Funeral services for John "Popper" Scalzi of Hanceville will be 3:00 P.M. Friday, June 10, 2022 at Hanceville Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Hopewell Cemetery. Visitation for the public will be from 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. at Hanceville Funeral Home on Friday.

Mr. Scalzi was born on July 9, 1929 to the late Girolamo Scalzi Jr. and Maria (Astorino) Scalzi in Detroit, Michigan. He died at the age of 92 on June 6, 2022 at UAB Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama.

Survivors include his children, Diane (Starlin) Craighead and Sandra (David) Townsend; grandchildren, Jacob James (Kimberly) Craighead, Jordan John (Michelle) Craighead and Emily Marie (Scott) Krogh; great grandchildren, Julia Jenette Craighead, James John Craighead and Cora Jenette Krogh; siblings, Ernest Jerome Scalzi and Ruth Scott Ross.

In addition to his parents, Mr. Scalzi was preceded in death by wife, Jenette Scalzi; seven sisters and two brothers.