Dale Coon Fiveash
October 22, 2021
Ms. Dale Coon Fiveash, age 80, of Atmore, AL passed away on October 16, 2021. She was born on July 5, 1941, to the late William Alvin and Frances Turk Coon. She was a florist most of her life in Atmore, AL.
She is preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Larry Coon.
She is survived by her sons, Ray Coon of Robinsonville, AL and Wesley (Grace) Fiveash of Daphne, AL; her brother, Hoyt (Sarah) Coon of Freemanville, AL; her sisters, Sharlett (Fred) Peevy of McCullough, AL, Thelma (Wayne) Price of Pulaski, TN and Jessie “Hootie” (Toban) Myrick of Goodway, AL; her grandchildren, Jennifer, Katie, Abby and William along with four great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were held Thursday, October 21, 2021 at McCullough Cemetery in McCullough, AL.
Interment was at McCullough Cemetery.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.
Dean Carlton Harris
October 22, 2021
Dean Carlton Harris was born on August 31, 1962, in Pensacola, FL. He traveled to be in the presence of God on October 19, 2021 from his home in Cantonment, FL. Dean married his soul mate and love of his life, Georgette Harris on August 8, 1987. Together they had two beautiful children, Brandon and Mariena, who later gave Dean a second son (in law) Mike Kight.
Dean grew up in the Farm Hill community with a large family of cousins, who along with his best friend Bob Baggett, he considered his brothers and sisters. Dean was an active youngster playing baseball at the Cantonment Ballpark where he held the record for the most home runs in many age brackets. A few of which are still unbroken. When Dean started driving, everything else in his world stopped. He then discovered his true passion of deer hunting which quickly took all of his attention.
Dean and Bob traveled many of miles and spent many of hours in the woods. They were always searching for their next run to let their dogs out on, in hopes to score their next trophy buck to brag about. Dean was a life-long member of Bell Fountain Hunting Club, Barrineau Park Hunting Club and Becks Lake Hunting Club until those clubs were respectively dissolved. He was also a member of Nims Fork Hunting Club and a founding member of Turkey Flat Hunting Club. In most recent years, his favorite hunting spots, which included running dogs, was in Blackwater with many of his good friends and his son Brandon. He was also a co-leaser of property in Alabama with his long-time friend Toby Thompson.
Dean was a 32nd degree Master Mason of the Scottish Rite and a past member of the Cantonment Lodge #322. He was also a member of Farm Hill United Methodist Church. Dean was a Christian and loved his Lord and Savior. On October 5, 2021, Dean rededicated his life to the Lord and was baptized at his favorite spot, his race car shop in his backyard.
Though Dean was happiest in the woods, he was also an avid race fan. Dean drove his own race car for a few years. He supported and worked on Bob’s race cars for a lot of years, as well as another life-long friend Bill Campbell. When Dean’s own pride and joy Brandon was old enough to see over the steering wheel, Dean, Bob, and Bill got to work and built Brandon his first race car which he won many-many races in at a young age. Then after years of her asking and waiting, Dean reluctantly built his baby girl, Mariena her first race car. She was able to win a race and finally join her brother and Daddy in their passion for racing and building cars.
Dean was a great friend to many and would help anyone that needed help. He has many-many close friends some of whom he has been friends with since grade school. Dean also made friends along the way through jobs that he has held. He worked for many years in construction building houses then moved on to industrial construction working for Fluor Daniels and Mansfield, just to name a few.
Dean went to work for Escambia County Road Department in 1994 working as an equipment operator. In 1997 he became a Correctional Officer and worked for the Escambia County Road Prison until his retirement in June 2018.
Until the final breath I take, you will be living in my heart.
Dean is preceded in death by his parents Russell and Eloise Harris.
He is survived by his loving wife and soul mate Georgette Harris; his son, Brandon Harris; his daughter, Mariena (Mike) Kight. As well as grandchildren, Myles Kight and soon to be Memphis Dean Kight, Ava, Sawyer, Ella, Rory and Koye Harris, and Lynly Mask; four loving aunts, Mary Adams Allen, Ruth Harris McGowen, Ann Harris Heinen and Helen Harris. As well as many cousins and close friends.
Pallbearers will be: Bill Campbell, Ben Cartwright, Tommy Harris, Toby Thompson, Russell Mcanally and Dustin Smillie.
Honorary Pallbearers are Escambia County Road Prison Officers.
Visitation will be at Farm Hill United Methodist Church on Friday, October 22, 2021 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. Service will start immediately after at 2:00 PM. Pastor Mark Dees will be officiating.
Faith Chapel North in charge of arrangements.
