Nellie Smith Marshall
Published 5:14 pm Friday, January 28, 2011
Nellie Smith Marshall, age 88, a resident of Greenville, passed away peacefully at Hillview Terrace Select Rehab on Wednesday, January 26, 2011. Funeral services will be held Sunday, January 30, 2011 at 2 p.m. from the Chapel of Harrison Funeral Home with Reverends John Howard Kervin and Roy Rogers officiating. Interment will follow in the Ebenezer East Baptist Cemetery with Harrison Funeral Home directing. A visitation will be held from 1 p.m. until service time at 2 p.m. Survivors include: daughters, Sandra (Bill) Porter and Phyliss (Bennie) Simmons; sons : Phillip (Pat) Marshall and John (Brenda) Marshall; sisters : Janie Rogers and Sue Reese; sister-in-law : Ellen (Cecil) Floyd; grandchildren : Anna (Gerard) Brewer, Will (Lori) Porter, Kelly Churchwell , Bobby (Tina) Marshall, Phillip Todd Marshall, Matthew (Tammy) Marshall, Amanda Marshall, Josh (Amber) Simmons, Lydia Simmons McMahon, Mark (Liz) Strong and 16 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons and honorary pallbearer will be Randy Russell.
Mrs. Marshall was preceded in death by her parents, husband William Marshall, great-grand-daughter April Cain, great-grandson Kurtis Jones, sisters MaryBelle Hay, Ruby Nix, Sally Russell; brothers, R.D., Ralph and Grady Smith. A special thanks to the caregivers at Rehab Select for their extraordinary care.
Flowers will be accepted or donations may be made to Ebenezer East Baptist Church, 173 St. Francis Church Road, Greenville, AL 36037.