Adell Donlow

Mrs. Adell Donlow, 83, of Fulton died Friday, April 7, 2017, at Clinton-Hickman County ICF Nursing Facility.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 13, 2017, at Jack-sonville Free-will Baptist Church. Inter-ment will follow in Greenlea Cemetery.
Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. on Thursday at the church.
She was born on November 2, 1933, to the Martha Slayton and Frank Tucker. She married Ben Donlow on October 3, 1981.
She professed her love for Christ at an early age and became a member of the Jacksonville Freewill Baptist Church in 1994. There she worked faithfully on the Mother Board, the kitchen committee and as an active choir member until her health began to fail in 2015. She was also a member of the Community Serving Club for many years.
Adell was employed at the Morning Star Nursery near Rives, TN. She worked there for forty-two years.
She leaves to mourn her passing, her husband Ben, Union City, TN; two sons, Herman Ray Lightner (Lee Ann), Clinton, KY & Lowell Thomas Lightner (Felicia) South Fulton, TN. She also leaves a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and friends who will miss her dearly.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother, Willie Slayton, her first husband, Lowell Lightner, and her grandson, Dennis Lightner.
Rawls Funeral Home in South Fulton is in charge of arrangements.
Published 4.12.17