Elva Nell Case

CASE, Elva Nell, 85, went home to Jesus on Friday, March 15, 2013. Visitation will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, March 18, 2013 at the First Presbyterian Church of Prattville followed by funeral services at 12:00 P.M. with Pastor Bill Bell officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery in Montgomery.

She was born September 24, 1927. She is survived a loving husband, Melvin Case, a daughter, Sherry C. Bailey and son-in-law Charles Bailey, four grandchildren, five great grandchildren, one great-great granddaughter, two sisters-in-law, one brother-in-law, and a host of other family and friends. She is preceded in death by her son, Terry; granddaughter Monica Doherty; great grandson Christopher Doherty; Parents Rufus and Leona Griffin; brothers Barton Kemp, Barney Kemp, and Belton Griffin; and sister Emma Eugene Griffin.

Elva Nell had many fond memories of growing up in Tuscaloosa such as swimming in the creek and rooting sassafras with her grandmother. She and Melvin met in 1944 while she was working in a Tuscaloosa restaurant. Melvin was enjoying lunch with friends when he met Elva Nell. The two went on a four hour date that same evening to the county fair before Melvin departed for two years in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. They both kept in touch through correspondence for two years by mail and then they married on January 12, 1946. Together through 67 years of marriage, Elva Nell and Melvin traveled to nearly all 50 states, raised a family and retired in Montgomery and later relocated to Prattville. Elva Nell was an earnest follower of Jesus and member of the First Presbyterian Church in Prattville.

She will always be remembered for her loving and gracious heart, grit, courage, selflessness, banana pudding, and gumbo.