Alice Mims Obert

Alice Mims Obert, 84, passed away on February 2, 2025. She was born on November 28, 1940 to Herman Baylor Mims and Lillian Payne Mims at Citizens Hospital in Talladega, Alabama. In June, 1959, Alice M. Mims married Sam R. Obert in Talladega, Alabama and together they had three sons, Mark Christopher Obert, Keith David Obert, and Samuel Alexander Obert. Alice Mims Obert was a graduate of Talladega High School and thereafter attended the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, and BerryCollege in Rome, Georgia and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Memphis State University in Memphis, Tennessee. Alice taught school in the Memphis City Public Schools, at Towering Oaks Baptist School and at Briarcrest Baptist School for several years while living in Memphis from 1969 until 2005. During that time, she was active and held leadership roles in the Parkway Village Garden Club, New Memphian Club, several bridge clubs, and was an active member of Wooddale Church of Christ and White Station Church of Christ. In 2005, Sam and Alice moved to Ridgeland, Mississippi, where she attended and was an active member of Meadowbrook Church of Christ and worked as the Office Manager at the law firm of Obert Law Group, P.A. in Ridgeland, Mississippi. Everyone who knew Alice enjoyed her hospitable, friendly, outgoing nature and great personality and she still has friends today dating back to her early school days in Talladega, her time in Pensacola, Florida, Rome, Georgia, Decatur, Alabama, Memphis, Tennessee and Ridgeland, Mississippi. It has been said many times of Alice that "she never met a stranger, and she never lost a friend." Alice Obert is survived by her husband of more that 65 years, Sam R. Obert, her three sons, Mark Christopher Obert (Lesley) of West Memphis, Arkansas, Keith David Obert (Alaine) of Madison, Mississippi, and Samuel Alexander Obert of Asheville, North Carolina. She is also survived by four grandchildren, Kim Ann McCutcheon (Casey), Saint Augustine, Florida, Dr. Baylor Anderson Obert (Adria) of Brandon, Mississippi, Sophie Coffee Leary of New York City, New York and Meelo Obert of New York City, New York, one great grandson, Branlee Mark McCutcheon, and her daughter-in-law, Mireille Radwan Dana. Alice is preceded in passing by her father, Herman Baylor Mims, her mother, Lillian Payne Mims Donahoo, her younger brother, William Baylor Mims, and her grandson, Mark Christopher Obert, Jr. Visitation will be held at Usrey Brown Funeral Home in Talladega, Alabama from 12:00 noon until 1:00 p.m. on February 8, 2025. A funeral service celebrating her life will be held at the funeral home at 1:00 PM, with an interment to follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Talladega Alabama. Flowers, of course, may be given; alternatively, in lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Saint Jude Children's Hospital and the American Cancer Society in Alice's name. Online condolences may be offered at www.usreyfuneralhome.com. Usrey Funeral Home of Talladega is directing the services.