Earlene A. Wambles

Our Sister in Christ, Earlene Allen Wambles, parted ways with this fallen world on Wednesday, the 27th of January 2021. She was 82 years of age. She was raised and will be put to rest in Springhill, Alabama. She was most recently a resident of Hoover, Alabama after living in Wilsonville, Alabama; Enterprise, AL; Bedford, TX; Seoul, South Korea; and Clarksville, TN.

Earlene (aka, “Bunk” & “Granny Bunk”) is survived by Charles William Wambles, her loving and ultra-caring husband of 61 years, and 2 sons, Philip Henry Wambles of Birmingham, Alabama and Charles “Scotty” Wambles of San Antonio, TX. She was an awesome grandmother to 4 “heaven sent” boys, Hayden, Avery, Dalton, and Brayden.

In a house “full of her boys”, Earlene was joined in sisterhood by her favorite daughters-in-law, Gwen Wambles, of Birmingham, and Tammy Wambles, of San Antonio.

Earlene was preceded in death by 5 siblings born to Early Clavy Allen and Bunie Grissette Allen of Springhill, Alabama. Kenneth Allen of Goshen, Alabama is her only surviving brother. She was a sister-in-law to 6 siblings: James “Buddy” Wambles, Merle Norton, Annette Parker, Mae Rainey; Joyce Sanders; Judy Weber; and Henrietta Allen, all born to William Henry Wambles and Sis Owens Wambles of Jack, Alabama. Respectively, these sibling’s spouses are/were Jane Wambles, Bobby Norton, Ronnie Rainey, Ray Parker, O’Neal Sanders, Tommy Grissett, Kirk Weber and Terry Allen.

Earlene was proud to be a member of Vestavia Primitive Baptist Church, Vestavia, Alabama.

Friends are cordially invited to the visitation with the family on Sunday, the 31st of January from Two o’clock in the afternoon until Four o’clock in the afternoon at Ridout’s Valley Chapel located at 1800 Oxmoor Road in Homewood, Alabama. The Funeral Service will commence at One o’clock in the afternoon on Monday, the 1st of February, at Union Springs Primitive Baptist Church located on County Road 3316 in Brudidge, Alabama. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial contributions honoring the life of Earlene Allen Wambles be directed to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, Post Office Box 5014, Hagerstown, Maryland 21741-5014 or by visiting www.michaeljfox.org. Services are under the direction of Ridout’s Valley Chapel (205-879-3401) in Homewood.