Mitzie Sue (Susie) Grubbs Clements, Age 53 of Cleves, Ohio died on October 2, 2018 at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Susie was born on November 12, 1964 in Hamilton, Ohio, the daughter of Pat (nee Minor) Grubbs and the late Jim Grubbs. Susie was formerly married to Tim Clements and they were blessed with three wonderful children: Elizabeth (fiance' David Schwering), Elliott and Emily Clements. Susie is survived by three siblings, Sally Georgiton, Sandy (Dave) Quinlan and Shawn Grubbs. Susie was "the best aunt ever" to: Caitlin, Alexandra and Sophia Georgiton; Kyle Huisman, Kaleb and Olivia Quinlan. Susie will be missed by many of her aunts, uncles, cousins, dear friends and co-workers. Family will receive friends on Tuesday, October 9 from 5 p.m. until time of blessing service at 7pm at Neidhard-Minges Funeral Home, 10385 New Haven Rd. Harrison, Ohio. In memory of Susie, the family requests that everyone wear blue to the funeral. Memorials may be made to GSMNP, 107 Park Headquarters Rd. Gatlinburg, TN 37738. (Superintendent Discretionary Fund for Great Smoky Mountains National Park).
THEY SAY IT TAKES A MINUTE TO FIND A SPECIAL PERSON, AN HOUR TO APPRECIATE THEM, A DAY TO LOVE THEM; BUT THEN AN ENTIRE LIFE TO FORGET THEM! SUSIE DEFINITELY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!
https://neidhardminges.com/book-of-memories/3625000/Clements-Mitzie/service-details.php
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Missing hiker Mitzie Sue “Susan” Clements was found in Great Smoky Mountains National Park after a week of massive searching in terrain so rugged and thick with vegetation a helicopter was needed to extract her.
While the official cause of death is still under investigation, park spokeswoman Julena Campbell said foul play is not suspected. This highlights the many natural hazards that exist in the sprawling, half-million-acre park in the North Carolina-Tennessee mountains, for experienced as well as inexperienced hikers.
Clements, 53, a city of Cincinnati auditor, had been hiking with her 20-year-old daughter near Clingmans Dome, the highest peak in the Smokies. They were returning from Andrews Bald on the 1.8-mile Forney Ridge Trail, considered a moderate route.
When they were about a quarter-mile from the mountain, the daughter went on ahead to climb the Clingmans Dome Tower, with plans to meet her mother back at the parking lot, Campbell said, but Clements never appeared. She had last been seen at about 5 p.m. Sept. 25.
Clements was considered an experienced “on trail” hiker, Campbell said. The mother and daughter had spent a couple of days hiking in the Smokies, including on trails longer and more strenuous than Forney Ridge, including the Chimney Tops Trail, which has an elevation change of 1,300 feet over 2 miles.
“The way they hiked together, the daughter wanted to do a little more miles, so they would often hike together for part of the trip and meet back at the parking lot. That was fairly typical,” Campbell said.
The search for Clements lasted a week and involved 175 trained personnel from five states and some 50 organizations, helicopters, drones and K-9 units. It ended when her body was found Tuesday night in “incredibly thick” vegetation in Swain County, 2 miles west of the Clingmans Dome parking lot, and three-quarters of a mile south of the Appalachian Trail.
Campbell said people are asking how it’s possible to get lost in such a busy place as Clingmans Dome, which is popular for its tower – the highest point in the park at 6,643 feet – reached on a paved path from the parking lot. It is also the jumping-off point for many trails, including the Appalachian Trail.
“Most of us picture the park via trail, but most of us do not get off-trail and realize what the landscape really is like,” she said. “If you haven’t been off-trail, and disoriented and lost in that thick vegetation and steep, rocky hillside, it’s hard to imagine what that must be like.”
She said it is actually common for people to get lost or turned around on top of Clingmans Dome, where there are many trail intersections.
About a tenth of a mile from the parking lot, Forney Ridge Trail connects to the Clingmans Dome Bypass Trail, which then intersects with the Appalachian Trail.
