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Huntsville, AL 35810
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Huntsville, AL 35806
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Huntsville, AL 35811
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Huntsville, AL 35806
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Huntsville, AL 35805
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Huntsville, AL 35801
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Huntsville, AL 35810
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Huntsville, AL 35805
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Huntsville, AL 35810
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Huntsville, AL 35810
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Huntsville, AL 35810
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Huntsville, AL 35803
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Huntsville, AL 35811
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Huntsville, AL 35810
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Huntsville AL Obituaries and Death Notices
Monday, June 19, 2017Indiana Tech. He soloed and began earning his pilot’s credentials at Wilkes Field in Fayetteville where he did buy that aircraft and began flight instructing both in Fayetteville and Huntsville, Ala., in 1963.Mr. Shelton, still actively flying until Nov. 30, 2016, ended his aviation career having given well over 20,000 hours of flight instruction. He graduated over 1,000 students, and as an FAA flight examiner and beginning in 1987, he administered a United States’ record 10,379 check ride flights.His personal logbook documents 38,971 actual flight hours with ratings as an airline transport pilot, single and multi-engine instrument instructor and Cessna Citation jet.Mr. Shelton actually had two careers. A charter member of NASA, the Marshall Space Flight Center, he and his colleagues made aerospace history during our nation’s space race. He was there from the beginning working with Dr. Werner Von Braun on all the launch vehicles from the Redstone Rocket to the Saturn V Moon Rocket, finishing after 38 years with the Shuttle program in 1993.The patriarch of three generations of pilots, Clyde instructed his wife, Sara, in 1966; his son, Scott, now a Boeing 747 captain for Delta Airlines on his 16th birthday; and his grandson, Nevada, currently a captain in the United States Army flying the Blackhawk helicopter on his 16th birthday, as well.Clyde Shelton’s legacy is firmly established in those lives he touched. He was a genuine aviation professional. He was a man whose integrity, character, food nature and sincere interest in his students defined him as a man of competent humility.For his extraordinary and endearing contributions to aviation, Mr. Shelton was elected into the Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame in 2010 and the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame in 2016.Clyde will be missed by all he touched during his long historical career, but most importantly by his w...
Monday, June 19, 2017HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Arlyn Hubert Simms, age 80 years young, passed away the morning of May 23, 2017 at home in Huntsville, Texas, with Carol and family by his side.Arlyn was born Jan. 6, 1937 in Malta to Hubert and Marjorie Simms. He grew up on the family owned ranch, which began his love for horses, cattle and rodeo. During Arlyn's senior year of high school, he qualified in the calf roping for the National High School Rodeo Finals in Harrison, Nebraska, where he ended up placing 2nd.Arlyn was drafted into active duty in March of 1959 and was stationed in El Paso, Texas until March 1963. A few years and moves later, he settled in Arlee, Montana where through a prior marriage Arlyn had five kids: Patty, Todd, Billie, Sheila and Katy. During that time Arlyn was very well known and respected as one of the best in heavy equipment operation and construction in both Montana and Wyoming. Because of his knowledge and skill, Arlyn was hired to teach heavy equipment classes at the Missoula Voca...
Tuesday, April 18, 2017Airways Flight 242 executed a forced landing on what is now Ga. 381 on April 4, 1977, after suffering hail damage and losing thrust on both its engines in a severe thunderstorm during a flight from Huntsville, Alabama to Atlanta.Last weekend’s event was scheduled in coordination with the Paulding County Library System’s hosting of the Flight 242 Traveling Display of mounted news articles and photos of the crash. The display can be viewed from March 27 through April 8 at the Maud P. Ragsdale Public Library at 1815 Hiram-Douglasville Highway.The passing of four decades since the crash in 1977 has done little to dull the memory of that day for many friends, families of victims, and survivors. New Hope Memorial Flight 242, Inc. is actively working toward raising funds for the construction of a permanent monument to preserve the memory of those who lost their lives and to honor the survivors and first responders. And Paulding County has dedicated a site for the monument at the edge of New Hope Cemetery, a short distance from the crash site.New Hope Memorial’s President Cherry Waddell said the price tag of a permanent memorial near the site of the crash has risen to about $300,000 and thus far about $22,000 has been raised. She said it may take about four to five years to reach their goal.As with many such accidents, several factors conspired to bring down the Southern Airways DC-9 on that April day in 1977. Captain Bill McKenzie and co-pilot Lyman Keele were advised of thunderstorms and possible tornadoes along their general route prior to their departure from Huntsville, but not subsequently updated of the fact tha...
