NW Huntsville, AL 35810) with Pastor Craig Newborn officiating.
Ms. LaShun Denise Lanier
September 22, 1971 – April 2, 2026
Funeral service was held at 12:00 noon, Saturday, April 11, 2026 at the Royal Chapel of Memories (4315 Oakwood Ave NW Huntsville, AL 35810) with Minister James Earl Smith, Jr. as officiant and Reverend Ethel Louise Spencer as eulogist
NELMS MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME
Mrs. Mattie Davis
October 8, 1933 – March 29, 2026
Funeral service was held Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 12:00 PM at Pine Grove M. B. Church with Rev. Wesley Thompson officiating. Interment was at Valley View Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Tevin Jerome Bennett
October 1, 1992 – April 1, 2026
Funeral service was held Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at 11:00 AM at Little Indian Creek Primitive Baptist Church (884 Indian Creek Rd NW, Huntsville, AL) with Elder Dr. Maurice Childress officiating and Elder Dr., Jerry L. Crutcher, Pastor. Interment was at Valley View Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Kevin Tremayne Smith
November 13, 1971 – April 3, 2026
Funeral service was held Saturday, April 11, 2026, at 1:00 P.M. at Greater Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Athens, Alabama, with Pastor Marcus Moore officiating.