“It would have been fairly easy, particularly given the conditions she was hiking in – it was very foggy, raining and probably dark or getting dark – that someone could miss an intersection or the parking lot and get off on the wrong trail,” Campbell said.
Clements’ is the 11th fatality this year in the Smokies, Campbell said.
It is up from the seven deaths in 2017, but not as many as the 16 deaths tallied in 2016. The most common cause of death in the Smokies tends to be from motor vehicle accidents, Campbell said, which is the most popular activity in the park.
The Smokies is the most-visited national park in the nation. It had 11.3 million visitors in 2017.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/10/04/great-smoky-mountains-deaths-hiking-national-park/1530536002/
THEY SAY IT TAKES A MINUTE TO FIND A SPECIAL PERSON, AN HOUR TO APPRECIATE THEM, A DAY TO LOVE THEM; BUT THEN AN ENTIRE LIFE TO FORGET THEM! SUSIE DEFINITELY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!
https://neidhardminges.com/book-of-memories/3625000/Clements-Mitzie/service-details.php
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Missing hiker Mitzie Sue “Susan” Clements was found in Great Smoky Mountains National Park after a week of massive searching in terrain so rugged and thick with vegetation a helicopter was needed to extract her.
While the official cause of death is still under investigation, park spokeswoman Julena Campbell said foul play is not suspected. This highlights the many natural hazards that exist in the sprawling, half-million-acre park in the North Carolina-Tennessee mountains, for experienced as well as inexperienced hikers.
Clements, 53, a city of Cincinnati auditor, had been hiking with her 20-year-old daughter near Clingmans Dome, the highest peak in the Smokies. They were returning from Andrews Bald on the 1.8-mile Forney Ridge Trail, considered a moderate route.
When they were about a quarter-mile from the mountain, the daughter went on ahead to climb the Clingmans Dome Tower, with plans to meet her mother back at the parking lot, Campbell said, but Clements never appeared. She had last been seen at about 5 p.m. Sept. 25.
Clements was considered an experienced “on trail” hiker, Campbell said. The mother and daughter had spent a couple of days hiking in the Smokies, including on trails longer and more strenuous than Forney Ridge, including the Chimney Tops Trail, which has an elevation change of 1,300 feet over 2 miles.
“The way they hiked together, the daughter wanted to do a little more miles, so they would often hike together for part of the trip and meet back at the parking lot. That was fairly typical,” Campbell said.
The search for Clements lasted a week and involved 175 trained personnel from five states and some 50 organizations, helicopters, drones and K-9 units. It ended when her body was found Tuesday night in “incredibly thick” vegetation in Swain County, 2 miles west of the Clingmans Dome parking lot, and three-quarters of a mile south of the Appalachian Trail.
Campbell said people are asking how it’s possible to get lost in such a busy place as Clingmans Dome, which is popular for its tower – the highest point in the park at 6,643 feet – reached on a paved path from the parking lot. It is also the jumping-off point for many trails, including the Appalachian Trail.
“Most of us picture the park via trail, but most of us do not get off-trail and realize what the landscape really is like,” she said. “If you haven’t been off-trail, and disoriented and lost in that thick vegetation and steep, rocky hillside, it’s hard to imagine what that must be like.”
She said it is actually common for people to get lost or turned around on top of Clingmans Dome, where there are many trail intersections.
About a tenth of a mile from the parking lot, Forney Ridge Trail connects to the Clingmans Dome Bypass Trail, which then intersects with the Appalachian Trail.
“It would have been fairly easy, particularly given the conditions she was hiking in – it was very foggy, raining and probably dark or getting dark – that someone could miss an intersection or the parking lot and get off on the wrong trail,” Campbell said.
Clements’ is the 11th fatality this year in the Smokies, Campbell said.
It is up from the seven deaths in 2017, but not as many as the 16 deaths tallied in 2016. The most common cause of death in the Smokies tends to be from motor vehicle accidents, Campbell said, which is the most popular activity in the park.