Monday, February 20, 2017Huntsville police have identified the victim in a fatal accident Tuesday on I-565 just east of County Line Road as a Decatur man.Michael Hubbard, 43, was killed in the one-vehicle accident that occurred about 3 p.m., Huntsville police spokesman Lt. Stacy Bates said.Bates said Hubbard was traveling westbound in an SUV-type vehicle and the wreck may have resulted from a "medical issue."The vehicle traveled into the median and rolled "multiple times," Bates said.Peck Funeral Home in Hartselle is handling arrangements.The wreck occurred near the Glenn Hearn Boulevard exit for Huntsville International Airport, according to WAFF-48, the Daily's news partner.
Monday, February 06, 2017Ruth was born Ruth V. Kirby in Armstrong, Missouri in 1926, the oldest of seven children. In 1947, she married Stanley Fridley and the couple made their home in the Moberly and Huntsville areas while raising their five children. In the late 1960’s they moved to Warrenton where Mr. Fridley was employed by the Norfolk and Western Railroad, and then to Union where he worked in real estate.After she raised her children, Ruth went to college. In 1972, Ruth received an associate arts degree at East Central Junior College in Union, and in 1984 she earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, where she continued to live for 25 years after her husband’s death.Ruth loved music and sang in her church choir in nearly every place she made her home. She was especially active at the Zion United Church of Christ, Union, and later at Central United Church of Christ in Jefferson City. In her later years she taught at public schools in the Jefferson City area, performed in community theatre, and dabbled in the arts. She was proud of her “Master Toastmaster” award, which she received after being an active member of Toastmasters International for 25 years. Ruth was an excellent swimmer, and she especially loved to go dancing.Ruth is survived by her five children: Janice Huque of Maryland (Mohammad);...
Monday, January 23, 2017Alabama-Tennessee state line. She is also an advocate for end-of-life options, a topic most people feel uncomfortable discussing.Champion, a former contracts manager in Huntsville, wants to change that.She will host a unique event next month for the Rocket City: a death cafe to increase "awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives." The Feb. 1 pop up event will kick off at 5:30 p.m. at West End Grill on 6610 Old Madison Pike N.W."I am constantly amazed about how little people know about death," Champion told AL.com. "What are the laws? What is the purpose of embalming and don't I have to have it? What happens to my body after death? ... Part of my passion is to teach people what I know and to make death a part of life."Champion said the death cafe will be only the second gathering of its kind in Huntsville. In the meantime, we caught up with Champion to talk about why residents should attend the event.You've recently started building a new career to bring more awareness to the death and burial process, which many Americans have lost touch with as funeral homes have assumed care for the dead. Why is this work so important to you?Having reached the age of 50 with a phobia and fascination about death, I'm so amazed at the transformation in my life that death has brought. I've...
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Monday, June 19, 2017Indiana Tech. He soloed and began earning his pilot’s credentials at Wilkes Field in Fayetteville where he did buy that aircraft and began flight instructing both in Fayetteville and Huntsville, Ala., in 1963.Mr. Shelton, still actively flying until Nov. 30, 2016, ended his aviation career having given well over 20,000 hours of flight instruction. He graduated over 1,000 students, and as an FAA flight examiner and beginning in 1987, he administered a United States’ record 10,379 check ride flights.His personal logbook documents 38,971 actual flight hours with ratings as an airline transport pilot, single and multi-engine instrument instructor and Cessna Citation jet.Mr. Shelton actually had two careers. A charter member of NASA, the Marshall Space Flight Center, he and his colleagues made aerospace history during our nation’s space race. He was there from the beginning working with Dr. Werner Von Braun on all the launch vehicles from the Redstone Rocket to the Saturn V Moon Rocket, finishing after 38 years with the Shuttle program in 1993.The patriarch of three generations of pilots, Clyde instructed his wife, Sara, in 1966; his son, Scott, now a Boeing 747 captain for Delta Airlines on his 16th birthday; and his grandson, Nevada, currently a captain in the United States Army flying the Blackhawk helicopter on his 16th birthday, as well.Clyde Shelton’s legacy is firmly established in those lives he touched. He was a genuine aviation professional. He was a man whose integrity, character, food nature and sincere interest in his students defined him as a man of competent humility.For his extraordinary and endearing contributions to aviation, Mr. Shelton was elected into the Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame in 2010 and the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame in 2016.Clyde will be missed by all he touched during his long historical career, but most importantly by his w...
