Obituaries

By Staff Reports Published

2:48 pm Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Eunice Colwell

January 28, 2012

Eunice Colwell, 73, Phil Campbell, passed away Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, at Russellville Hospital.

Funeral services were Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, at Spry Memorial Chapel with Sammy Taylor officiating. Burial was in Mt. View Baptist Church Cemetery.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph W. Colwell; parents, Louis and Caroline Morgan; and daughter, Jacqueline Lee Colwell.

She is survived by her children, Jessica Thrasher and husband, Lonnie, Kim Whitten and husband, Richard, Cory Colwell and wife, Kayla; grandchildren, Heather Sibley, Morgan Whitten, Colby Thrasher, Madison Thrasher, Cannon Colwell; brothers, Jack Morgan, Alex Morgan; and several nieces and nephews.

The pallbearers will be Mike Chamblee, Roger Carden, Patrick Carden, John Carden, Riley Welborn and Daniel Welborn.

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