Dr. Kenneth Edwin Harwell, of Tullahoma, passed this life on Friday, April 4th, 2014 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville at the of 77.
Dr. Harwell was born in Kellyton, Alabama to the late Etta Sasser Jenkins.
During his life, Dr. Harwell worked as an Aeronautical Engineer with the Department of Defense and was a former dean at the University of Tennessee Space Institute. He was also a charter member of Kings Cross Church in Tullahoma.
Dr. Harwell is survived by his wife, Sharon Harwell of Tullahoma; one son, Kenneth Hilton Harwell of Dacula, GA; two daughters, Kathryn McLeroy and her husband Todd of Cullman, AL and Karen Harwell of Atlanta, GA; one sister, Clara Sides of Wetumpka, AL; one brother, Frank Jenkins of Wetumpka, AL; and three grandchildren, Meghan, Molly, and Myles McLeroy.
Visitation for Dr. Harwell will be on Thursday, April 10th, 2014 from 4:00-7:00 pm.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, April 11th, 2014 at 11:00 am in the Kilgore Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial will follow at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens.
Kilgore Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.