March 2000 Obituaries
Mrs.
Elsie Sheets Carr, 83, 302 Holston Mountain Road, Elizabethton, died Tuesday,
March 7, 2000, at her residence following a lengthy illness.
Mrs.
Carr was a native of Avery County, N.C., and had lived most of her life in Carter
County. She was a daughter of the late Brownlow and Ethel Lyons Sheets and was
also preceded in death by her husband, Jess Carr, in 1983, a son, Charles Carr,
a half-brother, three sisters and three half-sisters.
Mrs.
Carr was a charter member of the Keenburg Free Will Baptist Church.
Survivors
include seven daughters and five sons-in-law, Mable and Sam Hamilton, Rose and
Tyler Britt, Linda Pearl Bradley, Arzella and Jeff Rasnick, Louella and Larry
Austin, Ruby and Jimmy Moore, all of Elizabethton, and Brenda Jensen, Johnson
City; five sons and daughters-in-law, James and Paulette Carr, Joe Lee Sr. and
Bonnie Carr, Howard and Norma Carr, William "Grub" and Nancy Carr, all of Elizabethton,
and Gary and Patty Carr, Memphis; a brother, Earl Sheets, Elizabethton; two
sisters, Lucy Taylor and Callie Combs, both of Elizabethton; three half-brothers,
Clarence Sheets and Jack Lyons, both of Elizabethton, and J.D. Lyons, Bluff
City; and two half-sisters, Martha Ward and Georgia Sheets, both of Elizabethton.
Twenty-nine grandchildren, 22 great-grandchilden and several nieces and nephews
also survive.
Hathaway-Percy
Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel, is in charge of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Hathaway-Percy
CARR
-- Funeral services for Mrs. Elsie Sheets Carr, 83, 302 Holston Mountain Road,
Elizabethton, who died Tuesday, March 7, 2000, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday,
March 10, at Keenburg Free Will Baptist Church with Rev. Mark Street and Rev.
Melvin Ferrell officiating. Music will be by the Keenburg Free Will Baptist
Church Choir. Interment will follow in the Keenburg Free Will Baptist Church
Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be the following grandsons: Jamie Carr, Randall
Carr, Mike Odom, Ronnie Carr, Steven Carr and Jeff Odom. Honorary pallbearers
will be Acyle Shepard, Eric Shepard, Joe Lee Carr Jr., Nathan Bradley, Adam
VanDyke, Joshua Howard Carr, Travis Lynn Carr and Phillip Jensen. The family
will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home,
Sunset Chapel. 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
Hazel
Harrell, 69, 253 Cove Creek Road, Roan Mountain, died Tuesday, March 7, 2000,
at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following an extended illness.
Mrs.
Harrell was a native of Mitchell County, N.C., and the daughter of the late
Matney and Della Honeycutt Forbes. She was also preceded in death by her husband,
Ford Harrell.
Mrs.
Harrell was a member of Cove Creek Presbyterian Church. She retired from nursing
at North Side Hospital.
Survivors
include two sons, Tony Harrell and Terry Harrell, both of Roan Mountain; a granddaughter
and grandson-in-law, Crystal and Gary Hughes, Roan Mountain; a great-granddaughter,
Maria Hughes, Roan Mountain; two sisters, Joyce Crome, Tampa, Fla., and Lois
Bryant, Johnson City; three brothers, Jack Forbes, Erwin, Roy Lee Forbes, Johnson
City, and Herbert Forbes, Nashville; and one aunt, Beryl Harrell, Johnson City.
Tetrick
Funeral Home, Rhododendron Chapel, Roan Mountain, (423) 542-2232, is in charge
of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick
HARRELL
-- Graveside services and interment for Hazel Harrell, 69, 253 Cove Creek Road,
Roan Mountain, who died Tuesday, March 7, 2000, will be conducted at 2 p.m.
Friday, March 10, at Harrell Family Cemetery with Rev. Tull Oaks officiating.
Everyone will meet at the cemetery at 1:50 p.m. Friday for the service. Tetrick
Funeral Home, Rhododendron Chapel, Roan Mountain, (423) 542-2232, is in charge
of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick
Amy
E. Heaton, 63, 621 McArthur Street, Elizabethton, died Tuesday, March 7, 2000,
at Johnson City Medical Center following an extended illness.
Mrs.
Heaton was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the late Brownlow and
Lelia Morton Potter. She was also preceded in death by a brother, J.C. Potter,
and a sister, Sylvia Harmon.
Mrs.
Heaton was a member of Stone Mountain Baptist Church. She had lived and worked
in New York for the last 47 years and moved back to Carter County in 1998.
