Dawn Tiffany Harrell

NEW CASTLE, UT. | A private celebration of the Holy Eucharist in Thanksgiving for the Life of Dawn Tiffany Harrell will be held for the immediate family and extended family 11 a.m. Thursday, December 27, 2007, at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 801 11th Avenue North, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582.

Tiffany is survived by her husband, Bruce of New Castle, Utah; sons, Cody Sayre of Lynnwood, Wash. and Morgan Schutte of Pearl River, La.; mother, Sherrie Bellamy of North Myrtle Beach; brother, Shawn; sister-in-law, Elizabeth; nephews Wyatt and Logan Bellamy of Little River; maternal grandparents, Charles and Madge Bellamy of Little River; great- aunt, Eula Gorden of Shallotte, N.C.; Uncle Timothy, Aunt Pauline and Cousin Chris Bellamy, all of Manville, R.I.; Aunt Pamela, Uncle Stephen and Cousin Austin Quinn, all of La Jolla, Calif.; Aunt Portia Bellamy of Charlotte, N.C.; her best friend from the early years, Rhonda Sweatt and in later years, Deborah Tomason, both of Ventura, Calif.; and her many extended Bellamy and Vereen family members in the Carolinas.

Tiffany was raised in Ventura, California and lived in southern California until she and her husband moved recently to New Castle, Utah. There, they planned on building a home and ranch on the acreage they had purchased. She loved nature, the outdoors, all flora and fauna and had a special love for animals all her life. That love began with the first childhood pets that she and her brother, Shawn shared, Bijou the Siamese cat and her beloved Pomeranian, Krista, Hiver, the Samoyed and her parakeet, Coquette. Through her love and care, all four lived well into old age. Had she lived her dream, she would have established a small animal sanctuary on the ranch.

As a young child, Tiffany was extremely gifted in the arts and played the piano beautifully. She also sketched a portrait of Bijou and captured his very essence. When her surprised mother and aunt saw the portrait, art lessons were added to her already busy schedule. She was eager to learn and loved staying busy. Her family, music and art teachers nurtured her natural gifts as she mastered classical piano and became an accomplished artist. She was always sketching and pursuing her many other interests. With music, one of her favorite classical pieces was Musetta's Waltz which she played often for her mother. Tiffany did everything in her life with excitement and passion. She was an honor student throughout her school years, was both a Brownie and Girl Scout earning every badge, was a member of the Job's Daughters Drill Team and always involved in school activities. She loved to roller skate and ice skate with her brother and friends. She attended local elementary schools, St. Bonaventure Catholic School and graduated from Ventura High School.

Tiffany's main dream was to be a mother and a homemaker as she married and raised her sons Cody and Morgan. Her family fondly remembers the nursery she sewed and decorated awaiting Cody's birth and her excitement of giving Cody a little brother with the birth of Morgan seven years later. In between, she worked part-time and attended paralegal at Ventura College. There were the home-sewn Halloween costumes she made as Cody and Morgan grew, the cookies, birthday parties, special family occasions and always the beautifully decorated Christmas tree, but with the touch of her sons' hand-made decorations. She was a Den Mother for Cody's Scout troop and cheered Morgan on in soccer and other sports. Tiffany loved all flowers, but roses were her favorites. She planted roses all along the wrought iron fence that bordered their family home in Santa Paula and lovingly cared for them. She dug wild flowers and other plants from the river bottom and transplanted them to other areas of her garden along with bulbs and plants from her Aunt Lulie's garden in Ventura. She had several jobs, but her love for antiques was what she enjoyed most. She began collecting and started a part-time business buying and selling.

Tiffany was loved by so many people. She had devoted friends and was always a kind, loving and giving person to all. She had a special place in her heart, even as a young child, for the disadvantaged, the handicapped and the down-trodden. Tiffany loved all her family, but especially, her beloved sons Cody and Morgan; it was with all her heart. Her last conversation with her mother, Sherrie was to call and say, ''Mumsie, I love you.'' She loved and admired her grandparents, Charles and Madge and had very happy memories of her visits with them in Little River. She also loved her great-aunt, Lulie whom she grew up with in California. She loved her nephews, Wyatt and Logan and sister-in-law, Liz. She and her brother, Shawn shared a very special love and bond as children that grew into adulthood. It was always the two of them and they took care of each other.

Tiffany is dearly loved and will be missed by all of her family and friends that she left behind, but our sweet girl is now with her Heavenly Father. He has given her peace and has enfolded her in his everlasting love.

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Memorials may be sent to St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in North Myrtle Beach, the Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach, or to Coastal Samaritan Counseling center in Myrtle Beach.

Lee Funeral Home & Crematory of Little River/N. Myrtle Beach is serving the family.