January 2000 Obituaries
Vallie
Barlow, 75, 248 Big Cove Creek Road, Roan Mountain, died Wednesday, January
5, 2000, at Cannon Memorial Hospital, Linville, N.C.
Mrs.
Barlow was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the late Dave and Lillie
Barnett Henson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Grady Barlow,
January 3, 2000, two brothers, Pierce Henson and Ford Henson, and a grandson,
Anthony Dunn.
Mrs.
Barlow was of the Baptist faith.
Survivors
include a daughter, Wilma Dunn, Roan Mountain; four sons and four daughters-in-law,
Roy and Susie Barlow, Deep Gap, N.C., Glen and Ann Barlow, Ben and Hester Barlow
and Jack and Pat Barlow, all of Roan Mountain; two sisters and a brother-in-law,
Edith Gouge and Mae and Denver Garland, all of Roan Mountain; and two brothers
and a sister-in-law, Bruce Henson and Herman and June Henson, all of Roan Mountain.
Six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also survive.
Tetrick
Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 542-2232, is in charge of arrangements.
www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick
BARLOW
-- Funeral services for Vallie Barlow, 75, 248 Big Cove Creek Road, Roan Mountain,
who died Wednesday, will be conducted at 8 p.m. Friday at Cove Creek Presbyterian
Church with Rev. Dan Blevins and Rev. Mark Birchfield officiating. Joint graveside
services for Vallie and Grady Barlow will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in
the Barlow Family Cemetery, Roan Mountain. Active pallbearers will be selected
from family and friends. Honorary pallbearer will be Clarence Barnett. Everyone
will meet at the cemetery at 1:55 p.m. Saturday for the graveside services.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Cove Creek Presbyterian
Church. Friends may call at the residence any time. For those who prefer, memorials
in lieu of flowers may be made to the Carter County Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 682,
Elizabethton, Tenn. 37644. Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 542-2232,
is in charge of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick
Paul
James Estepp, 80, of Limestone, died Wednesday, January 5, 2000, at Fort Sanders
Hospital.
Mr.
Estepp was a son of the late Backus and Minnie Belle Shelton Estepp. He was
also preceded in death by four sisters, Zetta Hensley, Bertha Chandley, Martha
Marsh and Nellie Norton, and two brothers, Ben Estepp and Elzie Estepp.
Mr.
Estepp was a retired merchant and a member of the Horse Creek Church of God.
Survivors
include his wife of 60 years, Margarette Estepp; a son and daughter-in-law,
James D. and Phyllis Hahn Estepp, Gray; two daughters, Brenda Estepp Middleton
and Joan Estepp, both of Limestone; a granddaughter, Elizabeth Anna Middleton,
Limestone; and three sisters and a brother-in-law, Mary Chandley, Telford, Mamie
and Clifford Hensley, Limestone, and Joyce Broyles, Tusculum. Several special
nieces and nephews also survive.
Jeffers
Mortuary, 308 North College Street, Greeneville, (423) 639-2141, is in charge
of arrangements.
ESTEPP
-- Funeral services for Paul James Estepp, 80, of Limestone, who died Wednesday,
will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Horse Creek Church of God with Rev. Melvin
Shelton Jr. and Rev. Jackie Miller officiating. Mr. Estepp will lie in state
30 minutes before the services. Interment will follow in the Horse Creek Church
Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be nephews and Dr. Wayne Offering and Mark
Pickle. Honorary pallbearer will be Dr. Maynard Austin. The family will receive
friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Jeffers Mortuary. Jeffers Mortuary, 308 North
College Street, Greeneville, is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs.
Patsy McKeehan Greene, 65, 121 Garland Bowman Road, Unicoi, died Wednesday,
January 5, 2000, at Johnson City Medical Center following a lengthy illness.
Mrs.
Greene was a native of Carter County and had lived in Unicoi for 20 years. She
was a daughter of the late Jack and Cora Rhea McKeehan and was also preceded
in death by a sister, Priscilla Hope Parks, in 1999.
Mrs.
Greene was a member of Pinecrest Christian Church.
Survivors
include two sons, Timothy W. Greene, Unicoi, and James S. Greene, Elizabethton;
seven sisters, Peggy Taylor, Salisbury, N.C., Patricia Hawkins, Knoxville, Pauletta
Harsh, Owosso, Mich., Pam Cardwell, Jonesborough, Pauline McKeehan, Phyllis
Gentry and Patty Sims, all of Elizabethton; and four grandchildren, Heather
Greene and Shanna Greene, both of Unicoi, Jessica Greene and Jennifer Greene,
both of Elizabethton. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Hathaway-Percy
Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel, is in charge of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Hathaway-Percy
GREENE -- Funeral services for Mrs. Patsy McKeehan Greene, 65, 121 Garland Bowman Road, Unicoi, who died Wednesday, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel, with Mr. John Smith, minister, officiating. Music will be by Mrs. Retha Sproles, organist. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memory Gardens. Active pallbearers will be David Hawkins, Chris Hawkins, Harvey Cardwell, Gary King, James Greene and Timothy Greene. Honorary pallbearers will be Randall Johnson, Cody Cannon, John Harrison, Jordy Harrison, Mark Stout, Robert Davidson and all nephews. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1 until 2:30 p.m. Friday, prior to the service. Friends may call at the residences of her sons, Timothy W. Greene, 123 Garland Bowman Road, Unicoi, or James S. Greene, 133 Ezee Street, Elizabethton. Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel, is in charge of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Hathaway-Percy
Myra
Dugger Hodge, 87, 919 Medical Park Drive, Mountain City, died Tuesday, January
4, 2000, at Watauga Medical Center, Boone, N.C., following a lengthy illness.
Mrs.
Hodge was a lifelong resident of Johnson County and a daughter of the late Jim
and Eliza Greenwell Eggers. She was also preceded in death by her husbands,
Joseph Pierce Dugger, of 53 years, and Baxter Hodge, of four years.
Mrs.
Hodge was a retiree of Johnson County School Food Services. She was a member
of the School Food Service Association, the Eastern Star Chapter #218 of Butler
and the Senior Citizens Center of Johnson County. She was a Lifelong Member
of Sugar Grove Baptist Church.
Survivors
include six sons and daughters-in-law, Robert and Carol Dugger, Elizabethton,
Phillip and Beatrice Dugger, Moody, Ala., Richard and Carolyn Dugger, Mentor,
Ohio, Ronnie and Phyllis Dugger, Eastlake, Ohio, Gary and Gloria Dugger, Concord,
Ohio, and John and Linda Dugger, Butler; four daughters and sons-in-law, Betty
and Donald Ferris, Taylor, Mich., Roma and Roy Corey, Grand Blank, Mich., Carolyn
and Harry Sadler, Leroy, Mich., and Ruth Evelyn and Ray Gedman, Allen Park,
Mich.; and two sisters, Mary Ledwell Mills and Eula Howell. Twenty-four grandchildren,
40 great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren and several nieces and
nephews also survive.
Percy-Hux
Funeral Home, 300 Main Street, Mountain City, (423) 727-9221, is in charge of
arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Percy-Hux
HODGE
-- Funeral services for Myra Dugger Hodge, 87, 919 Medical Park Drive, Mountain
City, who died Tuesday, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday from the Sugar Grove
Baptist Church with Pastors who have been actively involved over the years in
ministering to the family, Rev. Frank Woods, Rev. Ray Green, Rev. H. Brooks
Peters and Rev. Doug Ranshaw, officiating. Music will be under the direction
of the Sugar Grove Quartet. Interment will be at Butler Memorial Cemetery. Active
pallbearers will be grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. John L. Whitlock,
Bill Brookshire, Mike Shupe, Billy Nye, Donald Ferris, the Men's Sunday School
Class and Deacons of Sugar Grove Baptist Church, and other friends and neighbors
too numerous to mention. The family will receive friends at Percy-Hux Funeral
Home from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday. Friends may call at the residence of John and
Linda Dugger, 2598 Dry Hill Road, Butler, any time. Mrs. Hodge will be taken
to the church at 12 noon Saturday to lie in state until 2 p.m. Percy-Hux Funeral
Home, 300 Main Street, Mountain City, is in charge of arrangements.
Josephine
Williams Hodges, 98, formerly of 124 Mayflower Road, Johnson City, died Wednesday,
January 5, 2000, at Hermitage Health Center, Elizabethton, after a brief illness.
Mrs.
Hodges was a native of Carter County and a daughter of the late Abraham B. and
Loretta Frazier Williams. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Conley
L. Hodges, in 1977, a son, five brothers and three sisters.
Mrs.
