Helen Addis Chitwood, age 82, of Clarkesville, Georgia, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, February 24, 2023.
Mrs. Chitwood was born on December 18, 1940, in Habersham Mill Community to the late Jim and Myrtle Addis. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sons, Billy Chitwood and Infant Brian Chitwood.
Helen was a member of Bethel Temple Congregational Holiness Church. She had retired from K-Mart in Atlanta with 30 years of dedicated service. Helen was proud to volunteer her time to her community, including delivering meals on wheels. She devoted her time to her family, her church, and her friends. Helen was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister. She was known to her grandchildren as “Nana.”
Helen is survived by her loving husband of 67 years, whom she met in 1955, Jesse “Bill” Chitwood; daughter and son-in-law, Renee and Thomas Williamson, of Clarkesville; granddaughter and her spouse, Dorothy and Jim Kensy and their daughter on the way, Lillie-Mae; grandson, Jess Chitwood; brother, Bud Addis, of Demorest; and sister, Frances Lewallen, of Baldwin.
Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, February 26, 2023, at the Bethel Temple Congregational Holiness Church, with Pastor Edward Hood and Teacher Geoffrey Dillard officiating. Interment will follow in the Demorest City Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Saturday, February 25, 2023, at the Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the Whitfield Funeral Homes & Crematory, North Chapel, at 245 Central Avenue, Demorest, Georgia 30535. Telephone: 706-778-1700.
