Hayesville High School issued the following announcement on Sep 18.
Ann, Grace, and I want to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone for their prayers, love, & support.
Funeral services for Jennifer will be held Saturday, September 18, at First Baptist Church Blairsville, GA, at 3:00pm, with visitation from 1:00pm -2:30pm.
Burial will be at Oak Forest Cemetery in Hayesville, NC, at a later date. Dr. Fred Lodge and Rev. Derrick Hartley will officiate. Graveside service will be led by Rev. Keith Nuckolls.
The family wants to acknowledge everyone's love and support, while encouraging all to keep themselves and others safe by maintaining appropriate precautions.
As we go into tomorrow's service for Jennifer, I would like to share my heart about how we hope to acknowledge everyone's love and support while keeping everyone safe. We want and need nothing more than to visit closely with each of you, shake hands and hug each other to share our grief and love for Jennifer. But we have to remember what brought us to this darkest moment, and that we all want to know that we are doing everything we can to be responsible and safe. There is just too much at stake to not do this.
For that reason, after a lot of prayer and discussion, we have tried to create some safeguards for the visitation and service. They are as follows:
1- Attend virtually- Our church has an excellent media team, who produces a high quality video stream of our service every Sunday. They have graciously agreed to live stream
Jennifer's service. You have the option, and our encouragement & understanding, to view the service from home and know that we appreciate and love your support whether you are physically there or not. The link is fbcvision.com/gibsonmemorial
2- If you feel strongly about being present for the service, we dearly welcome you and thank you for being here. These are the protocols we would request- The sanctuary is quite large, so please spread yourselves out to socially distance. Families living in a common household can certainly sit closer together. Please wear a mask.
3- For visitation, we will have some spacing established to help maintain social distancing. We can't wait for a time in the near future that we can all be closer, but this is what we need to do in honor of Jennifer for tomorrow to know that everyone stays healthy.
4- Whether you attend or not, or however you participate, there are no words to explain what all your prayers, love, and support mean to us. We love and appreciate you so very much. God bless.
All services will take place at First Baptist Church, 296 Blue Ridge Street, Blairsville, GA 30512, NOT the Townson Rose Funeral Home.
Visitation is from 1:00-2:30, Service begins at 3:00PM Graveside service will be at a later date.
http://www.townson-rose.com/obituaries.asp
Original source can be found here.
Source: Hayesville High School
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