Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
8:35 am Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Helen Anne Stanley James

Helen Anne Stanley James

December 24, 2011

Helen Anne Stanley James, 75, Russellville, passed away in peace and with love at her residence on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011.

She lived her entire life in Franklin County and was a member of First Baptist Church, Russellville.

The funeral service will be Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011, at 11 a.m. at Pinkard Funeral Home, Russellville with Barry Holcomb officiating. Burial will be in Franklin Memory Gardens.

Survivors include, father of her children, Jerry James; children, Julia James Taylor, Russellville, David James, Muscle Shoals, Gwen Brown and husband, Art, Phil Campbell, Peter James and wife, Heather, Muscle Shoals; brother, Bud Stanley and wife, Jo Ann, Russellville; grandchildren Christi Brown Tyra and husband, Chris, Alex Brown, A. J. Ledlow, Hayden James; great-grandchild, Eli Tyra; niece, Kim Clonts and husband, Steve, Russellville.

She was preceded in death by parents, Edward and Verna Mae Stanley; granddaughter, Shay Ledlow.

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