Deanna Mechell Neal, 62, of Double Springs, passed away Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at Hospice Family Care in Huntsville.
Mechell was born June 23, 1963. She loved music, playing piano and saxophone. She loved her job, but most of all she loved spending time with family.
Visitation will be Friday, October 17, 2025 from 12-2 p.m. at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church in Double Springs, where her funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. Brother Dennis Stewart will officiate. Nichols Funeral Home will direct.
Mechell is survived by her mother, Joe Ann Durham; brother, Greg (Theresa) Durham; grandchildren, Jacob Ivie and Gracie Atkisson; father-in-law, George Neal and a host of aunts, uncles, and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim Neal; son, Heath Atkisson and father, Neil Durham.
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