Monday, June 19, 2017HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Arlyn Hubert Simms, age 80 years young, passed away the morning of May 23, 2017 at home in Huntsville, Texas, with Carol and family by his side.Arlyn was born Jan. 6, 1937 in Malta to Hubert and Marjorie Simms. He grew up on the family owned ranch, which began his love for horses, cattle and rodeo. During Arlyn's senior year of high school, he qualified in the calf roping for the National High School Rodeo Finals in Harrison, Nebraska, where he ended up placing 2nd.Arlyn was drafted into active duty in March of 1959 and was stationed in El Paso, Texas until March 1963. A few years and moves later, he settled in Arlee, Montana where through a prior marriage Arlyn had five kids: Patty, Todd, Billie, Sheila and Katy. During that time Arlyn was very well known and respected as one of the best in heavy equipment operation and construction in both Montana and Wyoming. Because of his knowledge and skill, Arlyn was hired to teach heavy equipment classes at the Missoula Voca...
Tuesday, April 18, 2017Airways Flight 242 executed a forced landing on what is now Ga. 381 on April 4, 1977, after suffering hail damage and losing thrust on both its engines in a severe thunderstorm during a flight from Huntsville, Alabama to Atlanta.Last weekend’s event was scheduled in coordination with the Paulding County Library System’s hosting of the Flight 242 Traveling Display of mounted news articles and photos of the crash. The display can be viewed from March 27 through April 8 at the Maud P. Ragsdale Public Library at 1815 Hiram-Douglasville Highway.The passing of four decades since the crash in 1977 has done little to dull the memory of that day for many friends, families of victims, and survivors. New Hope Memorial Flight 242, Inc. is actively working toward raising funds for the construction of a permanent monument to preserve the memory of those who lost their lives and to honor the survivors and first responders. And Paulding County has dedicated a site for the monument at the edge of New Hope Cemetery, a short distance from the crash site.New Hope Memorial’s President Cherry Waddell said the price tag of a permanent memorial near the site of the crash has risen to about $300,000 and thus far about $22,000 has been raised. She said it may take about four to five years to reach their goal.As with many such accidents, several factors conspired to bring down the Southern Airways DC-9 on that April day in 1977. Captain Bill McKenzie and co-pilot Lyman Keele were advised of thunderstorms and possible tornadoes along their general route prior to their departure from Huntsville, but not subsequently updated of the fact tha...
Monday, February 20, 2017Huntsville police have identified the victim in a fatal accident Tuesday on I-565 just east of County Line Road as a Decatur man.Michael Hubbard, 43, was killed in the one-vehicle accident that occurred about 3 p.m., Huntsville police spokesman Lt. Stacy Bates said.Bates said Hubbard was traveling westbound in an SUV-type vehicle and the wreck may have resulted from a "medical issue."The vehicle traveled into the median and rolled "multiple times," Bates said.Peck Funeral Home in Hartselle is handling arrangements.The wreck occurred near the Glenn Hearn Boulevard exit for Huntsville International Airport, according to WAFF-48, the Daily's news partner.
Monday, February 06, 2017Ruth was born Ruth V. Kirby in Armstrong, Missouri in 1926, the oldest of seven children. In 1947, she married Stanley Fridley and the couple made their home in the Moberly and Huntsville areas while raising their five children. In the late 1960’s they moved to Warrenton where Mr. Fridley was employed by the Norfolk and Western Railroad, and then to Union where he worked in real estate.After she raised her children, Ruth went to college. In 1972, Ruth received an associate arts degree at East Central Junior College in Union, and in 1984 she earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, where she continued to live for 25 years after her husband’s death.Ruth loved music and sang in her church choir in nearly every place she made her home. She was especially active at the Zion United Church of Christ, Union, and later at Central United Church of Christ in Jefferson City. In her later years she taught at public schools in the Jefferson City area, performed in community theatre, and dabbled in the arts. She was proud of her “Master Toastmaster” award, which she received after being an active member of Toastmasters International for 25 years. Ruth was an excellent swimmer, and she especially loved to go dancing.Ruth is survived by her five children: Janice Huque of Maryland (Mohammad);...
Monday, January 23, 2017Alabama-Tennessee state line. She is also an advocate for end-of-life options, a topic most people feel uncomfortable discussing.Champion, a former contracts manager in Huntsville, wants to change that.She will host a unique event next month for the Rocket City: a death cafe to increase "awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives." The Feb. 1 pop up event will kick off at 5:30 p.m. at West End Grill on 6610 Old Madison Pike N.W."I am constantly amazed about how little people know about death," Champion told AL.com. "What are the laws? What is the purpose of embalming and don't I have to have it? What happens to my body after death? ... Part of my passion is to teach people what I know and to make death a part of life."Champion said the death cafe will be only the second gathering of its kind in Huntsville. In the meantime, we caught up with Champion to talk about why residents should attend the event.You've recently started building a new career to bring more awareness to the death and burial process, which many Americans have lost touch with as funeral homes have assumed care for the dead. Why is this work so important to you?Having reached the age of 50 with a phobia and fascination about death, I'm so amazed at the transformation in my life that death has brought. I've...
