posted August 28, 2008
 Lois Mabry |
She and her husband, Rodney, were raised in Cartersville, Ga., and were married for 47 years before his death in 1987. They were boating enthusiasts and members of the Chattanooga Boating Club and Lakeshore Yacht Club.
They were members of Brainerd United Methodist Church and the Wesley Caudel Sunday School Class where Lois was the pianist for many years. She taught elementary school for 37 years and retired in 1982 from Fort Oglethorpe Elementary.
Since 2002, Lois enjoyed knitting afghans for the patients of Hospice of Chattanooga and was honored in 2006 for having provided 105 afghans for the year 2005 alone.
Lois was also preceded in death by her only sister, Frankie Gilpin, of Newnan, Ga.
Survivors include her two daughters, Gerry (Jimmy) Chamberlain, of Chattanooga, and Jeanne (Jimmy) Moore, of Gulfport, Ms. “Nanny” was so much a part of the lives of her four granddaughters, Kim Narramore, of Chattanooga; Ashley (David) Myers, of Jersey City, N.J.; Debbie O’Dwyer, of Miami Beach, Fl.; and Becky Smart, of Birmingham, Al.; her five great-grandchildren, Chamberlain Iocovozzi, Niamh O’Dwyer, Lilli Narramore, Tyler and Jesse Smart.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 31 at the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home with the Rev. Genevieve DeHoog officiating. Interment will follow in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends for visitation from 1-2:30 p.m. on Sunday at the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Brainerd United Methodist Church, Organ Fund, 4315 Brainerd Rd., Chattanooga, Tn. 3741, or to the Alzheimer’s Association, 7625 Hamilton Park Drive, Chattanooga, Tn. 37421.
Please share your thoughts and memories at www.mem.com.
Arrangements are made by the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home Crematory and Florist, 5401, Hwy 153, Hixson, Tn. 37343.
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