Genell Kearney

Genell Elliott Kearney, 98, a former resident of Franklin and Ellettsville, Indiana, passed away the morning of Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at Azle Manor Nursing Facility in Azle, Texas. Genell was born May 29, 1917 in a small frame house along Mt. Tabor Road, two miles north of Ellettsville, Indiana to Frank Westmoreland and Elsie Mae Headdy Elliott. She was the last surviving sibling of ten children. She was a member of the Baptist Church of Ellettsville, Indiana; joining the church when she was just a young child. She was a retired bookkeeper and a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Genell was preceded in death by her two husbands, Robert G. Kearney, Jr. and Lincoln E. Cole; her parents; daughter-in-law, Patricia Powell Kearney; and her nine siblings, Winfred Headdy, Lorean Elliott Edwards, Herman R. Elliott, Catherine Elliott Parrish, Leota Elliott Terman, James Lowell Elliott, Charles F. Elliott, Paul R. Elliott and Erma Elliott Fox. She is survived by, her son, Robert G. Kearney, III; her daughter, Janis Kearney Tenny and husband, Larry; three granddaughters, Leslie Oliver, Claire Williams and Julia Tenny; and two great granddaughters, Carlie and Caitlyn Lattner all of Texas. She will be greatly missed by her family, a host of nieces, nephews and many friends.