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Cherie Lynn Wilson

Cherie Lynn Wilson

Cherie Lynn Wilson, a resident of Dothan, Alabama died Saturday, January 17, 2026 at Southeast Health Medical Center. She was 62.

Memorial services for Cherie will be held at 2 PM Sunday, January 25, 2026 at Bethel Baptist Church with Dr. Ricky Plummer officiating. The family will receive friends at the church.

Cherie was born March 19, 1963 in West Palm Beach, Florida to the late Charles and Betty Crawford Griffin. She was in Retail Sales for most of her career but her heart was caring for people and helping out wherever and whenever she could.

Cherie is preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Kenny Griffin.

Survivors include her husband, David Wilson; daughters, Ceresa Michelle Gilley, Shannon Nicole Garcia (Ezekiel); five grandchildren, Kayla Marie Gilley, Kayci Brooke Gilley, Austin Connor Gilley, Hannah Marie Garcia and Thomas Shane Enfinger; six great grandchildren; siblings, Barbara G. Blackstone (James), Pam Woodham (Tony), Bonnie Walstrom, Charles Dale Griffin (Marie) and her special friends, Heather Purswell (Larry), Addyson Sasser, Anthony Sasser, Joely Purswell and Hayden Purswell.

Nadine Jackson Stiller

SHORTERVILLE, ALABAMA. . .Nadine Jackson Stiller, a resident of Shorterville, passed away, Friday, December 26, 2025, at her home. She was 77.

There are no funeral or memorial services planned at this time. Holman-Abbeville Mortuary & Cremations is in charge of arrangements.

Nadine Stiller was born in Baker, Florida and grew up in Northwest Florida, daughter of the late Lenwood Jackson and Bonice Jordan Jackson. She and her family lived in many places across the southeast United States including Gibson, Louisiana and Richland, Georgia before settling in Shorterville. Nadine was preceded in death by her husband, James Marion Stiller, a son, Jerry Stiller, a sister, Sarah Henderson and a brother, Andrew Jackson.

Surviving relatives include her daughter, Denice Opp (William Hazboun), Las Vegas, Nevada; sisters, Glenda Adkison and Patsy Wilkerson, a brother, Len Jackson, grandchildren, Morgan Molina (Mario), and Paige Opp-Hines (Joey); great-grandchildren, Layla Molina and Vincent Molina. She is also survived by many loving members of the Stiller and Jackson families; and special friends, Dr. Ray and Marlene Arnold and other loving and kind neighbors.

 

 

 

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Betty Rowe Busey

Betty Rowe Busey

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA. . .Betty Rowe Busey, a resident of Tallahassee, Florida, passed away early Saturday evening, January 17, 2026, in Aviata at the Gardens in Tallahassee. She was 91.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. (CST) Tuesday, January 20, 2026, in the Holman-Headland Mortuary Chapel, Headland, Alabama, with Reverend George Bryan officiating. The family will receive friends from 9:30 until 10:00 A.M. Tuesday at the mortuary in Headland. Burial will follow in the Union Cemetery, Frisco City, Alabama (Monroe County).

Mrs. Busey was born and raised in Hanceville, Alabama, daughter of the late Dr. George Thomas Rowe and Mattie Adeane Cribbs Rowe. She attended Birmingham Southern College in Birmingham. Mrs. Busey lived most of her lifetime in Montgomery before moving to Tallahassee in 2010. She was a longtime member of First United Methodist Church of Montgomery and the church choir. Mrs. Busey played the piano and pipe organ at different churches in the Birmingham and Montgomery area. She was an excellent cook and homemaker, as well as skilled with needlework and embroidery. Mrs. Busey was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Busey, and a sister, Peggy Rowe Wakefield of Columbia, Alabama.

Surviving relatives include several nieces and nephews.

 

 

HOLMAN-HEADLAND MORTUARY & CREMATIONS IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS. Phone 334-693-3371. You may sign a guest register at www.holmanmortuaries.com.  This establishment does not own a crematory.

 

Erik William Peterson of the Screamer Community near Abbeville

Erik William Peterson of the Screamer Community near Abbeville

ERIK WILLIAM PETERSON

ABBEVILLE… Erik William Peterson, a resident of the Screamer Community near Abbeville, Alabama, passed away Friday, January 16, 2026, at his home. He was 60.

A complete obituary with a list of survivors will be announced later by Wright Funeral Home & Crematory.

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