Doris Annette Gorrell Mears, age 86, of Greenbrier, passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at Skyline Medical Center in Nashville. Funeral services will be held Monday, April 29, 2024 at 11:30am in the chapel of Austin and Bell Funeral in Greenbrier with Brother David Goule officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenwood North Cemetery, 1248 Dickerson Rd. Goodlettsville, TN 37072 with friends and family serving as pallbearers.
The family will receive friends on Sunday from 4:00pm- 7:00pm at the funeral home.
Mrs. Mears was born October 5, 1937 in Nashville to the late Shelby and Maude Ray Blick Mears. She worked for a cleaning service and was a member of First Wesleyan Church of Nashville. Mrs. Mears loved yard sales and catching up with family and friends.
In addition to her parents Mrs. Mears is preceded in death by her husband, James Edgar Mears, brother, Hunter Gorrell; sisters, Nola Stone and Eurene Tate.
Mrs. Mears is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Deborah and George Gunter of Crab Orchard, TN and daughter Vicki Thomas of Greenbrier, TN; sister, JoAnn Brooks of Nashville; 3 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; and 4 great-great grandchildren, with one on the way.
Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Greenbrier is in charge of these arrangements.
AUSTIN & BELL FUNERAL HOME-
2619 HIGHWAY 41 S., GREENBRIER, TN 37073 (615) 643-4000
