LILLIAN JOAN MILLAR NEWELL, 84 of Birmingham, Alabama, passed away peacefully and of natural causes on Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Newell was a graduate of Phillips High School in Birmingham, Alabama. She also attended Birmingham Southern College where she was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority. Ms. Newell was a former owner and President of A.T. Newell Company, and a loyal member of Mountain Brook Community Church. “Mimi”, as she is known by her family, was a breeder of Grand Champion German Shepard dogs, and an accomplished gardener. Mimi was preceded in death by her mother, Lillian Garrett Millar, and her father, Albert Elkin Millar, as well as her late husband, Alfred Turenne Newell, III. She is survived by her two daughters Marsha Newell Perry of Birmingham, Alabama, Chery Newell Williams (Glen), of Auburn, Alabama, and her son Alfred Turenne Newell, IV, of Birmingham, Alabama. Mimi is also survived by 8 loving grandchildren and 9 loving great grandchildren. Mimi was a loving mother, adoring grandmother and an amazing great grandmother to so many. Mimi was a devout woman of faith, who was ready and proud to meet her Lord and Savior on July 6, 2016. Services will be held Friday July 8, 2016 at Mountain Brook Community Church on Highway 280. Visitation will start at 10:00 a.m., followed by a service at 11:00 a.m. in the church chapel. Graveside services will be private for immediate family. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations be made in her memory to Mountain Brook Community Church.
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