Hodges had lived in Washington County for 70 years. She had been a homemaker
and was a Charter Member of the Watauga Valley Free Will Baptist Church.
Survivors
include two daughters, Euretha H. Anderson and Velma H. Rowe, both of Johnson
City, and three sisters, Flossie Williams, Violet Branch and Georgia Lewis,
all of Elizabethton. Seven grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and several
nieces and nephews also survive.
Morris-Baker
Funeral Home, 2001 Oakland Avenue, Johnson City, (423) 282-1521, is in charge
of arrangements.
HODGES -- Graveside services for Josephine Williams Hodges, 98, formerly of 124 Mayflower Road, Johnson City, who passed away Wednesday, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at Monte Vista Burial Park. The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until time to leave for the cemetery approximately 1:45 p.m. in the North Chapel of Morris-Baker Funeral Home. The services will be conducted by Rev. Mark Turner and Rev. Lennie Smith. The family would like to extend their greatest appreciation for the staff and management of Hermitage Health Center. Pallbearers will be Tony Anderson, Steve Anderson, Philip Rowe, Larry Hodges, Dan Rutledge and Kenneth Williams. To those who wish, memorials may be made to: Hermitage Health Center, "Activities Fund," Hillview Drive, Elizabethton, Tenn. 37643. Morris-Baker Funeral Home, 2001 Oakland Avenue, Johnson City, (423) 282-1521, is in charge of arrangements.
Mabel
Ann Johnson, 89, 1820 Buck Mountain Road, Elk Park, N.C., died Wednesday, January
5, 2000, at Cannon Memorial Hospital, Linville, N.C.
Mrs.
Johnson was a native of Avery County, N.C., and a daughter of the late Clifford
and Maude Pritchard Palmer. She was also preceded in death by her husband, William
Steve Johnson, and two sons, Ralph Johnson and Wendell Johnson.
Mrs.
Johnson was a homemaker and a member of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church.
Survivors
include three daughters, Willa Jean Davis, Elk Park, N.C., Christine Fields,
Roan Mountain, and Lucile McKinney, Elizabethton; five sons, Jack Johnson, Griffith,
Ind., Wayne Johnson, Leonard Johnson and Stevie Johnson, all of Elk Park, N.C.,
and Glenn Johnson, Altamont, N.C.; a brother, Acie Palmer, Knoxville; and a
sister, Edith Morgan, Roan Mountain. Twenty-five grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren
and a great-great-grandchild also survive.
Reins-Sturdivant
Funeral Home, Newland, N.C., (828) 733-2121, is in charge of arrangements.
JOHNSON
-- Funeral services for Mabel Ann Johnson, 89, 1820 Buck Mountain Road, Elk
Park, N.C., who died Wednesday, will be conducted at 8 p.m. Friday from the
Grandfather Chapel of Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home with Rev. Raymond Turbyfill
officiating. Graveside services and interment will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in
the Palmer Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Tim Davis, Brandon Sheldon,
Jermi Shelton, Fred Fields, Gregory McKinney, Cecil Fields, Robert Fields, Scott
Carpenter and Todd McKinney. Honorary pallbearers will be Sherman Caraway, Jesse
Lomeli, Jason Clawson and Roger Hicks. The family will receive friends at the
funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday, prior to the service hour. Reins-Sturdivant
Funeral Home, Newland, N.C., is in charge of arrangements.
Orden
Carl Lovelace, 77, 146 Webb Hollow Loop, Elizabethton, died Friday, January
7, 2000, at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center.
Funeral
arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later.
Memorial
Funeral Chapel is in charge.
Marylin
Kay Verran, 58, 1052 Smalling Road, Johnson City, died Thursday, January 6,
2000, at her residence following a lengthy illness.
Mrs.
Verran was a native of Carter County and a daughter of the late Kay and Mary
Ryan White.
Mrs.
Verran was a member of Watauga Point United Methodist Church.
