Lounell "Nell"

Shiflett Stephens

Obituary

Lounell "Nell" Shiflett Stephens, 76, of Tifton died Friday, April 22, 2011, at Southern Senior Retirement Center in Adel. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Dr. Danny Ray, Rev. Smith Gentry and Rev. Bill Hamilton will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Coy Tawzer, Charles Marshall, Chris Stephens, David Ray, Daniel Ray and Todd Griffin will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be the Deacons of Wayside Baptist Church and Glenn McBrayer. The family will receive friends on Monday, April 25, 2011, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.

Mrs. Stephens was born on February 7, 1935 in Cook County and was the daughter of Leroy Buford Shiflett and Maggie Bickers Shiflett, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Johnnie Stephens, Sr.; one son, Johnnie Stephens, Jr.; and one daughter, Linda Ann Stephens. She was a member of Wayside Baptist Church in Tifton.

Mrs. Stephens is survived by one son and his wife, Kenny and Vickie Stephens of Tifton; a daughter-in-law, Linda B. Stephens; one sister, Betty S. Ray of Tifton; three grandchildren, Ken Stephens and his wife Michelle, Kelli Jo Stephens and Ethan Stephens; and one great grandson, Kaleb Stephens.