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ROYAL FUNERAL HOME
MRS. EMMA D. BOWMAN
FEBRUARY 26, 1931 – JANUARY 2, 2022
Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, January 8, 2022 at the Royal Chapel of Memories (4315 Oakwood Avenue, NW Huntsville, AL 35810) with Pastor Jaymes R. Mooney officiating. Interment will be in Indian Creek Cemetery.
DEACON JOYCE ANN MITCHELL CRAWFORD
JULY 16, 1949 – JANU- ARY 2, 2022
Funeral service will be 12:00 NOON, Friday, January 7, 2022, at the Royal Chapel of Memories (4315 Oakwood Avenue Huntsville, AL 35810) with Reverend Endia Scruggs officiating. Interment will be in Meadowlawn Garden of Peace.
MRS. FRANCES DRAPER
JUNE 17, 1940 – JANUARY 1, 2022
Funeral service will be 12:00 NOON Saturday, January 8, 2022 at the Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church (171 Shady Oak Drive New Market, AL 35761) with Reverend William E. Carter, Jr. officiating. Interment will be in Meadowlawn Garden of Peace.
MS. ROBERTE DELPHONSE
NOVEMBER 1, 1963 – DECEMBER 28, 2021
Funeral service was 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at the Royal Chapel of Memories (4315 Oakwood Avenue Huntsville, AL 35810) with Pastor Medgine Bonzil officiating. Interment was in Oakwood Memorial Gardens.
MR. JAMES O. BEARDEN, SR.
FEBRUARY 12, 1931 – DECEMBER 27, 2021
Funeral service for Mr. JamesO. Bearden, Sr. was Tuesday, January4, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. at Lakeside United Methodist Church with The Reve end Dr. Randy Kelley, Officiant and The Reverend Dr. Oscar L. Montgomery, Sr., Eulogist. Interment was followed in Oakwood Memorial Gardens.
MRS. SARAH JONES JAMAR
MAY 22, 1941 – DECEMBER 26, 2021
Funeral service for Mrs. Sarah Jones Jamar was Monday, January 3, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. at Morris Chapel Primitive Baptist Church with Pastor Derrick Langford, officiant. Private interment will follow in the Friend Cemetery.
MS. BARBARA A. STEVENSON
OCTOBER 27, 1954 – DECEMBER 26, 2021
Funeral service for Ms. Barbara A. Stevenson was Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. at the Nelms Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Elder Dr. Maurice Childress officiating.
MR. WILLIE J. EVANS, JR.
JANUARY 18, 1983 – DECEMBER 24, 2021
Funeral service for Mr. Willie J. Evans, Jr. was Saturday, January 1, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. at the Nelms Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with The Reverend Dr. Joyce William, Officiant.