Jean Bell

Mrs. Millie Jean Walker Witherspoon Bell, age 81, of Rutherford, Tennessee, passed away from this life on March 13, 2014, at her home. Funeral services for Mrs. Bell will be conducted on Saturday, March 15, 2014, at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home of Rutherford with Alfred Earls officiating. Interment will follow in Rutherford Cemetery of Rutherford, Tennessee. Mrs. Bell was born May 9, 1932 in Waynesboro, Tennessee; the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Howard and Ethel Pigg Walker. Mrs. Bell retired from Gibson Electric Membership Corporation as a meter reader. Mrs. Bell is survived by her husband Jerry Bell; children, David Witherspoon and wife Vicky, Joe Witherspoon and wife Sandra; grandchildren, Wesley, Daniel, Amanda, and Kellie Witherspoon; great-granddaughter Josie Witherspoon; siblings, Clovis Walker, Bobby Walker, and Betty Granger; and step-daughter Penny Bell Ross. She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband Ellis Witherspoon; daughter Linda Witherspoon Gandy; and brother, J.T. Walker. The family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m. on Friday, March 14. Karnes & Son Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Mrs. Millie Jean Walker Witherspoon Bell.