Donald Babb
Posted: September 23, 2016
GORDO, Ala. — Donald Denny Babb, 79, died Sept. 19, 2016, at Hospice of West Alabama. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Gordo First United Methodist Church with Dan Kilgore and Ron McKay officiating. Burial will follow Gordo City Cemetery. Visitation is from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Mr. Babb was born Feb. 12, 1937, to the late Philip Preston Babb and Lois Duckworth Babb in Palmetto, Alabama. He was a member of Gordo First United Methodist Church and was the former owner of State Farm Insurance in Reform, Alabama and was chief of the Gordo Volunteer Fire Department. He is survived by his wife, Ruth T. Babb; daughters, Betty Vintson and Susan Lambert; sons, Paul Babb and Mark Babb; brother, Bobby Babb; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Phillip Babb, Jon Babb, Justin Babb, Dalton Lambert, Kevin Lambert, LaWayne Vinston, Nate Shelton and Ken Homan. Memorials may be made to Gordo First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 343, Gordo, AL 35466 or to Hospice of West Alabama, 3851 Loop Road, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404.