Mrs. Murrell Estelle Bearden, age 98, of Dahlonega, Georgia, passed away on Saturday, November 19, 2022. She was born in Gilmer County on August 19, 1924, to the late Casper Southern and the late Jeanette Lowman Simmons. Mrs. Bearden will forever be remembered as a wonderful mother and the best friend that anyone could imagine. She had the perfect personality and would stick by your side no matter if you were right or wrong. She would be the first to tell you how it is, but she would be by your side nonetheless. Mrs. Bearden loved to crochet and was passionate about reading.

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her loving husband, Masteen Bearden; brothers Preston Southern, Harold Southern and Junior Simmons; daughter Sharon Knight; grandson Ben Nix and great grandchildren Jeremy Wehunt and Harper Sabater.

She is survived by her children, Nell (Terrell) Holtzclaw, Pat Brackett, Charlotte (Melvin) Bryant, Ray (Nell) Bearden and Nancy (Russell) Cochran all of Dahlonega; brothers Robert Simmons and Albert (Sue) Simmons, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Numerous nieces, nephews, friends and other relatives also survive.

Funeral Services are scheduled for Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at 2:00PM in the chapel of Anderson-Underwood Funeral Home.  Interment will follow in the cemetery of New Hope Baptist Church in Dawsonville. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 from 5:00PM - 8:00PM.

To share a memory or condolence with the family, visit Mrs. Bearden's online guestbook at andersonunderwood.com

Anderson-Underwood Funeral Home, 2068 Highway 19 North, Dahlonega, GA 30533