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Mrs. Amanda Loveday obituary
- [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 20 Aug 2008.
Betty June Loveday Platt
July 16, 1933 - August 20, 2008
Birthplace: Sevier County, Tennessee
Resided In: Tallahassee, Florida
Visitation: August 24, 2008
Service: August 25, 2008
Cemetery: Walnut Grove Cemetery
Betty June Loveday Platt, age 75 of Tallahassee, FL, passed away Wednesday, August 20, 2008. She was a member of Oak Ridge High School’s class of 1955. A graduate of Vanderbilt School of Nursing, she was one of the charge nurses working in polio birth defect and medical pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for many years.
June enjoyed art museums, the beach house, and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She saw the good in everything and enjoyed to tell a story in her unique and humorous way.
She was preceded in death by her parents Amanda and James Arthur Loveday, sister Shirley Perryman, and brothers Richard, Ralph, and Dewey Loveday.
Her survivors include her:
Husband: Robert G. Platt
Daughters: Linda Gail Parris Shaffer and Karean Jo Parris Arnold, both of Gainesville, FL
Daughter by choice: Lin Santerfeit
Stepchildren: Sheryl Ann Anderson and William Robert Platt, both of Longview, TX
Grandchildren: John Charles Tracy, David Tracy, Jason Duenas, Christopher Barnes, Scott Arnold, Daniel Arnold, Claire Anderson, Cole Anderson, Crystal Platt
8 Great-grandchildren
Sister-in-law: Pauline Loveday
Four nieces and nephews, including: Judy Hunt and Richard Loveday
Donations may be made in June’s memory to the Memorial and Honor Program, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
Funeral service 1 PM Monday in the East Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Walnut Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends 2-4 PM Sunday at Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville. (www.atchleyfuneralhome.com)
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