She was born in McMinn County on May 2, 1941, and graduated in 1958 from McMinn County High School. She worked for many years at Epperson Hospital, R.C. Bottling Company, Bud´s and finally retired from Wal-Mart in 2006, when her health failed.

Her needs were simple and she worked to provide for herself and to remain independent as along as she could do so. She had serious health problems the last two years, but quietly accepted her limited mobility and pain without complaint.

She was of the Pentecostal faith and trusted the Lord, Jesus Christ, to see her through a heart attack, the removal of a cancerous kidney, several hospitalizations and her death.

She loved playing Bridge with her friends as long as she could, listening to gospel music, watching the Travel Channel, caring for her home, tending her flowers and shrubs, oil painting, spending time with her loved ones and sharing her love of Jesus.

A daughter of the late Virgil and Emily Fillers Wallace, she was preceded in death by one infant son, John Douglas Paisley; one sister, Betty Wallace McDaniel of Hartwell, Ga.; two nephews, Eddie McDaniel of Columbia, S.C., and Randy Lingerfelt of Athens; and two nieces, Connie Lingerfelt and Linda Lingerfelt, both of Athens.

Survivors include one son, Michael Paisley of Athens; one daughter and son-in-law, Karen and Robert “Bob” Stone of Knoxville; one grandson, William A. “Will” Stone of Knoxville; one stepgrandson, Brig Stone, and his wife, Melinda, and their children, Parker Stone and Addison “Addie Kaye” Kaye Stone, all of Nashville; one sister and brother-in-law, Deane W. and Harold Cordell of Athens; one brother and sister-in-law, James D. “Jimmy” and Bobbie Wallace of Athens; one uncle and spouse, J.P. and Louise Fillers of Niota; one aunt, Nola B. Wallace of Greensboro, N.C.; several nieces, nephews and cousins; one special cousin, Lorene Thomas; and two special friends, Yale “Hoot” Knox and Frances Belcher.

Funeral services will be 8 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Laycock-Hobbs Funeral Home with the Rev. Mitchell Wright officiating. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Athens.

Pallbearers will be Yale “Hoot” Knox, Bob Stone, Eddie Cranfield, Wiley Wallace, Jerry Wallace and Steve Miller.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.