Nell Allen Futrell
Brandon - Nell Allen Futrell, 92, formerly of Tupelo died, Sunday, April 29, 2018 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland. On January 26, 1926, Nell was born in Montgomery, Alabama to Warren Smith Allen and Thelma Naurine Cook Allen. After graduating High School in Montgomery she worked as a teller where she met a Bank Examiner, John Futrell, whom she later married. They were together 47 years until his passing on September, 19 2004. She and her husband were very active members of Tupelo Luncheon Civitan Club. She was also a member of Gloster Street Church of Christ.
Survivors include one daughter, Becky Turner of Brandon; two grandchildren, Allen Turner of Brandon and Brooke Fulton and her husband, Eli of Brandon and one great-grandson, Colt Fulton. She was preceded by her husband, John Futrell; parents; sister, Annie Warren Allen and son-in-law, Glen Turner.
Visitation will be 11 a.m. until service time at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at the Jefferson Street Chapel of W. E. Pegues with Minister Chad Ramsey officiating. Graveside services will follow at Tupelo Memorial Park.
Pallbearers will be Allen Turner, Eli Fulton and Tom Messier.
The family request that memorials be made to the MIND Center Fund, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Office of Development Accounting, 2500 N. State Street, Jackson, MS 39216 or online at
www.umc.edu/givenow
by selecting category "UMMC Options" and then selecting "Mind Center".
The service will be live streamed and recorded for those who may not be able to attend at
www.peguesfuneralhome.com
.
Expressions of sympathy may be left at
www.peguesfuneralhome.com
.