Janis Tharpe Peel

 EWELL COMMUNITY…Mrs. Janis Tharpe Peel, a resident of the Ewell Community, near Ozark, died early Tuesday morning, December 28, 2021. She was 79.

            Funeral services will be held at 12:00 Noon Thursday, December 30, 2021, in the Ewell Bible Baptist Church with Pastor David Lewis officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. The family will receive friends from 10:00 until 12:00 Noon Thursday at the church.

            A complete obituary with a list of survivors will be announced later by Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark

Information received from Edward Peters on 9-11-21

 I got this note ( in red) from Edward this morning and wanted to add it to our blog so that you would be aware and handle that information however you like. I am afraid that the only contact information I have for him is: 

edward.peters1942@gmail.com 

Edward, We are so sorry to hear about your wife and please know that you are in our prayers. 

I received the class information. Thanks a lot.

I don’t think you know that my wife of 51 years passed away on January 31, 2019.

She had fought a long {6+ years} battle with ovarian cancer which included trips to UAB for surgery and doctor visits and many, many trips to the 

Oncology group in Dothan for chemo therapy. They tried every chemo treatment available for ovarian cancer and nothing worked.

She passed away peacefully 1 week after the doctor put her on Hospice.

Thanks for keeping me in the loop and I hope we can meet whenever we have another reunion.

Edward Peters

update on classmate

 Margaret Dowling Lonquist has had an issue with a tendon in her leg and  has had 3 surgeries so far. She is going to meet with her doctor in Chicago to see about her progress and what she should do next. She is in a rehab facility in Illinois and has been since June.  She request we all pray for her, for healing, for physical & emotional strength, and that she will be able to return to her home in Tampa soon. Her phone number is (727) 741-8691. She looks forward to a better day. 

Contact Thrasher

 For Billy Thrasher's wife's information.

Jilda Thrasher

4412 South County Road 20

Ozark, Alabama 36360

Sad loss of Billy Thrasher

 EWELL COMMUNITY…Mr. William R. “Bill” Thrasher, Jr., a resident of the Ewell Community, near Ozark, died late Friday evening, August 13, 2021, in the emergency room of Dale Medical Center. He was 79.

            Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, August 17, 2021, in the Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Dr. Billy Gaither officiating. Graveside services, with military honors, will follow in Ewell Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00 until 2:00 P.M. Tuesday at the funeral home.

            Flowers will be accepted.

            Mr. Thrasher, son of the late William Robert Thrasher, Sr. and Carolyn Celesta Brooks Thrasher, was a native of Thomasville, Georgia. He moved to the Ozark area at an early age,   where he played on the Carroll High School Basketball team and was a 1960 Graduate of Carroll High School. He immediately joined the United States Navy and was deployed on the first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Washington-Carver and recently participated in the 50th reunion celebration in Norfolk, Virginia. Mr. Thrasher also sailed on the USS Harder and on the USS Will Rogers during his service. He received the National Service Defense Medal and also played on the United States Navy Men’s Basketball team. Mr. Thrasher left the Navy after serving nine years and joined Texas Instruments in Houston where he helped pioneer the first program that brought voice to computer. He received his Bachelors’ Degree in Business from Troy University after returning home. He was formerly employed with Hughes Missile Electronics in Eufaula, Sikorsky in Troy and Movie Gallery in Dothan in his long career in logistics. Mr. Thrasher was preceded in death in addition to his parents, by a daughter, Nina Gore, mother-in-law, Bessie Moore and father-in-law, Ross Moore.

            Surviving relatives include his wife, Jilda Moore Thrasher; children, Chris Thrasher (Jill), John Thrasher (Theresa), Samantha Johnson (Shane), Shannon Schwab (David), and Cecile Thrasher; four brothers, Horace Thrasher (Kaye), Jack Thrasher (Bobbie), Greg Thrasher (Linda), and Ricky Thrasher (Janet); grandchildren, Arron, Cyle (Melissa), Daisha (Lachelle), Elizabeth, Victoria, Jessie (Amerika), Katherine, Walker, and Julianna; great-grandchildren, Patrick, Lane, and Brooklynn; special nieces, Connie Saetang (Aunsorn), and JeJeania Pruehs; many more nieces, nephews, and extended/adopted family.

 

Shirley Chancey

 

Obituary of Shirley Mae Chancey

Ms. Shirley Mae Chancey, a resident of Ozark, passed away Friday evening, March 26, 2021, in Ozark Health and Rehabilitation. She was 78. Funeral services for Ms. Chancey will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, March 30, 2021, in the Chapel of Holman Funeral Home and Cremations in Ozark with Reverend Dr. Billy D. Gaither, Reverend Neal Brown and Reverend Michael Lawler officiating. Interment will follow in Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home in Ozark 12:30 until service time on Tuesday. Born May 8, 1942 in Ozark to Curtis P. and Effie Mae Chancey and baby sister to Curtis Loyd Chancey. After working her entire career at the Bank of Ozark (in Ozark and Midland City) and then SouthTrust Bank (in Dothan and Ozark locations), she retired in 2004 from her outside drive-through in Ozark. She loved her church, Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church, and was a lifelong member attending and supporting every ministry, event, and service. She didn’t have a favorite hymn—she knew and loved them all, singing in the choir, and serving as church pianist for over five decades. She loved all God’s children, especially the little ones as she led Vacation Bible School for over fifteen years and served as a children’s Sunday School Teacher for over five decades. She volunteered as church secretary developing and publishing the monthly church newsletters and Sunday Bulletins for over 46 years. She loved doing all sorts of crafts and working Pleasant Hill’s Annual Bazaar. She served in numerous positions within Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church, including Church Treasurer and UMW President, and was active in the Dothan District UMW. She loved God, her family, her church family, her bank work family, and her customer family. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother. She is survived by her niece, Carol Chancey, and her sister-in-law, Valeta Chancey. She is also survived by her many cousins. The family would like to express their appreciation to the Dale Medical Center ER doctors and nurses, Ozark Health and Rehab staff, and Day Spring Palliative Care and Hospice. Flowers will be accepted or memorials made to Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery Fund, 2926 Andrews Avenue, Ozark, Alabama 36360.