Billie Ann Graham Herrin

Mrs. Herrin is located in Sunset Hill II, D-7, Space 1. Billie Ann Graham Herrin, age 91, of Cornelia was called home to be with the Lord on Monday, February 14, 2022. Born in Danielsville, GA on July 8, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Benjamin Graham and the late Annie Lou Stribling Graham Irvin. She graduated as Salutatorian of her high school senior class at Davis Academy in Banks County. Mrs. Herrin worked as a dental assistant for many years and then as a medical receptionist. After she retired, she helped her husband with his business, Herrin’s Service Center in Cornelia. She was a member of Level Grove Baptist Church. Mrs. Herrin was a loving wife, mother, and grammy. She was very proud of her family. She loved to read, cook, shop for antiques, and take short trips to the mountains and the beach. She also loved her cat, Sophie. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Herrin; her son, Graham Herrin; her sister, Jo Beth Graham Lawson; and her brother John Franklin Irvin. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Joan and David Tanksley of Cornelia; grandsons and their wives, Adam and Erin Gordon Tanksley of Atlanta, GA and Dillon and Morgen Billingslea Tanksley of Chattanooga, TN. A special thank you to Joy Baker for her love and the care she helped provide Mrs. Herrin for 21 months. A private funeral service will be held. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Habersham County Veterans Wall of Honor P.O. Box 298 Demorest, GA 30535. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Whitfield Funeral Homes & Crematory, North Chapel at 245 Central Avenue, Demorest, Georgia 30535. Telephone: 706-778-1700. Cemetery Arrangements have been entrusted to Yonah Memorial Gardens at 255 Central Avenue, Demorest, Georgia 30535. Telephone: 706-778-8599.