Finley, Jacara Lynn

Brainerd High School Graduate Worked For Goodwill Industries

  • Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Jacara Finley
Jacara Finley

Jacara Lynn Finley, 40, of Chattanooga, passed away on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in a local hospital.  


She was a 1999 graduate of Brainerd High School and attended Olivet Baptist Church. She was formerly employed by Goodwill Industries. 

 

Jacara was preceded in death by her grandfathers, Preston Siler and Linell Finley, Sr. 

 

Survivors include her mother, Jacqueline Siler; father, Linell Finley, Jr.; grandmothers, Betty Gilyard and Gwendolyn Finley; brother, Mario Finley; sister, Natasha Wright; uncle, Troy (Carla) Finley; aunts, Brenda (Thomas) Young, Deborah (Lebron) Johnson, Barbara (Roosevelt) McPherson, Fransetta Finley, and Charlaine (John) Price; several cousins; other relatives and friends. 

 

Jacara will lie in state on Friday, April 16, from 1-5 p.m. at Taylor Funeral Home. 

 

A family service will be on Saturday, April 17, at noon in the chapel with Bishop Kevin Adams, Sr. as the eulogist. Burial will be in Forest Hills Cemetery.

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