Survivors
include her husband, Ernest Clifford Heaton, of the home; a daughter, Penny
Sue Aikin, Lockport, N.Y.; a son and daughter-in-law, Ernest Gary and Brenda
Heaton, Lockport, N.Y.; three sisters and a brother-in-law, Stella Ward, Elizabethton,
Rainey Trivette, Butler, and Selma and Roy Dugger, Butler; a brother and sister-in-law,
Martin and Sylvia Smith, Butler; a sister-in-law, Maxine Simmons, Dobson, N.C.;
and a grandson, C.J. Aikin, Lockport, N.Y. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Tetrick
Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 542-2232, is in charge of arrangements.
www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick
HEATON -- Funeral services for Amy E. Heaton, 63, 621 McArthur Street, Elizabethton, who died Tuesday, March 7, 2000, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, March 10, at Stone Mountain Baptist Church with Rev. Dennis Church officiating. Music will be under the direction of the Stone Mountain Baptist Church Choir. Interment will follow at Stone Mountain Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Ray Heaton, Roy Dugger, Leslie Church, Robert Church, Darrell Heaton, C.J. Aikin, Junior Guy and Jeff Guy. Honorary pallbearers will be Boone Potter, Larry Phillips, Larry Campbell, Paul Arnold, Kyle Stansbery and Jason Church. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel. Friends may also call at the residence any time. For those who prefer, memorial donations in lieu of flowers may be made to the American Cancer Society, 209 S. Riverside Drive, Elizabethton, Tenn. 37643. Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 542-2232, is in charge of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick
Harold
Heinz Kuerschner, of Hampton, died Friday, March 3, 2000, at his home after
a long illness.
Born
October 17, 1924 in Vienna, Austria, he came to the United States in 1938, escaping
the Nazis with his father and mother, Bela Kuerschner and Hermine Klinger Kuerschner.
Harold
joined the U.S. Army and fought in Europe during World War II. After the war
he attended Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa., graduating as an engineer
in electronics. He worked in the early development of the space program, but
his most gratifying work was as head of research and development in educational
media at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was a Life Member of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Survivors
include his wife, Jeanne; a daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Kent Hamilton,
and two grandsons, Brice and Ian Hamilton, Simi Valley, Calif.; and a brother,
Paul Kuerschner, Philadelphia, Pa. Three nieces and three nephews also survive.
There
will be a memorial service on Saturday, March 11, at 4 p.m. at First Presbyterian
Church in Elizabethton.
Harold
asked that if friends wish to make a memorial, please donate to any organization
that feeds the poor, such as Second Harvest, Food for the Multitude, or the
Heifer Project International.
Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 542-2232, is in charge of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick
Joseph
I. Mullins, 68, Cedar Grove Road, Elizabethton, died Wednesday, March 8, 2000,
at his residence.
Mr.
Mullins was a native of Clintwood, Va., and the son of the late Earl and Thelma
Mullins. He was also preceded in death by a son, Kenneth Wade Mullins.
Mr.
Mullins was a retired employee of Summers Hardware, Johnson City.
Survivors
include his wife, Wilma Elkins Mullins, of the home; two sons, Darrell Mullins,
Abingdon, Va., and Thurman Mullins, Medina, Texas; and two daughters, Cathy
Barton, Bandera, Texas, and Connie Ratcliffe, Appalachia, Va. Nine grandchildren,
two brothers, six sisters 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
MULLINS
-- Funeral services for Joseph I. Mullins, 68, Cedar Grove Road, Elizabethton,
who died Wednesday, March 8, 2000, will be conducted at 8 p.m. Friday, March
10, at Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, with Rev. George Winegar officiating.
Graveside services will be held Saturday, March 11, with grandsons and friends
serving as pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday
at the funeral home. For those who prefer, memorial donations in lieu of flowers
may be made to the American Cancer Society, 209 S. Riverside Drive, Elizabethton,
Tenn. 37643. Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 542-2232, is in charge
of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick
Mrs.
Ena C. Treadway, 90, died Tuesday, March 7, 2000, at the residence of a niece,
Mrs. Carmon (Charlotte) Dugger, 1709 Southside Road, Elizabethton, following
a lengthy illness.
Mrs.
Treadway was a native of Abingdon, Va., and had lived in Elizabethton since
1948. She was a daughter of the late E.C. and Margaret R. Metcalf Carty and
was also preceded in death by her husband, Harry "Doc" Treadway, in 1995, a
brother, Guy Carty, and a sister, Margaret Mae Hines.
