Nora Ella Vowell Tannehill, 83, passed away on Tuesday, August 22, 2023 in Oxford, MS. Nora was born January 26, 1940 to Theolan and Eloise Vowell in Indianola, MS and grew up in rural Smith County, MS and Pascagoula. She was a 1958 graduate of Pascagoula High School, going on to work for attorney offices in south Mississippi. Her passion, however, was in education, where she was a kindergarten teacher for several years before working in the administration staff of Jackson Academy, where she retired.
Nora met her husband Bill on her birthday in 1960, and they were married June 25 of that same year. They were married for sixty years. Nora and Bill were heavily involved in their church in Jackson and Ridgeland, MS as they raised their family there. Nora spent her last three years as a resident of Oxford, MS, after the passing of her husband. She is preceded in death by both of her parents, her sister Louise, her brother Theolan, Jr. and her husband Bill, who passed away in June, 2020. Nora is survived by her sister Anita Ruth Mathieu (Donald); her two children, Retired Col. Michael Bradley Tannehill (Kristy) and Susan Tannehill Kendricks (Sam B.); six grandchildren, Brooke Tannehill, Blaire Tannehill, Jackson Tannehill, Cooper Tannehill Kendricks, Anna Catherine Kendricks, and Bramlett Barr Kendricks; and numerous nephews and nieces.
Visitation will be on Saturday, August 26, 2023 from 10:00 to 11:00 am at Parkway Funeral Home in Ridgeland, MS with a service immediately following at 11:00 am. Burial will be at Parkway Memorial Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Hope Hollow Ministries at P.O. Box 2247 Madison, MS 39130 or to Broadmoor Baptist Church Children’s Ministry at P.O. Box 2501 Madison, MS 39130 to the attention of Business Administration.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.parkwayfuneralhomeridgeland.com for the Tannehill family.
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