LINNIE IDA FAIRRES , 79, Route 1, Waterloo, died Monday, Sept. 4, 1995, after an extended illness. Visitation will be 6-9 p.m. today at Greenview Funeral Home, Florence. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home chapel, with burial in Murphy Chapel Cemetery. Officiating at the funeral will be Rev. Robert Geans of Edwardsburg, Mich. She was a native of Lauderdale County and had lived in this area most of her life. She is survived by her husband, Doyal Fairres, Waterloo; sisters, Rether Franks, Waterloo, Myrtie Heavner, Mishawaka, Ind., Mary Rogers, Clovis, N.M.; brothers, Reeder Geans, Waterloo, Leonard Geans, South Bend, Ind., Paul Geans, Mishawaka, Ind. Pallbearers will include Raymond Fairres, Jesse Holloway, Ray Thigpen, Donald Young, Mike Young, Hassell Smith, Gaylon Phillips and Mike Rogers. She was a member of the Pentecostal Church.”
Contributed by Mildred Gean Mason - Times Daily/Wednesday, September 6. 1995

ANNIE R. FAULK , 90, formerly of Florence, Ala., died Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. Visitation will be 10-11 a.m. Wednesday at Greater St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, Florence, Ala. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church, with burial in Richardson Cemetery, Waterloo, Ala. Thompson and Son Funeral Home, of Florence, Ala., is directing.
Published in the Florence Times Daily on 11/4/2008

ELIZABETH (PERKINS) FAULKNER , 89, Mitchell-Hollingsworth Annex, died Saturday, Sept. 10, 1988, at her residence after an extended illness. She was a native of Waterloo, a housewife and a Methodist. The graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Williams Chapel Cemetery with the Rev. Virgil Geans officiating. Elkins Funeral Home, Florence, will direct. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Survivors include her sons, Jesse J. Faulkner, Doyle Faulkner, Both of Florence; daughters, Quinnie Gist, Waterloo, Ruth Kennamer, Arab, Dorothy Herring, El Paso, Texas; sister, Mrs. Georgia Richards, Cloverdale; 11 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild. Bearers will be grandsons.”
Contributed by Mildred Gean Mason - Times Daily News, Florence, Alabama Note: Minister’s notes show Nora’s birthday as Nov. 28, 1898.

JASPER MARTIN FAULKNER , 93 yrs, born Sep. 8, 1877, died Aug. 21, 1971 at Mitchell-Hollingsworth Annex, Florence, Alabama. Mr. Faulkner was born and raised in Blount County, Alabama and moved to Lauderdale County at an early age and has been a resident of this county ever since. Survivors are one sister, Mr. Letie Shepard of Tyronza, Arkansas; four brothers, Mr. John L. Faulkner of Florence, Alabama, Mr. James R. Faulkner of Route # 1, Cloverdale, Alabama, Mr. Dee Faulkner of Phoenix, Arizona, Mr. Eddie Faulkner of Harrisburg, Arkansas; also several nieces and hephews.”
Contributed by Mildred Gean Mason - Information taken from Spry Funeral Home minister’s card for Virgil Gean, the minister in charge.

JOHN LEVY FAULKNER , 89, 1142 Sherrod Ave., Florence, died Tuesday night at Shoals Hospital. He was a native of Oenonta, a retired carpenter, a member of the Methodist Church. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Williams Chapel Church with Virgil Geans officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery, Morrison-Elkins of Florence directing. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Alpha McCluskey Faulkner; three daughters, Mrs. Ersley Dennis, Waterloo, Mrs. Corrine Hubbard, Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs. Mozelle Oldham, Florence; a son, Melvyn Faulkner, Florence; a sister, Mrs. Leta Shepard, Tyronza, Ark.; three brothers, J. R. Faulkner, Cloverdale, Eddie Faulkner, Harrisburg, Ark., Dee Faulkner, Phoenix, Ariz.; 18 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild. Bearers will be Edwin Geans, Donnie Dennis, Clarence W. Dennis, Johnny Dennis, Willard Holcombe, Steve Holcombe. The body will remain at the funeral home until one hour prior to the service when it will be placed in the church.”
COntributed by Mildred Gean Mason - Times Daily News
Note: The clergyman’s record showed the date of death as January 8, 1974

