The Funeral Service to honor and celebrate the life of Ms. McElhannon will be held on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Smith Funeral Home with Reverend Ed Hampton, M. Divinity and chaplain for Agape Hospice, officiating. Burial will follow the service at Harmony Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery in Auburn, Georgia. The family will be receiving friends on Monday evening from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Doris McElhannon was born in 1935 in Winder, Georgia to John Franklin McElhannon and Mary Pauline Smith McElhannon. She graduated from Winder High School in 1953. After graduation, Doris worked for Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph which is now AT&T until she retired in 1985.
Doris was preceded in death by her beloved parents and her brothers and sisters: Runette Masey Perkins, Luther McElhannon, Theo Harley McElhannon, Harris Olein McElhannon, Johnnie Lou Summers and Bobby Gene McElhannon.
Doris is survived by her nieces and nephews: Sue Houck (Charlie), Steve McElhannon (Kathy), Ralph McElhannon (Elizabeth), Larry McElhannon (Wendy), and Linda Edwards (Mark) in addition to many great nieces and nephews and their children.
Doris favorite hobby was people- young, old, and in between. She never met a stranger and was loving, kind, and generous to all. Nothing made her happier than visiting her "shut-ins" or anyone else that needed some cheering up. Doris will be missed by all who knew her.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. Jude's Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
The family would like to thank the team at Agape Hospice care and the staff at Magnolia Estates for their compassionate and loving care provided to Doris.
Smith Funeral Home, Winder, is entrusted with the arrangements,.
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