LOUIS J. JACKSON, a native of Tunnel Springs, AL, residing in Mobile, AL for 34 years, died Friday, April 7, 1978 at 9:30 a.m. in Mobile. He was buried from Bel-View Baptist Church, Monday April 10, 1978 at 10 a.m. He is survived by his wife, Louise cumbie Jackson and two daughters.

MARY A. LANGLEY, a longtime resident of Wilmer, died Wednesday at a local hospital. Survivors include a daughter, Karen Kuhn of Wilmer; two sons, Jerry Richardson and Bart Spivey, both of Mobile; two stepchildren, Sandra Henderson of Mississippi and Walter A. Langley Jr. of Florida; a brother, Ellsworth Alford of Wilmer; a sister, Frances Kirby of Eight Mile; and six grandchildren. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. today at Valhalla Memorial Funeral Home, with burial in Valhalla Memorial Gardens. [Mobile Register (AL) - September 27, 1996 - submitted by Dena Whitesell]


JOSEPH R. SKILTON - Joseph R. ''Bud'' Skilton, an electrician and Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War, died Thursday in a local hospice. He was 76. A native of New York, Skilton had resided in the Mobile area since 1982, living in Chickasaw for about the past three years. Survivors include his children in New York. Their names were unavailable. Viewing will be from 10 a.m. to noon today at Radney Funeral Home in Mobile, with graveside services at 2 p.m. at the U.S. National Cemetery in Biloxi. [Mobile Register (AL) - September 27, 1996 - submitted by Dena Whitesell]

AMANDA (ORRELL) TOLER Died - At St. Elmo, Mobile County AL, October 4, 1878 wife of W.D. Toler, Esq. and daughter of the late John Orrell Esq. of N.C. She was buried on the anniversary of her wedding day. Seven years of wedded happiness shed its bright beams on her pathway of life. To a devoted sister's tender love and care, she left her three dear little children - a little girl, aged five years, a boy three years of age and an infant only a few weeks old. (St. Elmo AL October 25, 1878)

W.D. TOLER - Died, August 25, 1885, at his residence in St. Elmo, Mobile Co., Ala. W.D. Toler, who was born in Newbern, NC in which State he resided until 1879, at which time he removed to Mobile County and soon thereafter married Miss Amanda Orrell of St. Elmo, formerly of N.C. whom he survived seven years. He leaves three little children and a large number of friends who in sorrow and sadness survive him. Mr. Toler conducted successfully a saw mill and turpentinery in and near St. Elmo for about 15 years. He was a Representative of Mobile County at the time of his death. About 18 years ago Mr. Toler was shot by an assassin, the bullet lodging in his left lung, which produced his death. He was a good citizen, a useful man charitable and universally kind to his fellow man, and always promoting to the extent of his ability, every interest which tended to promote the general good of his county.
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