Elnora Howell

Elnora Louise Bellamy Howell, devoted wife for 59 years to the late Gene Howell, mother, grandmother, friend and Christian, age 77, of Clay City, Kentucky, went home to be with Jesus on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. She was born on April 21,1946, in Barnes Hollow, KY to the late Herman Patrick Bellamy and the late Emma Bernice Harper Bellamy. In addition to her parents and her beloved husband, she was preceded in death by seven brothers: Morgan Bellamy, Dennis Bellamy, Cecil Bellamy, Russell Bellamy, Kenneth Bellamy, Orvil Bellamy and Alton Bellamy and one sister, Madeline Bellamy. Elnora loved her family fiercely and all she ever wanted to be, was a mother. She was the Salutatorian of Powell County High School Class of 1964. She always possessed a very positive attitude and was always thinking of others. She was very strong in her faith; during a 32-year battle with cancer, her faith never wavered. Elnora was a member of the West Bend First Church of God where she served in the ladies’ club, event hospitality and in children’s church. She was a wonderful gardener and could make anything grow. During her life she worked as a telephone operator, an assembly line operator with OHI America where she had a perfect attendance for 11 years, she cared for children in her home for 12 years and for a season was a stay-at-home mom where she sowed her life into her children. Elnora is survived by one son, Stephen (Faye) Howell of Clay City; three daughters: Lisa Rose (Michael) Spangler of Jeffersonville, Lois Jean “Jeanie” (Ty) Napier of Florence and LeAnna Sue (Jim) Lunsford of Irvine; three brothers: Carlie (Linda) Bellamy of Mt. Sterling, Gordon (Darlene) Bellamy of Clay City and Harry (Jeannie) Bellamy of Huntsville, AL; one sister, Phyllis Rogers of Stanton; nineteen grandchildren: Laura Ralhael Spangler Fraley, Michael Ryan Spangler, Kari Nicole Spangler Lyons, John-Michael Dwain McCormick, Nathan Garrett Howell, Leighton Aaron Jones, Matthew Stephen Howell, Tory Ray Peyton, Ethan James Lunsford, Tiffany Anne Angel, Justin Ray Olinger, Tasha Renee Santiago, Amber Ethel Nicole Olinger, Lilly Mae Olinger, Jeremy Howard Olinger, Justin Andrew Napier, Zachary Aaron Lunsford, Lori Elizabeth McMillin and Jackson Wade Everman and ten great-grandchildren. Funeral services officiated by Bro. James Harold Combs and Ray Watson will be conducted on Saturday, April 29, 2023, at 1:00 P.M. at Hearne Funeral Home, 125 West College Avenue in Stanton. Visitation will be held from 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. on Friday April 28, 2023, at the funeral home as well. Burial will be at Cat Creek Cemetery in Stanton with Ryan Spangler, John-Michael McCormick, Nathan Howell, Leighton Jones, Justin Napier, Matthew Howell, Tory Peyton, Ethan Lunsford, Jackson Everman, Zach Lunsford, Justin Olinger and Jeremy Olinger serving as active pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Rachael Fraley, Kari Lyons, Lori McMillin, Tiffany Angel, Tasha Santiago, Amber Olinger, Lilly Olinger and the members of West Bend First Church of God. Arrangements have been entrusted to Hearne Funeral Home of Stanton.