Mrs. Beverly Jane Tillman Terrell, 74, of Florence, passed away Sunday, February 14, 2010.
The graveside service will be held Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Tri-Cities Memorial Gardens with Bro. Malcolm Scott officiating. The family will receive friends Friday from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Elkins Funeral Home, Florence.
Mrs. Terrell was born in Fork Union, Virginia and was a member of the Fork Union Baptist Church. She attended the Fluvanna County High School and was a cheerleader and member of their Virginia State Championship Women''s Basketball teams. She traveled the country with her husband Billy, a boilermaker, and had a great sense of adventure. She and Billy had enjoyed a white water rafting trip in Colorado and in her early 70''s, she received her certification as an aeronaut, riding a hot air balloon in the Rockies. She enjoyed spending time and traveling with her friend, Betty Winborn.
She loved her family and was a good wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She enjoyed her meals with other boilermaker wives and widows. She volunteered at Wilson School for years. She was a proud and important member of the team at the North Alabama Cancer Center and appreciated her friendship with Dr. Patrick Daugherty and Dr. Hemant Patel.
She was preceded in death by her father and mother, Penn and Mattie Tillman; step-mother, Goldine Tillman, husband, William C. "Billy" Terrell; son Charles Gordon "Willie" Terrell and a brother, Gordon Tillman.
Mrs. Terrell is survived by daughters, Lore T. Adams and husband Nathan, Colorado Springs, CO, and Renee T. Waldrup and husband John, Huntsville; a son, William C. Terrell II and wife Susan, Florence; daughter in law, Joy Terrell, Florence; grandchildren, Courtney T. Abston and husband Les, Brittany L. Adams, John E. Adams, Walter G. Terrell, William T. Terrell and Wesley Terrell; great-grandchildren, Cole Terrell Abston and Cade Joey Abston; brother, Kenneth Tillman and wife Emily and sister, Ivonia Brown, all of Fork Union, VA; several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be John Adams, Walter Terrell, William Terrell, Wesley Terrell, Nathan Adams, Mike Larkin, Cameron Olive, and James Hall, Jr. Honorary bearers will be John Waldrup, Les Abston and Dan Redden.
Please consider memorials to the Hospice of Tennessee Valley.
The family would like to thank Hospice of Tennessee Valley, the staff of Mitchell-Hollingsworth and the doctors and nurses of the 5th and 6th floors at E.C.M. Hospital.