Sarah Ruth Coxwell Engle, 90, of Opelika, passed away Monday, May 15, 2023, at Arbor Springs Health and Rehab Center in Opelika.
Mrs. Engle was a native of Union Springs, Alabama, and lived most of her life in Opelika. She was a faithful member of the First Baptist Church of Opelika and she was a longtime, active member of the Opelika Pilot Club. For many years, she and her husband, James Arthur (Jim) Engle, owned and operated a multi-line independent insurance adjustment business in Opelika, Westbrook & Associates Inc., which serviced East-Central Alabama and West-Central Georgia.
Mrs. Engle was preceded in death by her husband, James Arthur (Jim) Engle; daughter, Janet Leigh (Jan) Engle Cumbie; mother, Bessie Ruth Coxwell of Opelika and father, Wesley W. Coxwell of Opelika. She is survived by her sister, Nellie Coxwell Boland of Opelika; nephew, Robert Bennefield of Gulf Breeze, Florida; nieces: Angie Castleberry of Sylacauga, Alabama, and Janice Helms of Hoover, Alabama; son-in-law, Marty Cumbie of Panama City Beach, Florida; grandchildren: Clay Cumbie of Nashville, Tennessee, and Courtney Cumbie Jones (Tyler) of Columbia, Missouri; great-grandson, Parker Engle Jones and great-granddaughter, Kylee Leigh Jones of Columbia, Missouri; and a number of cousins and other family members including Linda Ambrose, Terri Silbis, Shirley Mullins, Rebecca Anne Coxwell, Willie Coxwell, Wendell Coxwell, Patti Walker Head, Mike Head, Steve Head and Lavell Head.
Funeral services were held on Friday, May 19, 2023, at the Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home Chapel in Opelika, with First Baptist Church Associate Pastor Cade Farris officiating. Interment immediately followed the service at Garden Hills Cemetery.
The family respectfully declines the gift of flowers and suggests memorials may be directed to the First Baptist Church of Opelika, 301 S. 8th St., Opelika, AL 36801.
Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home and Crematory directed.