15-04-2025
Mary Zoghby, former Alabama State House rep who served Mobile, dies at 86
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Former Alabama State House of Representatives member Mary Zoghby died on Saturday, April 12, according to Ascension Funeral Home. She was 86.
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According to the funeral home, Zoghby died Saturday afternoon after a brief illness.
Nieces and nephews survive her, has learned.
Zoghby worked in the Alabama House as a Democrat from 1978 through 1994 as the District 105 representative, serving Mobile.
She was the driving force — as chief sponsor in 1985 — of legislation that moved Mobile to a mayor-council form of government rather than an at-large three-commissioner system of city government.
This move also required Mobile's budget to be balanced, and the mayor was given line-item veto authority.
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A visitation will be held from 8 to 9 a.m. Wednesday, April 16, at St. Pius X Catholic Church at 217 South Sage Ave. in Mobile.
A burial will follow at Catholic Cemetery, according to Ascension Funeral Home.
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