The Valley Weekly

06/03/2026

Nelms Memorial Funeral Home
June 2, 2026
Funeral Announcements

Funeral service for Mr. Willie B. McCaulley will be held Friday, June 5, 2026, at 11:00 AM at First Seventh-Day Adventist Church with Elder Alexander Lampkin officiating. Interment will follow at Meadowlawn Garden of Peace. Deacon McCaulley, Sr., will lie in repose at First Seventh-Day Adventist Church one hour prior to funeral service time. Public viewing for Deacon Willie B. McCaulley, Sr., will be held Thursday, June 4, 2026, from 9:00 AM-7:00 PM at Nelms Memorial Funeral Home.

Funeral service for Mr. Leo Abernathy, Jr., will be held Saturday, June 6, 2026, at 1:00 PM at Liberty Primitive Baptist Church with Pastor Jukobie Jones officiating. Mr. Abernathy, Jr., will lie in repose at Liberty P. B. Church one hour prior to funeral service time. Public viewing will be held Friday, June 5, 2026, from 9:00 AM-7:00 PM at Nelms Memorial Funeral Home.

Graveside service for Mr. Tommie Lee Stevens will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, June 6, 2026, at Haygood Cemetery in Harvest, AL.

Funeral service for Mrs. Mary “Juanita” Brazelton will be held Sunday, June 7, 2026, at 3:00 PM at Liberty Primitive Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Liberty Cemetery. Mrs. Brazelton will lie in repose at Liberty P. B. Church one hour prior to funeral service time.

Funeral service for Ms. Rotina Janele Tibbs will be held Sunday, June 7, 2026, at 2:00 PM at New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Ricky L. Sykes officiating. Interment will follow at Valhalla Memory Gardens. Ms. Tibbs will lie in repose at New Jerusalem M.B. Church one hour prior to funeral service time.
Public viewing will be held Saturday, June 6, 2026, from 9:00 AM-6:00 PM at Nelms Memorial Funeral Home.

Funeral service for Mr. Coyle Lee Bone is incomplete and will be announced later.

Funeral service for Mrs. Joetta Horton is incomplete and will be announced later.
“We Cannot Erase the Sting of Death, but We Can Make It Easier.”

06/02/2026

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06/02/2026

Nelms Memorial Funeral Home
Funeral Announcements

Funeral service for Mr. Bobby J. McCray, Jr., will be held on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, at 11:00 AM at Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Larry Davidson officiating. Interment will follow at Valhalla Memory Gardens. Mr. McCrary will lie in repose at Hopewell M. B. Church one hour prior to funeral time.

Funeral service for Mr. Willie B. McCaulley will be held Friday, June 5, 2026, at 11:00 AM at First Seventh-Day Adventist Church with Elder Alexander Lampkin officiating. Interment will follow at Meadowlawn Garden of Peace. Deacon McCaulley, Sr., will lie in repose at First Seventh-Day Adventist Church one hour prior to funeral service time. Public viewing for Deacon Willie B. McCaulley, Sr.,will be held Thursday, June 4, 2026, from 9:00 AM-7:00 PM at Nelms Memorial Funeral Home.

Funeral service for Mr. Leo Abernathy, Jr., will be held Saturday, June 6, 2026, at 1:00 PM at Liberty Primitive Baptist Church with Pastor Jukobie Jones officiating. Mr. Abernathy, Jr., will lie in repose at Liberty P. B. Church one hour prior to funeral service time. Public viewing will be held Friday, June 5, 2026, from 9:00 AM-7:00 PM at Nelms Memorial Funeral Home.

Graveside service for Mr. Tommie Lee Stevens will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, June 6, 2026, at Haygood Cemetery in Harvest, AL.

Funeral service for Mrs. Mary “Juanita” Brazelton will be held Sunday, June 7, 2026, at 3:00 PM at Liberty Primitive Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Liberty Cemetery. Mrs. Brazelton will lie in repose at Liberty P. B. Church one hour prior to funeral service time.

Funeral service for Mr. Coy L. Bone is incomplete and will be announced later.

