Mrs. Glenda Leola Pangle, age 65 of Dalton, Georgia, departed this life Saturday October 26, 2019 at Erlanger Hospital. She was born January 8, 1954 in Dalton, Georgia. She was preceded in death by her father, Carl Leman Bates.

She is survived by her mother, Bertie Edna Bates of Dalton, GA; husband, Ernest Smith of Gaylesville, AL; sons and daughter-in0law, Kevin and Deborah Pangle of Dalton, GA, Mitchell Pangle of Gayesville, AL; daughter, Leslie Martin of Dalton, GA; brothers and sister-in-law, Donnie and Tammy Bates, Steve Bates of Varnell, GA, Willard Bates of Dalton, GA; sister and brother-in-law, Pam and Jack Craig of Dalton, GA; ten grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Service to celebrate the life of Mrs. Glenda Leola Pangle will be held Saturday November 2, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. from the Ponders Melrose Chapel with Reverend Mike Watkins officiating. Interment will follow in the Ponders Colonial Hills Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. on Friday.

Arrangements by locally owned and operated Ponders Melrose Chapel, Dalton, GA. (706)226-4002 "Funerals, Cremations, Cemeteries, Florists" YOUR SELECTED INDEPENDENT FUNERAL HOME"