All Obituaries

Prestige Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory sadly announces the passing of Ms. Kristie Blount, of Attalla, Al. who transitioned on Saturday, September 23, 2023. She is survived by her loving family. We ask that you please keep The Blount family and those that may be going through the same lifted in prayer. Final care and arrangements to be announced by Prestige Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory. 

Prestige Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory sadly announces the passing of Ms. Deborah " Shirley" Wade, age 71, of Tuscaloosa, AL. who transitioned on Tuesday, September 12, 2023. She is survived by her loving family. We ask that you please keep The Wade family and those that may be going through the same lifted in prayer. Final care and arrangements to be announced by Prestige Memorial Funeral Home.

Juan D. Kinard, affectionately known as “Fred,” was born to Mr. Jesse Rogers Kinard, Sr., and Mrs. Joan Wilson-Kinard on September 24, 1978. Fred received Christ at an early age under the leadership of Reverend Woods at 16th Street Baptist Church. Fred received his formal education in the Gadsden public school system where he graduated from Gadsden High School. While in high school, Fred participated in JROTC and also on the high school football team...

Prestige Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory sadly announces the passing of Infant, Noah Murphy-Presley who transitioned on Friday, August 18, 2023.  He is survived by his loving family.  We ask that you please keep this family and those that may be going through the same lifted in prayer.  Final care and arrangements to be announced by Prestige Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory.

Obituary Dr. Portia L. Foster A Woman of Purpose, Philanthropy, and Passion Her Purpose – The Reason for Why She Was Created Great men and women are only born for the time they are needed the most. In the midst of national societal struggles and challenges of inequality and injustice in the 1950s, God sent a ray of hope through the life of Portia L. Foster; God knew the world needed someone like her. God willed it to be so that Portia L. Foster would be born...

Prestige Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory sadly announces the passing of Mr. Kester Bruton, age 70, of Pooler, Ga. who transitioned on Tuesday, August 15, 2023.  He is survived by his loving family.  We ask that you please keep this family and those that may be going through the same lifted in prayer.  Prestige Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory announcing for McWhite's Funeral Home Chapel of Fort Lauderdale, Fl.   

OBITUARY Norris Jeremy Turner was born January 13, 1971, in Anniston, Alabama to Norris and Saundra Turner. Jeremy went to his heavenly home on August 5, 2023. We know his mother, whom he never had the chance to know, was the first one to greet him. He was self-employed and a life-long resident of Jacksonville, Alabama.  Jeremy is preceded in death by his mother, Saundra Kay McLeod Turner; maternal grandparents, Albert “Mack” and Opal Turner Mcleod-Simpson;...

Connsuella (Konnie) Francis Jackson was bornNovember 9, 1957, to her parents, Mike Woodand Dorothy Batts in Petersburg, VA. Shedeparted this life Wednesday August 2, 2023, in Gadsden, AL. Konnie was nurtured in Gadsden, AL, by her loving aunt and adopted parents, George (Louella) Jackson. She accepted Christ at an early age and joined Union Baptist Church of Gadsden, AL.     Konnie...

Ashley Michelle Pearsall was born on September 1,1982, in Birmingham, Alabama to Lorenzo and Lisa Pearsall. She fell asleep in death on August 1, 2023, at Riverview Medical Center.  She was a 2000 graduate of Gadsden High School. Ashley attended Gadsden State Community College where she found her love for the medical field. She was employed by Attalla Healthcare.  Ashley had a tremendous passion for caring for people.  In her early teens, she loved to take care of others...

Prestige Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory sadly announces the passing of Mr. Charles William Herman, age 55, of Athens, AL. who transitioned on Saturday, July 29, 2023.  He is survived by his loving family.  We ask that you please keep this family and those that may be going through the same lifted in prayer.  Final care and arrangements to be announced by Prestige Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory.