Alethea Faye Nixon was killed on July 26, 2006
when the tanker truck she was riding in enroute to a fire went off a bridge.

Two other firefighters are hospitalized:
Chris Graves was in Huntsville Hospital andChris Nixon was at UAB in Birningham.

Both Christ Graves and Chris Nixon are back at home. Praise God!!!

"On behalf of the Nixon, Graves and Parr families and the members of the Asbury VFD, we would like to express our most sincere gratitude to our local community as well as all of the fire departments and firefighters across our county, our state and this great country of ours, AND across the world for all of the thoughts, prayers, cards, donations and the outpouring of support.

Words cannot express how grateful we are to have such a wonderful community to support us and a brotherhood and sisterhood of firefighters from across the world to help us and the families make it through this difficult time."

"We would ask that you continue to keep the Graves, Nixon and Parr families
in your thoughts and prayers and we hope for safe and speedy recoveries for each of them."
We would like to also express our gratitude to Whitaker Towing and Crane Service
for their rapid response and assistance at the scene.

Also we would like to say "Thank You" to The Air-Evac LifeTeam
for their quick response and assistance with transporting the firefighters to Huntsville Hospital.

They also express their gratitude to the agencies who assisted
and provided support and service on Wednesday night when the accident happened.

  • Alder Springs Volunteer Fire Department
  • Albertville Fire Department
  • Buelah Volunteer Fire Department
  • Boaz Fire Department
  • Albertville Police Department
  • Marshall County Sheriff's Department
  • Marshall County 911
  • Alabama State Troopers
  • Marshall County Commissioners
  • Guntersville Recue Squad
  • Union Rescue Squad
  • Marshall Health Services
  • Marshall County EMA
  • Huntsville Hospital
  • UAB Medical Center
  • ALL other agencies who assisted