Bethelene Neace Sturgill

September 22, 1941 - January 02, 2012

Bethelene Neace Sturgill, 70, of Beverly passed away on Monday, January 2, 2012 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington. She was born in Delphia, KY on September 22, 1941 and was the daughter of the late James and Cora Bush Neace. She believed in the Pentecostal faith and had been a homemaker.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Mitchell Sturgill; sisters, Rachel Neace and Katie Hicks and brother, Lewis Neace.

Survivors include her children, Amanda and Ernie Collett, Linda and Jeff Roark, Danny and Ponza Sturgill, Mitchell, Jr. and Colleen Sturgill, Rebecca Sturgill, Eddie and Selena Sturgill and James Lester and Sherrie Sturgill; eighteen grandchildren; brother, Johnny Nice; sister, Betty Herald and a host of great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.

Funeral Information

Services will be 11 AM Thursday at the Beverly United Methodist Church with Rev. Walter Sizemore. Music will be by Mark Smallwood.

Burial will follow in the Lawson Cemetery at Mudlick. Pallbearers will be her sons, Danny, Mitchell, Eddie and James, Jackie Sturgill McQueen, Felix Bryant, Bo Sturgill, Scott Sturgill, Brandon Collett, Randall Sturgill and Daniel Sturgill. Honorary pallbearer is Joshua Bryant.

The family will receive friends on Wednesday after 6 PM at the Beverly United Methodist Church in Red Bird. The Arnett & Steele Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Pineville is honored to be serving the Sturgill family. Light a virtual candle or sign the guestbook at www.arnettsteele.com.