Mrs. Nell Forsythe, age 83 was called home by her heavenly father Saturday, May 16, 2015 while living in Bells Nursing Home. Funeral Services will be conducted at 10:00 A.M., Monday, May 18, 2015 in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home. She will be laid to rest in Allen Baptist Church Cemetery near her beloved sister: Marie Baggett. Visitation will be from 5:00 - 7:00 P.M., Sunday, May 17, 2015 in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home. Mrs. Forsythe was preceded in death by her parents: William Albert and Myrtle Robbins Lunsford, four sisters: Marie Baggett, Mary Alice Johns, Virginia Baggett, Jean Staggs, two brothers: J.W. Lunsford, James Richard Lunsford and one grandson: Joshua Lynn Byrd. She is survived by three daughters: Lisa Lincer (Rob), Jackson, TN, Joan Byrd (Roger), Gadsden, TN, Susan Moss (Steve), Woodbury, TN, two sons: Mike Forsythe (Sheila), Brownsville, TN, Donnie Forsythe (Linda), Gadsden, TN, ten grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Shaw's Chapel Baptist Church, 3772 Shaw's Chapel Road, Brownsville, TN 38012, Alzheimer's Association, Mid South Chapter, 326 Ellsworth Street, Memphis, TN 38111 and Allen Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Diane Presley, 142 Chesnut Dr., Brownsville, TN 38012.