Harrell Colwell, Sr.

Harrell Colwell, Sr., 91, of Moss Bluff, died Friday, May 17, 2013, at the Liberty Healthcare Center in Liberty. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with burial following at Fairlawn Cemetery in Liberty. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Monday, at the funeral home. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Harrell was born January 1, 1922 in Zavalla, to parents; John J. and Oda Shofner Colwell, a former resident of Baytown, and has lived in the Liberty area since 1974. He was a veteran of the US Army with service during WWII, a retired lineman for Houston L & P, and member of the Liberty Masonic Lodge #48 AF & AM. He also enjoyed hunting, farming, ranching, and tractor work, Mr. Colwell was preceded in death by his parents, sons: Harrell Colwell, Jr. and Ronald Wesley Colwell, sisters: Johnnie Woods, Bennie B. Yeates, and Anna Beth Havard, and brothers: Robert and Euel, and Clyde Colwell. He is survived by his grandchildren: Scotty Colwell Nugent and husband Michael, Wes Colwell and wife Angela, Jo Farabee and husband Mike, and Lloyd Griffith, great-grandchildren: Cody Duff and wife KC, Kelsey Duff, Ryan, Jackson, and Nathan Colwell, Crystal Key and husband Charles, Megan and Mikaela Farabee, and Michael Nugent and wife Stephanie, great great-grandchildren: Maci and Kelby Duff, Kaitlyn Key, and Britanie and Christian Nugent, daughter-in-law: Reita Colwell, and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.