Alvin Hewell, age 84 of Seguin, passed away on July 2, 2012. Visitation will be held on Friday, July 6, 2012 from 12 noon to 7 p.m. with the family receiving friends from 5 to 7 p.m. at Tres Hewell Mortuary. Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, July 7, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Seguin with Rev. Keith Wyatt and Rev. Ron Welborn officiating. Interment will follow in the Nixon Cemetery. A reception will follow at the Richardson Center in Nixon. Alvin was born on March 26, 1928 in Union Valley, Texas to Thomas Coke, Sr. and Ruby Esther Hensley Hewell. He graduated from Nixon High School and then proudly served his country in the United States Army from 1945-1946 with the occupation forces in Japan. He then managed a ranch in the Nixon area. Alvin went to work in 1966 as a machinist at SMI (now CMC). After retirement Alvin continued ranching in the Nixon area. He and Doris are longtime active members of First United Methodist Church in Seguin. Special times with his family included hunting and fishing, especially the annual Hewell Deer Camp. He is preceded in death by his daughter, Patricia Ann Hewell, his parents, his brothers, Thomas C. Hewell, Jr. and John Bird Hewell and his son-in-law, Ernest Vorpahl. Survivors include his loving wife of 64 years, Doris Soefje Hewell; daughters, Cathy Vorpahl and Sharon Hewell; son, Al Hewell and wife, Kathy; grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Jeff and Rhonda Jubela and children, Hunter, Ryland and Reece, Kim and Jim Anderson and daughter, Bailee, Kyle Jubela and daughter Emma, Kris and Ashley Vorpahl and children, Michael and Gavin, Valerie Hewell and Brien Hewell; sisters-in-law, Frances Hewell, Wildajean Hewell and Carol Dodgen and husband Tom; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Serving as pallbearers will be Johnny Hewell, Gary Haas, Jarrett Finch, Dean Eshelman, Steve Dodgen, Tommy Hewell and Joe Hewell. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Jimmie Martin, Hensley T. Hurt, Bob Hewell, Jerry Hewell, Harry Pat Hewell, Roger Baenziger and Troy De Palermo. Memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church, 710 N. Austin, Seguin, Texas, 78155, Guadalupe Regional Hospice, 1215 E. Court St., Seguin, Texas, 78155 or to the charity of one's choice.