Mr.  Jimmy Doyle Garner, age 55, of Friendship Road, Boaz, Alabama died on Monday, July 9, 2018 at Huntsville Hospital. Funeral service will be held at eleven o’clock a.m. on Thursday, July 12, 2018 at McRae Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Shannon Pullen officiating. Interment will follow in the Hillcrest Cemetery. Visitation will be on Wednesday evening from 6 until 8 at the funeral home. Mr. Garner was born in Etowah County, Alabama on July 8, 1963 to Troy & Martha Pankey...

Mrs.  Etta Mae Simmons, age 95, of Manor House, Boaz, Alabama died on Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at her son’s residence. Funeral service will be held at two o’clock p.m. on Friday, July 6, 2018 at McRae Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Wayne White officiating. Interment will follow in the Beulah Cemetery. Visitation will be on Friday afternoon from 1 until service time at the funeral home. Mrs. Simmons was born in Alabama on November 1, 1922 to Tom & Oma McDonald Bright. She...

Ms.  Pamela Lazzara Benefield, age 57, of Highland Avenue, Boaz, Alabama died on Monday, July 2, 2018 at Shepherd’s Cove Hospice. Funeral service will be held at eleven o’clock a.m. on Friday, July 6, 2018 at McRae Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Rickey Holland officiating. Interment will follow in the Liberty Cemetery in the Aroney community with full Military Honors. Visitation will be on Thursday evening from 6 until 8 at the funeral home. Ms. Benefield was born in Tampa,...

Frances Alline Holcomb Robinson, 91, of Boaz, Alabama died Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at Marshall Medical Center South. Funeral service will be Saturday, June 30, 2018 at 11:00 am at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with burial following in adjoining cemetery.  Bro. Kevin Brooks and Bro. Justin Joiner officiating. She will lie-in-state from 10:00 to 11:00 am.  The family will receive friends on Friday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Mrs. Robinson was survived by her sons &...

Mrs.  Bridgette Gentry Marshall, age 45, of Valerie Circle, Albertville, Alabama died on Sunday, June 24, 2018. Funeral service will be held at ten o’clock a.m. on Friday, June 29, 2018 at McRae Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Gene Lambert and Bro. Bradley Walls officiating. Visitation will be on Thursday evening from 5 until 8 at the funeral home. Mrs. Marshall was born in Boaz, Alabama on June 6, 1973 to Billy Wayne & Linda Walls Gentry. She was a homemaker and active...

Randall Glen Clay, 63, of Sardis City, Alabama died Monday, June 18, 2018 at his residence. A graveside service will be Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 2:00 pm at Forrest Home Cemetery with Bro. Mark Parris officiating.  The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday from 12:00 to 1:30 pm. Mr. Clay is survived by his partner Jeremy A. Freeman; sister Ellen Clay Patterson; brothers & sisters-in-law Will & Jasque Clay, Stephen Clay, and James & Candy Clay; and...

Mr.  James Edward “Ed” Sims, age 76, of Snowden Drive, Boaz, Alabama died on Thursday, June 14, 2018 at the Collinsville Nursing Home. Funeral service will be held at Eleven o’clock a.m. on Monday, June 18, 2018 at McRae Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Jim Kilpatrick and Bro. Mickey Perigo officiating. Burial will follow in the Hillcrest Cemetery. Visitation will be on Sunday evening from 6 until 8 at the funeral home. Mr. Sims was born in Alabama on July 3, 1941 to...

Mrs. Catherine F. Shirley, age 84, of Lester Drive, Boaz, died on Thursday, June 14, 2018 at Marshall Medical Center South. Service will be held on Sunday, June 17, 2018 at two o’clock p.m. at the Chapel of McRae Funeral Home with Bro. Lewis Smith and Bro. Ryan Bristow officiating. A private interment will be held in the Hillcrest Cemetery. Visitation will be on Saturday from 6 until 8 at the funeral home. Mrs. Shirley was born in Dekalb, Alabama on December 28, 1931 to Jay &...

Mr. Jerry Wayne Tucker, age 78, of Boaz died on Monday, June 11, 2018. Mr. Tucker was born in Alabama on August 22, 1939. He was a member and deacon of East Albertville Church of Christ. He was a retired carpenter and skilled craftsman who was very well known for his workmanship in Marshall and surrounding counties. Mr. Tucker was preceded in death by his parents, Smith and Nettie Tucker. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Edna Hammond Tucker; son, Timothy Wayne Tucker of Madison;...

Wendell Ray Glassco, age 77, passed away on June 6, 2018 at Albertville Health and Rehab after gracefully battling Alzheimer’s for the past 13 years. Visitation will be at McRae Funeral Home in Boaz on Saturday June 9th from 5 – 8 pm and the memorial service will be Sunday June 10th at 4:00 pm at Bethany Baptist Church. He graduated from Douglas High School and Alverson Draughon Business College in Birmingham. His work career was always rooted in business management,...