Gilreath, Deborah Jean Anderson (Dalton)

  • Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Deborah Jean Anderson Gilreath, 57, of Dalton, Georgia, died on Monday April 17, 2017 at the Hospice of Chattanooga.

Deborah was born August 19, 1959 in Bryson City, NC. She was a member of the Welch Cove Primitive Baptist Church in Fontana, NC.

She was preceded in death by her father, Coyt Anderson; brothers, Cecil Anderson and David Anderson; and sister, Brenda McCollum.

She is survived by her husband of 25 years, Jimmy Gilreath of the residence; her children, Chelsie (Sean) Reilly; Tyler (Jasmine) Gilreath of Dalton, GA, Anthony (Kami) Vaughn of Monticello, KY, Christopher Gilreath of Dalton, GA and Jennifer (Rodney) Milsap of Robinsville, NC; her mother, Mrs. Margie Beasley Anderson of Fontana, NC; a sister, Wanda Silvers of Burnsville, NC; grandchildren, Carson Reilly, Noah Vaughn, Ivy Vaughn, Braydon Gilreath, Zhane Smith, Jaylon Beasley, Aubrey Beasley and Cole Wayne Milsap; and nieces and nephews.

Services to celebrate the life of Mrs. Deborah Jean Anderson Gilreath will be held Saturday April 22, at 2 p.m. from the Ponders Melrose Chapel with Tracy Sneed and Onley Williams officiating. Entombment will follow in the Resurrection Mausoleum at the Ponders Colonial Hills Memorial Park Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-9 p.m. on Friday, April 21.

Ponders Melrose Chapel, Dalton, has charge of the arrangements.

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