The following obituaries appeared in the November 10, 2006 edition of The Franklin County Times.
By Staff
Opal Bingham Ezzell
November 7, 2006
Opal Bingham Ezzell, age 88, of Belgreen, passed away Tuesday, November 7, 2006, at Russellville Hospital.
Mrs. Ezzell lived all her life in Franklin County and was a member of Quinn Memorial Church of Christ. She was a 1937 graduate of Phil Campbell High School. She was employed at Belgreen High School as a cafeteria worker for 22 years. She loved her family and enjoyed cooking and working with her flowers. Mrs. Ezzell was preceded in death by her husband, Louie W. Ezzell; her parents, Sam and Leotta Bingham; two brothers and five sisters.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, November 9, 2006, at Pinkard Funeral Home Chapel with Lonnie Oldag officiating. Interment was in Franklin Memory Gardens.
Pallbearers were James Pounders, Wayne Benson, Nelson Skidmore, Ricky Bingham, Jimmy Speck and Ray Ezzell.
Mrs. Ezzell is survived by a son, Donald Ezzell and wife Ford, of Russellville; her grandchildren, Sherrie Kirby, Hope Adkins and husband Mike, Terry Ezzell and wife Kristie, and Eric Ezzell and wife Laura Beth; her great-grandchildren, Jessica Kirby, Clay and Dylan Adkins, and Logan and Landon Ezzell; and several nieces and nephews.
Pinkard Funeral Home assisted the family.