Vera Cheatham

Published 12:00 am Monday, June 1, 2009

Vera Nell Cheatham died May 29, 2009. She was born September 25, 1921 in Nauvoo, Ala. She married William Butler Cheatham on May 30, 1941 in Birmingham.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William Butler Cheatham; parents, Forrest Milton Dobbs and Leona Pearl Hyde Dobbs; brothers, Lowell Neil Dobbs and Forrest Milton Dobbs Jr.
She is survived by a sister, Doris Jean Dobbs Henson of Jasper; children, three daughters, Dianne and Johnny Johnson of Gulf Shores, Janice and Richard Saunders of Greenville and Kathy and Sonny Stuckey of Beatrice; grandchildren, Jennifer Johnson and husband Peter Fruin of Birmingham, Tara Johnson and husband Paul Elliot of Douglas, Ga., Jessica Stuckey and husband, Ashley Harris of Spanish Fort, Kristen Saunders and husband, Brian Crandall of Greenville and Julie Stuckey of Orange Beach; great-grandchildren John Hanniger (Jack) Fruin, Catherine Dianne Fruin, Elizabeth Grace Elliot, Preston Jarrett Lowery, John William Elliot, Robert Pete Fruin and Kathleen Ella Harris.
Services were at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 31 at Johnson Funeral Home of Monroeville with Rev. Ralph Stacey of Beatrice Community Church and Rev. Marlon Brown of Mineola Baptist Church. Interment followed in Pineville Cemetery in Monroeville. Memorials may be made to Beatrice Community Church, PO Box 187, Beatrice, AL 36425 or Asera Care, 1979 Hwy 21 Bypass, Monroeville, AL 36460.