Yell, Sarah Jane (Whitwell)

  • Saturday, April 29, 2017

Sarah Jane Yell, 71, of Whitwell, Tennessee, passed away Friday, April 28, 2017.  

She was preceded in death by her husband Leroy Yell; parents, Arthur & Mildred Redford; five brothers & sisters; one grandchild; and one great-grandchild.  

She was a member of Morning Star Baptist Church. 

She is survived by two daughters, Alberta (Jerry) Walker of Dunlap; Loretta (David) Lea of Whitwell; Tommy Yell, David (Clem) Yell, Jeff Yell all of Newport News, VA; nine grandchildren, Mark (April) Michaels, Kimberly (Daniel) Snyder, Hailey (Michael) Henry, Bailey (Tanya) Nunley, Rose Lea, Jonathan Walker, Trinity Lea, Dylan Walker and Brandon (Leslie) Walker; and five great-grandchildren, Annalee Michaels, Cheyanne Palmer, Cooper Michaels, Rowan Henry and Bentley Nunley. 

Family will receive friends 4-8 p.m. Sunday, April 30. 

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. on Monday, May 1, in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Jim Troyer officiating.  Interment will follow at Sequatchie Valley Memorial Gardens in Jasper. 

Whitwell Memorial Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.

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