Zella Mae Bouley 87 of Richmond passed away July 23, 2024. She was born October 1, 1936, in Kitchen Branch, Tennessee to Hubert and Zoliah Stills Gosnell; she lived in Ashville, North Carolina, and Murrayville, Georgia before moving to Richmond over fifty years ago.

Zella was a homemaker.

She is survived by her three daughters Jeanne (Gene) Chasteen, Lisa (Virgil) Parsons, Darlene Spicer all of Richmond, ten grandchildren Jonna Burton, Daniel Penley, Damian Penley, Chris Fanter, Jennifer Roddy, Jeremey Penley, Nikki Penley, Josh Bouley, Kaci Uphaus, Derek Tiemann, Regan Barker, Hannah Barker and Miley Barker, and several great-grandchildren, two brothers Larry Gosnell of Pennsylvania, Billy Gosnell of Kentucky, several nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her parents and two sons Danny Penley and Marvin "Boony" Penley.

Services will be 2:00 PM Friday, July 26, 2024, at Stegall-Berheide-Orr Funeral Home; friends may call from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be private and at the convenience of the family.