Annette Davenport Demore, age 72, of Mt. Airy, Georgia, passed away on Wednesday, December 3, 2014.
Mrs. DeMore was born on February 18, 1942 in Commerce, Georgia to the late John and Nellie Mae Evans Davenport. She was a graduate of Banks County High School and attended Piedmont College. She was a member of Hazel Creek Baptist Church, and a member of BMW and WMU. She was the former G.A. director at her church, and was active in her church Tape Ministry and a Bible School worker. She was also the director of The Bereavement Food Ministry. Her hobbies included her flower garden, cross stitching, and ceramics. She also made porcelain dolls, and enjoyed camping, hiking, and horseback riding. She is preceded in death by her parents, and step-father, Gus Turpin.
Survivors include her loving husband of 44 years, Dr. Larry DeMore, Mt. Airy, GA.; daughters and sons-in-law, Lisa and Joe Tompkins, Covington, GA., Jennifer and Matthew Smith, Mt. Airy, GA.; sister, Janice Turpin, Royston, GA.; grandchildren, Michelle and Victoria Tompkins; triplets- Ellie, Evan, and Charlotte Smith.
Funeral Services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m., Friday, December 5, 2014 at Hazel Creek Baptist Church with Rev. Trent Smith, Rev. Billy Burrell, and Rev. Tom Childress officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 4, 2014 at Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel, Demorest, GA.
Flowers are accepted or special memorials may be made to Hazel Creek Baptist Church Building Fund, 243 Hazel Creek Church Road, Mt. Airy, Georgia 30563
Arrangements are in the care of Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel, Demorest, Georgia. 706-778-1700.
Those wishing to express online condolences to the DeMore family may do so by visiting our website at www.whitfieldfuneralhomes.com.
