Decatur High School Alabama Alumni Obituaries

William Hilliary Billy Hudson Jr. age 79 passed away on January 9 2023. Billy is survived by his wife Diane Ostner Hudson and by his three children Trey Hudson Allie Lauren Petty and Lise Greene Jim his three grandchildren Wilder Hudson LouLou Greene and Jimbo Greene. Billy was born in Decatur Alaba...

Funeral Service for Mr. Kenjii Chatman47 of Decatur AL will be noon Tuesday January 27 2026 at Macedonia C.P. Church in America with Bishop Cary Orr officiating. Inhumation will follow in Decatur City Cemetery. Mr. Chatman will lie in repose one hour prior to service. Public viewing will be Monday J...

Funeral Service for Mr. Percy Campbell 70 of Decatur AL will be 1100AM Saturday at Progressive Christian Outreach Ministries with Apostle Arthur L. Warrior officiating. Inhumation will follow in Sterrs Cemetery. Mr. Campbell will lie in repose one hour prior to service. Percy Lavon Campbell was born...

Toni King Roberts Decatur resident passed away December 2 in the care of her loving daughter. She was born in Gadsden June 10 1947. Ms. Roberts professional career spanned decades. She was a dedicated auctioneer the owner of The Auction Company a real estate broker owning and operating a Century 21 ...

A Celebration of Life for Ms. Sally Cates74 of Decatur AL. will be 1100AM Thursday January 15 2026 at The Stone River Church. Visitation will from 1000AM until 1100AM Thursday January 15 2026 at The Stone River Church. Ms. Cates transitioned January 8 2026. Sally Lee Cates was born in Tarrant City A...

Mr. Wayne Hathorn, age 92, of Athens and formerly of Conyers, Georgia, passed away January 31, 2026. Born in Blount County, Alabama, on January 16, 1934, Wayne was the beloved son of the late James Hoyt Hathorn and Oder Blackwood Hathorn. After his mother’s passing when he was just four years old, W...

Margaret Alice (Spooner) Mackey, age 78, passed away at Halifax Hospice Care Center on January 8, 2026 after less than a week stay. Margaret was born on March 7, 1947 to Cleveland F. and Kathleen Davis Spooner in Hernando County Hospital in Brooksville, Florida. She graduated from Citrus High Schoo...

Dorothy Dot Boothe Norris of Opp Alabama passed away peacefully on January 15 2026 at the home of her daughter Kim Jeff Hallmark in Decatur Alabama. Born on February 2 1942 to Clarence Foster Boothe and Trudie Cole Boothe Dot was raised in Opp and remained deeply rooted in her community and family t...

Billy Don Slaten 78 of Somerville Alabama passed peacefully at his residence on Friday January 23 2026. He was born May 29 1947 in the car on the way to the hospital in Decatur Alabama. His parents were Charles B. Slaten and Kathryn Turner Slaten. After graduating from Priceville High School in 1965...

of Harvest Alabama passed from this life on Tuesday July 1 2025 at River City Nursing Home in Decatur. My father Michael Lee Head was born July 10 1942 in Indianapolis Indiana. His parents were John and Bertie Head and he had two brothers Joe and Tom. He entered the Marine Corps right out of high sc...

Celebration of Life Service for Mr. Ernest Wayne Torain 63 of Decatur AL will be at 1230 PM Saturday at Canaan M.B. Church with the Reverend Ronald Merriweather officiating. Inhumation will follow in Decatur City Cemetery. Mr. Torain will lie in repose one hour prior to service. Ernest ET Wayne Tora...

James Kenneth Ken Lawrence affectionately known as Kenny passed away on January 11 2026 in Nashville Tennessee at the age of 83. Born on May 11 1942 in Decatur Alabama Ken was the son of Herman and Ava Nell Lawrence. He spent his formative years in Tennessee and graduated from Antioch High School be...

Robert Joseph Williams05/21/1947- 12/16/2025On Tuesday afternoon, December 16, 2025, Robert Joseph Williams was freed from the dungeon of dementia and welcomed into the loving arms of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.He was preceded in death by his parents Lawrence Marvin Williams, Sr. and Lucy Pink...

Franklin Delano Robinson III better known to just about everyone as "Del" passed away on January I 2026 which frankly was a terrible way for him to kick off the new year. If nothing else it was very onbrand for someone who never did things in a predictable way. Del was born on December 8 1976 in Dec...

Bonnie T. Cephus was born on January 30 1957 in Union Springs Alabama to John and Essie Cephus both preceded her in death. After graduation from Bullock County High School class of 1975. Bonnie began her college studies at Alabama State University ultimately receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from ...

Kathryn "Katie" Briggs Rogers Burns beloved wife of James Worth Burns III passed away peacefully at her home on August 1 2025 after a courageous battle with cervical cancer. Katie was born in Decatur Alabama on April 26 1978 the daughter of Elizabeth "Beth" Buchanan Rogers and Jonathan "Jack" Polk R...

Funeral Service for Mr. Quintin Montgomery 40 of Decatur AL will be noon Tuesday January 13 2026 in the Chapel of Reynolds Funeral Home with the Reverend Robert Hereford officiating. Inhumation will follow in Decatur City Cemetery. Mr. Montgomery will lie in repose one hour prior to service. Public ...