By Staff
Canoe
Mr. Aubrey Ray Harrell Sr., 69, died Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004 in Canoe. He was a native of Castleberry and had lived in Canoe for most of his life. He was the owner of Quality Fence Company in Canoe, a drywall contractor in Milton, a member and Past Master of Pace Masonic Lodge 349, a member and Past Master of Northwest Masonic Lodge 351, a member of Carney Lodge 549 of Atmore, the Scottish Rite, the Hadj Shrine and a veteran of the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He was preceded in death by his father, A.T. Harrell and a son, Donald Barnes.
He is survived by his wife, Sylvia Harrell of Canoe; his mother, Allie D. Harrell of Canoe; four sons, Daryl Ray Harrell of Pensacola, Fla., Jeffrey Ray Harrell and Aubrey Ray Harrell Jr., both of Canoe and William Thomas Harrell of Atmore; four daughters, Rose Marie Wise of McCullough, Susan Diane Rowell of Monroeville, Branda Renee Harrell of Canoe and Sharon Kay Murell of Titusville, Fla.; two brothers, Henry Harrell of Milton and Marvin Harrell of Canoe; two sisters, Marie Dodson of Panama City, Fla. and Patricia Smith of Sweetwater, Ala.; 11 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and his first wife, Barbara Hardy Harrell of Pensacola.
Funeral services were held Friday, Feb. 13, at 2 p.m. at the Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Larry Smith, Ronnie Price and Kenneth Baggett officiating. Burial followed at Canoe Freewill Cemetery with Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing.