Julie Elaine Trussell Donnelly

Julie Elaine Trussell Donnelly, age 59, of Warren, Ark., died Saturday, May 14 at her home. She was born May 3, 1957 in Drew Memorial Hospital in Monticello, Ark., a daughter of Betty Elaine Hamilton Trussell of Warren and the late Edwin Roscoe Trussell. She was a mother and a homemaker to her family; she was owner and operator of Deepwoods Farms, where tomato farming was her and Terry's life. She was a pioneer in the heirloom tomato market, where she was a founder of the Bradley County Heirloom Tomato Cooperative. Julie was a member of the First Baptist Church; she was a 1975 graduate of the Warren Public Schools and after high school, she graduated from Mrs. Wade's School of Fashion and Merchandise in Dallas, Texas, where she met her husband. She loved her family, friends, her animals; she enjoyed reading books and especially summertime when she could garden and plant her flowers. Julie was preceded in death by her father; a sister, Rosalinda Trussell; her paternal grandparents, John and Mattie Trussell and her maternal grandparents, Horace and Verlee Hamilton. She is survived by her husband, Terry Donnelly whom she married Sept. 24, 1982; two daughters, Devon Trussell Donnelly and Scarlett Elaine Donnelly, both of Little Rock, Ark.; two brothers, Michael Edwin Trussell and Faye, Memphis, Ark. and David Roscoe Trussell and Susan, Maumelle, Ark.; a sister, Sharron Trussell Green and Gary, Warren, Ark. Funeral services: 2 p.m., Tuesday, May 17 at Frazer's Chapel with Rev. Wayman Mann officiating. Burial in Pattsville Cemetery by Frazer's Funeral Home. Visitation: 6 pm. till 8 p.m., Monday, May 16 at Frazer's. Online guestbook: www.frazerfuneralhome.com.