Ona M. Pounders
Ona M. Pounders, 97, passed away March 30 at home. A native of Franklin County, she lived in Spruce Pine and Russellville all her life except for several years in Jacksonville, Fla. She was a member of the church of Christ.
Visitation for Mrs. Pounders will be April 3 from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Pinkard Funeral Home. Service will follow at 1 p.m. in Pinkard Funeral Home Chapel, Russellville, with Johnny Richardson and Mike Morrow officiating. Burial will be in Franklin Memory Gardens, Russellville.
Pallbearers will include Ed Marynowitz, Jared Woodward, Chase Davis, Luke Bradford, Clint Bradford and Colton Bradford.
Mrs. Pounders’ survivors include her children Jerri Hamilton and husband Bob, Lamar Pounders and wife Betty and Mike Pounders and wife Marsha; sister, Rumell Hovater; sister-in-law, Frances Pounders; nine grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren and ten great-great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Aaron Pounders; parents Johnny and Ethel (Willis) Boyles; children, Steven Terry Pounders, Paul Maurice Pounders and Nina Pearl Gaskins; and siblings, Hansel Boyles, Arvin Boyles, Veda Jackson, Irene Bullington and Marie James.
A very special thanks to her caregivers: Linda Adkins, Sandra Hodge, Maria Fisher, Judy Duffey, Denise Pounders, Carolyn Fretwell and to Hospice of North Alabama.
