OZARK…Whitney Amelia Pittman King, a resident of Ozark, died Sunday afternoon, March 30, 2025, at her home. She was 39.
Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with Reverend Bill Hart officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark is in charge of arrangements. The family will receive friends from 1:00 until 2:00 P.M. Wednesday at the church.
Whitney was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, where she was raised and taught by a wonderful church family who she loved.
Whitney was an avid Tennessee Volunteers fan and enjoyed watching them play during football season. If they were winners, that would be a good day, but win or lose, she was a loyal fan. Although she had no children of her own, she was an awesome Aunt to Jackson and Addison. She enjoyed being involved in their summer fun and was always ready to go to the movies or swimming when called on.
Whitney loved her family. She loved her friends and loved what she did, working several years in the medical field as a floor secretary. She had a passion for helping the elderly and children. She was a loving caregiver for her grandmother Pittman and also to her parents, who she resided with.
She is survived by her parents, Jimmy and Susan Pittman; a brother, Brandon Pittman and his wife, April; her niece and nephew, Jackson and Addison Pittman, all of Ozark; cousins Kaylee Carter of Ozark and Quade Carter of Birmingham; her aunt and uncle, Shannon and Chuck Carter of Ariton; and a great-aunt, Shirley Thrasher of Ozark.
You may sign a guest register at www.fuquabankston.com
Ms. Elinor Ruth (Armstrong) Douglas, age 97, a resident of Dothan passed away on March 31, 2025 at Noland Extendicare Health Center.
Funeral Services will be at 2:00PM on Thursday, April 3, 2025 in the Glover Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Craig Springfield and Mr. Roger Douglas officiating. Burial will follow in the Gardens of Memory Cemetery with Glover Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends from 1:00 pm until 1:45 pm on Thursday in the chapel prior to services.
Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to The Gideons International, 3300 Cottonwood Road Dothan, AL 36301.
Ruth was born in Newville on October 26, 1927 to Olin Armstrong and Susie Davis Armstrong. She grew up in the Camp Springs Community and graduated from Newville High School in 1945. She later obtained an Associate’s degree from a business college. Ms. Elinor worked as a seamstress and did drapery work for Sears Roebuck, but was a homemaker for her husband and family most of her life. She enjoyed cooking for her family and playing cards. She also loved Braves Baseball.
Ruth is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Dewey Mixon Douglas; son, Roscoe Douglas; four brothers, Roscoe Armstrong, Royce Armstrong, William “Polly” Armstrong, Woodrow Armstrong; two sisters, Christine Hardy, Jean Davis.
Survivors include son, Roger M. Douglas (Martha) of Birmingham; six grandchildren, Matt Douglas (Kim) of Taylor, Laura Willford (Scott) of Dothan, Aleve Douglas (Kris) of Louisville, KY, Wendy Rankine (Will) of Macon, GA, Elizabeth Peed (Caleb) of Macon, GA, Roscoe Douglas (Leah) of San Diego, CA; fourteen great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
Serving as pallbearers will be Seth Douglas, Jamie Nelson, Joey Nelson and Ben Welborn.
Glover Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements. (334) 699-3888. Please sign the guestbook online at www.gloverfuneral.com
Mr. Jerry Lee Speed, age 75, a resident of Midland City, died Sunday March 30, 2025 at Noland Hospital in Dothan.
The family will be receiving friends at Glover Funeral Home on Wednesday April 2, 2025 from 10:30 a.m. until 12 noon.
In lieu of flowers the family request donations to Respite Ministry, c/o First United Methodist Church, 1380 W. Main St., Dothan, Alabama 36301.
Mr. Speed was born on December 4, 1949 in Fayette, Alabama the son of Robert Roy Speed and Costa Lee McCraw Speed. He was retired as owner/operator of Speed’s Repair Services following forty seven years of service. Jerry enjoyed hunting, fishing, watching sports and especially enjoyed attending all his grandchildren’s activities and games.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Donald Speed.