Georgia Godwin Avery
October 22, 2021
Mrs. Georgia Godwin Avery, age 83, passed away, on Wednesday, October 20, 2021, in Dothan, AL. Mrs. Avery was born May 1, 1938, in Atmore, AL.
Mrs. Avery was a retired bookkeeper and enjoyed pretty punch and crocheting, ceramic shop, and dancing.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Archie Eugene Godwin and Eunice Wiggins Godwin, husband, William Earl “Butch” Avery, one brother, Ernest “Gene” Godwin, one sister, Flora Vaughn.
She is survived by her son, Donald C. (Sharon) Beck, three grandchildren, Brandy Hackett (Josh), Shain Beck (Courtney); Nikalie Beck (India); nine great-grandchildren; Gaydin, Crager, Lilly, Trystyn, Landon, Elizabeth, Bronwyn, Harmony, and Keilan; one great-great-grandchild, Flynn, one sister, Marietta Downer, of Bratt, FL; other relatives and friends.
Graveside services were held Saturday, October 23, 2021, at Godwin Cemetery.
Flowers are being accepted or memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Petty- Eastside Chapel Funeral Homes is in charge of all arrangements.
Lawson Andrew “Andy” Capps
October 18, 2021
Mr. Lawson Andrew “Andy” Capps, age 74, passed away, Saturday October 16, 2021 at his home in Bogia, FL. He was born in Talladega, AL. and has lived most of his life in McDavid, FL. He was owner and operator of Fireplace Northwest Florida. He was a member of Ray’s Chapel Baptist Church. He was a veteran in the United States Air Force.
Mr. Capps loved spending time with his family especially his grandkids. He enjoyed fishing, dove hunting, and shrimping on his boat. He enjoyed planting a vegetable garden and sharing it with his neighbors.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Lawson Capps and Lola “Blanton” Thompson, stepdad, Oliver Thompson, father-in-law, Raymond Truesdell, two brothers, James Capps, and Ronnie Hare.
He is survived by his loving wife of fifty-six years, June Capps, of McDavid, FL: one son, Scott (Candace) Capps, of McDavid, FL; two grandchildren, Jordan Capps, of McDavid, FL; Lola Capps, of McDavid, FL; other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at 11:00 AM at Ray’s Chapel Baptist Church with Rev. Dexter Truesdell and Rev. Nathan Brown officiating.
Burial will follow at Ray’s Chapel Cemetery.
Visitation will be held Monday, October 18, 2021 from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home LLC.
Pallbearers will be Kenneth Ralph, Nathan Truesdell, Travis Truesdell, Johnny Brooks, Gary Toop, and Vance Wayne Jones.
Honorary pallbearers will be Ted Toop, David Huggins, Ed Brooks, and Jimmy Malone.
Troy Moore
October 16, 2021
Mr. Troy Moore went to be with our Lord and Savior on October 4, 2021. Mr. Moore was a genuinely kind, generous and loving man he never had an unkind word and just his presence alone brightened wherever he was and whomever he was around. He was an army veteran who served our country bravely in the Korean War.
Mr. Troy is survived by his long time confident, companion and closest friend Wanda Gaudet of Flomaton, Alabama and his fur baby daughter and partner in crime Rosebud Moore-Gaudet, she will forever and always be his singing partner. He is also survived by his sister, Mary Edith Radar of Hartford Indiana and his sister Eva May Maggard, of Marion Indiana. He was proceeded in death by his brother, Beverly Moore.
Mr. Moore is also survived by some family members that were not blood-related but he chose them to be a part of his family, adopted son Phillip Scott of Flomaton, Alabama and is adopted daughter Ginger Corley of Flomaton, Alabama and longtime family friend and adopted brother Edward Knowles of Flomaton, Alabama.
Troy Moore was as good a man as this world has ever known and will be missed deeply by anyone privileged enough to have known him, thank you Mr. Troy Moore for simply being you. We love you and we’ll miss you much more than words can convey, until the day we see you again in heaven, God bless you!
Petty- Eastside Chapel Funeral Homes is in charge of all arrangements, Atmore, Alabama.
Leonard Monroe Purvis
October 16, 2021
Leonard Monroe Purvis, age 68, of Atmore, AL passed away on October 4, 2021 in Atmore, AL. He was born on April 12, 1953 in Mobile, AL to the late Kellum Monroe and Helen Lorine Chandler Monroe. He retired from the Alabama Department of Corrections and also served with the Atmore Police Department. He was a member of Masonic Lodge, an airplane pilot and a gunsmith.
