An index for Alabama Deaths reported between 1908 and 1974 is now on the new
FamilySearch Labs website (FREE to access). As part of the index, they have
extracted spouse and parents names (if available) as well as death date and
place.

Alabama Statewide Death Index 1908-1974
http://birminghamgenealogy.wordpress.com/

or

FamilySearch Labs Record Search

http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=allCollections;r=0