Local Obituaries for Families in Sneads, Marianna, Graceville and Surrounding Areas in Florida
Gene Smith
November 7, 2019
Travis E. "Gene" Smith, Sr. better known as the "Suit Man", died  Thursday, November 7, 2019 at University of Alabama Birmingham. Gene was born June 6, 1933, to Spurgeon and  Grace Swails Smith. He was preceded in death by his son, Dana Smith, his parents, bothers, Burnell Harris and Donald Smith; sister, Burnette Martin, infant sister, Linda Gai Smith and ...
Windell Gerald Benton
November 4, 2019
Windell Gerald Benton ended his journey on this earth and slipped into the presence of God on November 4, 2019. He was 84 years of age. Gerald was the fourth son of a family of nine boys who, as a sharecropper family, lived in the surrounding areas of Dothan, AL. Gerald became a public accountant, serving the area for 20...
Stanley Grat Pittman Sr.
November 4, 2019
Stanley Grat Pittman, Sr., 79, of the Lovedale, Florida community died Monday, November 4, 2019 at Jackson Hospital, Marianna, Florida.  A lifelong native of the Lovedale community of Jackson County, Stanley enjoyed farming.  He was a member of Lovedale Baptist Church. Stanley is predeceased by his wife of 51 years, Linda Faye Pittman; and parents, Julious and Eleanor Pittman. He...
John William Glaze Jr.
November 4, 2019
John William Glaze, Jr., 84, of Marianna died Monday, November 4, 2019 at his residence. Memorialization by cremation. No services are planned at this time. James & Sikes Funeral Home Maddox Chapel are in charge of arrangements.
George Henry Benthall Jr.
November 3, 2019
George Henry Benthall, Jr., 32 of Malone died Sunday, November 3, 2019 at Southeast Health Medical Center. Memorialization by cremation. No services are planned at this time. James & Sikes Funeral Home Maddox Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Danie Ruth Acosta
November 3, 2019
Danie Ruth Acosta, 75, of Marianna died Sunday, November 3, 2019 at her home. Memorialization by cremation. No services planned at this time. James & Sikes Funeral Home Maddox Chapel in charge of arrangements.
Dayna Adair Snell
November 3, 2019
Dayna Adair Snell, 16, died Sunday, November 3, 2019 as the result of an automobile accident. She is survived by her father, Brett Snell; mother, Teresa (Chris) Wilkins; sisters, Erica and Samantha Snell; paternal grandparents, Danny and Brenda Snell of Graceville; maternal grandparents, Ladair and Barbara Palmer of Hartford, Alabama; cousin, Amy Snell; step-siblings, Cole and Terry Joe (Sarah) as...
Norman Boutwell
November 2, 2019
Norman Carl Boutwell, age 70, of Grand Ridge, FL received his angel wings on Saturday, November 2, 2019. He was born in Cottondale, FL on June 6, 1948. Norman served in the Army as a young man and fought in the Vietnam War. His and all of the brothers and sisters in Arms sacrifices will never be forgotten. Norman spent...
Harold Dean Biggs
November 2, 2019
Rev. Harold D. Biggs, 83, of Marianna, Florida went home to be with the Lord on November 2, 2019 at Jackson Hospital, in Marianna, Florida. Rev. Biggs was born November 12, 1935, in Ashland City, Tennessee. He was a United Pentecostal Preacher and Pastor for over 60 years, and a Korean War Veteran serving in the United States Marine Corps....
Alva "Bo" Bowen McMullian
November 1, 2019
Alva Bowen "Bo" McMullian, 66, passed away November 1, 2019 after a short, but valiant fight with metastatic melanoma, surrounded by his loving family and friends. The youngest of the four children of Spangler Sr. and Leila McMullian, born September 14, 1953 in Jackson County Hospital, Bo was a resident of Grand Ridge, Florida his entire life. Bo graduated from...
