Obituary of Willie Sue Birdwell Braswell

Willie Sue Birdwell Braswell, age 88 of Gallatin, passed away Saturday, September 9, 2017.  Funeral Service will be Tuesday, September 12th at 2:00 p.m. from the chapel of Alexander Heritage Funeral Home (100 Albert Gallatin Ave.).  Interment will follow at Crestview Memory Gardens, with family serving as pallbearers.  Visitation will be Tuesday, September 12th from 11:00 a.m. until time of service at 2:00 p.m. 

Mrs. Braswell was born September 3, 1929 in Cottontown to the late Nathan Montgomery Birdwell and Rosa Lee Callis Birdwell.  She is preceded in death by husband, Wendell E. Braswell; son, Wendell Michael Braswell; brothers, Floyd Birdwell and  Robert Lee Birdwell; sisters, Ruth Stancil and Emma Gregory; sister-in-law, Evelyn Birdwell; brother-in-law’s, Frank Stancil, Guy Gregory, and Leon Smith.  She is survived by daughters, Patricia Braswell Pellegrin (John) of Gallatin and Vickie Braswell Jordy (Martin) of France; brothers, Odell Birdwell (Frances) of Cottontown, J. W. Birdwell (Sue) of White House, Wayne Birdwell (Harriett) of Cross Plains, and Kenneth Birdwell (Yvonne) of Springfield; sisters, Betty Carol Scruggs (Leroy) of Gallatin and Brenda Smith of Cottontown; 5 grandchildren, Laura Braswell Gaines (Grant), Michael Pellegrin (Mandy), Lilian Jordy, Laurent Jordy, and Alexis Braswell; and 2 great grandchildren, Wendell Pellegrin and Ava Gaines.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Highpoint Hospice, 300 Steam Plant Road, Suite 200, Gallatin, TN  37066.  Online condolences may be submitted at familyheritagefh.com.  Alexander Heritage Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements.