Ellen H. Tankersley (LINCOLNTON, Ga.)

LINCOLNTON, Ga. - Mrs. Ellen Holloway Tankersley, 77, wife of the late Charles Tankersley, formerly of the Double Branches Community, died Tues., Feb. 17, 2009 in Snellville, Ga. Funeral services will be held Friday, Feb. 20, 2009, at 11a.m., at Double Branches Baptist Church with Revs. Keith Etheridge, David Inglett and Ficklen Guin officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Tankersley, daughter of the late Henry M. and Jessie Burns Holloway, had lived in the Double Branches Community most of her life. She was retired from the Lincoln County School System in school food nutrition. A faithful member of Double Branches Baptist Church, Mrs. Tankersley was a member of the Adult Choir, WMU and actively served on numerous committees. She loved gardening, cooking, and spending time with her siblings, children and grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a brother, H.M. Holloway. Survivors: Sons: Charles Wayne Tankersley, and wife, Cathy, Madison, Thomas Brian Tankersley, and wife, Becky, Tifton; Daughters: Rhonda Tankersley Ford, and husband, Andy, Lawrenceville, Melanie Gaye Tankersley, Irmo, S.C.; Brother: Allen Holloway, Lincolnton; Sisters: Ernestine Bohler, Rachel Haynes, Prudie Tankersley, Julia Reese, Lincolnton; Lou McWilliams, Birmingham, Ala., and Patsy Clements, Augusta, Ga.; 8 Grandchildren Memorials may be made to: Double Branches Baptist Church Building or Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 602, Lincolnton, GA 30817 The family will receive friends from 6pm-8pm on Thursday evening at Beggs Funeral Home, 200 May Ave., Lincolnton, GA 30817 (706) 359-4117

The Augusta Chronicle-February 19, 2009