Elizabeth Evergreen Kennett, 79, of Summerville, GA, passed away on Sunday, November 23, 2014, in a Rome hospital.
Born in Fort Payne, AL on April 4, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Milford and Maggie Eller Butler, and was a member of the Harrell Street Church of God.
She was preceded in death by first husband, Raymond Kennett; and four brothers, Archie Butler, Earnest Butler, Lester Butler and Jonathan Butler; and grandsons, Waymond Kennett and Durando Kennett.
She is survived by her husband, Billy Ray Hayes; daughters, Patricia Ann Redwine of Rocky Face and Judy Roberts of Summerville; sons, Raymond Ellis Kennett, Jr. of Summerville and Paul Ivan of Trion; sister,Truevillor Butler of Summerville; brothers, M.H. Butler, Robert Butler and Howard Butler all of LaFayette, Albert Butler of Dalton, Delon Butler of Cedartown and Joe Butler of Centre, AL; 12 grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; andseveral nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, November 25 at 2 p.m. from the J.D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home with Michael Redwine and Freddie Bell officiating. Interment will follow in Greenhills Memory Gardens. Active Pallbearers are Darriel Thompson, Jesse Sisk, Dwayne Hampton, Preston Hampton, Thomas Hamilton and Jamie Massengill; Honorary Pallbearers are Lance Thornberry, Clay Brown and Dewayne Tinney.
The family will receive friends Monday, November 24 from 6-8 p.m. at the Earle Rainwater Funeral Home who is in charge of arrangements.