Our hearts go out to Cindy Wales and she is in our prayers. She lost her mother, Janice Jenkins Colvett, last night. “ Come unto me in my kingdom; and with me ye shall find rest”
Journey's End
Dates:
Birth date: August 08, 1946
Death date: October 03, 2011
Obituary:
Janice Jenkins Colvett age 65 of Elkmont, passed away on Monday, October 3, 2011 at Huntsville Hospital. Visitation will be from 6:00 until 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at Limestone Chapel Funeral Home. The service will be Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel.
Burial will be in Legg Cemetery with Bro. Mitch McCormick officiating. She was born on August 8, 1946 in Limestone County to Woodrow Jenkins and Willodean Chittam Jenkins Fielding.
She is survived by her husband of 47 years, R.L. Colvett; her daughter, Cindy Wales and husband Bradley; three grandchildren, Chelsey Wales Ham and husband Josh, Callie and Chloe Wales; two sisters, Faye Hogue and Charlotte Adams; and several nieces and nephews.
She worked for the Limestone County School System for 39 years as an instructional assistant.
Pallbearers are Bobby Colvett, Benny Colvett, Tony Sirten, Billy Adams, Larry Chittam and Roger Leopard.
Janice Colvett — a Limestone County teacher assistant who used a walking stick named Buddy — will be remembered as the ice cream lady with a good sense of humor.
The 65-year-old Elkmont resident died of a heart ailment Monday at Huntsville Hospital after falling ill at West Limestone High School in the morning, said Principal Charlotte Craig. She worked as an instructional aide for Limestone County schools for 39 years.
Students at West were remembering her Tuesday by wearing black, pausing for a moment of silence and sharing their memories of her.
“She loved coming to work,” Craig said. “She would get upset when people asked when she was going to retire. She would say, ‘I’m not going to retire; I’m going to die here.’”
Craig described Colvett as “an outstanding lady who will be dearly missed.”
“She had a great personality,” she said. “She was a cutup who enjoyed a good laugh.”
The principal recalled how Colvett used a walking stick on occasion that she affectionately named Buddy. Many children at the kindergarten through 12th-grade school knew Colvett as “Miss Break.”
“A lot of the elementary kids called her Miss Break because she sold ice cream during their break,” Craig said.
Colvett was also very active with school fundraisers, making copies and helping teachers in any way she could, the principal said.
On Monday morning, Colvett reported she was not feeling well and had gone to the nurse’s station. Her close friends — nurse Gina Carter and technical specialist Pat Kelley — were there with her before the ambulance arrived, Craig said. She was taken to Athens-Limestone Hospital and flown by MedFlight helicopter to Huntsville Hospital, where she died.
The funeral for Colvett will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Limestone Chapel Funeral Home.
Survivors include her husband of 47 years, R.L. Colvett; her daughter, Cindy Wales, who teaches at Elkmont High School; three grandchildren; two sisters; and several nieces and nephews.
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