Survivors
include her husband, Leon Verran, of the home; four daughters, Sharon South,
Micki Whitlock and Stacy Townsend, all of Johnson City, and Voni Brown, Asheville,
N.C.; ten grandchildren, Cody Whitlock, Landon South, Hunter Townsend, Brandi
South, Chelsi Whitlock, Halee Townsend and Carsen Whitlock, all of Johnson City,
Dillon Brown, Austin Brown and Garrett Brown, all of Asheville, N.C.; and a
great-grandson, Noah South, Johnson City. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Hathaway-Percy
Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel, is in charge of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Hathaway-Percy
VERRAN
-- Funeral services for Marylin Kay Verran, 58, 1052 Smalling Road, Johnson
City, who died Thursday, will be held at 8 p.m. Friday at Hathaway-Percy Funeral
Home, Sunset Chapel, with Rev. Mack Turner officiating. Graveside services and
interment will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active
pallbearers will be Don Verran, Scotty Verran, Darby Bishop, Colby Bishop, Ansley
Bishop, Kacey Hambrick, Kenneth Hambrick and Larry Kilby. Everyone will meet
at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. Saturday to go in procession to the cemetery.
To those who desire, memorials may be made to Watauga Point United Methodist
Church, 409 Gap Creek Road, Elizabethton, Tenn. 37643. The family will receive
friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, prior to the service. Friends
may call at the residence any time. Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel,
is in charge of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Hathaway-Percy
Mary
Jane Cable, 76, 616 N. Roan Street, Elizabethton, died Tuesday, January 4, 2000,
at Johnson City Medical Center following a brief illness.
Mrs.
Cable was a native of Johnson County and the daughter of the late Joseph Isaac
and Myrtle Danford Stout Grindstaff. She was also preceded in death by her husband,
Haskel G. Cable, and three half-brothers, Grant Cable, William Cable and John
David Cable, and a foster sister, Gladys Arnold Nave.
Mrs.
Cable was a member of Baker's Gap Baptist Church in Johnson County and attended
Siam Baptist Church. She was a retired employee of Ivy Hall Nursing Home.
Survivors
include a daughter, Juanita Phillips, Elizabethton; a son and daughter-in-law,
Haskel E. and Patricia Cable, Elizabethton; a granddaughter and grandson-in-law,
Janie and Kevin Nordby, Elizabethton; a great-grandson, Dylan Lee Nordby, Elizabethton;
and a sister and brother-in-law, Gladys and Rev. Burl Garland, Elizabethton.
Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Tetrick
Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 542-2232, is in charge of arrangements.
www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick
CABLE
-- Funeral services for Mary Jane Cable, 76, 616 N. Roan Street, Elizabethton,
who died Tuesday, will be conducted at 7 p.m. Friday at Tetrick Funeral Home,
Riverside Chapel, with Rev. Jack Roddy and Rev. Burl Garland officiating. Music
will be under the direction of the Sugar Grove Quartet. Entombment and committal
services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Mausoleum of Hope, Happy Valley
Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be Harry Cable, Bobby Cable, Grant Cable
Jr., Larry McKinney, Roy McKinney, Jack Cole and Edward "Pink" McKinney. Honorary
pallbearers will be Pat "Red" Bowers, Lewis LeGrande Jr., Hollis Cable, Dennis
Cable, Ron Cable, Silas Tester and Dave Tester. Everyone will meet at the funeral
home at 9:15 a.m. Saturday to go in procession to the cemetery. The family will
receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday. Friends may also
call at the residence any time. Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, is in
charge of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick
Myra
Dugger Hodge, 87, 919 Medical Park Drive, Mountain City, died Tuesday, January
4, 2000, at Watauga Medical Center, Boone, N.C., following a lengthy illness.
Mrs.
Hodge was a lifelong resident of Johnson County and a daughter of the late Jim
and Eliza Greenwell Eggers. She was also preceded in death by her husbands,
Joseph Pierce Dugger, of 53 years, and Baxter Hodge, of four years.
Mrs.
Hodge was a retiree of Johnson County School Food Services. She was a member
of the School Food Service Association, the Eastern Star Chapter #218 of Butler
and the Senior Citizens Center of Johnson County. She was a Lifelong Member
of Sugar Grove Baptist Church.
Survivors
include six sons and daughters-in-law, Robert and Carol Dugger, Elizabethton,
Phillip and Beatrice Dugger, Moody, Ala., Richard and Carolyn Dugger, Mentor,
Ohio, Ronnie and Phyllis Dugger, Eastlake, Ohio, Gary and Gloria Dugger, Concord,
Ohio, and John and Linda Dugger, Butler; four daughters and sons-in-law, Betty
and Donald Ferris, Taylor, Mich., Roma and Roy Corey, Grand Blank, Mich., Carolyn
and Harry Sadler, Leroy, Mich., and Ruth Evelyn and Ray Gedman, Allen Park,
Mich.; and two sisters, Mary Ledwell Mills and Eula Howell. Twenty-four grandchildren,
40 great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren and several nieces and
nephews also survive.
