Anna Marie P. Bethea, 85, died on Sunday evening, Jan. 2, 2005.
Mrs. Bethea was a lifelong resident of Chattanooga and was the coowner and operator of Bethea’s Restaurant in Brainerd for 50 years.
She was a charter member of Brainerd Presbyterian Church, where she served as a lay leader and choir member for many years. During the last few years, Mrs. Bethea was a member of Brainerd Baptist Church.
Mrs. Bethea was preceded in death by her husband, Richard W. Bethea; her parents, John E. and Annie S. Peckinpaugh, and her sisters, Willa Mae Henderson, Georgie P. Hudlow and Glenna Davis.
She is survived by her son, Richard W. Bethea, Jr., his wife, Mildred B. Bethea, of Chattanooga; her daughter, Maria Lyn Gauntt, her husband, Hugh M. Gauntt, of Lawrenceville, GA; her grandson, Robert Hunter Bethea II; her granddaughter, Amanda Marie Gauntt; her brother, Ralph H. Hixson of Chattanooga, and several nieces and nephews and their families.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, in the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home on Moore Road with the Rev. Ronald Ragon officiating.
Burial will be in Chattanooga National Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Music Ministry of Brainerd Baptist Church, P.O. Box 8159, Chattanooga, TN 37414.
Arrangements are by the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory and Florist.
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