Mrs. Ruby Snell Passes

May/16/2007 15:43 Filed in: Passages
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Mrs. Ruby Eley Snell, 95, of Florence, died Thursday, May 10, 2007, at ECM Hospital after a brief illness. She was a native of Bedford County, Tenn., member of Mars Hill Church of Christ, AWO, Mars Hill Bible School and Heritage Women. Visitation was held May 12, 2007, from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. at Mars Hill Bible School, Morris Auditorium. Funeral services were Sunday, May 13, 2007, at 2:30 p.m. in Morris Auditorium, with burial in Greenview Memorial Park. Officiating will be Mrs. Snell's sons. Mrs. Snell was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Thomas Ralph Snell; parents, William and Evie Eley; brothers, William F., Cecil, Thomas Clay and Don Bright Eley. She is survived by sons, Thomas Ralph Jr. (Jincy), Kenneth Lee (Susan), David William (Jane) and Jonathan Earnest (Lea); daughters, Jewel Kendrick (Ronald), Joy Brown (Gerald), Joan Dixon (Robert), Jan Brantly (James), Jill Watson (Russell) and Jerrilyn Kelley (Richard); brothers, G.L. Eley, of Shelbyville, Tenn., and James M. Eley, of Corinth, Miss.; sisters, Gladys Harper, of Florence, and Evylin Lowe, of Shelbyville; 34 grandchildren; and 31 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be sons-in-law, Ronald Kendrick, Gerald Brown, Robert Dixon, Jim Brantly, Russell Watson and Richard Kelley Jr. Honorary pallbearers will include the elders and ministers of Mars Hill Church of Christ.