Feb 17, 2017
Lydia Gertrude Smith Kilpatrick, 93, of Athens, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, at Parkwest Medical Center in Knoxville.
A native and lifelong resident of McMinn County, she was a daughter of the late Bynum Charles "B.C." and Susie Crittenden Smith, and was preceded in death by her husband, William Walter Kilpatrick; one daughter, Marianna Canavan; one granddaughter, Meghan Canavan; three sisters, Pearl Owenby, Annie Leonard and Thelma Morrow; and three brothers, Spence Smith, Chester "Check" Smith and Raymond Smith. She was a former employee of Cook Paper Box Company and Ingleside Elementary School. She loved gardening, canning and working in her flowers and was a longtime member of East Athens Baptist Church.
Survivors include two sons and one daughter-in-law, Terry and Lori Kilpatrick of Abilene, Texas, and Rick Kilpatrick of Athens; four grandchildren, Shaun M. Kilpatrick, Kevin Canavan, Kristen Kilpatrick and Leland Kilpatrick; and two great-grandchildren, Jayden Canavan and Waylon Canavan.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Ziegler Funeral Home with the Rev. Bob Pruett officiating. Burial will follow in Piney Grove Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Ziegler Funeral Home of Athens has been entrusted with the care of Lydia Gertrude Smith Kilpatrick.
Feb 17, 2017
Lydia Gertrude Smith Kilpatrick, 93, of Athens, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, at Parkwest Medical Center in Knoxville.
A native and lifelong resident of McMinn County, she was a daughter of the late Bynum Charles "B.C." and Susie Crittenden Smith, and was preceded in death by her husband, William Walter Kilpatrick; one daughter, Marianna Canavan; one granddaughter, Meghan Canavan; three sisters, Pearl Owenby, Annie Leonard and Thelma Morrow; and three brothers, Spence Smith, Chester "Check" Smith and Raymond Smith. She was a former employee of Cook Paper Box Company and Ingleside Elementary School. She loved gardening, canning and working in her flowers and was a longtime member of East Athens Baptist Church.
Survivors include two sons and one daughter-in-law, Terry and Lori Kilpatrick of Abilene, Texas, and Rick Kilpatrick of Athens; four grandchildren, Shaun M. Kilpatrick, Kevin Canavan, Kristen Kilpatrick and Leland Kilpatrick; and two great-grandchildren, Jayden Canavan and Waylon Canavan.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Ziegler Funeral Home with the Rev. Bob Pruett officiating. Burial will follow in Piney Grove Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Ziegler Funeral Home of Athens has been entrusted with the care of Lydia Gertrude Smith Kilpatrick.
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