Survivors include: wife of fifty-seven years, Judy Speed, Midland City; two daughters, Beth Summerford (Andy), Dothan; Leigh Griffin (Scott), Dothan; a brother, Roger Speed (Linda), Pensacola, FL.; eight grandchildren, Joshua Summerford (Bailey); Jeremiah Summerford, John Curtis Summerford (Emma Brooke Kinsey), all of Dothan; Marlee Beth Andrews (Calvin Nowell), Dothan; Emma Kate Andrews (Tanner Barnett), Birmingham; Chapman Lee Andrews (Breana Henning), Dothan, Andrew Griffin (Patricia Dyer), Birmingham, Libby Griffin, Dothan; two great-grandchildren, Sellers and Townes Summerford, Dothan; several special nieces and nephews.
Glover Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements. (334) 699-3888. Please sign the guestbook online at www.gloverfuneral.com
Randell Woodham, a resident of Dothan, Alabama, died unexpectedly Saturday, March 29, 2025, at Extendicare Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was 91.
Graveside Services will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at Gardens of Memory Cemetery with Reverend Steve Skidmore officiating and Glover Funeral Home directing.
Randell was born to the late Manuel and Fannie Merle Moates Woodham on September 25, 1933, in Houston County, Alabama. He served his country proudly in the United States Navy aboard the U.S.S. Boxer. Randell never met a stranger and would strike up a good conversation with anyone. His hobbies included coffee at McDonalds with the Morning Bunch and reading a great novel or book. He was a loving husband, father, and brother. He will be dearly missed by all who loved and knew him.
He is preceded by his parents; the love of his life, his wife, Lanelle Oswald Woodham; a son, Stephen Woodham; a brother, Robert Woodham; three sisters, Shirley Bodiford, Juanita Holden, and Mildred Caulder.
Left to cherish his memories are a daughter, Carol Woodham and numerous nieces and nephews.
Glover Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements. (334) 699-3888. Please sign the guestbook online at www.gloverfuneral.com
Our Mother passed away peacefully with her daughters at her side after an extended decline. She lived in Knoxville, TN to be close to her eldest daughter, Tami Adams.
Jean is predeceased by her parents, Paul and Violet Shenk, her brother Marlin Shenk, her precious son Paul, and her husband Kater. She is survived by her sister Betty (Olan) Smith of Sunbury, PA, her daughters Tami Adams of Knoxville, TN, Paula (Barry) Greer of Inlet Beach, FL, Jane Williams of Cleveland, OH, Christy (Brian) Williams of Eugene, OR, 10 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, a special niece and husband Sybil and Earl Starling of Dothan and many nieces and nephews.
Jean is a native of Annville, PA. After graduating high school at 17, she enlisted in the Air Force the month she turned 18. Her training and service landed her at Brookley AFB in Mobile AL where she met a handsome young Police Officer named Kater Williams. They married in 1955 and celebrated 63 anniversaries before Kater’s death in 2018. They began raising a family of 5 children in Mobile. She was known as the “fun Mom” in the neighborhood! We once had a Monopoly tournament that lasted for a week.
After her husband retired from the Mobile Police Department, the family relocated to Dothan, AL in 1974 when Kater accepted
the position of Chief of Police. Jean was very active in Dothan, serving on many Boards and Community organizations while managing her home. She was employed by the James Grant Company as a bookkeeper and a realtor for a number of years.
Kater and Jean enjoyed their time at the beach and resided in Panama City Beach, FL for a number of years before returning to Dothan during their retirement.
Jean will be remembered for her dedication to her family, her love of travel, and her loyalty to friends and the community. She had many hobbies from sewing and crochet, to playing cards and working puzzles on her iPad. Mom was a voracious reader. She raised her children in church and always enjoyed singing in the choir. Throughout her life she had been a faithful member of Gulf Hills Baptist Church in Mobile, First Baptist Church of Dothan, and Gulfview Methodist in Panama City Beach.
Our Mother believed in the mission of St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital and supported it with her gifts for over 30 years, along with Alzheimer’s Research and the American Cancer Society. In lieu of flowers, please make a gift in her memory to one of these or the charity of your choice.
At Mom’s request both her and our father’s ashes will be dispersed together into the Gulf at a later date.
Randell Woodham, a resident of Dothan, Alabama, died unexpectedly Saturday, March 29, 2025, at Extendicare Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was 91.
