Ponaganset High School Alumni Obituaries

Davey Cargill was born on July 26 1969 to David Cargill Jr. and Sandra Cargill in Wurzberg Germany. He received his early education in Germany before relocating to Alabama where he attended Goshen High School. He completed his secondary education in Hinesville Georgia. Davey was employed with the Ci...

Cindi Shanell Lou Caldwell was gifted to her parents John Bubba Cross and Sandra Kay Susie Caldwell on July 25 1985 in Luverne Alabama. She reached and God granted her heavenly wings on Wednesday November 5 2025 peacefully at home. Cindi attended Luverne High School. At an early age she received Chr...

Moses Davenport the son of a sharecropper was born January 23 1944 to his parents the late Wilbert and Essie Lue Wheeler Davenport in the Shiloh Community of Banks Alabama. At an early age he confessed Christ and became a member of Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church No. 2 in Banks Alabama. Moses de...

Mr. James Dixon Jr. was born January 21 1954 to the late James Dixon Sr. and Margie Foster Teague of Brantley Alabama. He departed this life peacefully at Baptist South Hospital in Montgomery Alabama on September 3 2025. James attended Woodford High School after which he enlisted in the United State...

Mr. James Arthur Starks was born September 25 1950 to the late Mr. Will Starks and Mrs. Gussie Mae Leonard. He was the 12th child of thirteen children. He confessed Christ at an early age and joined Mt. Nebo Missionary Baptist Church and later joined Paradise Baptist Church in Newark New Jersey wher...

Mr. Sterling Vae Jones was born February 16 1961 as the 3rd of 6 children to the late Robert Mason Jones and Lena Mae Barnes. He graduated from Dozier High School class of 1980 where he excelled at football and basketball. After graduation he moved to Goshen to live with his uncle Zeb and drove the ...

Ola Mae Foster Lampley was born March 26 1930 in Crenshaw Alabama. Her parents were Eugene Foster and Eula Mae RobersonFoster. Senior choir president Pleasant Hill Baptist Church for 30 years President of the Missionary Society Pleasant Hill Baptist Church for 25 years SalemEnterprise District Assoc...

Hunter Bowen Howell of Demopolis Alabama age 17 passed away on January 31 2026. He was born on November 4 2008 in Jefferson County to Michael Howell and Susan Hicks Howell. Hunter is survived by his father Michael Howell his mother Susan Hicks Howell grandparents Randy and Kaye Howell grandparents J...

Shirley Jeanette Slade Ingram peacefully departed for her heavenly home on December 30 2025 at her daughters residence in Thomasville Alabama. She was born on December 3 1935 to Herbert and Myrtle Slade in Alberta Alabama. A lifelong resident of Thomasville Alabama Shirley married her high school sw...

Mr. Billy Wayne Pitts, age 78, of Ashland passed away on February 2, 2026 at UAB St. Vincent’s East in Birmingham. There is a gathering of family and friends to remember Billy at Benefield Funeral Home in Ashland on Wednesday February 11, 2026 from 5:30 until 8:00 P.M.Billy Wayne was born in Tallade...

Funeral Services for Mr. Rodger O. Carr, age 73 of Ashland, will be held on Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 12:00 P.M. at Benefield Funeral Home in Ashland with Bro. Glen Stephens officiating. Burial will follow at Millerville Community Cemetery.Mr. Rodger O. Carr passed away on February 2, 2026 at B...

Graveside Services for Rev. Scott Allen Jordan, age 77 of Lineville, will be held on Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 2:00 P.M. at the Lineville City Cemetery with Rev. David Holcombe and Rev. Winston Brooks officiating.Mr. Jordan passed away on Monday, February 2, 2026 at his home. Born in Talladega, ...

Peggy Sue Truitt Higgins was born at home in Temple, Georgia on June 22, 1934 to William Rozie Truitt and Elsie Fanny Threadgill Truitt, the oldest of four children. She grew up in Bremen, Georgia and graduated from Bremen High School in 1952. She graduated from Georgia State College for Women in 19...

Funeral Services for Gerald Willis Sprayberry, age 88, will be held on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville, AL at 12:00 P.M. Burial Will be at Mt Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery at a later date.Mr. Sprayberry grew up in Birmingham and joined the Marines right after hig...

A Visitation for Mrs. Rebecca Prestridge, age 77 of Lineville, will be held on Monday, January 12, 2025 at Benefield Funeral Home beginning at 4:30 P.M. until 7:30 P.M.Mrs. Prestridge passed away on Thursday, January 8, 2026 at her home. She was born in Ashland, a Lineville High School graduate and ...

