Private interment for Tamela "Tammy" Elizabeth Orr Etheridge, 67, of Cleveland, will take place in Hillside Gardens Cemetery. A public celebration of life service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 31, at War Hill East, 5573 Cleveland Highway, Clermont, GA 30527. Those in attendance shall follow the CDC guideline for social distancing.
Dec. 22, 2020, we lost our irreplaceable wife and best friend, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, and friend, Tamela "Tammy" Etheridge.
From a very early age Tammy developed a love for travel from her parents. Her favorite trip was to Padre Island. This carried into her married life as she and her husband, Jan, traveled throughout the U.S. and abroad, with the USAF. She developed a passion for teaching from her dad, and as her family grew, she selflessly sacrificed a personal career in order to homeschool her three children. This afforded her and her family the freedom to travel and learn. Tammy had many talents and hobbies and an eye for decorating, baking, cooking, event planning, writing, gardening, continued learning and so much more. One of her favorite hobbies was crafting special gifts for her family and loved ones. Her generous heart was obvious to all who knew her. Tammy's greatest passion, besides worshiping the Lord, was her grandkids. She was crazy about her grandkids!
Over the last 12 years, Tammy showed tremendous faith, courage, and strength as she contended with several challenges concerning her health. She didn't let any of that hinder her from living her life to the fullest. Tammy lived how she wanted to live there was no deterring her. Because of her passion and drive for the things she loved, this enabled her to walk on an earthly beach once again last month. There will never be a day that goes by that we will not miss our irreplaceable Hon, Marmie, Ma, Merf, Grammy, Granmerf, and Tammy.
Survivors include husband, Jan Etheridge of Cleveland; mother, Janet Larson of Colorado Springs, Colorado; son and daughter-in-law, Nicholas and Olivia Etheridge of Clarkesville; daughters and sons-in-law, Deanna and Jonathan Barron of Clarkesville, and Adrienne and Tim Almazan of Las Vegas, Nevada; brothers, Stan Orr III (Jo) of California, Dan Orr (Jenny) of Michigan, and Doug Orr of Colorado; sister, Mary Cuccaro (Steve) of Colorado; and grandchildren, Brekken Barron, Domino Almazan, Spencer Etheridge, Daxton Almazan and Dekker Almazan.
An online guest book is available for the Etheridge family at HillsideMemorialChapel.com.
Arrangements are in the care of Hillside Memorial Chapel & Gardens, Clarkesville.