Ms. Helen Pauline Drinkard, 75, of Huntingdon, Tennessee, passed away Friday, November 27, 2015 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital, in Huntingdon, Tennessee

Funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at 2:00 PM in the Chapel of Chase Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Parkers Crossroads Cemetery. Bro. Bud Ricketts will officiate the service.

The family will receive friends in the Cherrywood Room of Chase Funeral Home on Monday from 1:00 PM until 9:00 PM and on Tuesday from 8:00 AM until time of service.

Ms. Drinkard was born February 9, 1940 in Henderson County, Tennessee, to the late Henry and Cora (Beal) Springer. She was a member of the First Pentecostal Church in Huntingdon and a retired sewing machine operator for HIS Company. She was also preceded in death by husband, Malcolm Drinkard, one son, Jerry Drinkard, two brothers, Frankie Springer, Albert Springer, two granddaughters, Jeci Drinkard, Laycee Williams, and a daughter-in-law, Charlotte Drinkard.

She is survived by two daughters, Paula Green, Karen Williams (husband Greg) both of Huntingdon, three sons, Wayne Drinkard of Bruceton, Johnny Drinkard (wife Penny)of Cedar Grove and Henry Drinkard (wife Deanna) of Huntingdon. She also leaves fourteen grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren.