Edward O’Neil Bragwell, Jr., 56, of Russellville, passed away Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, at Helen Keller Hospital.
Mr. Bragwell was a native of Pontotoc, Miss., but had lived in Russellville for the past 13 years. He was a member and minister of Five Points Church of Christ, Russellville. He was employed by the Franklin County S.P.A.N Program as an educational coordinator and was a member of the UAB Alumni Association. He was president of the Russellville High School Band Parents and president of the Rustic Youth Camp Booster Club.
The funeral service will be Monday, Dec. 24, 2012, at 11 a.m., at Pinkard Funeral Home Chapel, Russellville, with Carroll Sutton, Mike Morrow, Jr., John Gibson and Robert David Hutto officiating. There will be a graveside service on Monday at 2:30 p.m. at Oakwood Memorial Garden in Gardendale, Ala. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday, from 8 a.m. until 11 a.m.
He is survived by his wife, Vickie Kay Bragwell; parents, Edward O. Bragwell Sr. and Patsy Kathryn Bragwell, Russellville; children, Laura Bragwell McDuffa and husband, Matthew, and Kathryn Fay Bragwell, all of Russellville; brothers, Martin Loyd Bragwell (Jane), Gardendale, Ala., Jonathan Tyler Bragwell (Sarah), Faulkner, Ala.; sisters, Vicki Bragwell Russell (Doug), Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Carla Dawn Bragwell, Gardendale, Ala.; several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Stephen Russell, Nathan Russell, Seth Hester, Seth Mauldin, Shaun Oliver and Andrew Franks.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the American Cancer Society , Franklin County S.P.A.N. Program or Rustic Youth Camp.
Pinkard Funeral Home will be directing.
