Dorothy Connell

Mrs. Dorothy Terrell Connell, age 85, of Fulton passed away Sept. 13, 2022, in Nashville.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in the funeral chapel of Horn-beak Funeral Home, with burial following in Oak Grove Cemetery. Visitation was held at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Saturday.
Pallbearers were Jeff Caldwell, Joe Ben Pritchard, Jackie Pritchard, Dalton Gray, Ben Sloan, Matt Vanderloop and Troy Weidenbach. Honorary pallbearers were Paul Moreland, Andy Crocker and Bobby Terrell.
She was born on Jan. 14, 1937, in Weakley County, to the late Dean Terrell and Alma Johns Terrell.
Mrs. Dorothy attended Faith Fellowship Church, where she played the piano. She was a former Sunday School teacher at Fulton Cumberland Presbyterian Church and played the piano at Johnson Grove Baptist Church.
She was a homemaker and worked for the former Ferry-Morse Seed Company. She was a member of the Fulton Woman’s Club and she was also instrumental in the Chestnut Glade School Reunions. Dorothy was an avid reader in history and loved Tennessee Walking Horses. She always put God and family first in her life.
She is survived by two sons, Harold Connell of South Fulton and Steve (Martha) Connell of Tiptonville; a daughter-in-law, Darlene Connell of South Fulton; seven grandchildren, Justin (Ashley) Connell of Clinton, Ky., Katy Connell (Matt) Vanderloop of Dickson, Patrick Tanner of Southaven, Miss., Marcus Tanner of Hilton Head, S.C., Parks Lebo of Tiptonville, Steven (Kansas) Connell of Finley and Chelsea (Dillon) Keeling of Tiptonville; 14 great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; two sisters, Mary True Coles of Fulton and Treva Lou Pryor of Searcy, Ark.; and one bother, Norman (Wanda) Terrell of Knoxville.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Connell; a son, Tim Connell; a granddaughter, Tamara Connell Hall; a grandson, Joshua Connell; two brothers, Darrell and Kenneth Terrell; two infant brothers, John Alford Terrell and Elberna Lane Terrell; and a daughter-in-law, Rosemary Chambliss.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or Oak Grove Cemetery Fund, c/o Sherrill Reams, 5122 Country Club Road, South Fulton, TN 38257.
Online tributes may be left at www.hornbeakfuneralchapel.com.

Published in The Messenger 9.20.22