Helen Russell Dailey

Mrs. Helen Russell Dailey, age 85, of Hilham, TN, passed away on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, at her residence.

Funeral Services will be held Thursday, July 23, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Upton-Hay Funeral Home with Kenzie Adams officiating and interment to follow in the McDonald Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Wednesday, July 22, 2026, from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and Thursday, July 23, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. until time for the service.

She was born on Wednesday, November 13, 1940, to Ruby Ann (Rich) and Elmer Lee Fikes. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her daughter, Betty Jo Daily; husband, Deward Robin Dailey; siblings, Anna, Billy, and Joe Martin Fikes.

Helen worked many years at Upton Funeral Home organizing, cleaning, and performing various other tasks. She then took on the role of being a full-time housewife in her own home, which required way more than any public job.

She enjoyed sewing, quilting, and gardening. She was an outdoor person of sorts, had an eye for ginseng, it was told she could spot it on a hill side two hollows away, and loved to hunt dry land fish.

Helen is survived by her daughters, Sue Ashburn and Lisa McDonald (Doug); grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Joe Watson (Amber), Jonathan Lawson (Cheryl), Craig Capps (Christy), Ashley Smith (Thomas), Christian McDonald, Amber Jolin (Joseph), Cole McDonald (Brooke), Lyla Watson, Chloe Lawson, Zoe and Cameron Linder, Acelyn Capps, Caden, Parker, Aliya, Charly, Alisabeth Smith, Tinsli Jo Jolin, Wylder McDonald, and Vienna Blair McDonald on the way; brother, Kenneth Sims, Jr.; as well as a host of friends and family members that will mourn her passing.

The Upton-Hay Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Mrs. Helen Russell Dailey.