Brenda Carol Luke Jewell, 74, of Ty Ty passed away Wednesday, July 19, 2023, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Her funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, July 24, 2023, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Kevin Vickers officiating. Mrs. Jewell will be laid to rest at Lax Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Sunday, July 23, 2023, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Robert James, Manuel Ayala, Larry Gray, Tommy Luke, Richard Luke and Ronnie Barnes will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Mrs. Jewell’s grandsons, Nicholas Jewel, Tyler Jewel and Robert DelRossi.
Born February 1, 1949, in Irwin County, Mrs. Jewell was the daughter of the late John W. Luke and Nealie Hinton Luke. She was also preceded in death by one daughter, Tonya Denise Jewell; and eight siblings. She was a homemaker, loved her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and she was of the Baptist faith. She also loved her dogs, Gabby, Cricket and Mia.
Mrs. Jewell is survived by her husband, Clarence Jewell, Jr. of Ty Ty; two daughters and sons-in-law, Kelli and Edsel Schofill of Ty Ty and Stacy and Robert Delrossi of Sylvester; four brothers and sisters-in-law, Curtis and Dean Luke, Ottis and Barbara Luke, Elmer and Sally Luke and Butler and Linda Luke; two sisters and one brother-in-law, Jewel Faye Moore and Voncile and Jim Cavender; four grandchildren and their spouses, Alana Schofill Ayala and her husband Manuel, Nicholas and Laeken Jewell, Tyler Jewell and Robert Delrossi; and three great-grandchildren, Nancy and Holly Ayala and Christopher Jewell.