MARY ELLEN (BERRY) FAULKNER , age 88, of Florence, died Friday, May 7, 2004, at her residence. She was a native of Franklin County and lived in Lauderdale County most of her life. She was a member of First Free Will Baptist Church. The funeral service will be Sunday, May 9, 2004, at 3 p.m. at Greenview Memorial Chapel, with burial to follow in Tri-Cities Memorial Gardens. Officiating at the service will be the Rev. Danny Dwyer. Mrs. Faulkner was preceded in death by her sister, Viola Thomas. She is survived by her sons, Jimmy Faulkner and wife, Helen, R.D. Faulkner and wife, Glenda, Johnny Faulkner and wife, Peggy, all of Florence; daughters, Edith McCormack, of Leighton, Della Gallien, of Killen, Stella Roberson, of Florence, Earline Courington, of Haleyville; 15 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and a number of great-great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Mrs. Faulkner's grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will include Wayne Wylie, Philip Cooper, Sam Hudson, George Landtroop and Joe Flannigan. Greenview Funeral Home, of Florence, is directing.

MAUDE LILLIAN (FIELDER) FAULKNER , was born in Lauderdale County, Alabama, on September 10, 1897, the daughter of the late Samuel N. and Vistoria Scott Fielder. On December 24, 1923, Mrs. Faulkner was united in marriage to Samuel C. Faulkner, who preceded her in death on February 3, 1971. Mrs. Faulkner was a homemaker and a member of the Bumpus Creek Freewill Baptist Church. She was a resident of Waterloo, Alabama, until moving to Killen, Alabama, five years ago. She departed this life on June 26, 1991, at the Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital, in Florence, Alabama, at the age of 93 years, 9 months and 16 days. Mrs. Faulkner is survived by two daughters: Mrs. Lillian Austin of Killen, Alabama, and Mrs. Mable Williams of Mishawaka, Indiana; two sons: Lawrence Faulkner of Florence, Alabama, and Beauford Faulkner of Trinity, Alabama; 9 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, 3 step-grandchildren, 10 step-great-grandchildren, 18 step-great-great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. One son, Luther Faulkner, preceded his mother in death on August 15, 1989.”
Contributed by Mildred Gean Mason -
Information taken from the funeral records of Virgil H. Gean, Sr.

SAMUEL C. FAULKNER , 84, died Wednesday at his home near Waterloo. He was a retired merchant and farmer. Services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. from Bumpus Creek Baptist Church by Rev. J. B. Harper. Burial will be in Scott Cemetery, Shackelford Funeral Home of Savannah, Tenn. Directing. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Maude Fielder Faulkner, Waterloo; three sons, Luther, Savannah; Lawrence, Florence; Buford, Decatur; two daughters, Mrs. A.T. Austin, Killen; Mrs. Vernon Williams, Mishawaka, Ind.; a sister, Mrs. Lewis Sheppard, Tyronza, Ark.; five brothers, Dee, Phoenix, Ariz.; Eddie, Harrisburg, Ark.; Martin, John, James, all of Florence; 10 grandchildren; and ? great-grandchildren.”
Contributed by Mildred Gean Mason Times Daily News, Florence, Ala
Note: Cemetery records show Mr. Faulkner’s date of birth 5 Sep 1886 and date of death 3 Feb. 1971.

CLIFFORD E. FORD - He was buried at Murphy’s Chapel Cemetery by his wife, Vernette, who preceded him in death. Mr. Clifford E. Ford was born 19 May 1894 and died 1 Apr 1978 at the age of 83 yrs., 10 mos., and 12 days. He is survived by one son, Mr. Roy Lee Ford, Waterloo, Ala.; three nephews: Mr. Donald Ford, Mr. G. W. Ford, and Mr. Earl Ford, all of White Pigeon, Michigan; 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Contributed by Mildred Gean Mason -
Note: Information taken from clergy records of Virgil Gean, compiled by Spry Funeral Home, Florence.

NETTIE VERNETTE FORD - 59, Waterloo Rt. 2, died Monday at 11:30 a.m. at ECM Hospital, following an 18 week illness. She was a life-long resident of Lauderdale County, a member of the Murphy Chapel Baptist Church, and a Sunday school teacher of the adult Leed Class for the past five years. Funeral services will be held from Murphy Chapel, Wednesday at 2 p.m. The body will lie in state one hour before services. It will remain at the funeral home until time to be taken to the church for services. Officiating ministers will be the Rev. Virgil Gean and the Rev. Earl Dickson. She is survived by her husband, Clifford Ford; one son, Roy Lee Ford, Florence; two sisters, Mrs. Audrey Olive and Mrs. Gertrude Hollinder, both of Florence; two brothers, Henry O. Townsley and Edison F. Townsley, both of Florence. Pallbearers will be Fred Morrow, Marvin Morrow, Kenneth and Carol Gean, Earl and G.W. Ford.”
Contributed by Mildred Gean Mason