Mrs.
Treadway was a graduate of William King High School and Martha Washington College,
both of Abingdon, Va. She taught school for six years in one-room schools in
Washington County, Va. She was a retired secretary with the Tennessee Department
of Vocational Rehabilitation in Johnson City with 26 years of service and was
a member of Watauga Point United Methodist Church.
Survivors
include several nieces and nephews and a special friend, Lois Walls, Elizabethton.
Hathaway-Percy
Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel, is in charge of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Hathaway-Percy
TREADWAY -- Funeral services for Mrs. Ena C. Treadway, 90, 1709 Southside Road, Elizabethton, who died Tuesday, March 7, 2000, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 9, at Watauga Point United Methodist Church with Rev. Mack Turner officiating. Music will be by Charles F. Dugger, organist. Graveside services and interment will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 10, in the Crown Section of Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be Colin Walls, Mike Carty, James Carty, Dan Carty, William Stover, Curtis P. Dugger, Charles Phipps and Curtis J. Dugger. Honorary pallbearers will be Carmon Dugger, A.L. "John" Treadway, Joe Treadway, Charles Hendrix, Fred Carver, James Smalling, Dana Dykes, Charles Hart, Dave Buck, Truman Clark, Harold Carver, William "Bill" Carty, Harry Joe Carty, Jack Nickels, Dr. Matthew Carey and Staff, and the Staffs of Housecall and Housecall Hospice. The family will receive friends at Watauga Point United Methodist Church from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, prior to the service. Friends may also call at the residence of a niece, Mrs. Carmon (Charlotte) Dugger, 1709 Southside Road, Elizabethton, any time. To those who desire, memorials may be made to the Building Fund of Watauga Point United Methodist Church, 409 Gap Creek Road, Elizabethton, Tenn. 37643. Everyone wishing to attend the graveside service will assemble at the church at 10:30 a.m. Friday. Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel, is in charge of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Hathaway-Percy
LeRoy Leo Jenkins, 63, 101 Heath Lane, Johnson City, died unexpectedly Sunday, March 5, 2000, in Paramus, N.J.
Mr. Jenkins was a native of Blue Earth, Minn., and the son of the late Paul and Helen Ginn Jenkins. He was also preceded in death by two sisters, Helen Frances and Dorothy Jenkins. Mr. Jenkins had been employed as a truck driver with Allied Van Lines for 35 years. He was a U.S. Air Force Veteran. Survivors include his wife, Doris Lane Jenkins, of the home; four sons, Tony Jenkins, Melrose, Wis., Scott Gouge, Piney Flats, Ryan Gouge, N. Hollywood, Calif., and Greg Gouge, Jonesborough; four daughters, Diana Olander, Cottage Grove, Minn., Michelle Jenkins, Marshfield, Wis., Kristen Flores, Riverside, Calif., and Rhonda Clemmer, Long Beach, Calif.; a brother, William Jenkins, Parker Dam, Calif.; and two sisters, Patricia Guenther, Mahnomen, Minn., and Margaret Todd, South St. Paul, Minn. Eleven grandchildren, a great-grandson 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 JENKINS -- Funeral services for LeRoy Leo Jenkins, 63, 101 Heath Lane, Johnson City, who died Sunday, March 5, 2000, will be conducted at 8 p.m. Friday, March 10, at Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, with Rev. Paul Lane, Father Steve Smith and Rev. Donnie Davenport officiating. Private inurnment services will be conducted at Happy Valley Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Friends may also call at the residence any time. Memorial donations, in lieu of flowers, may be made to the American Heart Association, 208 Sunset Drive, Suite 356, Johnson City, Tenn. 37604. Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 542-2232, is in charge of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick LYONS
-- Funeral services for Elmer Roy Lyons, 78, 1041 Dry Creek Road, Elizabethton,
who died Monday, March 6, 2000, will be conducted at 8 p.m. Thursday, March
9, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with Rev. Orville Stokes officiating. Entombment
will be at Roselawn Memory Gardens at 11 a.m. Friday, March 10. Active pallbearers,
who are requested to assemble at the cemetery at 10:50 a.m. Friday, will be
Scott Lyons, Robbie Lyons, Roy Vines, Mike Brumitt, Scott Hixon and Keith Lyons.
Honorary pallbearers will be David Castell and Gordon Stepp. The family would
like to express a "Special Thank You" to the Doctors, Nurses and Staff of the
SICU of James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. The family will receive friends
from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Friends may also call at the
residence. Family and friends will assemble at the cemetery at 10:50 a.m. Friday.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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