Emma Lee Reynolds

March 7, 2011

Emma Lee Reynolds, 87, formerly of Walnut Hill and a resident of Blount County, AL,  died Friday March 4, 2011, at Oneonta, AL, at the Golden Living Center She was born in Walnut Hill on November 20, 1923, to the late Dovie B. and Lillie Williams Phillips.

Mrs. Reynolds was a member of Grove Hill Baptist Church in Alabama, where she taught children’s Sunday School, was a WMU leader and cooked for the weekly church meal. She was known for a green thumb for growing flowers.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Hunter Thomas Reynolds; two brothers, Willard Phillips and Clarence Phillips; and one sister, Merlene D. Sowell.

She is survived by two sons: Larry Reynolds and wife, Frances of Jackson, MS,  Marvin Reynolds and wife, Jeannie of Somerset, KY; three daughters, Pam Middlebrook and husband, James of Tuscaloosa, Marilyn Calvert and husband, Roger of Remlap, AL,   Dr. Loretta Reynolds and husband, Dr. Eddie Broadhead of Berea, KY; two brothers, Lindy Phillips of Davisville and D.L. Phillips of North Carolina; two sisters, Jean Soloman of Davisville,  and Ethel Wilcox of Loxley; 10 grandchildren,  Jan, Blake, Donna Larry ,Jr. Debbie, Melissa, David, Emily, Matthew and Christen; and  14 great-grandchildren.

Services were Sunday March 6, 2011 at 2 p.m. from Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Loretta Reynolds officiating. Interment followed in McCullough Cemetery. Family received friends, Sunday March 6, 2011 at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home.

1 Hr. prior to service time.

Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home, INC in charge of all arrangements. Atmore, Al.

Comments

Comments are closed.

Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Obituaries