Annie Laurie Connell, 85, of Tiptonville, TN, passed away on Monday, December 4, 2017 at The Bridge at Ridgely.

She was born on March 15, 1932, in Finley, TN, to the late Thomas Harold Cotton and the late Clara Hogue Cotton. Annie was a homemaker and was also a member of the United Pentecostal Church in Tiptonville.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, December 7, 2017 at the United Pentecostal Church in Tiptonville with the Rev. Bert Burkett officiating. Burial will be in Lake Memorial Gardens. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

The family will receive visitors from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Thursday, December 7, 2017 at the church.

Survivors include her three sons, Tommy Mills and wife, Jean, of Ripley, Danny Mills and wife, Joyce, of Jackson, MI and Ricky Mills and wife, Mary Lou, of Keller, TX; eight grandchildren; and twenty-one great-grandchildren.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jessie Connell; and a brother, Thomas Harold Cotton, Jr.

Pallbearers will be Tommy Mills, Ricky Mills, Danny Mills, Jeff Mills, Cameron Mills and Charles Nash.