The Huntsville Times

Brent Reynolds Overton, a retired Major in the U.S. Army passed away unexpectedly, Tuesday October 12, 2021, at his home in Huntsville, Alabama. Brent was born in Jackson, Mississippi on January 31, 1961. Brent most recently served as a Targets Analyst at the Missile Defense Agency at Millennium Engineering and Integration located in Huntsville. He graduated from Western Kentucky with a degree in Public Relations and Journalism. He also studied Air Carrier Operations at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. He devoted his career over the last 35 years working with army personnel with a focus on readiness, operations and emergency preparedness related activities with governmental...

Mrs. Candace Marbrey, age 68, of Huntsville, passed away at her residence on Tuesday Morning, September 28, 2021. Candace is survived by 1 sister, Jill Hall (John) of Huntsville; Niece and Nephew: Melissa Turner (Zack) and Jonathan Hall (Annie); and 4 great-nephews: Luoas, Adler, Malachi, and Zion. There will be no service at this time. The family had elected cremation.

Staff Sergeant Craig Aaron Pruden, lost his battle to PTSD on September 15th, 2021, at the age of 33 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He proudly served his country in the United States Army. For those who knew Craig, they knew him to be a man of passion. Born on September 16th, 1988, in Woodbridge, Virginia, he led a life full of courage and accomplishment. At the age of 18 he enlisted in the United States Army and went on to boldly serve two deployments in Afghanistan and one in Iraq. Through strength and determination, he earned the Sapper tab, distinguishing himself among the many. While deployed he received the Bronze Star with "V" device for heroism and valor in the face of danger. He was...

Mr. Eugene Boyd Workman, 88 passed from this world into the loving arms of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior September 6, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. at Huntsville Hospital, Huntsville, AL. Smith Funeral and Cremation Service of Maryville, TN will be directing the graveside service at East Maryville Baptist Church Cemetery on Saturday, September 11, 2021, at 2:00 pm. Reverend Jess E. Smith, Jr. will be officiating. Mr. Workman is survived by and will be missed by his brother Dr. Charles T. Workman and wife Edna. By his daughters; Ruth Smith and husband Jess, Gloria Christian and husband Ron. Grandchildren; Nelson Bradford, Jr. and wife Brooke, Lisa McAdams and husband Tommy. Greatgrandchildren;...

Thomas Joseph Lawton, Jr., of Huntsville, Alabama, died on August 21, 2021. He was born on March 4, 1948, in Charleston, South Carolina, the oldest of the eight children of Thomas Joseph Lawton, Sr., and Celestine Smith Lawton. He attended Sacred Heart School and graduated from Bishop England High School in 1966. He won a Charleston city scholarship to attend the Citadel, where he was named three times to the Dean's List, was elected to the Honor Committee, and achieved the cadet rank of Battalion Staff Officer. After graduating from the Citadel in 1970, he taught for several years in the Charleston County School District, and earned a Master's Degree in Teaching Arts from the Citadel in...

Charles Donald Nelson, 83, died Tuesday August 10, 2021 at Edward M. Poe Hospice Care Center in Titusville. Charles was born in Victory, Kentucky to Sherman Ballard and Anna Mae Nelson on November 8, 1937. He grew up in Kentucky and joined the U.S. Army where he served for 24 years, enlisting as a private in 1958 and rising to the rank of Major while in the Signal Corps. During his time in the military, he served a combat tour in Vietnam with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade ("The Redcatchers") was stationed in locations across Europe, Asia, and the United States. He furthered his education while in the Army, attaining Bachelor's and Master's degrees. Following his retirement from the US...

Helen Marie Stewart Faller, age 88, of Maryville, TN, formerly of Huntsville, AL, passed away Monday, August 2, 2021. She is survived by her siblings, John Stewart of Rochester, NY and Anita Wiers of Vancleave, MS; son, Kent Faller and wife, Angelique of Maryville, TN; and grandchildren, Katryn, Connor, Adam, Eoin, and Lillian all of Maryville, TN. A memorial service will be held a later date in Wilmington, NC at First Presbyterian Church.

