John Jewell

June 18, 1923 - July 11, 2007

John Wesley Jewell, 84, of Bowling Green died July 11, 2007, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. The Edmonson County native was a retired construction worker. He was a son of the late Ed Jewell and Annie Paul Jewell and the husband of the late Florella Jewell. He was preceded in death by five brothers and sisters, Rollie C. Jewell, Dolly Jewell, Porter Lewis, James Jewell and Magadalene Buford. Funeral is at noon Thursday at Burnam & Son Mortuary, with burial in Mount Moriah Cemetery. Visitation is from 11 a.m. to noon Thursday at the funeral home. Survivors include four nephews, LeRoy Jewell and his wife, Paulette, of Louisville, and Frederick “Rabbit” Jones, Deshaun Sarver and Eric Porter, all of Bowling Green; three nieces, Mary Elizabeth Rankins of Cleveland, Ohio, and David “Angel” Marie Jones and Ambrosia Sarver, both of Bowling Green; a goddaughter, Shawna Porter of Nashville; and several relatives and friends.