Grace Eileen Sell
March 20, 1931 – August 17, 2024
Grace Sell, of Clive Iowa, and former longtime resident of Orange, Texas passed away on August 17, 2024, with her sons, Scott Sell and Jeff Sell by her side. Grace and her husband of 67 years, James Sell, moved to Iowa following Hurricane Harvey. James made his journey to Heaven on April 29, 2019.
A visitation will be held at 12:30, Saturday August 24, 2024, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange followed by a graveside service at 2:00 for the family at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.
Born in Beallsville, Ohio, on March 21, 1931, she was the daughter of Alta and Leslie Mobley. Grace was blessed to have 8 brothers and sisters who grew up farming during very tough times. Her brothers, Herman Mobley, James Mobley, Nelson Mobley and Homer Mobley; her sisters, Jesse Taylor, Mary Conaway, Freda Phillips and Pearl Harris grew up in a loving family and, spread that love across the country for decades to follow through our extended families.
Grace graduated from Beallsville High School in 1950. She was an avid golfer who was a member of Firestone Country Club and DERA. She served as the President of the Junior Golf Association at Firestone CC during the early 1970s where she spread her love of golf to countless youngsters.
Grace was a woman of faith and attended church at First Christian Church in Orange. She was a kind, loving mother who taught her two sons and 4 grandchildren countless lessons in a gentle and thoughtful way. She will be remembered for her warmth, kindness, mock cheesecake and Christmas fudge.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Leslie and Alta Mobley and, her husband, James Sell.
Grace is survived by her son Scott Sell and his wife, Anina Sell of Waukee, Iowa. Jeff Sell and his partner, Dana Mae Forbes of Fort Mill, South Carolina. Four grandchildren, Natalie Marie Sell, Benjamin Zane Sell and Joseph Vincent Sell of Spring, Texas and, Angela Grace (Gracie) Sell of Houston, Texas. She is also survived by her brother, Homer Mobley of Basye, Virginia.
In lieu of flowers, the family request donations be made to the Autism Society in honor of Grace Sell’s grandchildren, Ben & Joe Sell.