Nancy Gardner Sewell
Published 3:53 pm Tuesday, June 15, 2021
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Nancy Gardner Sewell of Selma, an exemplary educator, media specialist, civic leader, and a strong advocate for children passed away at the age of 81 on Thursday, June 10, 2021, surrounded by family after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.
Nancy Gardner Sewell was born on September 16, 1939, in Hope Hull, to Elder Tom Gardner Jr. and Effie Nell Gardner. She was the fourth born of the couple’s eight children.
The wind beneath Nancy’s wings was her husband of 53 years, the Late Coach Andrew Anthony Sewell of Selma. They were the proud parents of three children: Alabama’s first Black U.S. Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell, Birmingham, and twin sons— Andrew Dwight Sewell, Birmingham, and Coach Anthony Dewayne Sewell, DeFuniak Springs, FL; and three grandchildren: Neshambia Nicole Sewell, Selma, ; Taylor Gray Sewell, Birmingham, and Carter Andrew Sewell, Madison.
Nancy was preceded in death by her husband Andrew in 2017, her parents Elder Tom and Effie Nell Gardner and her brother Willie Gardner. She is survived by six siblings: Dorothy (Eddie) Jenkins-Sanders, Hope Hull, ; John (Barbara) Gardner, Cleveland, ; Theresa (Charlie) Douglass, Montgomery,; Tom (Estelle) Gardner III, Burkville, ; Gloria (Frank) Humphrey, Montgomery, and Negatha Holt, Burkville, ; sisters-in-law: Mary Brown, Chicago,; Frances Canty and Ann (Dallas) Woodard, Detroit, brother-in-law: Emerson Acoff, Detroit, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, friends and loving mothers to her grandchildren: Shawanda Peeples, Taqua Gray and Michelle Patterson.
Arrangements are as follows:
*NOTE for all events: Mask required; No Photos allowed
Friday, June 18, 2021
11 a.m. CST – HOMEGOING SERVICES FOR NANCY GARDNER SEWELL
Beulah Primitive Baptist Church
3304 County Road 37 South
Hope Hull, AL 36043
Saturday, June 19, 2021
10 a.m.-noon – LYING IN REPOSE
Historic Brown Chapel AME Church
410 Martin Luther King Street
Selma, AL 36703
Noon – MEMORIAL CELEBRATION OF LIFE OF NANCY GARDNER SEWELL
*Historic Brown Chapel AME Church
410 Martin Luther King Street
Selma, AL 36703
Interment: New Live Oak Cemetery
22 Dallas Avenue
Selma, AL 36701
Repast: Wallace Community College —Selma
Gymnasium 3000 Earl Goodwin Parkway
Selma, Alabama 36703