The 60-year-old Gaskin woman found shot to death in her home last week will be buried tomorrow.
A victim's advocate organization paid to have Elizabeth Andrews’ body flown to Ohio over the weekend to be laid to rest next to her husband in the family cemetery plot.
Friends in Walton County have created a trust fund to help pay the expenses.
60-year-old Elizabeth Andrews was known around the Gaskin community as "Cookie".
She had a lot of friends.
"She's got the heart the size of the world, not even Texas, the world. For something so terrible to happen to her is just immeasurable," says Andrews’ neighbor John Tollison.
A caregiver found Andrews dead inside her home, off State Highway 83, on the morning of August 17th.
Her firearm and vehicle were missing.
Thursday deputies arrested 41-year-old Jeffrey Allen Yates in the Laurel Hill community.
Someone reported seeing Yates driving Andrews' truck.
Yates was transferred to the Walton County Jail Sunday night.
"He made his first appearance this morning at which time the judge ordered that he be held without bond on an open count of premeditated murder," Walton County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Mike Gurspan.
Yates also faces separate charges of petit theft and grand theft larceny.
Investigators say more charges may follow.
Andrews, who suffered from back problems, recently had prescriptions filled for oxycontin, a highly addictive painkiller.
Investigators say none of the bottles were found in her home.
Locals claim Yates had a drug problem.
John Tollison lives near Andrews'.
He says Andrews was afraid of Yates who had done several odd-end jobs around her house.
"He'd show up on her door step unannounced a time or two and she was a little fearful of him," says Tollison.
With Yates behind bars, Tollison says the community is focused on helping Andrews' daughter give cookie the burial she deserves.
"She just looking for means to try to get her mom's funeral and all and other arrangement taken care of. If people care to give a donation that can contact the Beach Community Bank in Crestview Florida. It would go a long way in helping out the family," says Tollison.
Donations can be made to the Elizabeth Andrews Benefit Account at the Beach Community Bank in Crestview. For more information, call 682-9930.