He is preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Miriam White Purvis; his son, Michael (Amy) Purvis of Pensacola, FL; his daughter, Amanda (Josh) Quinley of Atmore, AL; his brothers, Donald (Debbie) Purvis of Mobile, AL and Doug (Charlotte) Purvis of Atmore, AL; his sister, Shelia (James) Helton of Perdido, AL; his grandchildren, Bradley (Brandy), Allison (Bradley), Dylan, Elizabeth, Emma, McKenzie, Gage, and Sarah Kate; and great
grandchildren, Conner and River, along with many nieces, nephews, family, and friends.
Funeral services were held Friday, October 8, 2021, at 12 p.m. at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel in Atmore, AL with Bro. Josh Long officiating.
Interment was at Serenity Gardens in Atmore, AL.
Active pallbearers were Michael Purvis, Dylan Purvis, Doug Purvis, Bradley Crenshaw, Bradley Homan, Josh Quinley, Aaron Purvis, Heath Fillmore, and Jeremy Lisenby.
Honorary pallbearers were Wallace Byrd, Freddie McCall, Dan Lambeth, and Steve Jernigan.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Pilot’s For Christ, P.O. Box 707, Monroeville, AL 36461.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.
Calvin Raymond McCall
October 16, 2021
Calvin Raymond McCall, known to most as C.R. entered his eternal heavenly home on Monday, October 4, 2021, at the age of 95. He was born on August 4, 1926, in Atmore, AL to Thomas Joseph and Lucille Walker McCall. He was an avid outdoorsman. He loved hunting and shooting. He was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church in Oak Grove, Florida where he lived. He served in the United States Navy during World War II.
He is preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Edward McCall and Wayne McCall.
His memory will be cherished and kept alive by his loving wife of nearly 70 years, Ann Graham McCall, his children, Eric (Donna) McCall, Lisa (Mike) McCall; two sisters, Erlene Pugh and Norma Taylor, his special grandchildren, Erin (Jeremi) Pritchett, Jessie McCall and Reid McCall, and two great grandsons, Jase and Tucker Pritchett.
Graveside services were held Thursday, October 7, 2021, at Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Oak Grove, FL with Bro. Larry Gilley officiating.
Interment was at Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Steve Pugh, Jerry Sheppard, Sam Walker, John McCall, Mitch McCall and Joey McCall.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.
Dorothy Daniels Lister
October 14, 2021
Illustrious dancer and teacher Ms. Dorothy Daniels Lister, age 87, was lifted into the Lord’s embrace on Monday October 11, 2021, to dance with the angels.
Ms. Lister, a native Pensacolian and Pensacola High 1952 alumni, was head majorette in the PHS Marching Band. She developed her love of dance at age 4 from mentor Elvie DeMarko. After graduation she left home to study ballet in New York, where in 1954 she became a member and then soloist of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo appearing in ballets such as Swan Lake, Scheherazade, and Firebird. She traveled by bus with the company until 1958 when she married William W. Lister, a French Horn player with the orchestra. Making their home in NYC, she continued to dance with the Radio City Music Hall’s Corps de ballet, home of the famed Rockettes. She briefly returned home to Pensacola for the birth of daughter Cynthia in 1961.
Embarking on what was to become a six-decade long career in teaching dance, Miss Dorothy as she is so fondly referred to by her students, began at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Kingsboro College of the Performing Arts in 1965. She then progressed on to being head of the children’s department at the Joffrey Ballet School where she spent over 25 years. With her return to Pensacola in 1996 she instructed at Kaleidoscope (Pensacola Ballet). In 1998, she became Ballet Mistress with Northwest Florida Ballet staging ballets such as Giselle, Les Sylphides, Paquita, Swan Lake, and Coppelia, rehearsing the children for Nutcracker, teaching class, and sewing costumes. With her love of musical theatre and marching bands, she enjoyed choreographing musicals and rehearsing color guard for Tate High School with her sister as assistant. Her musical theater credits, just to name a few, include “George M,” “Here’s Where I Belong”, “Sweet Charity,” “Pajama Game”, “Dames at Sea”, South Pacific”, Fiddler on the Roof”, “Carousel” and “The King and I”. At the age of 44, she performed one final encore on Broadway in “Ballroom” by Michael Bennett.
Dorothy was also an author penning Conversations with Choreographers co-written with Svetlana McLee Grody. They interviewed well-known choreographers such as Michael Bennett, Tommy Tune, and Hermes Pan. She recorded her own ballet instruction videos featuring her children’s dance syllabus and appeared in the children’s book Going To My Ballet Class. She is also featured in numerous publications including Dance Teacher Now, Backstage, Emerald Coast, and the Pensacola News Journal. In 2004, she pursued another lifelong dream of hers by starting Dorothy’s Dance Plus, LLC. which she operated for 10 years having the slogan “Ballet for Those Who Try”. Upon closing her studio above Elebash’s in downtown Pensacola, she joined Emerald Coast Dance Conservatory in 2015, teaching her last classes this summer for NWFB and ECDC.
