CELEBRITY DEATH
Music Industry Giant Clive Davis Dies at 94, Leaving Legacy of Black Excellence in Music
ROYAL FUNERAL HOME
Mr. Larry Darnell Finley
April 23, 1955 – June 12, 2026
Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, June 26, 2026 at the Mount Calvary Seventh-day Adventist Church (1201 Meadow Drive, NW, Huntsville, AL 35801). Interment will be in the Oakwood University Memorial Gardens Cemetery, 1 HL Cleveland Way Huntsville, AL 35806.
Mr. Alan Barney Smith
July 27, 1958 – June 12, 2026
Funeral service was held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, June 22, 2026 at the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (1744 Darrow Avenue Evanston, IL 60201) with Pastor Rosliand K. Shorter Henderson as officiant and Pastor Timothy Simpson as eulogist, with Haliburton Funeral Chapel, directing and Royal Funeral Home in charge of local arrangements.
Mother Mattie Holman Miller
August 11, 1940 – June 8, 2026
Funeral service was held at 12:00 noon, Saturday, June 20, 2026 at the Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church (198 Browns Ferry Road, Madison, AL 35758) with Pastor Jeffrey Caudle as officiaint and Dr. David Lockhart as eulogist. Interment was in the Madison Memory Gardens, 220 Hughes Road Madison, AL 35758.
Mr. Billy Ray Moore
March 26, 1954 – June 8, 2026
Funeral service was held at 12:00 noon, Saturday, June 13, 2026, at the Liberty Primitive Baptist Church (268 Burress Road, Gurley, AL 35748) Pastor Jukobie Jones officiating. Interment was in the Berkley Community Cemetery, Gurley, AL.
NELMS MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME
Mr. Herbert Lee Lansden
OCT 1, 1945 — JUN 16, 2026
Graveside service will be held Monday, June 29, 2026, at 1:00 PM EST at the Chattanooga National Cemetery.
Lillian Garner Hampton
JAN 14, 1943 — JUN 14, 2026
Funeral service will be held on Friday, June 26, 2026 at 11:00 AM at St. Rebecca Primitive Baptist Church. Interment will follow at St Ruth Cemetery.
Mrs. Gladys Antointte Gilbert Crarey
APR 6, 1952 — JUN 13, 2026
Funeral service will be held Friday, June 26, 2026, at 11:00 AM at Oakwood University Seventh-Day Adventist Church with Pastor Debleaire Snell officiating and Dr. Toussaint Williams eulogist. Interment will follow at Oakwood University Memorial Gardens.