Alice Hale Cornett, age 86, of Knoxville, passed away on Wednesday, January 1st, 2014. She worked with her father who was a Baptist Minister building mission churches in the Appalachian region of Southeastern KY. Mrs. Cornett was a longtime member of Mars Hill Baptist Church and was a current member of Piney Grove Baptist Church. She had over 60 years of service to women and children through the Baptist WMU, Sunday School, vacation bible school and Girls in Action programs. She is preceded in death by her faithful husband of 42 years, Jasper K. (Bill) Cornett Sr., brother, George Hale and sisters, Matilda Banks and Arzella Littrell. She is survived by children, Jasper K. Cornett, Jr., and wife Sarah, of Birmingham, Alabama, and Jeffrey B. Cornett, and wife Danya, of Knoxville, Tennessee, grandchildren, Hannah, Joshua, MaryAlyce, Esther Marie Cornett and Spencer and Isabell Cornett, and sister, Mary Hale. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Corryton Church For The Benefit Of Wafloy Mtn. Village Retreat, P.O. Box 28, Corryton, TN 37721.
