Obituary of Eugene Wilson Sullivan Sr.

Mr. Eugene Wilson Sullivan, age 95, of Ozark, Alabama, passed away Thursday, January 25, 2024. Funeral Services for Mr. Sullivan will be held 3:00 pm Monday, January 29, 2024, at Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church in Ozark with Reverend Michael Lawler officiating. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Memory Gardens, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. The family will receive friends at the church on Monday from 2:00 pm until service time. Serving as pallbearers are Adam Sullivan, Wyatt Watford, Matt Watford, Spencer Sullivan, Tyler Brown, and Thomas Helms. Mr. Sullivan was known to family and friends as “Papa.” He was born to Dixie and Lillie Mae Sullivan in Dale County, Alabama on September 2, 1928. He graduated from Dale County High School in 1947. After graduation he told his father he wanted to be a carpenter and he and his father began carpentry. After high school he met his future wife of 75 years, Sarah Nell Murphy. Fourteen years after they married, he constructed the house they resided in up to his death. After working for several construction companies, he began his own business known as “Sullivan Custom Builder.” He and his three sons built many houses throughout Dale County that still stand today. He was dedicated to his family, and his home was the place where they all gathered for holidays and for Sunday lunch. He was a devout Christian attending Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church throughout his life. Mr. Sullivan and his sons constructed the fellowship hall along with many other features in the Church. He was well respected in the community and loved by many. He will be sadly missed, but his memory will be in their hearts forever. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dixie and Lillie Mae Sullivan, brother, Woodrow Sullivan, son, Jr. Sullivan, son in law, Sam H. Brown, and brother-in-law, Ted Kilpatrick. He is survived by his wife, Sarah Nell Sullivan, sister, Martha Kilpatrick, children, Frank Sullivan (Lynn), Timmy Sullivan (Candy), Tammy Brown (Sam), and daughter in law, Terry Sullivan. Ten grandchildren, Nikki Watford (Matt), Adam Sullivan (Erin), Celia Lawler (Jason), Patti Andrews (Brad), Will Sullivan, Spencer Sullivan (Chelsea), Anna Tucker (Colby), Chase Brown (Stephanie), Sarah Helms (Kevin), Tyler Brown (Paige), and seventeen great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Flowers will be accepted, or memorials may be made to the United Methodist Children's Home, 3140 Zelda Court - Suite 100, Montgomery, Alabama 36106.