Ida Florine Hughes Chance (“Tootsie”), 89, of Kennesaw, GA passed away peacefully on July 13th, 2024 at Gaines Park Assisted Living. She was born in Kennesaw, GA in 1934 to Albert and Georgia Hughes. She graduated from Marietta High School and was employed in the Accounting Department of W.P. Stephen’s Lumber Company where she worked her entire career until she retired in 1995. Tootsie enjoyed spending time with her family and sisters, doing word puzzles, reading and poetry, and spoiling her beloved dogs BoBo, Felix, and Sugar.
Tootsie was preceded in death by her husband, Bobby Chance, her daughter, Kim Atkins, her parents, Albert and Georgia Hughes, Roy and Ruby Freeman, Dan and Louise Myers, James and Frances Owensby, J.C. Cantrell and Ben Bryant. She is survived by her son-in-law, Benny Atkins, granddaughter Abbey Beckham (Jackson), great grandson John Bentley Beckham, and sisters Grace Cantrell, Linda Bryant and Sue Donahoo.
Visitation and Funeral Services for ( "Tootsie" ) will be held Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 1: 00 PM in the Chapel at Winkenhofer Pine Ridge Funeral Home . With Rev. Bobby Therrell, officiating. The family will receive guests for visitation from 12: 00 PM until Service time. Interment will follow in Greers Chapel Cemetery next to her beloved husband, Bobby Chance.