Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
2:00 pm Tuesday, April 19, 2016

June Keeton Seal

June Keeton Seal, 76, Russellville, passed away April 17.

She was a member of Southside Baptist Church and had attended Rockwood Baptist Church for 45 years. She graduated from Russellville High School and Larimore Business College. She had been employed by North Alabama Hospital, Sears, Alabama Employment Office and was a substitute teacher for several years. She also helped at her father’s grocery, Keeton’s Shop Ezy. June was a wonderful wife, mother, mamaw, sister and friend to all who knew her.

She is survived by her daughter, Susan James and husband Dale; special granddaughter, Hannah June Harold and husband Josh; sisters, Judy Grissom and Jane McManus; brother, Joe Keeton and wife Donna; sister-in-law, Judy Raper; and brother-in-law, Jerry Seal and wife Gwen.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John Seal; parents, E.E. and Mildred Keeton; sister, Sarah Nell Keeton; children, infant son Mark Gregory Seal; daughter, Sharon Jane Bryant and son-in-law, Joey Bryant.

Funeral service was April 18 at 2 p.m. at Pinkard Funeral Home, Russellville, with Bro. Scott Lindsey officiating. Visitation was prior to the service from 1 p.m. until service time. Burial followed in Franklin Memory Gardens.

Pallbearers were David Grissom, Daniel Keeton, Derek McManus, Johnny Hill, Lynn Hill, Joe Keeton and Landon Hill.

Honorary bearers were Delano Lawrence, MacKinley Flannigan, Hazel James, Marvin Harris, Anthony James, Ken Pinkard and Morris Woodruff.

Special thanks to Hospice of North Alabama, Dr. Ronald McCoy and Dr. Loren McCoy.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, American Diabetes Association or the American Cancer Society.

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