Lorene Mcdaniel Chitwood

Lorene McDaniel Chitwood died July 25, 2007 in Charleston, SC. She was a long time resident of Dalton, GA, moving to Charleston three and a half years ago. The daughter of Deedie and Nettie London McDaniel, she was born on December 1, 1914 in Catoosa County, Georgia. She was a graduate of Carson Newman College and received her Master of Education degree from the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga.

Mrs. Chitwood was a life long educator, teaching in the schools of Catoosa County and Rossville, GA before coming to the Dalton Public School System. For more than forty years, she was a teacher or principal in Dalton’s schools. Several generations of Dalton’s children were in her classrooms.

She was married to the late Claude David Chitwood for over fifty-three years. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Jim and Judy Evans Chitwood of Charleston, SC; her grandchildren, Julianna Chitwood of Rockville, MD and James Chitwood, Jr. and his wife, Gabriella Chitwood, of Atlanta, GA. She is also survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Marvin and Peggy McDaniel of Hickory, NC and her brother-in-law, Roy Chitwood of Dalton. A number of nieces and nephews also survive.

On Monday, July 31 at 10:00am, the family will receive visitors in the parlor of the First Baptist Church. A memorial service will follow in the church chapel at 11:30 am with Dr. Billy Nimmons officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Dalton-Whitfield Habitat for Humanity, 1499 North Thornton Ave., Dalton, Ga. 30720.
Words of comfort may be sent to the family at www.lovefuneralhomega.com.
Love Funeral Home, 1402 N. Thornton Ave., Dalton is in charge of arrangements.