All Obituaries

MY LAST ASSEMBLY   If this life has taught me anything It's that I've been a student all my days Learning from each interaction Along the scholastic way   Now a place in the open universe awaits, and The answer to the last question of the exam hall Are my views on Religious Education Still worth anything at all   So farewell to you and my verbosity I now end with one of Charles Eliot's jots 'A good Principal is like eternity He never knows...

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on...

Michael DeShay Richardson was born on July 2, 1965 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He went home to be with the Lord at 12:20 AM, Sunday, March 15, 2020 at Cortillion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia, with his father as his side. He resided in Rocky Mount, Virginia and had many close friends who knew and loved him in the community and at his job. He leaves to cherish his memory his mother of Graceville, Florida, his father of Martinez, Georgia and a brother of Dothan, Alabama. A...

  Mr. Hubert Lee Prather, better known as “Peel Man”, age 72, of Jacob City, Florida went home to be with the Lord on Monday, February 24, 2020 at Jackson Hospital in Marianna, Florida. "Peel Man" leaves to cherish his memories: one daughter, Teri Prather; three brothers: Samuel L. Oliver and wife Bernastine  of Columbia, Alabama, Vincent C. Oliver of Pensacola, Florida and Clifford Oliver of Dothan, Alabama; one sister: Carole Oliver of Lithonia,...

Mr. Emanuel Lee Hutchinson, Jr., age 68, of Jacob City, Florida, formerly of Port St. Joe, Florida, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 30, 2020 at the Northwest Florida Community Hospital in Chipley, Florida Mr. Hutchinson was born on March 23, 1951 to Emanuel Sr. and Bertha Gathers Hutchinson in Port St. Joe, Florida. He was retired from the City of Clearwater, Clearwater, Florida. He is survived by his son: Toforya Hutchinson of Jacob City, Florida; grandchildren:...

Our beloved sister Leanora Mitchell transitioned into eternal rest at her home in Dothan, Alabama on January 25, 2020.  Leanora was born to Bishop Walter Mitchell, Sr., and Mother Loraine Mitchell on September 15, 1955.  Following graduation from Graceville High School, Leanora joined the United States Air Force.  She travelled the world with the United States Air Force and received an Air Traffic Controller certification from Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi,...

Ms. Carrie Trazetta  Myrick, age 45, of Graceville, Florida went home to be with the Lord on Monday, January 13, 2020 at the Signature Healthcare Of North Florida in Graceville with her family at her bedside.   Carrie T. Myrick a loving, caring, courageous woman was born on February 21, 1974. She was preceded in death by her Mother: Cynthia Myrick; grandfather: Andrew Myrick and uncle: Donnell Myrick She is survived by her father: O’neal Myrick Sr. (Willie Mae Ward);...

Mrs. Johnnie Mae Register Terry was born May 2, 1917 to Aaron and Donnie Register in Houston County, Alabama. She was converted at an early age and joined Saint John African Methodist Episcopal Church, Campbellton, Florida. In 1938, Johnnie Mae moved to Newark, New Jersey to make a better life for her son, William McKinney (son of Harry McKinney, Sr.) and her nephew, Roy Boone. She attended college and earned credentials in nursing. She later landed her dream job as Chief Nurse at...

Thomas Morgan Sinclair II, is sad to announce the death or his father, Floyd Thomas Sinclair, who died peacefully on Tuesday, December 31, 2019. He was 91 years old, of Marianna, Florida, a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and worked for the Cook County School System. He was the son of Thomas Morgan and Margarett Guthrie Sinclair. He is locally survived by his son, Thomas Morgan Sinclair II and his wife, Debbie of Marianna, Florida; a granddaughter: Terra White and her husband Steve;...

SSG (Ret.)  Delanor Elmer Myrick, Jr., age 49, of Dothan, AL, formerly of Marianna, FL went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 14, 2019 in Dothan, AL. SSG (Ret.) Myrick was a 1989 graduate of Malone High School and received his Bachelor of Science Degree from Upper Iowa University. He was a member of McChapel AME Church, serving as the Church Superintendent and a member of the McChapel Jr. Choir. He is survived by his wife: Tonya Henson Myrick of Dothan, AL;...