Alma W. Jewell | Eastern NC Now

Born: July 22, 1929, Died: March 9, 2017

    Alma Dean Whitley Jewell, affectionately known as MaDean, age 87, a resident of Washington, NC, died peacefully Thursday, March 9, 2017 surrounded by loved ones at her home.

    A funeral service will be held Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at 11:00 AM at the First Church of Christ and will be officiated by Ray West and Steve Hill. Pallbearers will be Austin Evans, Jay Garland Jewell III, Jay Garland Jewell IV, David Cutler, Travis Cutler and Jason Silverthorne. Burial will follow in Oakdale Cemetery.

    Mrs. Jewell was born in Beaufort County on July 22, 1929 to the late Chester Mayo Whitley and Mildred Woolard Whitley. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. Mrs. Jewell was a hard-working Christian woman with a spitfire personality and was loved by everyone.

    Her surviving family includes her husband, Milan Brickhouse, three children, Brenda J. Woolard and husband Holton, Patsy Johnson and husband Bruce, Jay Garland Jewell II and wife Linda all of Washington, three sisters, Sina Cutler, Alla Rae Foreman, Mary "Tillie" Cutler, one brother, George Whitley, nine grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren.

    She was preceded in death by her parents, two daughters, Linda Lou Jewell and Glenda Drew Jewell, her late husband, Jay Garland Jewell, three sisters, Dorothy Scott, Annie Laura Khner and Chesta Lou Bowen.

    The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Monday, March 13, 2017 at Paul Funeral Home & Crematory of Washington and other times at the home.

    Memorial contributions may be made to the Food Pantry at First Church of Christ, 520 E. 10th Street, Washington, NC or to the Alzheimer's Foundation at www.alzfdn.org.

    Online condolences may be addressed to the family by visiting www.paulfuneralhome.com

    Paul Funeral Home & Crematory of Washington is honored to serve the Jewell family.