Nellie "Kay" Madewell, 85, crossed through the veil on Friday, Nov. 21, at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge.
Kay was the next to the youngest child of Spencer and Sara Koger, raised in the rolling hills of the Cumberlands, north of Jamestown, Tenn. She was a retired cosmetologist in Oak Ridge and was married to Dwight "Blackie" Madewell, who passed away some 19 years ago.
Kay is survived by her brother, Elmer Koger of Muncie, Ind.; her son, Bobby of Clinton; grandchildren, Mike and his wife, Elodie, Monica and her husband, Charles, Melanie and her husband, Scott, and Mark and his wife Candice; six great-grandchildren, Sullivan, Summer, Sawyer, Keenan, Jordan and Noah; sister-in-law, Gladys Madewell, of Toledo, Ohio; and many, many nieces and nephews.
She was a member of the First Freewill Baptist Church in Oak Ridge.
Visitation will be Tuesday evening, 5 to 6 p.m., at Weatherford Mortuary in Oak Ridge followed by a "celebration of her life" service at 6 p.m. Interment will be Wednesday morning, 10 a.m., at Oak Ridge Memorial Park, next to her husband.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, make a donation to the American Cancer Society or a charity of your choice. An online guest book may be signed at www.weatherfordmortuary.com
Kay was the next to the youngest child of Spencer and Sara Koger, raised in the rolling hills of the Cumberlands, north of Jamestown, Tenn. She was a retired cosmetologist in Oak Ridge and was married to Dwight "Blackie" Madewell, who passed away some 19 years ago.
Kay is survived by her brother, Elmer Koger of Muncie, Ind.; her son, Bobby of Clinton; grandchildren, Mike and his wife, Elodie, Monica and her husband, Charles, Melanie and her husband, Scott, and Mark and his wife Candice; six great-grandchildren, Sullivan, Summer, Sawyer, Keenan, Jordan and Noah; sister-in-law, Gladys Madewell, of Toledo, Ohio; and many, many nieces and nephews.
She was a member of the First Freewill Baptist Church in Oak Ridge.
Visitation will be Tuesday evening, 5 to 6 p.m., at Weatherford Mortuary in Oak Ridge followed by a "celebration of her life" service at 6 p.m. Interment will be Wednesday morning, 10 a.m., at Oak Ridge Memorial Park, next to her husband.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, make a donation to the American Cancer Society or a charity of your choice. An online guest book may be signed at www.weatherfordmortuary.com
Nellie "Kay" Madewell, 85, crossed through the veil on Friday, Nov. 21, at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge.
Kay was the next to the youngest child of Spencer and Sara Koger, raised in the rolling hills of the Cumberlands, north of Jamestown, Tenn. She was a retired cosmetologist in Oak Ridge and was married to Dwight "Blackie" Madewell, who passed away some 19 years ago.
Kay is survived by her brother, Elmer Koger of Muncie, Ind.; her son, Bobby of Clinton; grandchildren, Mike and his wife, Elodie, Monica and her husband, Charles, Melanie and her husband, Scott, and Mark and his wife Candice; six great-grandchildren, Sullivan, Summer, Sawyer, Keenan, Jordan and Noah; sister-in-law, Gladys Madewell, of Toledo, Ohio; and many, many nieces and nephews.
She was a member of the First Freewill Baptist Church in Oak Ridge.
Visitation will be Tuesday evening, 5 to 6 p.m., at Weatherford Mortuary in Oak Ridge followed by a "celebration of her life" service at 6 p.m. Interment will be Wednesday morning, 10 a.m., at Oak Ridge Memorial Park, next to her husband.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, make a donation to the American Cancer Society or a charity of your choice. An online guest book may be signed at www.weatherfordmortuary.com
Kay was the next to the youngest child of Spencer and Sara Koger, raised in the rolling hills of the Cumberlands, north of Jamestown, Tenn. She was a retired cosmetologist in Oak Ridge and was married to Dwight "Blackie" Madewell, who passed away some 19 years ago.
Kay is survived by her brother, Elmer Koger of Muncie, Ind.; her son, Bobby of Clinton; grandchildren, Mike and his wife, Elodie, Monica and her husband, Charles, Melanie and her husband, Scott, and Mark and his wife Candice; six great-grandchildren, Sullivan, Summer, Sawyer, Keenan, Jordan and Noah; sister-in-law, Gladys Madewell, of Toledo, Ohio; and many, many nieces and nephews.
She was a member of the First Freewill Baptist Church in Oak Ridge.
Visitation will be Tuesday evening, 5 to 6 p.m., at Weatherford Mortuary in Oak Ridge followed by a "celebration of her life" service at 6 p.m. Interment will be Wednesday morning, 10 a.m., at Oak Ridge Memorial Park, next to her husband.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, make a donation to the American Cancer Society or a charity of your choice. An online guest book may be signed at www.weatherfordmortuary.com
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