Danny Hall
October 31, 2019
Danny James Hall, 34, of Bascom, FL died Thursday October 31, 2019. Danny was a resident of Jackson County, FL, born July 8, 1985 to Teresa Conrad Pelham and the late Craig R. Hall. He is preceded in death by his biological father Craig R. Hall, his grandparents Daniel Hall, Doris Elmore New, James Wesley Conrad, Janice Conrad, and one...
Emma Nell Durden
October 25, 2019
Emma Nell Durden was the first born child to P.G. "Dock" Lawrence and Lola Bennett Lawrence on July 9, 1931. Dock owned and operated Dock's Auto Service and Grocery Store in Grand Ridge, where one could purchase hand-dipped ice cream there, a variety of commodities, and have excellent work done on their cars and farm equipment. Emma Nell was Salutatorian...
Carolyn Yvonne Peacock
October 24, 2019
James & Sikes Funeral Home Carolyn Shiver Peacock, 73, of Marianna, Florida went home to be with the Lord on October 24, 2019 at Southeast Health in Dothan, Alabama. She was born September 5, 1946 and was one of five children to Marion and Letha Shiver. Carolyn was a lifelong resident of Marianna, Florida. She was employed for 30 years...
Robert Moline
October 22, 2019
Robert Arthur Moline Jr., 63, died peacefully from complications of Parkinson's Disease at Jackson Hospital in Marianna, Fla., on October 22, 2019. He was born at Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base in Germany on November 20, 1955, to Robert Arthur and Elsie Mae Duce Moline. Robert worked in professions including psychiatric nurse at Gladesville Hospital in Australia and an OR Scrub Technician...
Alice Laverne Powell
October 21, 2019
Alice Laverne Powell, 90, of the Dellwood Community, died Monday, October 21, 2019 at her residence. Laverne was born September 23, 1929 in Dellwood to the late Thomas Alvin and Leasie McKellar Allen. She was a lifelong resident of the Dellwood Community and was a member of the Bascom United Methodist Church. Laverne had a servant's heart and enjoyed caring...
Robert L. Hall
October 21, 2019
Robert L. Hall, 77, of Bascom, born February 23, 1942, died Monday, October 21, 2019 at Signature Healthcare of North Florida in Graceville, Florida. A native of Jackson County, Mr. Hall had resided in the Paramore Community for the entirety of his life, except for a brief stint in Okeechobee, Florida with Gulf and Western Sugar Cooperation. Robert was self-employed...
Karen Howell Henrickson
October 15, 2019
Karen Howell Henrickson, 66 was born November 4, 1952 in Marianna, Florida to Harry and Emily Howell. She passed peacefully on October 15, 2019 in Birmingham, Alabama. Karen attended Marianna High School and soon after began her career at Sunland Center. When Karen was 19, she brought home a precious five-year-old little girl from Sunland just on the weekends. Eventually...
Anita Noreen Bullard
October 13, 2019
Anita Noreen Bullard, 60, of Alford, Florida, passed away Sunday, October 13, 2019 at her home. She was born in Chicago, Illinois to Harold and Esther Rothstein.  Anita was a Medical Clerk for the State of  Florida. She enjoyed various crafts from stained glass to jewelry, but her love was her family and her dog, "Bella" or "Bella Donna", as...
Luda Jean Bush
October 9, 2019
Luda Jean Bush, 90, affectionately called Mama, Mama Jean, and Darlin, went to her heavenly home on October 9, 2019. She was born in Ponce de Leon, Florida, December 12, 1928. Â She truly loved the Lord with all her heart, soul, mind, and strength, and loved others as herself. She was preceded in death by her husband, Buddy Bush; parents,...
Rayburn "Buddy" Hutto
October 8, 2019
Rayburn "Buddy" Hutto, 76, of Greenwood died Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at his residence. He retired from the Jackson County Road & Bridge Department. Buddy loved to fish. He was preceded in death by his parents, Roy and Lottie Hutto; his sister,  Loetta Anderson; his brothers, JW and Frank Hutto. Buddy is survived by his wife, Peggy "Carolyn" Hutto; daughters,...
