Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
4:55 pm Friday, March 22, 2013

John W. Fortner

John W. Fortner

March 19, 2013

John W. Fortner, 65, Phil Campbell, passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2013.

He was a native of Mobile.

Funeral services were Thursday, March 21, 2013, 2 p.m. at Pinkard Funeral Home in Russellville with burial in Shady Grove Cemetery at Liberty Hill.

Survivors include wife, Sandra Fortner, Phil Campbell; children, Rusty Fortner, Bear Creek, Kris Fortner and wife, Pamela, Albertville, Derick Quillen, Talladega;

mother, Betty Fortner Thrasher, Phil Campbell; siblings, Linda Dodd and husband, Grady, Hartselle, Glen Fortner, Memphis, Tenn.; grandchildren, Julia Fortner, Hannah Fortner, McKinzi Fortner, Kiley Fortner, Heather Willis, Kayla Quillen; great-grandchild, Aiden Reed; two nieces and two nephews.

He was preceded in death by father, James Fortner.

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