The Smokies is the most-visited national park in the nation. It had 11.3 million visitors in 2017.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/10/04/great-smoky-mountains-deaths-hiking-national-park/1530536002/
Mitzie Sue (Susie) Grubbs Clements, Age 53 of Cleves, Ohio died on October 2, 2018 at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Susie was born on November 12, 1964 in Hamilton, Ohio, the daughter of Pat (nee Minor) Grubbs and the late Jim Grubbs. Susie was formerly married to Tim Clements and they were blessed with three wonderful children: Elizabeth (fiance' David Schwering), Elliott and Emily Clements. Susie is survived by three siblings, Sally Georgiton, Sandy (Dave) Quinlan and Shawn Grubbs. Susie was "the best aunt ever" to: Caitlin, Alexandra and Sophia Georgiton; Kyle Huisman, Kaleb and Olivia Quinlan. Susie will be missed by many of her aunts, uncles, cousins, dear friends and co-workers. Family will receive friends on Tuesday, October 9 from 5 p.m. until time of blessing service at 7pm at Neidhard-Minges Funeral Home, 10385 New Haven Rd. Harrison, Ohio. In memory of Susie, the family requests that everyone wear blue to the funeral. Memorials may be made to GSMNP, 107 Park Headquarters Rd. Gatlinburg, TN 37738. (Superintendent Discretionary Fund for Great Smoky Mountains National Park).
THEY SAY IT TAKES A MINUTE TO FIND A SPECIAL PERSON, AN HOUR TO APPRECIATE THEM, A DAY TO LOVE THEM; BUT THEN AN ENTIRE LIFE TO FORGET THEM! SUSIE DEFINITELY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!
https://neidhardminges.com/book-of-memories/3625000/Clements-Mitzie/service-details.php
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Missing hiker Mitzie Sue “Susan” Clements was found in Great Smoky Mountains National Park after a week of massive searching in terrain so rugged and thick with vegetation a helicopter was needed to extract her.
While the official cause of death is still under investigation, park spokeswoman Julena Campbell said foul play is not suspected. This highlights the many natural hazards that exist in the sprawling, half-million-acre park in the North Carolina-Tennessee mountains, for experienced as well as inexperienced hikers.
Clements, 53, a city of Cincinnati auditor, had been hiking with her 20-year-old daughter near Clingmans Dome, the highest peak in the Smokies. They were returning from Andrews Bald on the 1.8-mile Forney Ridge Trail, considered a moderate route.
When they were about a quarter-mile from the mountain, the daughter went on ahead to climb the Clingmans Dome Tower, with plans to meet her mother back at the parking lot, Campbell said, but Clements never appeared. She had last been seen at about 5 p.m. Sept. 25.
Clements was considered an experienced “on trail” hiker, Campbell said. The mother and daughter had spent a couple of days hiking in the Smokies, including on trails longer and more strenuous than Forney Ridge, including the Chimney Tops Trail, which has an elevation change of 1,300 feet over 2 miles.
“The way they hiked together, the daughter wanted to do a little more miles, so they would often hike together for part of the trip and meet back at the parking lot. That was fairly typical,” Campbell said.
The search for Clements lasted a week and involved 175 trained personnel from five states and some 50 organizations, helicopters, drones and K-9 units. It ended when her body was found Tuesday night in “incredibly thick” vegetation in Swain County, 2 miles west of the Clingmans Dome parking lot, and three-quarters of a mile south of the Appalachian Trail.
Campbell said people are asking how it’s possible to get lost in such a busy place as Clingmans Dome, which is popular for its tower – the highest point in the park at 6,643 feet – reached on a paved path from the parking lot. It is also the jumping-off point for many trails, including the Appalachian Trail.
“Most of us picture the park via trail, but most of us do not get off-trail and realize what the landscape really is like,” she said. “If you haven’t been off-trail, and disoriented and lost in that thick vegetation and steep, rocky hillside, it’s hard to imagine what that must be like.”
She said it is actually common for people to get lost or turned around on top of Clingmans Dome, where there are many trail intersections.
About a tenth of a mile from the parking lot, Forney Ridge Trail connects to the Clingmans Dome Bypass Trail, which then intersects with the Appalachian Trail.
