Helen Price Scruggs

DUNCANVILLE - Helen Price Scruggs, age 79, went to heaven to be with her Lord on March 30, 2017. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, April 2, 2017 at Sunset Memorial Park with Ben Jameson officiating.Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home with Sunset Funeral Home, A Dignity Provider directing.She was preceded in death by her parents, Emmett and Beatrice Price and her husband, Herbert Eugene Scruggs.She is survived by 3 children, Janet Scruggs Strickland (David), Steven Clark Scruggs (Cindy), and Judy Scruggs Christian (Bobby); brothers, Emmett Price Jr. and Michael Price; sister, Sue Price Skelton; seven grandchildren, Laura Strickland Combs (Jason), April Strickland Joiner (Jamie), Lindsey Strickland Warren (Seth), Miranda Scruggs Golden (Kevin), Mallori Scruggs Waid (Tyler), Brett Christian (Kenzie), Ashley Christian Phillips (Allen) and 13 great-grandchildren and with number 14 due to arrive in April.Helen was raised in Duncanville. She graduated from Tuscaloosa County High School in 1955, and married her high school sweetheart Eugene Scruggs, shortly afterward. As a Navy wife, she travelled with Eugene for 20 years until his retirement from the Navy in 1974. After retirement, the family moved back to Tuscaloosa. Helen then worked at the Tuscaloosa County Courthouse for 15 years until she suffered a stroke in 1990.She loved the Lord, and passed down a legacy of faith to her children, as well as her grandchildren. She modeled for all of us what a Godly mother and grandmother should be. She was a devoted wife toEugene, and raised her children in church. As a stay-at- home mother, she made many sacrifices for her children, always putting their needs ahead of her own. She held down the fort during Eugene's numerous deployments while serving in the Navy. Everyone who knew her knows that she loved people and enjoyed numerous friendships during her lifetime.Although dementia took its toll on her memory the last several years of her life, she recognized the faces of her friends and loved ones until the day she died. She is at last free from pain, and enjoying the company of the Lord Jesus, as well as her loved ones who went before her. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.The family would like to give special thanks, to her caregivers, the late Wanda Johnson, Nancy Budzius, Annie Rich, and Melody Quinn. They gave selflessly and treated "Miss Helen" like a queen. Would also like to thank the nurses and staff at Hospice of West Alabama, who went above and beyond to make her last days as comfortable and pain-free as possible.Pallbearers will be Jason Combs, Jamie Joiner, Kevin Golden, Tyler Waid, Brett Christian and Allen Phillips.Honorary pallbearers are the employees of the Tuscaloosa County Court House and friends at FivePoints Baptist Church.In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Hospice of West Alabama.