Suzanne Falkenberry Stilwell went to her heavenly home on Sunday June 5, 2011.
Suzanne (Susie) was born in Valley, Alabama December 3, 1969 and passed away in Valley, Alabama.
Suzanne was a very loving daughter, mother and dear friend to everyone she came in contact with. She had a vibrant, bubbly personality and possessed a rare gift of being a true genuine friend.
She graduated from Troup County Comprehensive High School in 1987. She attended Troy University in Troy, Alabama and received her degree in education from Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Ga. She taught in the Walker and Hamilton County schools and was very much loved by all her students and fellow teachers. Susie was an avid reader, a writer and journalist who worked for and had her stories and articles published in the Walker County Messenger and other papers. Among her many other talents she was an accomplished seamstress and made beautiful quilts for her family members and many friends.
Suzanne is survived by her three sons whom she adored---Seth Bone (16), John Stilwell (8), and Tommy Stilwell (4), her husband Don Stilwell all of Chickamauga, Ga, her loving parents Billy and Bonnie Falkenberry of Fort Oglethorpe, Ga, her sister Sarah (Conrad) Fernandez of Dalton, Ga., her brother Tommy (Stephanie) Falkenberry of Newnan, Ga, three nephews, two nieces, her cousins and Aunts and Uncles.
Suzanne was preceded in death by her Grandparents and her precious infant daughter Bonnie Rose Stilwell.
Suzanne was of the Episcopal faith and attended the Church of the Nativity in Fort Oglethorpe. She was baptized and confirmed in St. John’s Episcopal Church in West Point, Ga.
She will be truly missed by her family, relatives, friends and all who knew and loved her. Rest in peace dear sweet Susie.
Flowers are welcome or donations can be made to Suzanne’s favorite charity St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.
Visitation will be the McCarthy Funeral Home in West Point, Georgia Thursday June 9, 2011 from 5:00-8:00 PM EST. The funeral will be Friday June 10, 2011 at 11:00 AM EST at St. John’s Episcopal Church (501 Avenue C) West Point, Georgia.