Jimmie Youngblood Sutton

Funeral services for Jimmie Youngblood Sutton, age 81, of Clarkesville, will be held on Tuesday, October 19, 2010, at 2:00 PM from the Hillside Memorial Chapel. Rev. Rick Price, Rev. Jan Devereaux, and Rev. Tom Fish will officiate with burial to follow the service in Yonah Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday, October 18, 2010 from 4-8 PM.

Mrs. Sutton passed away Saturday, October 16, 2010, at Habersham Medical Center.

Born in Twin City, Georgia on January 3, 1929, Mrs. Sutton was the daughter of the late Medie Everette and Leona Elizabeth Youngblood. Mrs. Sutton attended Berry College in Rome, Georgia and she taught Home Economics for 26 ½ years. After her teaching career Mrs. Sutton was the Secretary and Treasure of Sutton Tire, Inc., in which she and her late husband Lester owned and operated with their family for over 40 years. Mrs. Sutton was a member of Clarkesville United Methodist Church, the Order of the Eastern Star - Habersham Chapter #480, and the Berry College Alumni Association. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Sutton is preceded in death by her husband Lester Lee Sutton, brothers Estus Eugene Youngblood, George B. Youngblood, and Frank Everette Youngblood, and sisters Mary Lee Youngblood Sharp, Wynie Youngblood Long, Ruth Leneath Turner, and Annette Youngblood Christian.

Mrs. Sutton is survived by sons and daughters in law Brian and Margaret McShane Sutton and Clark and Jeanene Hill Sutton all of Clarkesville, grandchildren Melissa Filiatreau, Justin, Lindsey, and Sydney Sutton, Drayton and Matthew Sutton, and great grandchildren Annalise, Cadence, Marylane, and Skyler Sutton.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Clarkesville United Methodist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 365, Clarkesville, GA 30523.

To send online condolences go to www.hillsidememorialchapel.com.

Arrangements by Hillside Memorial Chapel, Clarkesville. 706-754-6256.