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ROYAL FUNERAL HOME
Mrs. Margaret Pearson Dawkins
January 22, 1934 – June 13, 2025
Funeral service for Mrs. Margaret Pearson Dawkins will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 26, 2025 at the New Life Seventh-day Adventist Church (3912 Pulaski Pike NW, Huntsville, AL 35810) with Pastor Nelson Stokes officiating. Interment will be in the Valhalla Memory Gardens, 698 Winchester Road, Huntsville, AL 35811.
Mrs. Mary L. Malone
May 6, 1934 – June 13, 2025
Funeral service for Mrs. Mary L. Malone was held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, June 20, 2025, at the Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church (315 Winchester Road, Huntsville, AL 35811) with Pastor O. Wendell Davis officiating. Interment was in the Valhalla Memory Gardens, 698 Winchester Road, Huntsville, AL 35811.
Mrs. Odessa Little Steele
May 14, 1945 – June 13, 2025
Funeral service for Mrs. Odessa Little Steele was held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, June 21, 2025, at the Saint Bartley Primitive Baptist Church (3020 Belafonte Avenue, Huntsville, AL 35816) with Pastor Jaymes Mooney officiating. Interment was in the Valhalla Memory Gardens.
Mr. Trevion DeMarcus Williams b.k.a. “T.J.”
June 28, 2004 – June 10, 2025
Funeral service for Mr. Trevion DeMarcus Williams was held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, June 20, 2025, at the Saint Bartley Primitive Baptist Church (3020 Belafonte Avenue, Huntsville, AL 35816) with Bishop Freddie Traylor officiating.
NELMS MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME
Ms. Edwina Smith
January 22, 1952 – June 19, 2025
Funeral service for Ms. Edwina Smith will be announced later.
Mrs. Billie Jerry Evans Finley
July 6, 1936 – June 16, 2025
Funeral service for Mrs. Billie Jerry Evans Finley will be held on Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM at Nelms Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Stephen R. Davis, officiating. Interment will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Scottsboro, Alabama.
Mr. Kelly LaVar Rashad Brooks
November 20, 1986 – June 11, 2025
Funeral service for Mr. Kelly LaVar Rashad Brooks was held on Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM at Hurricane Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Gary Battles, officiating. Interment was at Union Cemetery.
Ms. Roberta Mason
ugust 28, 1947 – June 7, 2025
Funeral service for Ms. Roberta Mason will be rendered by Christian Memorial Funeral Home of Camden, Alabama.