Percy-Hux
Funeral Home, 300 Main Street, Mountain City, (423) 727-9221, is in charge of
arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Percy-Hux
HODGE
-- Funeral services for Myra Dugger Hodge, 87, 919 Medical Park Drive, Mountain
City, who died Tuesday, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday from the Sugar Grove
Baptist Church with Pastors who have been actively involved over the years in
ministering to the family, Rev. Frank Woods, Rev. Ray Green, Rev. H. Brooks
Peters and Rev. Doug Ranshaw, officiating. Music will be under the direction
of the Sugar Grove Quartet. Interment will be at Butler Memorial Cemetery. Active
pallbearers will be grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. John L. Whitlock,
Bill Brookshire, Mike Shupe, Billy Nye, the Men's Sunday School Class and Deacons
of Sugar Grove Baptist Church, and other friends and neighbors too numerous
to mention. The family will receive friends at Percy-Hux Funeral Home from 6
to 9 p.m. Friday. Friends may call at the residence of John and Linda Dugger,
2598 Dry Hill Road, Butler, any time. Percy-Hux Funeral Home, 300 Main Street,
Mountain City, is in charge of arrangements.
Robert
J. Moore, 69, of Roan Mountain, died Monday, January 3, 2000, at Roan Mountain.
Mr.
Moore was a native of Carter County and the son of the late Herbert S. and Nancy
Powell Moore.
Mr.
Moore was of the Baptist Faith and was a retired employee of North American
Rayon Corporation. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean Conflict and had
also served in Germany.
Survivors
include two sisters, Marie Corcetta and Nellie Church, both of Johnson City,
and three nieces, Sandy Wilson, Connie Tilson and Patsy Church, all of Johnson
City.
Tetrick
Funeral Home, Rhododendron Chapel, Roan Mountain, (423) 542-2232, is in charge
of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick
MOORE
-- Funeral services for Robert J. Moore, 69, of Roan Mountain, who died Monday,
will be conducted at 8 p.m. Thursday at Tetrick Funeral Home, Rhododendron Chapel,
Roan Mountain, with Rev. Tull Oaks officiating. Graveside services and interment
will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Johnson-Roan View Cemetery. Active pallbearers
will be Cecil Whitehead, Mike Boone, Lynn Ellis, Bernie Hill, Allen Haney, David
Tilson, John Inello and Jared Taylor. Honorary pallbearers will be Eddie Moore
Jr. and J.D. Baugard. Everyone will meet at the Rhododendron Chapel at 10:30
a.m. Friday to go in procession to the cemetery. The family will receive friends
at the Rhododendron Chapel from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Friends may also call
at the residence of a sister, Marie Corcetta, 1909 Hillsboro Avenue, Johnson
City, any time. Tetrick Funeral Home, Rhododendron Chapel, Roan Mountain, is
in charge of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick
Mrs.
Bernice Rice, 69, 610 S. Greene Street, Greeneville, died Sunday, January 2,
2000, at Johnson City Medical Center.
Mrs.
Rice was a native of Carter County and a daughter of Mrs. Beatrice Wright, Cleveland,
Ohio, and the late Lum Wright. She was also preceded in death by a brother,
Swift Wright.
Survivors,
in addition to her mother, include her husband, Jesse Rice; a son, Charles Rice,
Greeneville; two daughters, JoAnn Fletcher and Janet Barnes, both of Greeneville;
a brother, Len Wright, Elizabethton; and three sisters, Eliza Margaret McKinney,
Iva Lee Sneed and Maxine Pamborsky, all of Cleveland, Ohio. Eight grandchildren
also survive.
Funeral
services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Peoples Tabernacle in
Greeneville. Interment will be in the Rice Family Cemetery. Visitation will
be from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Kiser Funeral Home in Greeneville.
Courtesy
of Memorial Funeral Chapel.
Brandon
Ray Stout, 19, 132 Buck VanHuss Drive, Elizabethton, died Tuesday, January 4,
2000, as the result of an automobile accident on Highway S. 362.
