Rachel Elliott

Rachel Nicole Elliott Rachel Nicole Elliott, 18, 2004 graduate of Mt. Pleasant High School and employee of Santa Fe Steak House, died Thursday, June 24, 2004 at her residence on Forrest Ridge Trail in the Culleoka Community. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at the West Seventh Street Church of Christ with Burton Daimwood and Randy Kersey officiating. Graveside services will be conducted Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. at Beans Creek Church of Christ Cemetery in Coffee County. The family will visit with friends Tuesday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Elliott Family Trust Fund at any branch of First Farmers & Merchants National Bank. Notes of sympathy may be sent to www.oakesandnichols.com. The Columbia native was the daughter of the late Freda Louise Winton Elliott and a member of the Ephesus Church of Christ. Salutatorian of the 2004 graduating class of Mt. Pleasant High School, she had been accepted as a member of the Freshman Class at Freed-Hardeman University. An outstanding student during four years at Mt. Pleasant High School, her activities included membership in Future Farmers of America, grades 9 through 12, serving as Sentinel and Secretary; Business Professionals of America, grades 10 through 12, serving as Parliamentarian as a Senior; Interact Club, grades 9 through 12, Board of Directors; Beta Club, grades 9 through 12, serving as Senior Treasurer; Band, grades 9 through 12, serving as Sophomore Librarian, Senior 1st Lieutenant, Junior and Senior Guard Captain; featured in Who's Who, grades 9 through 12; Senior Salutatorian; High Honor Roll, grades 9 through 12; National Honor Roll; Freshman Algebra I Math Team; Freshman FFA Star Greenhand Award; Star Chapter as a Sophomore; elected to Girls State as a Junior; Most Improved as a Junior and Senior; elected Most Likely to Succeed in Senior Class; State Finalist in Business Professionals of America Public Speaking Contest as a Sophomore and Senior, placing second in State; selected to First Farmers & Merchants National Bank Student Advisory Board as a Senior; also as a Senior, selected as a member of the Tennessee Tech University Honor Band and Middle Tennessee State University Honor Band. She is survived by a brother, Seth Thomas Elliott of Culleoka; maternal grandparents, Bobby L. and Marie Medley Winton of Manchester; maternal great-grandmother, Winnie Winter of Manchester; paternal grandmother, Ruby Elliott of Winchester. Active pallbearers are fellow Band members Tristen Spraque, Josh Wilhite, Devan Davenport, Jay Cooper and fellow FFA members Caleb Hinson, Dewayne Glass, Eric White, Shawn Blocker. Honorary pallbearers are other members of the Band, Future Farmers of America and 2004 Class of Mt. Pleasant High School.