Funeral service for Ms. Rotina Janele Tibbs is incomplete and will be announced later.

Funeral service for Mrs. Joetta Horton is incomplete and will be announced later.

“We Cannot Erase the Sting of Death, but We Can Make It Easier.”

05/27/2026

Nelms Memorial Funeral Home
Funeral Announcements

Graveside service for Mr. Ray White will be held Saturday, May 30, 2026 at 11:00 AM at Valhalla Memory Gardens.

Funeral service for Mr. Vernon Allison will be held Saturday, May 30, 2026 at 11:00 AM at Nelms Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor David Terry and Pastor T.C. Johnson officiating. Public view will be held on Friday, May 29, 2026 from 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM. at Nelms Memorial Funeral Home.

Funeral service for Mrs. Alice Faye Reaves will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday, May 30, 2026 at 1:00 PM at Saint Minor Primitive Baptist Church – Guntersville, AL with Pastor Shawn Moore officiating. Interment will follow at Warrenton Cemetery. Mrs. Reaves will ;lie in repose one hour prior to funeral time at Saint Minor Church.

Graveside service for Mr. Tommie Lee Stevens will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, June 6, 2026 at Haygood Cemetery – Harvest, AL.

Funeral service for Mr. Willie B. McCaulley is incomplete and will be announced later.

Funeral service for Mr. Emerson J. Winfield, Jr., of Atlanta, GA formerly of Huntsville, AL will be held on Saturday, May 30, 2026 at 12:00 PM at Hoosier United Methodist Church, 2545 Benjamin E. Mays Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30311. Public viewing will be held Saturday morning at 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM at Hoosier United Methodist Church. Interment will be held Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:00 PM in the Chapel of Love at Valhalla Memory Gardens with Reverend Earla Lockhart officiating.

Funeral service for Mr. Bobby J. McCray, Jr., will be held on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at 11:00 AM at Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Larry Davidson officiating. Interment will follow at Valhalla Memory Gardens. Mr. McCrary will lie in repose one hour prior to funeral time.

“We Cannot Erase the Sting of Death, but We Can Make It Easier.”

05/27/2026

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05/22/2026

05/19/2026

05/19/2026

Nelms Memorial Funeral Home
May 19, 2026

Funeral service for Mr. Joseph Jerome Johnson will be held Friday, May 22, 2026, at 11:00 AM at Fellowship Presbyterian Church. Interment will follow at Valhalla Memory Gardens. Mr. Johnson will lie in repose one hour prior to the funeral service at Fellowship Presbyterian Church.
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated Memorial Service for Mr. Johnson will be held on Thursday, May 21, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Public viewing will be held Thursday, May 21, 2026, from 9:00 AM-7:00 PM at Nelms Memorial Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Fellowship Presbyterian Church food distribution program in memory of Mr. Johnson.

Funeral service for Mrs. Viola C. Kelly will be held Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 11:00AM at St Mark Baptist Church with Elder Jeremiah Chester officiating. Interment. Will follow at Valhalla Memory Gardens. Mrs. Kelly will lie in repose one hour prior to the funeral service at St Mark Baptist Church. Public viewing will be held on Thursday, May 21, 2026 from 9:00 AM – 700 PM at the funeral home.

Funeral service for Mr. George Vann will be held on Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM at Nelms Memorial Funeral Home with Reverend Walter Peavy officiating. Interment will follow at Valhalla Memory Gardens. Public viewing will be held on Friday, May 22, 2026 from 9:00 AM -7:00 PM at Nelms Memorial Funeral Home.

Funeral service for Mr. Vernon Allison is incomplete and will be announced later.

Funeral service for Mr. Ray White is incomplete and will be announced later.

Mr. Freddie L. Haley, formerly of Huntsville, AL passed on Thursday, May 14, 2026. Funeral service will be held on Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:00 AM at the Sardis Presbyterian Church 652 Gordon Street, Jefferson, Georgia 30549. Final arrangements are entrusted to Jackson-McWhorter Funeral Home 1253 West Broad Street – Athen, Georgia 30606.