Brandon
was a native of Carter County and a son of Bobby R. and Mary Evelyn Burton Stout,
of the home.
Brandon
attended Elizabethton High School. He was a member of the Souls Life Center,
Elizabethton, and was an employee of Smith Wholesale, Johnson City.
Survivors,
in addition to his parents, include two brothers and sisters-in-law, Lowell
Thomas and Stephanie Stout, Gray, and Bryon Christopher and Angie Stout, Unicoi;
his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Lizzie Burton, Rogersville; and a nephew, Dalton
Stout. Several aunts and uncles also survive.
Memorial
Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
STOUT
-- Funeral services for Brandon Ray Stout, 19, 132 Buck VanHuss Drive, Elizabethton,
who died Tuesday, will be conducted at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial Funeral
Chapel with Rev. Lester Crawford and Rev. Todd Fields officiating. Larry Holly
will provide the music. Entombment services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday
in the Mausoleum of Peace, Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers, who
are requested to assemble at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, will be
Adam Slagle, Steven Jones, David Lang, Pete DiDonoto, Eric Thomas, Scott Blevins,
Michael Wilson, Joe Diaz and Travis Hughes. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr.
R.S. Martin, Dr. Jerry Gastineau, Brian Kimbrel, Travis Brown, Friends from
Elizabethton High School and Co-Workers at Smith Wholesale. The family will
receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Friends may
also call at the residence. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral
home at 10:30 a.m. Thursday to go to the cemetery. Memorial Funeral Chapel is
in charge of arrangements.
Virgie
M. Taylor, 89, Life Care Center of Elizabethton, formerly of 117 Jim Deal Road,
Elizabethton, died Tuesday, January 4, 2000, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following
an extended illness.
Mrs.
Taylor was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the late Edward and
Easter Lowe Taylor. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Clarence
George Taylor, January 19, 1990, three brothers and a sister.
Mrs.
Taylor was of the Baptist Faith.
Survivors
include two daughters and sons-in-law, Etta M. and Robert D. Blevins and Viola
and Charles February, all of Elizabethton, and a sister, Tankie Mae Davis, Johnson
City. Four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews
also survive.
Tetrick
Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 542-2232, is in charge of arrangements.
www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick
TAYLOR -- Graveside services for Virgie M. Taylor, 89, Life Care Center of Elizabethton, formerly of 117 Jim Deal Road, Elizabethton, who died Tuesday, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Happy Valley Memorial Park with Rev. Ernest Garland officiating. Pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. Everyone will meet at the funeral home at 9 a.m. Wednesday to go in procession to the cemetery. Memorial contributions honoring Mrs. Taylor may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memorial & Honor Program-F, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1905. Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, is in charge of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick
MARION,
Va. -- Kathryn Mottern Williams, 82, widow of Howard W. Williams, died Monday,
December 27, 1999, in Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs.
Williams was born in Elizabethton in Carter County, Tenn. She attended East
Tennessee Teachers College and taught first grade for several years in Elizabethton.
She married Howard W. Williams in 1940 and moved with him to Marion, Va., in
1946. She was a homemaker and later served as a secretary in the Smyth County
School System. She was a long time member of First United Methodist Church and
the Wesleyan Fellowship Sunday School Class and participated in several other
church and civic organizations. In 1994, she moved to the Atlanta, Ga., area
to be near her family.
Mrs.
Williams was preceded in death by a sister, Eleanor Mottern Coleman, and a brother,
Edward Mottern.
Survivors
include a daughter and son-in-law, Mary Page and Dan Walden, Atlanta, Ga.; a
grandson, Zack Walden, Athens, Ga.; a granddaughter, Katy Tubesing and husband,
Mark, Atlanta, Ga.; and a great-grandson, Jake Tubesing, Atlanta, Ga.
Seaver-Brown
Funeral Service, 237 E. Main Street, Marion, Va., (540) 783-7107, is serving
the Williams Family.
WILLIAMS -- A private burial for Kathryn Mottern Williams, 82, who died Monday, December 27, 1999, in Atlanta, Ga., was held on Wednesday, December 29, in Rose Lawn Cemetery. There will be a memorial service, followed by a reception, Sunday, January 16, at 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Buddy Miller officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the First United Methodist Church Memorial Fund, 115 South Church Street, Marion, Va., 24354 or to the charity of your choice. Seaver-Brown Funeral Service is serving the Williams Family.
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