Charlotte Hellums
Charlotte Hellums
July 16, 2010
Charlotte Hellums, 59, of Red Bay, passed away Friday, July 16, 2010 in Colbert Co., Ala. She was born July 27, 1950 in Alabama to Donald Eugene “Buster” and Helen Nelson McDowell. She was in education and counseling for 36 years and most recently a guidance counselor at Red Bay High School since 1995. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Red Bay.
Funeral services were held July 19, 2010 at the First United Methodist Church in Red Bay with Rev. Buster Timmons and Gordon Blair officiating. Burial was in Red Bay City Cemetery. Deaton Funeral Home assisted the family.
She is survived by her husband, Wallace William “Wally” Hellums, of Red Bay; three daughters, Elizabeth Hellums Blair and husband, Gordon, of Birmingham, Ala., Samantha Hellums Moody and husband, Kale, of Starkville, Miss. and Catherine Hellums Brown and husband, Blake, of Athens, Ala.; two sons, Mac Wallace Hellums and wife, Lori, of Tuscumbia and Patrick William Hellums, of Red Bay; four grandchildren, Will Moody and Molly Moody, of Starkville, Miss., John Edward “Jeb” Blair, of Birmingham, Ala. and Elizabeth Grace Hellums, of Tuscumbia; and mother-in-law, Helen McDowell, of Red Bay.
She was preceded in death by her father.
Pallbearers were Kale Moody, Blake Brown, Gordon Blair, Brian Bolton, Donnie Roberts, Kenny Sparks, David Markum and Jeff Barksdale.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the Charlotte Hellums Memorial Scholarship Fund at Red Bay High School.