“It would have been fairly easy, particularly given the conditions she was hiking in – it was very foggy, raining and probably dark or getting dark – that someone could miss an intersection or the parking lot and get off on the wrong trail,” Campbell said.
Clements’ is the 11th fatality this year in the Smokies, Campbell said.
It is up from the seven deaths in 2017, but not as many as the 16 deaths tallied in 2016. The most common cause of death in the Smokies tends to be from motor vehicle accidents, Campbell said, which is the most popular activity in the park.
The Smokies is the most-visited national park in the nation. It had 11.3 million visitors in 2017.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/10/04/great-smoky-mountains-deaths-hiking-national-park/1530536002/
THEY SAY IT TAKES A MINUTE TO FIND A SPECIAL PERSON, AN HOUR TO APPRECIATE THEM, A DAY TO LOVE THEM; BUT THEN AN ENTIRE LIFE TO FORGET THEM! SUSIE DEFINITELY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!
https://neidhardminges.com/book-of-memories/3625000/Clements-Mitzie/service-details.php
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Missing hiker Mitzie Sue “Susan” Clements was found in Great Smoky Mountains National Park after a week of massive searching in terrain so rugged and thick with vegetation a helicopter was needed to extract her.
While the official cause of death is still under investigation, park spokeswoman Julena Campbell said foul play is not suspected. This highlights the many natural hazards that exist in the sprawling, half-million-acre park in the North Carolina-Tennessee mountains, for experienced as well as inexperienced hikers.
Clements, 53, a city of Cincinnati auditor, had been hiking with her 20-year-old daughter near Clingmans Dome, the highest peak in the Smokies. They were returning from Andrews Bald on the 1.8-mile Forney Ridge Trail, considered a moderate route.
When they were about a quarter-mile from the mountain, the daughter went on ahead to climb the Clingmans Dome Tower, with plans to meet her mother back at the parking lot, Campbell said, but Clements never appeared. She had last been seen at about 5 p.m. Sept. 25.
Clements was considered an experienced “on trail” hiker, Campbell said. The mother and daughter had spent a couple of days hiking in the Smokies, including on trails longer and more strenuous than Forney Ridge, including the Chimney Tops Trail, which has an elevation change of 1,300 feet over 2 miles.
“The way they hiked together, the daughter wanted to do a little more miles, so they would often hike together for part of the trip and meet back at the parking lot. That was fairly typical,” Campbell said.
The search for Clements lasted a week and involved 175 trained personnel from five states and some 50 organizations, helicopters, drones and K-9 units. It ended when her body was found Tuesday night in “incredibly thick” vegetation in Swain County, 2 miles west of the Clingmans Dome parking lot, and three-quarters of a mile south of the Appalachian Trail.
Campbell said people are asking how it’s possible to get lost in such a busy place as Clingmans Dome, which is popular for its tower – the highest point in the park at 6,643 feet – reached on a paved path from the parking lot. It is also the jumping-off point for many trails, including the Appalachian Trail.
“Most of us picture the park via trail, but most of us do not get off-trail and realize what the landscape really is like,” she said. “If you haven’t been off-trail, and disoriented and lost in that thick vegetation and steep, rocky hillside, it’s hard to imagine what that must be like.”
She said it is actually common for people to get lost or turned around on top of Clingmans Dome, where there are many trail intersections.
About a tenth of a mile from the parking lot, Forney Ridge Trail connects to the Clingmans Dome Bypass Trail, which then intersects with the Appalachian Trail.
“It would have been fairly easy, particularly given the conditions she was hiking in – it was very foggy, raining and probably dark or getting dark – that someone could miss an intersection or the parking lot and get off on the wrong trail,” Campbell said.
Clements’ is the 11th fatality this year in the Smokies, Campbell said.
It is up from the seven deaths in 2017, but not as many as the 16 deaths tallied in 2016. The most common cause of death in the Smokies tends to be from motor vehicle accidents, Campbell said, which is the most popular activity in the park.
The Smokies is the most-visited national park in the nation. It had 11.3 million visitors in 2017.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/10/04/great-smoky-mountains-deaths-hiking-national-park/1530536002/
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