Services for Allie Irene Havard Shell, of Roxie, are 11 a.m. on Friday, April 23, at Springhill Baptist Church in Knoxville, with burial in the church cemetery. Franklin Funeral Home in Meadville is in charge of arrangements.
Visitation is Thursday from 5 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mrs. Shell, 95, died April 21, 2010, at Natchez Community Hospital. She was born in Franklin County on Feb. 17, 1915, to Cade Nathaniel Havard and Allie Irene Ford Havard.
She was a homemaker, and a member of Springhill Baptist Church. Mama Allie was an avid deer and turkey hunter and loved the outdoors. She loved taking care of and spending time with her family. Some of her hobbies were gardening, sewing, watching the Atlanta Braves, riding her golf cart and spending time with her cat, Socks. She enjoyed singing in the choir at Springhill Baptist Church.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Roy Shell Sr.; two brothers, three sisters and her son-in-law, David Griffin.
Survivors are her sons and their wives, Roy and Loretta Shell, of Knoxville, and Wilber and Nancy Shell, of Brookhaven; her daughters, Linda Carraway and husband Mike, of Knoxville, and Elizabeth Griffin, of Knoxville; her nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Appreciation is given to three special people for their loving care, Barbara Alexander, Tonya Halford and Priscilla Jackson.
The Brookhaven, Ms. newspaper The Daily Leader Thursday, April 22, 2010.
Services for Allie Irene Havard Shell, of Roxie, are 11 a.m. on Friday, April 23, at Springhill Baptist Church in Knoxville, with burial in the church cemetery. Franklin Funeral Home in Meadville is in charge of arrangements.
Visitation is Thursday from 5 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mrs. Shell, 95, died April 21, 2010, at Natchez Community Hospital. She was born in Franklin County on Feb. 17, 1915, to Cade Nathaniel Havard and Allie Irene Ford Havard.
She was a homemaker, and a member of Springhill Baptist Church. Mama Allie was an avid deer and turkey hunter and loved the outdoors. She loved taking care of and spending time with her family. Some of her hobbies were gardening, sewing, watching the Atlanta Braves, riding her golf cart and spending time with her cat, Socks. She enjoyed singing in the choir at Springhill Baptist Church.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Roy Shell Sr.; two brothers, three sisters and her son-in-law, David Griffin.
Survivors are her sons and their wives, Roy and Loretta Shell, of Knoxville, and Wilber and Nancy Shell, of Brookhaven; her daughters, Linda Carraway and husband Mike, of Knoxville, and Elizabeth Griffin, of Knoxville; her nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Appreciation is given to three special people for their loving care, Barbara Alexander, Tonya Halford and Priscilla Jackson.
The Brookhaven, Ms. newspaper The Daily Leader Thursday, April 22, 2010.
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