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Surnames: Carmack, Bushong
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This obituary came from the Bristol Herald Courier, dated about 9 Aug. 1929, and was
contributed to the Sullivan County Genealogical Society Journal by Fred L. Wagner,
Blountville, TN. and is from a collection of 14,000 available at the Sullivan County
Library, TN.Jane Carmack 1929 Fall Two Weeks Ago Leads to Death of Aged Woman. Mrs.
Elizabeth jane Carmack, 91, mother of R. P. Carmack, died yesterday morning at the Carmack
home on the King College road following an illness resulting from a fall, sustained two
weeks ago in which she suffered a dislocated shoulder.Mrs. Carmack, who was one of the
older residents of Bristol, was born June 23, 1838, the only child of Phillip Bushong and
Mary Dryden Bushong. She was the widow of the late Jacob Susong Carmack to whom she was
married December 31, 1871. To this union three children were born; Mrs. D. J. Hart, and
R. P. Carmack, who survive, and a son who died in infancy.Four grandchildren, Lieut. !
Joseph Carmack, Martha Jane Carmack, Ella Joe Carmack and D. J. Hart, Jr.A member of the
Paperville Presbyterian Church since young womanhood, Mrs. Carmack, in her days of
activity was greatly interested in church and civic affairs. Funeral services for the
deceased will be held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon from the residence. Rev. J. I.
Knight, Mrs. Carmack's pastor, will be in charge, assisted by Rev. Dabney Carson, of
Rogersville, Tennessee. Interment will be made in the family plot in the Paperville
cemetery.Active pallbearers will be J. C. Cray, T. D. Pemberton, A. W. Carmack, H. L.
Bushong, J. A. Gray, and Herman Blackley.Honorary pall bearers will be B. H. Yoakley, S.
W. Ryburn, S. J. Latham, J. K. Brewer, J. M. Fain, S. O. Cross, V. V. Rutherford, T. G.
McChesney, J. E. O'Dell, O. I. Jones, C. P. Moore, R. J. Mottern, Dr. J. A. Delaney,
H. W. Powers, Joe Anderson, R. F. Bell, C. D. Stone, M. B. Bushong, A. D. Stone, C. D.
Hart, C. H. Massengill, D!
r. Tilden Scherer, R. V. McClellan, D. A. Barger, George L. Jones, Hugh Copenhaver, C. P.
Booher, Fred Thomas, A. S. Leonard, John H. Caldwell, E. W. King, Arthur King, Major J. F.
Howell, E. M. Kaylor, Dr. J. H. Prass, and Hon Sam R. Sells of Johnson City.Flower bearers
will be J. C. Carmack, J. C. Gorgey, O. R. Galliher, Nat Galliher, Walter Carmack, Charles
Carmack, Dr. W. R. Booher, C. Peter Booher, and ? Booher