Wilburn Hunkapiller

May 19, 2025

Funeral will be at 2 PM, Thursday, May 22, at Crestwood Funeral Home for Wilburn Hunkapiller age 93, Gadsden, who died May 19,2025. Roger Graham will officiate. Burial at Crestwood Cemetery. Crestwood Funeral Home is in charge. Wilburn was a native of Marshall County and attended Marshall County High School. He served in the Navy for two years and...

Oscar Junior Vance

May 14, 2025

Oscar "Jr" Vance, age 80, of Gadsden, passed away on May 14, 2025. Funeral services will be held at Crestwood Funeral Home on Saturday, May 24, 2025, at 1 p.m. Visitation will begin one hour prior to the service. Stephen Helms will officiate. Burial will follow at Crestwood Mausoleum.

Oscar will be remembered as a storyteller extraordinaire....

Nancy Leona Elrod

May 13, 2025

Nancy Elrod, age 84, of Hokes Bluff, passed away on May 13, 2025. Funeral services will be held at Crestwood Funeral Home on Friday, May 16, 2025, at 1 p.m. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Chris Walker will be officiating. Burial will follow at Crestwood Cemetery.

Nancy will be remembered for her deep love for her...

Donald Eugene Dutt

May 12, 2025

Donald Eugene Dutt, 72, passed away on May 12, 2025. A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Dutt will be remembered first and foremost as a Christian and a deeply loving family man. He retired after a long and dedicated career with Walgreens. Known for his sharp wit and stubborn streak, he was a...

David Ronald Crump

May 8, 2025

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of David Ronald Crump, age 60, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. David was born in Union Springs, Alabama, on February 7, 1965. He peacefully departed this life on May 8, 2025, after a courageous battle with colon cancer.

David was a loving son, husband, and father. He is survived...

Baby Koa Keys Ndong

May 3, 2025

Baby Koa Keys Ndong passed away May 3rd, 2025 at 3:22 am at UAB hospital.

Koa is the son of Cesar Ndong and Brittany Hardman after 15 hours of labor Koa arrived May 2, 2025 at 10:07pm weighting 3lbs and 2 ounces and placed into the loving arms of his parents. He is also the little brother...

Charles Edward Sims

May 2, 2025

Funeral services will be 12 pm, Friday May 9,2025, at Crestwood Chapel, for Mr. Charles E. Sims, 95, born on October 10, 1929, in Glencoe, Alabama, who passed away on Friday, May 2. Charles was preceded in death by the love of his life, Florence Sims, and his only daughter, Janet Kennedy. Surviving family members include his sister in-law,...

Susanne Ruth Thompson

Apr 30, 2025

Susanne Thompson, age 88, of Boaz, Alabama, passed away on April 30, 2025. A graveside service will be held at Crestwood Cemetery on May 10, 2025, at 11 a.m.

Susanne was born on January 20, 1937, in Berlin, Germany, to parents Ernst and Elle Glockau. At 18, she traveled to Norwich, England, to live with her aunt...

Mary Parnell

Apr 28, 2025

Mary Kathryn Cate Parnell, 100, passed away peacefully on April 28. Mary was a loving and warm wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend.

She married Felix Parnell, her high school sweetheart, and together they raised three beautiful children in Gadsden. She often commented on how much she enjoyed raising her babies. She also had seven grandchildren, whom...