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Cheryl Cathey Crane, 71, of Madison passed away on August 4th. She was born to Frank and Virginia Cathey on October 21, 1948. As a teenager she worked shoulder to shoulder with her parents in their hardware store in south Florida. Her father taught her to always autograph her work with excellence. She earned her […]

Rocco Gerard Petrella of Huntsville, Alabama passed away August 5, 2020 after a brief illness. Roc was born on October 14, 1946 in Sharon, PA at the Christian H. Buhl Hospital, now Sharon Regional, to the late Rocky and Helen (Butala) Petrella. A 1964 graduate of Sharon High School, he then attended Edinboro State Teachers […]

Tommy Hobbs, 79, of Huntsville, passed away Wednesday. Tommy served in the US Air Force from 1963-1967. He was well known for his work in the printing industry in North Alabama since 1967. Tommy was an avid outdoorsman. Survivors include his brothers, Don Hobbs (Peggy) of Courtland, VA, George Wade (Vickie), and John Wade, all […]

Harold Lloyd Lane, 92, died of natural causes on Monday, August 3, 2020, at Floyd E. “Tut” Fann State Veterans Home in Huntsville, AL. He was known as an especially kind person who tried to do his duty and to do what was right. He enjoyed his time hunting and fishing particularly in the West […]

Dr. Carl M. Powe, Jr. peacefully passed on the morning of Aug. 4th, with his family at his side. Dr. Powe was born in Hartsville, SC, son of Carl M. Powe, Sr. and Marie Powe. He attended The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. After graduation in 1956 he married Marian Atkins of Dillon, […]

Dr. Richard Edwin Rice, 84, of Huntsville, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 4th. Dr. Rice was born January 22, 1936 in rural north Mississippi near Charleston, MS to D. L. Rice and Nannie Burnett Rice. He received his B.S. degree from Mississippi State University, his Medical degree from Tulane University Medical School, and did his internship […]

Jane Bost Harrington, of Huntsville, passed away on August 4, 2020. She was 97 years old. She was predeceased by her husband, Charles “Chuck” Jackson Harrington and her sister, Lorraine Bost Burnett. She is survived by her daughter, Patricia Harrington Franklin (Bobby Franklin); son, Hub Bost Harrington (Kathryn Sumrall Harrington); grandchildren, Ryan Lee Shaw (Melissa […]

The Reverend Dr. John David Hall, 88, died Sunday, August 2, 2020, in Huntsville Hospital from complications following an infection. His death was preceded by several weeks of care in the hospital and rehab facilities. Prior to his final illness, he had been tended at home in Huntsville by his wife, Carol Love Hall. John […]

Chapman Smith Haywood, 94, passed away peacefully on August 2, 2020. Smith was born to Rosebud Smith Haywood and Howard Carl Haywood in Taylor County, Georgia, January 5, 1926. He later moved to Thomaston, GA, which he considered to be his hometown. Smith qualified as a US Naval Cadet flight school candidate when he was […]

Robert ‘Bob’ Gordon Houghton, 85, of Huntsville, passed away Saturday, August 1st, 2020, at Huntsville Hospital. He was born on November 29, 1934 in Canton, Ohio to Hugh and Ellen Houghton. Robert served in the U.S. Army for 28 years and served two tours in Vietnam. He also serviced multiple tours in Germany, three tours […]