10-6-10 — Sept. 11, 1923-Sept. 21, 2010

    Alpha Spradlin, age 87, passed away Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at the Golden Years Nursing Home. She was born September 11, 1923 to the late Ewell and Lillie Kidd Bell.

    Also preceding her in death are her four infant children; her  sisters- Vena Gregory, Evalee Spradlin, Gladys Phillips and her brothers Hershell, Noble, Reynold, Garmin, Ralph and Gene Bell.

    Surviving are her two children-Mary Wilson and husband Larry and Danny Spradlin;  Four grandchildren-Amelia Devereaux and husband Steve, Veronica Kendrick and husband Chris, Katie Spradlin and William J. Wise; Four great grandchildren-Brooke and Zane Devereaux, Kaelyn Kendrick and Nicholas Wise.

    She had worked as a cook for over eighteen years at the Rocky Branch School, feeding many children in that time.

    She had accepted Christ as her Savior at an early age and was a member at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church for many years.

    The funeral service was held Saturday afternoon at the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church with Bro. Kenneth Thompson officiating. Burial was in the Spradlin Cemetery at Bell Farm.

    Hickey and Son  Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.