Doris Faye Evans Jewell, 76, passed away Friday, April 11, 2014 at her home in Bryan. Doris was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Doris was born in Galveston, Texas to Ila Wooten and Norman W. Evans and was a high honors graduate of J. H. Reagan High School in Houston, Texas.
She is survived by her loving husband of 57 years, Harley Jewell; four children, Michael Jewell and wife Terri, Diane Wheeler and husband David, Belinda McElroy and husband Dwayne, and Rusty Jewell; nine grandchildren, Lynsey Palmer, Jonathon Jewell, Jennifer Youngblood and husband Larry, Shaun Wheeler, Jessica McElroy, Alex McElroy, Bryan, Matt, and Adam Jewell; one great-grandchild, Dawson Palmer; two sisters, Norma Jean Loan and husband C.B, and Mary Ann Braswell and husband Johnny; and she had numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be Wednesday April 16, 2014 at 1:00 P.M. with services to follow at 2:00 P.M at Reliance Baptist Church, 6925 Reliance Church Road, Bryan, Texas 77808. Interment will follow in Reliance Cemetery with Reverend Ray Marshall officiating.
