Annie Coursey

Annie Lee Ellis Coursey, 86, of Hixson, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011, and entered into the Kingdom of God.Annie Lee was born in Tracy City, Tenn., and attended Winchester Catholic Academy Hundred Oaks, in Winchester, Tenn. She lived on a dairy farm in Decherd, Tenn., was a longtime resident of Miami, Fla., before moving to the Hixson area in 1967. Annie Lee was a member of Dallas Bay Baptist Church. She loved her children, grandchildren, and her extended family and enjoyed traveling and visiting with relatives and friends.Annie Lee was married to her late husband, Leland S. Coursey Jr., for 49 years. She was also preceded in death by her parents, George P. and Ethel V. Ellis; sisters, Virginia Barnes and Alta Smith; brothers, J. R. Ellis and Jimmy Ellis.She is survived by her children, Ava (Ron) Connelly, Leland Steve (Faye) Coursey and Herb (Debra) Coursey; grandchildren, Billy Ray Coursey and Paige (Eric) Lyman; great-grandchildren, Hayden James and Julianne Grace Lyman; sisters, Georgia Cookston and Margaret Birt; several nieces, nephews, friends and wonderful neighbors of 43 years.Services for Annie Lee will be held at 1 p.m. today at Dallas Bay Baptist Church, 8305 Daisy Dallas Road, Hixson, TN 37343, with Dr. David McNabb and the Rev. Terry Winton officiating.Burial will follow in Hamilton Memorial Gardens with Billy Coursey, Jim LeVan, Keith Boland, Bob Cabe, Jerry Hatcher and Sam Turner serving as pallbearers.Honorary pallbearers are J.T. Cordell, Joe Lewis, Sam McNabb, Buddy May, James Skiles and Glen Duggan.Please share your thoughts and memories at www.chattanooganorthchapel.com.Arrangements are by the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory and Florist, 5401 Highway 153, Hixson, TN 37343.