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Mr. Terry Eddley O’Dell, age 77 of Brilliant passed away on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, at his residence. Mr. O’Dell was born in Sparta, TN on March 29, 1944, to Frank and Eddie O’Dell. He spent much of his life working in the logging industry.

Mr. O’Dell is survived by his sons, Shaun O’Dell (Skilyn) of Brilliant, Michael O’Dell of Brilliant, and Brian O’Dell (Denise Cagle) of Sulligent, grandchildren, Dawson, Rylyn, Liam, Matthew, Dusty, Terri, and Dennis, Harley, his great grandchildren, Landin, Jaydin, Blake, Haigen, Emma, and River, a brother, Harold O’Dell of TN, and sisters, Dean Masters (Ray), and Elise Luna both of TN.

Mr. O’Dell was preceded in death by his wife, Cathy O’Dell, a granddaughters, Katie O’Dell, parents, Frank and Eddie Brock O’Dell, sisters, Roberta Wilson, Betty Jo Luna, and Shirley Hodge, and brothers, Clayton O’Dell and Kenneth O’Dell.

Funeral services for Mr. O’Dell will be held on Sunday, February 6, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. from the Bowen Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the Brock Church of Christ Cemetery. Visitation for Mr. O’Dell will be held on Sunday from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. service time at the funeral home.

Bowen Funeral Home of Winfield serving the O’Dell family.

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Mr. William Gregory Sanderson better known as Greg, age 56 of Guin passed away on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 in the Northwest Medical Center in Winfield. Greg was born in Winfield, AL on February 25, 1965 to Junior and Geneva Sanderson. He was a 1983 graduate of Brilliant High School and was owner / operator of Tiger Mart in Brilliant for several years. Greg also worked for the Winfield Cotton Mill, King Kutter, Inc. and Coca-Cola Bottling Company.

Greg is survived by his wife, Veva Berryhill Sanderson, his children, Daphne Sanderson Pasley (Jordan), Emily Sanderson (Terran Lovett) and Devin Sanderson, grandchildren, Lauren, Ezra, Eliza, Evie, stepchildren, Harley Shaw, Alec Shaw and Gracie Mays, sisters, Amelia Hamric (Greg) and Becky Jones, a sister-in-law, Doris Sanderson and a host of nieces, nephews and other family and friends.

Mr. Sanderson was preceded in death by his parents, George “Junior” and Geneva Mills Sanderson, his brothers, Bobby, Danny and George Sanderson and a nephew Hollin Sanderson.  

The funeral service for Greg will be held on Friday, February 4, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. from the Bowen Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the Brilliant Memorial Gardens. The visitation will be held on Friday from 2:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. service time at the funeral home. Bowen Funeral Home of Winfield serving the Sanderson family.

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Mrs. Martha Alice Harbin Nicholson Benton, age 76 of Winfield passed away on Friday, January 28, 2022 in the DCH Fayette Medical Center.

Mrs. Benton was born in Winfield, Alabama on October 19, 1945 to Louis and Gladys Harbin. She was a lifetime member of the Zion Missionary Baptist Church and a graduate of the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind in Talladega, AL. She worked in various sewing plants and cafés in the Marion County area for many years and owned/operated the Bobo Store. Mrs. Benton loved her Lord and enjoyed telling everyone she met about Him.

Martha is survived by her daughter, Angela Parker, (David), sons, Gaylon Nicholson and Tony Nicholson (Donna), grandchildren, Jessica Barnes,(Danial), Kelli Sullivan (fiancé, Lee Johnson), Ron Nicholson (Tabatha), Drew Nicholson (Cassidy), Paige Phillips (Patrick), Mike Connell (Holly), Jason Cagle (Maudie) and, Renne Pendley, great grandchildren, Amelia Thornton, Isaac, Tyson and Will Barnes, Olivia and Madi Rose Tidwell, Sophie and Natalie Tucker, William and Alex Nicholson, Angie Kohlhaas (Chris), Emily and James Parrish, Cooper Vickery, Keylee Bridgeman, Jax and Gunner Phillips, Braxton, Braylon, Makayla Connell, her sister, Lola Minor, nieces, Tammy Jones, Sondra D’Ambrose, nephew Jonathon Harbin, the Benton family, her church family and a host of other family and close friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Walter Benton, grandson, Stephen Michael Sullivan, her parents, Louis and Gladys Whitehead Harbin, brother, Lemmie Harbin a nephew, Eric Harbin and the father of her children, David Earl Nicholson.

Funeral service for Mrs. Benton will be held on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. from the Bowen Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the Liberty Cemetery near Rock City. The visitation will be held on Tuesday from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. service time at the funeral home.

Bowen Funeral Home serving the Nicholson-Benton family.

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Mrs. Mevellean Lenahan Baccus, age 87 of Winfield passed away on Thursday, January 27, 2022, in the Sunset Manor Health Care Center in Guin. Mrs. Baccus was born on May 26, 1934, to Roy Lee and Lillian Colley Wallace in Marion County Alabama. She was a member of the Zion Missionary Baptist Church and was employed for many years in the textile industry, with Reltoc Industries, Oneida of Fayette, and Health-Tex Inc. and later worked in the medical field as an EMT and a Certified Nursing Assistant, and in her son’s medical office as his receptionist.

Mrs. Baccus is survived by her son, Dr. William Lee Lenahan, grandchildren, Sabrina Kay Blackburn (John), Crystal Necole Gilreath (Chad), and great- grandchildren, Ella and Bean Blackburn, and Elliot, Cole, and Emma Rae Gilreath, a sister, Youvan Campbell and a host of other family and friends.

Mrs. Baccus was preceded in death by her son, Gary Earl Lenahan, her husbands, John Earl Lenahan, Johnny Hitt, and Brady Baccus, brothers, Roy Lee Wallace Jr., and Dennie D. Wallace, and her parents.

A visitation for Mrs. Baccus will be held on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, from 12:00 noon until 4:00 p.m. from the Bowen Funeral Home Chapel. A private family service will be held on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, from the Bowen Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the Zion Missionary Baptist Church.

Bowen Funeral Home serving the Lenahan-Baccus family.