Carrie Amanda Daugherty

DAUGHERTY, CARRIE AMANDA - 24, of Chattanooga, passed away on Wednesday, March 19, 2008. Carrie was born in Chattanooga on May 8, 1983. She attended pre-school at St. Peters Episcopal Church, then attended St. Jude Catholic School and was a 2001 graduate of Notre Dame High School where she was voted most spirited, involved in campus ministries and student council. Carrie attended Spring Hill College and was currently enrolled at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Carrie was a cheerleader and the first homecoming Queen of the Millennium. She loved working at Barleys with her friends. Carrie was a member of St. Jude Catholic Church where she was very active with the youth serving as Diocesan on the Youth Ministry Advisor Council. She was training for a marathon to help raise money to fight childhood cancer. Carrie was preceded in death by her niece, Emily Ransom and a grandfather, Harry Daugherty. Our lives are better left to chance, I could have missed the pain, but I'd have had to miss the dance. She is survived by her parents, Carol and Steve Daugherty; siblings, Wendy (Jonathon) Ransom, Will, Patrick, Tim and Scott (Angel) Daugherty, Shannon (Rob) Boyd, and Steve Daugherty, Jr.; grandparents, Jim and Helen Rogers and O. T. Daugherty; nieces and nephews, Jon Pat, Max, Chloe, Jack, Annie and Mia; and many aunts, uncles and cousins. A Mass of Celebration will be held at 11 AM on Monday at St. Jude Catholic Church with Father Mike Nolan officiating. Burial will follow in Hamilton Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 2 to 4 PM with a prayer service at 4 and 7 to 9 PM at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Emily's Power for a Cure, 1119 Fieldstone Drive, Hixson, TN 37343. Arrangements are by the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory and Florist. Share your thoughts and memories at www.mem.com.