Nell Kathryn Sanderson Chism, 100, Spring Valley, passed away on Tuesday, November 19, 2024. Visitation will be Saturday, November 23, from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Tuscumbia. The funeral service will immediately follow at the church with David Chism, Benjamin Gray, and Elizabeth Park officiating. Interment will be in Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Tuscumbia.
Nell was a native of Fulton, MS, and a longtime resident of Spring Valley. She enjoyed planting and tending her garden. Nell was a member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. As a loving and devoted Pastor’s wife, she enjoyed serving in many churches in northeast Mississippi and northwest Alabama and led women’s Bible Study for fifty years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Virgil Chism; three sisters; two brothers; and infant son, Virgil Devons Chism, Jr.
Nell is survived by her children, David Chism (Melissa) of Franklin, TN, Dena Gray (John) of Muscle Shoals, and Anna Kathryn Hardin (Mike) of Birmingham; grandchildren, Kara Chism of Hoover, Blake Chism (Keely) of Laguna Beach, CA, Hannah Chism of Nashville, TN, Benjamin Gray (Laura) of Huntsville, Katie Perry (Clint) of Muscle Shoals, Andrew Gray (Sandra) of Muscle Shoals, David Hardin (Anabeth) of Hoover, and Elizabeth Park (Brian) of Hoover; and fifteen great-grandchildren, with #16 due in early December.
Her grandsons and great-grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Alabama Baptist Children’s Home, alabamachild.org/give, or to the missions fund at your local church.
