Lillian Mozelle Brewer Bellamy (mother of CHS '59er Helen Bellamy Gross) died on Thursday, January 15, 2009 in Chattanooga at the age of 96. She was a resident of Hickory Valley Retirement Center.
Mozelle was born in Banks County, Georgia. Her parents were William Otis Brewer and Lillian Margie Patton Brewer. She was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Howard Eugene Bellamy, and brothers, Ralph, Jack and Aubrey Brewer.
She served as secretary of Oak Grove Elementary School from 1956 to 1976 and later for Dr. Philip Adams. She was a longtime member of Brainerd Baptist Church where she served as Sunday School teacher.
Survivors include her daughter, Helen Bellamy (Ben) Gross of Chattanooga; two grandsons, Andrew Gross of San Jose, Ca., and Michael (Aimee) Gross of Atlanta, Ga.; great- granddaughters, Amelia Gross and Maya Gross of Atlanta; sisters, Marcus Parks of Athens, Ga., and Julia Broome of Belton, S.C., and many nieces and nephews.
Her funeral service will be held in the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home at 1 p.m. on Monday, officiated by Rev. Michael Eugene Gross and Rev. Mary Jane Allen. Her family will receive friends on Sunday from 1-4 p.m. at the funeral home and from 12-1 p.m. on Monday at the funeral home.
Burial will be at Forest Hills Cemetery.Memorial contributions may be made to Brainerd Baptist Church, 300 Brookfield Avenue, Chattanooga, Tn. 37411, or to the Chattanooga Community Kitchen, 727 East 11th Street, Chattanooga, Tn. 37403.
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Arrangements are by the Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory and Florist, East Chapel, 404 South Moore Road, Chattanooga, Tn. 37412.
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