Doris "Dot" Tyner Heard

Doris “Dot” Tyner Heard, age 92, of Flowery Branch, GA passed away on Friday, November 3, 2017. She was preceded in death by her husband, R. A. Heard; daughter, Doris Heard Kelly; and parents, B. B. and Rose Tyner. She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Lisa and Tony Phillips, Flowery Branch, GA and Sandra and Frank Strickland, Flowery Branch, GA; son, Gary Patterson, Clarkesville, GA; grandchildren, Ashley and Bart Latty, Belmont, GA, Rhonda and Jim Langston, Mobile, AL, Denise and John Matthews, Chattanooga, TN, Alison and Van Sedwick and Danny and Tara Kelly; nine great grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Mrs. Heard was born May 4, 1925 in Gainesville, Hall County, GA. She was a 1941 graduate of Lyman Hall High School and attended college. She was a retired clerk from the City of Suwanee, Suwanee, GA. She was a member of Mount Salem Baptist Church in Flowery Branch, GA where she was a Sunday School teacher and the church pianist for a number of years. She was a member of the Silvertone Choir at First Baptist Church of Buford. “Special thanks to Homestead Hospice especially to Michelle Peacock, Ted Nichols, Priscilla Lowe and the staff and caregivers at Waterford Memory Care for their wonderful care given to Doris” and a “special thanks to Karen and Don Thomas, Deborah Brice and Janice Burton at Labor of Love.” Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home with Rev. Clyde Self and Rev. Paul Wade officiating. Interment will follow at Broadlawn Memorial Gardens in Buford, GA. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday, November 6, 2017 from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. and from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
To express condolences, please sign our online guest book at www.flaniganfuneralhome.com.  Arrangements By: Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133