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OBIT: Mr. Herman Madewell, Age 76, Of Granville

Mr. Herman Madewell,

Mr. Herman Madewell, age 76, of Granville died at the Tri-Star Centennial Medical Center in Nashville at 12:53 p.m. Tuesday afternoon May 8, 2018 where he was admitted May 6th to the I.C.U. suffering from post-cardiac arrest.

Bro. Danny Huff officiated at the 11 a.m. Friday morning May 10th funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. Burial followed in Circle Park at Smith County Memorial Gardens.

Mr. Madewell was a farmer at his Ensor Hollow Road farm and formerly was employed at Texas Boot Co. in Hartsville.

Born Herman Elton Madewell in Baxter on March 10, 1942, he was the son of the late Horace Madewell who died in 1989 and Myrtle Madewell who died at the age of 74 October 21, 2001.

His daughter, Sara Kaye Madewell Stallings died just one week ago on May 1, 2018 at the age of 55 following a battle with cancer and his granddaughter and Kaye’s daughter, Chrystal Lynn Watts died in a single car accident on May 31, 1997 at the age of 17 and two weeks to the day after her Smith County High School graduation.

Mr. Madewell’s former wife and the mother of their children, Emma Jean Simpson Madewell died at the age of 74 on October 21, 2001.

He was of the Pentecostal belief.

Surviving are his three children, Ronnie Madewell of Silver Point, Kathy Jones of the Enigma Community, Tracy Madewell of Carthage; brother, Willard Madewell and wife Jewel Givens Madewell also of the Enigma Community; nine grandchildren, Jake Watts and wife Rhonda Jackson Watts, Blake Madewell, Lashanna Martinez, Dalton Lee Madewell, Gary Madewell, Tamer Jones, Melinda Brown and husband Josh, Matt Taylor and wife Bobbie Jo, Chaz Smith; seventeen great-grandchildren.

Sanderson of Carthage