TRAGIC DEATH
2-Year-Old Missing Black Boy Found Dead in River, His Dad Accused of Throwing Him
ROYAL FUNERAL HOME
Mrs. Diane Hawk
February 15, 1958 – June 9, 2025
Funeral service for Mrs. Diane Hawk will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 18, 2025, Union Hill Primitive Baptist Church ( 2115 Winchester Road, Huntsville, AL 35810) with Reverend Oscar L. Montgomery, Sr. officiating. Interment will be in the Meadowlawn Garden of Peace, 450 Mt. Lebanon Road, Toney, AL 35773.
Deacon David Lee Surles, Sr.
February 3, 1950 – June 9, 2025
Funeral service for Deacon David Lee Surles, Sr. was held at 4:00 p.m., Saturday June 14, 2025 at the McDuffie Mortuary, Inc., (115 W. Hamilton Street, Houston, TX 77076) with Pastor Stan Lewis, officiating. Local service for Deacon David Lee Surles, Sr. will be held at 12:00 noon, Saturday, June 21, 2025 at the Pine Grove Missionary Baptist Church (759-A Pine Grove Road, Harvest, AL 35749) with Dr. C. Jermaine Turner officiating. Interment will be in the Pine Grove Memorial Gardens, 759-A Pine Grove Road, Harvest, AL 35749.
Mr. JaCorey Jamal Thomas
February 2, 1990 – June 9, 2025
Funeral service for Mr. JaCorey Jamal Thomas will be held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, June 21, 2025 at the Royal Chapel of Memories (4315 Oakwood Avenue NW Huntsville, AL 35810).
Mr. Marion Earl Phillips
January 23, 1956 – June 7, 2025
Funeral service for Mr. Marion Earl Phillips was held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, June 13, 2025, at the First Missionary Baptist Church (3509 Blue Spring Rd., Huntsville, AL 35810) with Reverend Temple Richie officiating. Interment was in the Valhalla Memory Gardens, 698 Winchester Road, Huntsville, AL 35811.
NELMS MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME
Ms. Roberta Mason
August 28, 1947 – June 7, 2025
Funeral service for Ms. Roberta Mason will be rendered by Christian Memorial Funeral Home of Camden, Alabama.
Mr. John W. Stevens
February 3, 1948 – June 7, 2025
A Celebration of life for Mr. John W. Stevens will be held by the family at a later date.
Ms. Myrtle Jo Cummings
December 30, 1964 – June 5, 2025
Funeral service for Ms. Myrtle Jo Cummings will be rendered by Superior Funeral Home of Memphis, Tennessee.
Mr. Sovoy Jordan, Sr.
August 11, 1937 – June 1, 2025
Funeral service for Mr. Sovoy Jordan, Sr., was held on Friday, June 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM at Douglas Tabernacle Primitive Baptist Church with Pastor Gregory McGlathery officiating. Interment followed at Valhalla Memory Gardens.