Bernice Madden Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Bernice Madden (Salem, Alabama), who passed away on June 9, 2025, at the age of 87, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Henderson Burton and Emma Lou Heard Burton; and her husband Dea. She is survived by: her former spouse Merrell Clifford Madden; her stepfather W. C. Murphy; her siblings, George Wess Burton, Willie Clarence Burton, Ruby Burton, Annie B. Burton and Sarah Patterson; her grandson Elijah Carlton Madden; her son Dexter Madden (Aundrea) of Salem, AL.; her grandchildren, John Ethan Grant of Hurlburt Field, AFB, Olivia Simmone and Savannah Bernice of Salem, AL.; her siblings, Sandra Murphy of Beulah, AL, Harriet Patton (Larry) of Valley, AL., Earnest Murphy of Douglasville, GA, James Murphy, Sr. of West Point, GA and Michael Murphy Sr. (Joyce); and her siblings-in-law, Clara Burton of Cusseta, AL. and Johnny C. Patterson of Beulah, AL.
