Authorities are asking for help finding family members of four people who died in Jefferson County in recent months.

Their bodies are ready to be released for burial, but the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office has not been able to locate and notify their next of kin.

Coroner’s officials identified those who died as James Newman, 60, Kenneth Wayne Ayler, 66, John Lee Spraggins, 64, and Doris Ann Green, 80.

Newman, a white male, died April 12 at Baptist Medical Center Princeton. He died of natural causes while he was a patient there.

Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates said Newman possibly lived in Wisconsin early in his life, but they have not other information about him or possible family members.

A photo of Newman was not available.

Ayler, a Black male, died July 5 at North Hill Nursing Rehabilitation Center on North Pinehill Road in Birmingham.

He was found unresponsive by staff and died of natural causes.

Ayler possibly lived in Tacoma, Washington at one time. The decedent previously experienced homelessness and was known to frequent the UAB medical district area.

A photo Ayler was not available.

Spraggins, a Black male, died of natural causes July 5 at UAB-St. Vincent’s East, where he was a patient.

Spraggins previously listed an address in Pell City and had been receiving assistance through the JBS Mental Health Authority.

Green, a white female from Locust Fork, died of natural causes May 26 at St. Vincent’s East in Birmingham.

Green had listed an address in the 600 block of Tabernacle Road in Locust Fork. She previously listed a husband by the name of James Green with an address on State Highway 79 in Trafford but all efforts to confirm the information or locate him have failed, Yates said.

Family members are asked to call the coroner’s office at 205-930-3603.