Harold B. Nowell

Mr. Harold B. Nowell, Sr., 91, of Kosciusko passed away September 15, 2013 at Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital in Kosciusko, MS. Services will be at 11:00 am Thursday, September 19, 2013 at Culpepper Funeral Home Chapel, with burial following at the Attala Memory Gardens. Visitation will be from 5:00 – 7:00 pm Wednesday at Culpepper Funeral Home. Mr. Nowell was born August 7, 1922 in Neshoba County to the late Dugless and Enez Breazeale Nowell. He was a member of McAdams Baptist Church and served as a Medic in the Navy during World War II. He was former owner and operator of Nowell Funeral Services, Inc and Southern Security Life Insurance Company. He was a former member of the MFDA and NFDA.

Mr. Nowell was preceded in death by his wife, Genece Hunt Nowell; son, H. Benard Nowell, Jr.; sister, Juanita Nowell Hodgins. He is survived by sons, Dr. Gary Nowell (Kathy) and Joseph Gwen Nowell (Liza); daughters, Cindy Nowell Cruise (James) and Janet Nowell Massey (Al); sister, Rebecca Nowell Allen; grandchildren, Hal Nowell (Cynthia), Russ Nowell (Amy), Marianna Nowell Hydrick, Garret Nowell (Elizabeth), Gavin Nowell (Lacy), Emily Neal Knox (Steven), Esther Neal Camealy (Clint), Stuart Neal, Leah Fulcher Cheatham (Chris), Jason Fulcher (Erin), Will Massey, Doug Nowell and Valerie Nowell Lee (Billy); great grandchildren, Mackenzie, Darby, Hallie and Neely Nowell, Layton Nowell, Theodore James “T.J.” Hydrick, Caleb and Grayson Nowell, Mary Peyton, London and Graham Knox, Bryce and Hayden Cheatham, Drake and Emmaline Fulcher, Jacob, Malerie and Parker Lee; caregiver and companion, Karen Barber. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, Kosciusko, MS, Mississippi College, Clinton, MS or French Camp Academy, French Camp, MS.