Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Pirkle, age 74, of Ball Ground, passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital in Jasper. She was born October 2, 1941 to James Howard Kendrick and Edith Georgianna Blackwell Kendrick in Pickens County.
She is survived by daughters, Kathy and Wayne Higgins of Dawsonville, Becky and John Wilson of Ball Ground, Angela Chumley of Ball Ground; son, Atlas and Tabatha Chumley of Marble Hill; brothers and sisters, John Frank Kendrick of Yellow Creek, Estelle and James Roper of Yellow Creek, James Kendrick of Marble Hill, Sammy and Joyce Kendrick of Yellow Creek; step-children, Stephaine and Jason Lowrey, Alicia and Roger Bailey; 7 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren also survive.
The funeral service will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, July 16 at Yellow Creek Baptist Church with Reverend Jeff Wilkie, Reverend Mike Byess, and Reverend William Blackwell officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be Thursday from 2:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.; Friday from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m.; and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until prior to the funeral hour.
Arrangements are entrusted to the staff of Roper Funeral Home & Crematory in Jasper, Georgia.
Online condolences can be made atwww.roperfuneralhome.com
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