Eilene Young Mikell, a resident of Smoke Rise, Alabama, was born in Cane Creek, Alabama on February 15, 1918 and she went home to be with the Lord on March 9, 2018 at the age of 100. Eilene retired from the Alabama Employment Division at the age of 70 and she was a long time member of Smoke Rise Baptist Church.
Eilene was preceded in death by her parents, Isaac Levi and Bertha Young; husband, Oscar Mikell; son Bruce; grandson, Brucie; sisters, Hazel, Maytle, and Eunice; brother, I.L. Young.
Eilene is survived by her grandson, Rodney Keith Mikell; brother, Randall Young, and a host of nieces, nephews, and friends.
Services will be held at Ridout’s Gardendale Chapel on Monday, March 12, 2018 with a visitation to begin at 1:00pm; funeral service at 2:00pm followed by her burial in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Warrior, AL.