Funeral service for Timothy Richard O'Connell Jr. of Guntersville, Ala., will be held at 11 a.m. today at Carr Funeral Chapel in the Pines in Guntersville. The Rev. Rudy Guess will officiate, with burial in Crestview Cemetery.
O'Connell, 71, died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 1992, in Humana Hospital in Huntsville, Ala.
He was born Jan. 21, 1921, in Cape Girardeau, son of Timothy Richard and Floy Marie Ancell O'Connell Sr.
O'Connell was a space science education specialist with NASA. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, having served in World War II and the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Jeanne; two sons, Timothy O'Connell of Guntersville, Kevin O'Connell of Toney, Ala.; a sister, Janice Lipscomb of California, and a grandchild.
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