Sallie Mae Collins Carpenter

Mrs. Sallie Mae Collins Carpenter, age 93 of 801 Riverhill Drive, Athens, Georgia passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at St. Mary’s Hospice House in Watkinsville, Georgia.

A daughter of the late John W. and Pearl Scott Collins, she was born July 2, 1921 in Stephens County, Georgia where she lived a greater part of her life.  She retired from Belk after many years of service and was a member of Beechhaven Baptist Church in Athens. 

Survivors include three daughters and sons-in-law, Willette and Keith Ericson of Elizabethton, Tennessee, Linda and Tom Satterfield of Atlanta, Georgia and Deborah and Mac Moore of Banks, Alabama; three step-daughters, Wetona Hagood of Lawrenceville, Georgia, Ann Cash and husband Jimmy of Mt. Airy, Georgia and Janet Nash and husband Bob of Sandy Springs, Georgia; twelve grandchildren and twenty-two great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be Saturday, April 25, 2 O’clock PM in the Hillcrest Chapel of the Acree-Davis Funeral Home with the Reverend Mac Moore and the Reverend Bob Nash officiating.  The following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers, Randy Moore, Jeffrey McCord, Peyton McCord, Jesse Egeler and Ronnie Collins.

The family will be at their respective homes and will receive friends at the Acree-Davis Funeral Home on Friday from 6 PM to 8 PM. 

Flowers are to be omitted.  Memorials may be made to Wesley Woods Foundation, 1817 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30329 or St. Mary’s Hospice, P.O. Box 6588, Athens, Georgia 30604 in memory of Mrs. Sallie Mae Collins Carpenter.

Interment will be in Stephens Memorial Gardens with the Acree-Davis Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements for Mrs. Sallie Mae Collins Carpenter.

Online condolences can be made by visiting the website at www.acree-davisfh.com.