Funeral Services for Mrs. Joyce Curlee, age 93 of Ashland, will be held on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at Benefield Funeral Home in Ashland at 11:00 A.M. with David Proctor and Bro. David Holcombe officiating. Burial will follow at the Clay County Memory Gardens. Her visitation will begin at 10:00 A.M...

Funeral Services for Betsy A. Wills Graben, age 88, of Lineville will be held on Saturday January 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM at Barfield Baptist Church with Bro. David Holcombe and Bro. John Howell officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Graben will lie in state at Barfield Baptist...

Funeral services for Mr. Kennon Warren Whaley Sr., age 61, will be held on Sunday, January 11, 2026, at Benefield Funeral Home in Ashland at 2:00pm with visitation from noon to 2:00 pm. Bro. Richie Farrow will officiate, and burial will follow in the Clay County Memory Gardens.Kennon graduated from ...

Funeral Services for Mrs. EvaLynn Sprayberry Vinson, age 73 of Lineville, will be held on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 2:00 P.M. at Concord Baptist Church with Rev. Mark Kytan officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery.Mrs. Vinson passed away on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at her home. S...

Larry Winston White passed away October 30 2025 at East Alabama Medical Center Opelika Alabama after an extended stay due to complications from surgery. Larry was born on October 4 1948 to Bertha and Fannie Mae Lumpkin White. He spent his childhood in Lafayette Alabama and graduated from Lafayette H...

Terri Ray Walton 67 of LaFayette passed away peacefully Sunday January 18 2026 just in time for church with Jesus with her loving husband and youngest daughter by her side. Born November 1 1958 she was the daughter of the late Vincent and Helen Ray. On February 281981 she married Alexander Lex Gunn ...

Larry F. Reeves 69 of LaFayette Alabama passed away peacefully at his home on September 14 2025. Born on August 22 1956 in Ft. Lauderdale Florida Larry lived a life marked by hard work devotion to family and faith and a deep love for the outdoors. Larry grew up in Alabama went to Valley High School ...

Danny Shaver 58 of LaFayette Alabama passed away on January 20 2026. Born on September 18 1967 Danny lived a life rooted in family faith and the great outdoors. Danny was a devoted husband to Beth Hill Shaver and a proud father to his four daughters Samantha Jordan Shaver Bradley Melton Danlee Shave...

Luella Lue Pataski 82 of Vestaburg passed away unexpectedly in her home on Saturday December 13 2025. Lue was born in Cleveland Ohio on September 15 1943 the only child of the late Edward and Myrtle Johnson Glenzer. She graduated from Parma High School in 1963. A true rebel at heart Lue lived life o...

Patricia Ann Folman Zambell 80 of Houston PA formerly of Richeyville PA passed away unexpectedly on October 29 2025. She was born on September 19 1945 in Greene County PA. A daughter of the late Joseph C. Folman and Matilda Nagg. She was a 1964 graduate of the Beth Center High School where she was i...

June Boger Sacra of the Addison of Uniontown PA formerly of Washington PA and Charlottesville VA passed away on November 11 2025 at the age of 100. June was born in Sandy Plains Clarksville PA on February 5 1925 to the late Levi and Henrietta Bessie Wensing Boger. She was the youngest of seven child...

John Saxon of Brownsville PA Centerville Boro passed away in his home on Monday October 27 2025 at the age of 75. He was born in Brownsville PA on July 21 1950 the son of the late John Saxon and Albina Polidori Saxon of Longwood FL who survives. John graduated from Beth Center High School with the c...

Paulette Bertocci 78 of Ellsworth PA passed away Sunday October 12 2025 in her home. She was born December 18 1946 in New Eagle PA a daughter of the late Frank and Miss Mihalek Yurkovich. Paulette was a 1964 graduate of Ellsworth High School and earned bachelors and masters degree in education from ...

Marcella H. Farkas 96 of Daisytown PA passed away peacefully with her son at her side on October 18 2025. She was the last member of her immediate family. She was born on June 19 1929 in Centerville PA a daughter of the late Louis and Lillian Lidia Stanko. Following her high school graduation she wa...

Rita A. Perowski 73 of Fredericktown PA passed away Tuesday October 14 2025 in her home following a recent struggle with heart disease. She was born May 25 1952 in Fredericktown a daughter of the late Philiip and Anna Kaminchak Perowski. Rita was a 1970 graduate of Beth Center High School and a 1973...