Jeanette McCollough Tapley's Obituary
Jeanette McCollough Tapley, 78, loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother, passed away peacefully at home in Azle, Texas on Sunday, February 19, 2012, with family and friends at her side following a courageous battle with pulmonary fibrosis.
Memorials: She will be laid to rest for the ages alongside her beloved husband in Cheatham Hill Memorial Park in Marietta, GA on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 2 pm. Visitation will be 4 pm to 8 pm on Friday, February 24, 2012, at Davis-Streumpf Funeral Home.
Jeanette was born January 9, 1934 in Jasper, Alabama, the youngest of 5 siblings, to Christian parents Walter Key and Lillie Belle McCollough. Her love for the Lord and for family carried all the way through her adult life. She married her high school sweetheart, Charles Wayne Tapley, and was happily married for 47 years. She worked for International Harvester as a data entry operator for 31 years retiring at the young age of 52. She was a confessed believer in the Gospel of Jesus Christ from a very young age and now she moves on to her New Testament reward. She will always be remembered by her family and those who knew her as one who tried to live by her faith each and every day.
She was preceded in death by her husband, parents and all siblings.
Survivors: Son, Art Tapley and wife, Sheila; daughter, Tina Hudson; grandsons, Eric Hudson and Michael Tapley; granddaughter, Christi Berry and husband, Josh; great granddaughters, Zoe Mykael Tapley, Peighton McCarty Berry, and Hannah Grace Berry; many nieces and nephews.
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