David G. Bailey, formerly of Huntsville, Alabama, passed away on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. He was born in Gadsden, Alabama, to the late Terrell and Opal Bailey. David served in the United States Navy as a Corpsman in California where he met his wife of 53 years. He was known for his kindness and generous spirit and love for nature and music. He is survived by his wife, Carole Bailey; son Scott Bailey (Tracey); daughter Michelle Morrison (Trevor); five wonderful grandchildren: Chase, Bailee, Cassidy, Bryce, and Cole; brother and late sister-in-law, Charles and Eva Bailey; sister Nancy Nix (Bill); nieces and nephews and many friends. A memorial service for David will be held at the...

Graveside service for Mr. Joe Lewis Fletcher Sr., 84 will be held at 11:00 am Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at Sterrs Cemetery in Decatur with Elder James E. Childress officiating. Mr. Fletcher had served as a firefighter and police officer for the city of Triana for many years. Professional services entrusted to Reynolds Funeral Home.

John Albert Tiller passed away April 26 at his home in Suwanee Georgia, after a brief but courageous battle with brain cancer, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on June 29, 1953 to Waldo and Joan Alexander Tiller who predecease him. John is survived by his wife of 43 years, Patricia (Flaherty), daughters, Julia Shannon Tiller and Kathleen Strange (Adam), and cherished granddaughters, Amelia and Bridget Strange. He will be missed by brothers, Tommy Tiller (Missy) of Fayetteville Arkansas and Robert Tiller of Little Rock, as well as several nieces and nephews. John received his undergraduate degree from Hendrix College, and his PhD in Mathematics from...

On Wednesday, March 17, 2021, Dr. Richard C. Burnside, loving husband to Connie G. Burnside and father to Cynthia Burnside, Brett Burnside, and Amy Burnside, passed away at the age of 79. Dr. Burnside was born on December 7, 1941, in Washington D.C.to Hazel and Carlton Burnside. He spent his early years in Laramie, Wyoming, graduating from Laramie High School in 1959. He received an undergraduate degree from the University of Wyoming, where he was a member of the Wyoming Cowboys football team. He attended and graduated from the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine in 1967 and completed an internship at the University of Iowa in 1969. Richard went on to complete orthopedic...

Lila Ann Wallace Stewart, 88, went to rest with the angels in her heavenly home on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. She was born October 10, 1932 in Charleston, MS to Luther Wallace and Lila Adams Wallace. She was a retired school teacher, having taught in public schools in Mississippi and Alabama. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of New Albany and was a member of United Methodist Women. She was a patron of the Union County Heritage Museum and was a recipient of Love award from New Haven Center. Of all of her life's adventures, she enjoyed the most being a daughter, sister, wife, mother, friend, aunt, great aunt, great-great aunt, and a teacher. A drive-through visitation will be...

Graveside Service celebrating the life of Ms. Ursula Y'vonne Smith, 67 of Huntsville, Alabama will be 11:00 am Saturday, March 6, 2021 at Moulton Memory Gardens located at 1903 Main Street Moulton, AL 35650 with the Reverend Theromiles Flowers officiating. Public viewing will be Friday from 1:30 pm to 6:30 pm at Reynolds Funeral Home in Decatur, Alabama. Ursula Y'vonne Smith was born on July 21st, 1953 in Detroit, Michigan. She departed this life on Wednesday, February 24th, 2021 in Huntsville, AL Ursula was the child of the late Prince Harweda and Sarah Pearl McKelvy Smith of Moulton, Alabama. She accepted Christ at an early age. While growing up in Moulton, she was a member of Smith...

Michael R. DeFatta, age 63, of Huntsville, AL passed away peacefully on February 19, 2021 after a long and courageous battle with Frontal Temporal Degeneration. Mike was born September 25, 1957 in Ft. Eustis, Virginia. He was a 1975 graduate of Butler High School in Huntsville where he was a National Merit Finalist. Mike graduated with high honors with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1980. Mike worked at several companies, among those including Thiokol, Lockheed Martin, and Teledyne Brown Engineering, and excelled professionally at each location. In 2000, he was the recipient of a Galaxy award from Lockheed Martin Information Systems. Mike enjoyed...

On Sunday, January 24, 2021, Brian McCary Parker, a loving husband, and beloved son, passed away. Brian was born on October 19, 1969, in Childersburg, Alabama, to Victor and Terry Parker. He received a degree from the Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences in Tempe, AZ in 1996. Shortly after, he married the love of his life, Jennifer. Brian landed his dream job working as the Chief Engineer at Triclops Sound Studios in the '90s, before opening his own recording studio. Arsis Music Productions was a labor of love and he produced albums for several Atlanta bands before moving to California in 2008. Brian had a passion for audio. He had the ability to draw out the best performance in...

