Mrs. Melissa Dawn Sandlin Stovall, age 53 of Winfield passed away peacefully at her residence on Tuesday, August 23, 2022. Melissa was born on July 14, 1969 in Moline, IL to Louis Scott and Peggy Sexton Sandlin. She was a member of the Musgrove Chapel Methodist Church and a 1987 graduate of Winfield City High School.

Melissa was a cosmetologist and beautician for 32 years and co-owner of Sunset Hair Designs in Winfield from September 1996 until her retirement in December 2018.  

Melissa was a loving, caring and generous wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend; she had a heart of pure gold and a smile that would bring joy and love to others.

She is survived by her high school sweetheart and the love of her life for 35 years, Alan Stovall, her two children, Hillary Smith and her husband Chad, and Derek Stovall and his fiancée, Victoria Hankins, three grandchildren, Cailyn, Caralee, and Colton Smith, sister, Kim Aldridge and her husband Scott, her mother and father in-law, Roger and Gloria Stovall, sister-in-law, Amy Darty, brother-in-law, Kyle Stovall and his wife Angie, niece, Harper Darty, nephews, Shane Darty and his wife Sydney, Will and Ty Aldridge, and Brant Stovall, and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, church family and other special friends.

Melissa was preceded in death by her parents, Scotty and Peggy, her brother, Rob, a niece, Katelyn Stovall and grandparents, Robert and Lucille Sexton, Louie Bryce Sandlin and Evelyn Sandlin.

In lieu of flowers the family request that donations be made to Hospice of Northwest Alabama or the charity of your choice in memory of Melissa.

Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced later.

Bowen Funeral Home of Winfield, Alabama serving the Stovall family.