GEORGE WASHINGTON FOWLER , 85, died at 2:45am today at the home of his son, B. F. Fowler, in the Mt. Zion Community after a lengthy illness. He was a member of the Church of Christ and had been a farmer all his life untill some time ago, retiring because of ill health. Surviving in addition to his son, with whom he had been making his home since the death of his wife in 1944, are four daughters, Mrs. H. Y. [Ethel] Bradley, Mrs. C. W. [Maude] Gooch, Mrs. G. W. [Pearl] Burgess, Mrs. Theodore [Gertrude] Norred all of Florence. A brother, Jack, of Conway, Arkansas, and 26 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren survive him. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2pm at Mt. Zion Church of Christ with Alden Hendrix officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Grandsons will be active bearers.
Contriburted by Alice Yarbro Holtin - (This is from a transcribed copy found in the genealogy papers of Mrs. Pauline Burgess Davis Pennington. Probably published in the "Florence Times" in Florence, Alabama.)

MARY ALICE (CLARK) FOWLER , wife of Mr. George W. Fowler of Florence, Ala., Rt. 5, near Mt. Zion, died Feb. 5 at about 9:25. She had been in ill health for several years, but suffered a stroke in May from which she never fully recovered. She was stricken again about two weeks ago from which her death followed. Besides her husband who had been her companion for FIFTY-FIVE years, she is survived by five (5) children. One son, B. F. Fowler of Route 5, Florence, Ala., And four (4) daughters, Mrs. G. W. Burgess, Mrs. H. Y. Bradley, Mrs. Theordore Norred, and Mrs. C. W. Gooch, all of near Florence, Ala. One brother, Mack Arnold of near the Central High Community. Two sisters, mrs. Leitha Wilson of Oklahoma and Mrs. Dee Terril [Terrell] of Arkansas; 26 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at the Mt. Zion Church of Christ by Bro. Thetus Pritchard, and Br. C. C. Burnes. Interment followed in the Wade Cemetery (Mt. Zion). Belew and Davis of Lawrenceburg, Tenn.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Mt. Zion Church for Mrs. George Fowler, age 72, Florence Route 5, who died Saturday night after a long illness. They were conducted by Thetus Pritchard and C. C. Burns Church of Christ Ministers, and interment was in the adjoining Cemetery. She was a member of the Church of Christ. And was a life long resident of this County. Surviving are her husband, and one son, Floyd Fowler, four daughters, Mrs. George [Pearl] Burgess, Mrs. Charlie [Maude] Gooch, Mrs. Herbert [Ethel] Bradley, and Mrs. Theodore [Gertrude] Norred. Several grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Contributed by Alice Yarbro Holtin from the Florence Times

DONA PERRY FRANKS , was born September 17, 1896 in Tennessee, the daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. Frank Perry. She was united in marriage to Lawrence L. Franks. Mrs. Franks departed from this life September 10, 1973 at the age of 77 years, 11 months, and 23 days. She leaves other than her husband, a step son, Leo Franks, Denton, N.C; also nieces and nephews.”
Contributed by Mildred Gean Mason - Information taken from clergy records of Virgil Gean

NEOMA (PALMER) FRENCH , 86, of Fort Worth, Texas, passed away Jan. 31, 2009, at a nursing home after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009, at Greenview Funeral Home. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009, in Greenview Memorial Chapel, with burial to follow in Tri-Cities Memorial Gardens. Officiating will be the Rev. Donnie McDaniel. Mrs. French was preceded in death by her husband, Horace J. French, and son, Dale L. French. She is survived by her daughter, Doris Gray and husband, Thomas, of Fort Worth, Texas; granddaughter, Amanda Malloy and husband, Ryan, of Oklahoma City, Okla.; sister, Nell McClure, of Florence; and a host of nieces and nephews.

EDDIE FROST , Mayor of Florence, Alabama who was elected to 5 consecutive terms from 1984 till 2001. His abilities as an organizer and leader, and his insight into positive change, helped steer the Muscle Shoals area through tough economic times during the early 1980's. Frost championed innovative changes to the city's ordinances and infrastructure, which in turn promoted retail expansion throughout the Florence area. Born in Bounds, Mississippi, Eddie and his family moved to Sheffield, Alabama in 1942. After graduating Sheffield High School in 1956, he attended Florence State College and later the University of North Alabama. There, he earned degrees in physical education, history, administration and supervision. Frost served as an administrator, teacher, head basketball coach, and assistant principal in the Florence City School system for 23 years. His coaching career captured several state championships, and he was named Alabama Coach of the Year in 1976. He was inducted into the Alabama High School Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.