Obituaries

Feb 8, 2021

Darrie “Dee” Stephens, age 60, resident of Phenix City, Alabama, passed away on Monday, February 8, 2021.  Graveside services are scheduled at Lakeview Memory Gardens on Thursday, February 11, 2021, 11 a.m. with Reverend Ralph Henderson officiating, according to Vance Brooks Funeral Home, 3738 US Hwy 431N, Phenix City, Alabama.

Mrs. Stephens, daughter of Raymond Jones and Sheila Gail Nolin Jones,...

Feb 7, 2021

MSG (Ret.) Jose “Joe” P. Diaz passed away Sunday, February 7th, 2021 at the age of 94 at Brookside Glen in Columbus, Georgia where he was loved by surviving family members as well as all of the wonderful staff at Brookside Glen who took care of him every day for the past few years. MSG Diaz suffered from dementia and...

Feb 7, 2021

Feb 7, 2021

Gladys passed away peacefully in Phenix City, Alabama, at the home of her daughter, Sandra and son-in-law Richard Sharbaugh, where Gladys had been living for the past 2-1/2 years.

Gladys Lovell Sandefur, the daughter of Emma Gross & Oscar Lovell, was born and raised in Phillips, Wisconsin. She was named for two of her aunts, Gladys Marie Lovell and Marie Gross....

Feb 4, 2021

Michael Rawls, age 41, resident of Columbus, Georgia passed away on February 04, 2021 .  Memorial service and celebration of his life will be at the Chapel of Vance Brooks Funeral Home, 3738 US Hwy 431N, Phenix City, Alabama on Saturday, February 20, 2021, 3 p.m.

Michael, son of Nathaniel Rawls and the late Betty Bradley, was born September 10, 1979...

Feb 4, 2021

USMC (ret) SGT James “Jimmy” Watford, 82, of Phenix City, AL passed away Thursday, February 4, 2021 at Canterbury Heath Facility in Phenix City, AL.

A funeral service will be held 1:00 pm Monday, February 6, 2021 at Vance Brooks Funeral Home in Phenix City, AL with Rev. Mark Hudson officiating.  Interment with military honors will follow at Lakeview Memory Gardens. ...

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Jan 28, 2021

Jimmy R. Mitchell, Jr., 51, of Columbus, GA passed away on Thursday, January 28, 2021 at Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown Hospital.  A funeral service will be held at Vance Brooks Funeral Home, 4048 Macon Road, Columbus, GA on Monday, February 1, 2021 beginning at 2:00 pm with Rev. Danny Courtney officiating. The family will receive friends Sunday, January 31, 2021...

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Jan 26, 2021

Mrs. Shirley Ann Richardson Smith, 83, of Phenix City, AL passed away Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at the Southeast Health Care Center in Dothan, AL.

A private memorial service will be held at a later date.

Mrs. Smith was born April 1, 1937 in Phenix City, AL, daughter of the late Robert Lincoln Richardson and Annie Lucille Grant Richardson.  She worked in...

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Jan 24, 2021

Mr. David Lewis Jones, Jr., 55, of Phenix City, AL passed away Sunday, January 24, 2021 at Jack Hughston Hospital in Phenix City, AL.

A funeral service will be held 2:00 pm Thursday, January 28, 2021 at Vance Brooks Funeral Home in Phenix City, AL with Rev. Don Abrams officiating.  There will be a private interment Friday at Lakeview Memory Gardens. ...