Beverly Denise Burch
It is with great sadness that the family of Beverly Denise Burch announces the news of her passing on Sunday, March 3, 2024, at her home in Soddy Daisy, Tennessee. She was 45.
The only thing more immense than the size of the hole her absence will leave in the hearts of all who loved her, is the wonder of the many precious memories we’ll share of one of the sweetest, kindest, gentlest souls any of us has ever known. Bev was a beautiful woman, inside and out, and her ability and willingness to empathize with people and animals in pain was a true gift from God.
Young children gravitated to Bev, and her young nieces and nephews loved nothing more than to gather around her to giggle and watch funny or sweet animal videos Bev would find to show them. Bev was always the one adult the kids would beg to go outside to play with them and, of course, she was always more than happy to make THEM happy.
Like both of her parents and step-dad, Bev craved the excitement of taking in extraordinary scenery in each of the countless travel adventures she enjoyed with family, and one of her favorite adventures was being bold enough to try the new and sometimes exotic dishes that the rest of us were too chicken to try. Her step-dad eventually took to saying, “I’ll have what Bev is having,’cause I know it’s probably gonna taste the best.” The hikes with her father, whose consistent hope that they’d come across a snake while they were out and about always tickled her. Beverly never saw a rock or crystal she didn’t like, either. Her collection wasn’t huge, but the geology nerd in her cherished every one of them. She also had a particularly soft spot for animals of all kinds, and they loved her in return. Animals can sense the best and kindest people, and so often the scared, hungry and needy ones would somehow find Bev and naturally, she’d take them in.
The last month of Bev’s precious life were spent being a kind and wonderful caretaker to her beloved mother and step-dad.
Beverly Burch attended Soddy Daisy High School, Chattanooga State Community College and Northwest Georgia College and was a member of First Freewill Baptist Church in Hixson.
Bev was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather, James E. Deifenderfer and paternal grandmother, Irene S. Burch.
Beverly is survived immediately by her heartbroken parents, Susan Deifenderfer Burch Buckner (Joe Buckner), Stanton W. Burch (Debbie Hoffman), and brother, Stanton T. Burch (Jordan Burch) along with many other family and friends who will also dearly miss Bev, her grandmother, Ruth Ann Deifenderfer, many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and countless friends, as well as her longtime friend and former companion for 20 years, Robb Giarrizzo.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, March 11, at 1 p.m. in the Chapel of Legacy Funeral Home with the Rev. Thomas Deifenderfer and Rev. Calvin Nunley officiating. Burial will follow at Mt Pleasant Cemetery.
The family will receive friends on Sunday, March 10, from 2-4 p.m. and Monday from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the funeral home.
Arrangements are by Legacy Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 8911 Dallas Hollow Road, Soddy Daisy, Tn. 37379, 423 843-2525. To share memories, photos or condolences please visit www.legacyfuneralhome.com.