If you have not found obit you were asking for, you may want try Alabama Department of Archives and History. You can get your local library to ask for microfilm on interlibrary loan. Some of microfilm is available for sell.
I looked on microfilm for Washington county-- name of newspaper for that time period is Washington County News. Mircofilm #455 ---year 1937-01-07---1940-12-26
Microfilm #455-- years1941-01-02--1945-12-27.

Good luck on your research