Jewell F. Richmond, 79, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Tuesday, November 12, 2013, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids. Services: 2:30 p.m. Friday, November 15, 2013, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Family will greet friends from 4-7 Thursday, November 14, 2013 at the funeral home. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include her husband, Melvin Richmond of Cedar Rapids; children, Sandra Perez of Clarksville, Tennessee, Jo Ann (Thomas Sr.) Appleby, Jerry W. Lyle and Ricky D. Lyle all of Cedar Rapids, and Donna Marie (Steve) Childers of Clarksville, Tennessee; eleven grandchildren; seventeen great grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; and two sisters.
She was preceded in death by her parents; eight siblings; son, Jimmy D. Lyle; and two grandsons, Thomas Dean Appleby Jr. and Joe “Anthony” Perez.
Jewell was born on October 30, 1934, in Erin, Tennessee, daughter of Otheiel and Grace (Robinson) Parker. She married Melvin Richmond on March 4, 1978. Jewell loved all her children and grandbabies.
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