Miss Dorothy believed that everyone possessed the gift of dance within them, and steadfastly expressed her philosophy. “For each child, Dance belongs to them…no one can do it for them. They gain a respect for learning, and a respect for discipline, they develop better coordination and a confidence that will serve them no matter what they do later in life”. Just ask the hundreds of students whose lives have been changed for the better because of dancing.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Dr. James Palace and MaeBelle Gray Daniels, and husband, William W. Lister.
She is survived by her only daughter, Dr. Cynthia M. Dobek (Donald); sister, Beverly D. Reinschmidt; granddaughter, Deanna M. Sikorski (Jason); grandson, Michael G. Dobek (Andrea); and great granddaughters, Maybelle J. M. Sikorski, and Madalynn W. Dobek; nephew, Dr. Todd Stalnaker (Jocquilyn) and niece, Diane Stalnaker Charles (John).
Please join us to share your love, memories, and express condolences for Ms. Dorothy D. Lister at her visitation from 6:00pm-8:00pm Friday, October 15, 2021, at Harper-Morris Memorial Chapel, 2276 Airport Blvd., Pensacola, FL 32504. Masks are mandatory.
Please join us in a Celebration of Life memorializing the legendary Ms. Dorothy D. Lister at 1:30pm Saturday, October 16, 2021, at Gadsden Street United Methodist Church, 901 E. Gadsden St., Pensacola, FL 32501.
Reginald Kenneth Lockridge
October 14, 2021
Reginald Kenneth Lockridge, departed this world on October 12,2021 after a long illness. He was born February 26,I930 to the late Marcus and Edith Lockridge of Croghan, New York.
Over his 91 years he became a soldier, a husband and a father to five children. ln his spare time he was a Boy Scout Leader, a volunteer fire fighter, a volunteer with the Escambia County Sheriff Dept. and a 4th degree Knight with the Knight’s of Columbus. He worked for St. Regis Paper Company (later to become Champion Paper Co.) for thirty-three years and then as a Security Guard for Harvester’s Federal Credit Union for over ten years.
Reginald was preceded in death by his son, Kim Michael and his wife Naureen of 67 years.
He is survived by four children, Cheryl Pilling, Mark Lockridge, Regina Ratliff (Kenny) and Craig Lockridge (Jenny); ten grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren.
Funeral Mass will be held at 11AM on Saturday, October 16, 2021 at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church with Father George Thekku officiating. Burial will follow in Spruell Cemetery. The family will recieve friends at 10AM prior to services.
Willie Ray Thomas
October 9, 2021
Mr. Willie Ray Thomas, age 74, passed away, Wednesday October 6, 2021 in Mobile, AL. He was a lifelong resident of Century, FL. He was a member of the Century First Baptist Church, Century Masonic Lodge #213 and Scottish Rite. He served in the United States Army from 1964 until 1967. He was retired with the Escambia County Florida Sheriff’s Department, with thirty-two years of service.
Mr. Thomas loved Dirt Track and Snowball Derby Racing. He loved spending time at the camp, Hubbard’s Landing and fishing with his friends. He loved the grand dogs, Partner Toby, Tory, Bama, and Bailey
He is preceded in death by his parents, Verbie Thomas and Irene Hollingshead.
He is survived by his loving wife of fifty-one years, Gail Thomas, of Century, FL; two sons, Chris (Angie) Thomas, of Bay Minette, AL; Samuel Thomas, of Pensacola, FL; one daughter, Allyson (Brandon) Sharpless, of Mobile, AL; one brother, Benjamin C. (Mack) Hollingshead, of Foley, AL; three sisters, Lula Graves, of Flomaton, AL; Lorraine (Richard) Stuckey, of Atmore, AL; Hazel (Speedy) Brantley, of Flomaton, AL; two grandchildren, Cody Thomas, and Zachary Thomas, numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held Monday, October 11, 2021 at 2:00 PM at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home LLC with Rev. David Boyette officiating.
Burial will follow at Lambeth-Boutwell Cemetery.
Visitation will be held Sunday, October 10, 2021 from 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home LLC.
Pallbearers will be Steve Turner, Coy Campbell, Ed Hudson, Dusty Carnley, Josh Lambeth, and Aaron Sharpless.
Honorary pallbearers will be Art Gunn, Larry Gee, Louis Tharpe, and Vincent Milstead.