Vernell Britten, 93, of Newport departed this life on Thursday, June 2, 2022. She was born October 5, 1928, to Ruben Scott and Minerva Vanwinkle.
Vernell was a member of the Lakeside Baptist Church. She was an RN at Newport Hospital for 45 years and loved nursing. She enjoyed gardening and canning the vegetables she grew. She also enjoyed playing Scrabble.
She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Virgle Britten; her sons, Kenneth Williams and Henry Allen Spicer; and her brother, Joseph Willard Scott.
She is survived by her sons, Nelton James Spicer (Daina) of Michigan, Wayne Williams of Michigan, Lonnie Max Williams (Rose) of Illinois; her daughters, Suzanne Mabry (Wayne) of Michigan, Debra Honey (Benny) of Newport; daughters-in-law, Mary Williams of Michigan and Debra Spicer of Florida; twenty-one grandchildren; fifty-nine great-grandchildren and forty-three great-great-grandchildren.
The service will be at 1:00 on Monday, June 6, 2022, at Dillinger Funeral Home with Charley Churchman officiating. Visitation will be from 12:00 until service time. Interment will be at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
Those honored to serve as pallbearers are Carl Wilson, Billy Jacob Goode, John Goodacre, Johnny Johns, and Matthew Williams. Honorary pallbearers are Billy Ray George, Danny Wilson and Max Webb.
