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Surnames: Causby, Welbourn, Wilson, Moore, Deaton, Shuford, Wright
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Asheville Citizen-Times
Asheville, NC
October 2, 2003
Elizabethton, Tenn. - Mills B. Causby, 66, of Elizabethton, Tenn., died Tuesday, Sept. 30,
2003, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a brief illness.
A native of Marion, N.C., McDowell County, he was the son of the late Addie and Margaret
Welbourn Causby. He was of the Baptist denomination and a past agent for Trailway.
He is survived by his wife, Naomi Wilson Causby of the home; three sons and
daughters-in-law, Victor and Daniela Causby of Gloucester, Va., Jeff and Penny Causby and
Scott and Lisa Causby, all of Elizabethton; three brothers, Fred Causby, Bill Causby and
Roy Causby, all of Marion, N.C.; four sisters, Betty Moore of Rutherfordton, N.C.,
Catherine Deaton, Nancy Shuford and Jodi Wright, all of Marion, N.C.; 10 grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.
The funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Friday at Vein Mountain Baptist Church,
Marion, N.C., with the Revs. Randy Johnson and Barry Gouge officiating. Music will be
under the direction of Emma Causby, organist and Gretchen Causby, vocalist. Interment will
follow the services in the church cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Bill Causby, Greg
Causby, Fred Causby, Eric Causby, Roy Causby and Tyler Causby.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m. Friday at the church. The family will
also receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, or
friends may also call at the residence in Elizabethton any time.
Those who prefer memorials in lieu of flowers may make donations in memory of Mr. Causby
to Vein Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 161 Mt. Pleasant Church Drive, Marion, NC
28752. Online condolences may be sent to the family through our Web site at
www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, (423) 542-2232, is in
charge of the arrangements.