CALHOUN, Ky. — Mary Nell Settle, 61, of Calhoun, passed away Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020 at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. Mary Nell Shirel was born June 23, 1959, in Sturgis, Kentucky, to the late Louis and Nadine Urton Shirel and at the age of 20, she married the love of her life, Richard Scott Settle on May 17, 1980.
Mary Nell retired from Owensboro Health after working as a transcriptionist for 36 years and was a member of the Madisonville Church of Christ. She and Scott raised three beautiful daughters. Mary Nell was known as a Grandmomma and Mammy to her grandchildren. They were the light of her life.
She was compassionate, hospitable, loved to cook and can, travel, and spend any moment she had with her family. She loved the Lord with all of her heart.
In addition to her parents, Mary Nell was preceded in death by a brother, Herbert Shirel (Margaret).
Survivors include her husband of 40 years, Scott Settle; three daughters, Lacey Groves, of Greenville, Kentucky, Emily Epley, of Calhoun, and Amy Mincy (Michael), of Semiway, Kentucky; seven grandchildren, Elle Marie Groves, Lucas Groves, Piper Epley, Linley Mincy, Lyric Mincy, Larson Mincy, and Lenox Mincy; a brother, Robert Shirel (Margaret), of Evansville, Indiana; a sister, Maude Miller (Phillip), of Dekoven, Kentucky; her mother-in-law, Dorothy Settle, of Calhoun; a sister-in-law, Regina Shutt, of Hartford, Kentucky; an aunt, Mae Priar, of Calhoun; several nieces and nephews; and special friends, Daniel Miller, of Bremen, Barbara Spence, of Calhoun, and JoAnn Douglas, of McHenry, Kentucky.
Funeral services are currently pending and will be held at Muster Funeral Homes, Calhoun Chapel. Burial will be in the Calhoun Cemetery in McLean County.
The Mary Nell Settle family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to Madisonville Church of Christ; 1035 North Main Street; Madisonville, KY 42431.
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