Frances Hatmaker

HATMAKER, FRANCES - age 73 of Sharps Chapel, Tennessee, went to meet our Lord and Savior on Wednesday, December 3, 2009. She was surrounded by her loved ones during her illness. Her beloved husband of 55 years, Narvel Hatmaker, never left her side and provided her with such loving, tender care. He held her hand each night as she went to sleep. Their love is best described in Frances's own words as told to her daughters, "Your Daddy and I have been blessed with the love we have shared all these years. Not many people ever have that kind of love." She passed this love down to her daughters, Lisa Brantley and Debra Roe; special son-in-laws, Michael Brantley and David Roe; grandchildren, Jason Brantley, Kaitlyn and husband, Paul Lampkin, II, and Amber Lay; great grandchildren, Hunter J. Brantley, Tori Stovall, Skyler Ayers and Malakie Lay. We all never doubted her love. She showed us daily in many ways how very much she loved us. Frances is preceded in death by a beloved son-in-law, Michael Brantley; sisters, Bessie Rutherford, Cleo Brooks, and Loretta Gentry; mother and father, Mossie and Claude White. Survived by sisters and brother, Irene Pate, Edna Stooksbury, Bertha Foster, Trula Mantooth, Opal Smith, Frank White, Elvelean Stanley, Ella Dyer and Gail Hatmaker, loved brother-in-laws; nieces and nephews; best buddies, Mary and Red Headed Ruth. Special nurses, Anita and Ellen and a host of family and many special friends. Frances was a member of Chittums Chapel Baptist Church. Her church family was very supportive during her illness, providing her and her family with their prayers, their company and many meals. Frances loved to lift her voice in song in praise of the Lord. All who knew her will sadly miss her sweet voice, but heaven has surely gained the sweetest angel in the choir. Funeral service will be 8:00 pm, Saturday at Mynatt Funeral Home Halls Chapel with Rev. Jason Brantley, Rev. Jackie Cunningham and Rev. Burney Hutchinson officiating. Family and friends will meet at the funeral home Sunday at 12:30 pm and proceed to Blue Springs Cemetery in Sharps Chapel for an interment service at 2:00 pm. Family will receive friends from 5:00 to 8:00 pm Friday and Saturday at Mynatt Funeral Home Halls Chapel. www.mynattfh.com