our angel is in heaven

Our angel is in Heaven
Posted Jan 8, 2009 3:17pm

Brittany Marie Dever, 17, of Powell passed peacefully into the waiting arms of our Heavenly Father on January 8th, 2009, surrounded by her loving family after a courageous 2 ½ year battle with cancer. She is finally free of pain. She loved to read especially Harry Potter books, and she loved movies like Pirates of the Caribbean. She was fascinated by Egyptology and wanted to study Archeology at the University of Cambridge in England. Even going through chemo treatments, she still managed her home schooling, where she always posted straight A’s. She doted over her loving cat socks, who stuck by her side day and night till the end. She was our trooper that we all drew strength from. We will always remember her grace, dignity, and kindness, even while dealing with the harsh treatments that cancer threw her way. She knew that cancer could take her body, but it could never take her mind, heart, and soul. She went on the advice of the late Jimmy Valvano, when he said, “Don’t give up, don’t ever give up!” She is survived by her father Tom, mother Amy, and her three sisters, Amber Lynn, Savannah Nicole, and Mackenzie Rose. Grandparents Bill and Elaine Dever, David and Cheryl Graves, Robert and Linda Ollivier, Great Grandparents Walt and Eula Mae McGee, and many uncles, aunts, and cousins. We wish to thank everyone for their prayers, and all the special doctors, nurses, and volunteers at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital in the clinic and second floor. Where they became part of our family. Services and viewing will be at Mynatt Funeral home in Halls. Other arrangements incomplete at this time.