A Celebration of Life for Bro. Marvin Gene Turney, 75 of Huntsville, Alabama will be noon Friday, January 22, 2021 at Hartselle Heritage Funeral Home with Bro. Barry Brackins officiating. The body will lie in repose one hour prior to service. Inhumation will follow in Hartselle Memory Gardens with Reynolds Funeral Home directing. Public viewing will be Thursday from 1-5 at Reynolds Funeral Home.Bro. Turney passed away on January 10, 2021 at Huntsville Hospital. Marvin Gene Turney was born July 22, 1945 to the late Earnest Turney Sr. and the late Mary Turney in Hartselle, AL. He departed this life on January 10, 2021 at Huntsville, Hospital. Marvin attended Morgan County Training School in...

Charles Welch, formerly of Huntsville, Alabama died Friday, January 8, 2021 in Athens, Georgia. He was born in Fannin County, Texas, graduated from Texas A&M University, and served in the US Army prior to moving to Huntsville in 1960. In the course of his career as a mechanical engineer, he worked for NASA and Boeing, completed a Master's degree at UT Knoxville, and retired from Lockheed Martin in 2000. His wife, Anne Atkinson Welch, preceded him in death in 2003. He is survived by his son Thomas Welch of Los Angeles and daughter Laura Welch of Athens, Georgia and by four grandsons, Will Frame, John Porter Gilley, Thomas Gilley, and Samuel Gilley, all of Georgia. The...

Lloyd Lester Lively, Jr. (93), of Hilton Head Island, SC died on the 31st of December, 2020. He is survived by his son Lloyd L (Les) Lively and his wife Adrianne of Hilton Head Island, SC, his daughter Elizabeth Ann (Libby) Planz of Birmingham, AL, four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Lloyd was preceded in death by his wife of 69 years, Phyllis Barnes Lively, his father Lloyd L. Lively, his mother Olive Stoner Lively and his sister Kathleen Forker of Tucson, AZ. Mr. Lively was born in Philadelphia, PA in 1927. His family later moved to Decatur, AL when he was still young. He graduated from Columbia Military Academy and later Auburn University in 1949 with a degree in...

Joe Distelheim, a retired newspaperman, died December 30, 2020, wondering how he's going to get his news from now on. He was 78, a 15 year resident of Hilton Head Island. Born in Chicago, he was a journalism alumnus of Northern Illinois University. He did graduate work at the University of Delaware and spent a year as a Professional Journalism Fellow at Stanford University. Also furthering his education, he survived the Battle of Parris Island, vowing never again to find himself anywhere near the place. Six years later, a grateful nation awarded an honorable discharge to Sgt. Distelheim, USMCR He loved his wife, the Chicago Cubs (in that order, honest!) and life on Hilton Head Island....

Sharon Worley Henson,77, of Sun City Hilton Head, wife of Kenneth Tyrone Henson, mother of Randy and Kenny Henson, daughter of E.J. and Ester Worley, and sister of Larry and Vera Worley passed away at home in Sun City, Hilton Head on Dec., 19, 2020. Sharon attended Farley Elem. School and Butler High (class of '62); was a nurse in Huntsville Hospital, Boaz-Albertville Hospital, and the University of Alabama Student Infirmary. She attended Snead College and UA, earning a B.S. in math, later earning an MBA at Indiana State University, and a Certificate in Accounting (U of Miami.) returning to UA to teach and earn an ABD. She served as Administrative Assistant to the Dean of Nursing at Delta...

Dr. Francis Wade Callicutt, 98 of West Memphis, Arkansas, passed away on Thursday, November 26, 2020 at Willowbend Health and Rehabilitation in Marion, Arkansas. He was born on July 23, 1922 to Erastus Sylvester and Bettie Roella Callicutt. Dr. Callicutt spent over 30 years in school administration, retired as superintendent of Fayette County Tennessee School System. He joined the Navy before Pearl Harbor and was a WWII Veteran in the Navy. He was a member of the VFW Post #5225 and of First Baptist Church in West Memphis. He enjoyed traveling, golfing, fishing, reading and searching family genealogy. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife; Betty K. Callicutt, one brother...