Sharon Nell Lyell

Funeral Services for Sharon Nell Orahood Lyell, 77, will be held Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at the Cedar Avenue Chapel of Brummitt-McKenzie Funeral Home with Reverend David Brown officiating. Visitation will be Saturday, February 23, 2013 from 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m and burial will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, McKenzie,TN. Mrs. Lyell went to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 21, 2013. She was born on August 8, 1935, in Chickasha, OK to Aldelbert Wayne Orahood and Dorothy Leone Wynkoop Orahood Hawkins. On December 27, 1958, she married her husband Charlie Dotson Lyell, who preceded her in death. She retired from the Social Security Administration on December 3, 1998, and was a member of Mount Pelia Baptist Church. She was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs. Lyell enjoyed working on genealogy, needlepoint, playing the piano, going to church and singing in the choir, painting and spending time with her children and their husband and wife, grandchildren and other family members. She is survived by her daughter, Sheridan Dawn (David) Owen of McKenzie and her son, Barry (Sharron) Lyell of Rives; two grandchildren, Brittany Nicole Lyell and Brad Nicholas Lyell, both of Rives, and one brother, Harry Orahood of Oklahoma City, OK; and several nieces and nephews. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Shannon Leigh Lyell.