Georgia Mae Southerland, 91, of Greeneville, died at Laughlin Healthcare on Saturday.
She retired from Greene Manufacturing.
She was a member and attended the First Church of God for as long as her health permitted.
Georgia leaves behind her nieces: Norma and Minnis Waddell, Maxine and Bill Carter, Peggy and Bill Hopson, Karen Massey, Sharon and David Blazer, Marie Southerland, Suzanne Feltman, Robin and Chris Edwards, Jean and Leslie Watson, Brenda and Gary Graham, Patti and Will McDonald, LuAnn and Doug Davis, Kathy Holt, Lisa and Arthur Stair III, Donna and Jim Fitch, Shelia and Scott Dykes, and Janet and Glenn Nash; Nephews: Dennis Norton, Alan and Marilyn Johnson, Doug and Lorraine Jennings, Bobby Bird, Terry and Gerry Barnes, Barton Slimp and Catherine Brannan, Mickey and Janet Slimp, Kevin Slimp. Ben and Mavis Ware, Bill and Mary Louise Hunt, Larry and Sharon Hunt, and Alf and Carolyn Southerland; Sisters and brothers-in-law: Geraldine Southerland, Joann Southerland and Clarence Southerland. She also leaves special friends and neighbors: Mary Sue Brakebill, Julie and Martha Fannon, Debbie Pitt, Diane and Ken Foster, Bonnie Harris, Connie Keasling, Vernon Orr; and their church family.
Her husband preceded in death: Clinton Southerland; her parents: Roy and Stella Davis; Sisters and Sisters-in-Law: Kathleen and Claude Johnson, Alyne and Clifton Jennings, Pauline and Brownlow Norton, and Dollie and Ralph Barnes; and one brother: Elmer Davis.
The family welcomes friends to the Kiser-Rose Hill Funeral Home on Wednesday from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. The funeral service will follow at 2:00 p.m. in the Kiser-Rose Hill Chapel with Rev. Nathan Leasure and Rev. Doug Jennings.
The funeral service will follow in the GreeneLawn Memory Gardens.
Pallbearers include Joe Waddell, Tyler Waddell, Dennis Norton, Bobby Bird, Bill Hopson, Kyle Waddell, Brandon Norton, and Justin and Nick Norton.
The family especially thanks the nurses and employees of the Laughlin Healthcare Center, Amedisys Home Health, Amedisys Hospice, Dr. Tyler Bailey, Vickie Trentham and Dr. Joe Austin.
In lieu of flowers, commemorative gifts may be given to the First Church of God, Attn: Karen Knight, 1505 W. Main Street, Greeneville, TN 37743; or to St. Jude, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
