Obituary

Terrence Antonio “Tony” Kirkland, 26, a resident of Dothan, died Friday, July 28, 2000 at Southeast Alabama Medical Center.

Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Friday, August 4, 2000 at Byrd Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Robert Jones and Rev. Keener Batchlor officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park with Byrd Funeral Home officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Friday prior to service time.

Tony was born March 2, 1974 in Dothan and lived all of his life in Dothan. He was a member of North Highland Baptist Church and was dearly loved by his many friends and neighbors.

Survivors include a son, Terrence Antonio Kirkland, Jr.; his mother, Deborah A. Smith; a brother, Donnie R. Smith; a sister, Billie Mae Ward, all of Dothan; grandmother, Louise Kirkland, Dothan; grandfathers, Wilbur Bishop, Dothan, James Field, Donalsonville, Georgia; aunts, Belinda Kirkland, Dothan, Christine Swain, Dothan; uncles, Kenneth Kirkland and his wife, Gaynell, Enterprise, Jessie Swain and his wife , “Mammie”, Johnny Dale Swain and his wife, Faye, Quincy Swain and his wife, Cynthia, all of Dothan; nephews, Marlo Antonio Mings, Dothan, Remus Ward, Dothan; many friends including James Woods, Dothan, Spencer Trawick, Dothan, Charles Lovelace, Dothan, Cornandius Ware, Dothan, Stewart Reese, Dothan, Darius McKinley, Atlanta, Georgia, John Page, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Brad McNealy, Houston, Texas, Tim Vonshay Stacey, Dothan.

Tony was predeceased by a sister, Lakendra L. Kirkland and his father, Remus Swain.

Burial: Sunset Memorial Park, Midland City, Dale County, Alabama, USA, Plot: Garden of Chimes, Lot 168-C, #4