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Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Thomas, Helen T April 10, 2006
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Elizabethon Star April 12, 2006
Helen T. Thomas
Helen T. Thomas, 90, Ivy Hall Nursing Home, formerly of Sunrise Drive,
Elizabethton, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, April 10, 2006.
Mrs. Thomas was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the late John
H. and Ina Nidiffer Treadway.
Mrs. Thomas was a homemaker and of the Free Will Baptist faith.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,
Gurney Thomas; a daughter, Phyllis Thomas Taylor; a son, Tony Taylor; a
grandson, Chris Taylor; four brothers, Harold Treadway, Guy Treadway, R.L.
Treadway and Allen Treadway; and three sisters, Lillian Perry, Alta Treadway
and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Deloach.
Survivors include four sons and three daughters-in-law, Steward and
Kathleen Thomas, Gary and Kay Thomas, Edward and Edna Thomas and James "Jim"
Thomas, all of Elizabethton; six grandchildren, Kenneth Thomas, Karen Thomas
Timbs, Wendy Thomas Good, Michael Thomas, Rebecca Tester and Chris Roberson; 10
great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Virginia Shipley and Louise Arnold,
both of Johnson City, and Faye M. Norris, Elizabethton. Several nieces and
nephews also survive.
The funeral service for Mrs. Thomas will be conducted at 7 p.m. Wednesday,
April 12, in the Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home with Rev. D.C. Byrd
and Rev. Burl Garland officiating. Music will be under the direction of Karen
Timbs. The family will receive friends in the funeral home chapel from 5:30
until 7 p.m. Wednesday, prior to the service hour. Friends may also call at the
residence of a son, Gary Thomas, 116 Rich Hollow Road, Elizabethton, at
anytime. The graveside service and interment will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday,
April 13, at Treadway Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be selected from family
and friends. Honorary pallbearers will be Judy and Victor Deloach,
Charles "Dude" LaPorte, Jack Perkins, Hazel Bergman, Kenneth Carden, and the
staff and employees of Ivy Hall Nursing Home. Those who wish to attend the
graveside service are asked to meet at the funeral home at 10 a.m. Thursday to
go in procession to the cemetery. The family wishes to extend a special thank
you to the administration and staff and all current and former employees of Ivy
Hall Nursing Home who took care of Mrs. Thomas the past 13-1/2 years. Online
condolences may be sent to the family through our Web site at
www.tetrickfuneralhome.com.
Tetrick Funeral Home of Elizabethton is in charge of arrangements. Obituary
Line: (423) 543-4917. Office: (423) 542-2232.
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Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Nave, Charlotte M April 10, 2006
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Elizabethton Star April 12, 2006
Charlotte M. Nave
Charlotte Margarite McKinney Nave, 347 Oak Hill Lane, Mountain City, went
to be with the Lord on Monday, April 10, 2006, at Watauga Medical Center,
Boone, N.C.
Mrs. Nave was a native of Carter County and a daughter of the late William
M. and Eva Morrell McKinney. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in
death by her husband, Benjamin Franklin Nave Sr., in 1950; two sons, Carroll
Houston Nave, in 1966, and Frank Nave Jr., in 1976; and by two brothers and one
sister.
Mrs. Nave had lived in Mountain City for a few years. She was a member of
Siam Baptist Church, Elizabethton.
Survivors include a granddaughter, Charlotte Ann Mullins, Mountain City;
two grandsons, Michael Nave, Johnson City, and Wayne Nave, Mountain City; seven
grandchildren, Carol Ann Johnson, Chris Mullins, Michael Nave, Crystal Nave,
Gary Nave, Ashley Nave and Wayne Nave Jr.; two step-grandchildren, Patricia
Poons and Angelica Daly; one great-great-grandson, Alexander Yates; and one
nephew.
Funeral services for Mrs. Nave will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Thursday,
April 13, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jack Roddy officiating.
Interment will follow in the Nave Cemetery (Siam Community). Pallbearers will
be grandsons. The family will receive friends from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday
at the funeral home. Friends may also call at the residence of a grandson,
Michael Nave, 235 Taylor Avenue, Johnson City. Online condolences to the Nave
family may be e-mailed to mfc(a)chartertn.net.
Memorial Funeral Chapel, Elizabethton, is in charge of arrangements.
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Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Morris, Reta L April 11, 2006
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Elizabethton Star April 12, 2006
Reta L. Morris
Reta Lee Grindstaff Morris, 95, 120 Clyde White Road, Elizabethton, died
Tuesday, April 11, 2006, at Pine Ridge Care Center.
Mrs. Morris was a native of Carter County and a daughter of the late Joe
and Mattie Taylor Grindstaff. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in
death by her husband, Brady F. Morris, August 15, 1977.
Mrs. Morris was a homemaker and attended Moores Chapel Free Will Baptist
Church. She loved to quilt and loved her flowers. She was an avid fan of the
Unaka Rangers.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Brady Joe and Debbie Morris,
Elizabethton; two grandchildren, Derrick and his wife, Kim Morris, and Abby and
her husband, Stephen Frye, all of Elizabethton; two great-grandchildren, Damian
Dixon and Destiny Dixon; and several special friends and staff at Pine Ridge
Care Center.
Funeral services for Mrs. Morris will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday,
April 13, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Clarence Phillips
officiating. Interment will follow in the Kress Cemetery. Pallbearers will be
selected from family and friends. The family would like to express a
special "Thank You" to friends at Pine Ridge Care Center. The family will
receive friends at the funeral home from 12 noon to 1 p.m. Thursday. Friends
may also call at the residence of her son. Online condolences may be e-mailed
to the Morris family at mfc(a)chartertn.net.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Estep, Luella S April 10, 2006
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Elizabethton Star April 12, 2006
Luella S. Estep
Luella Stanberry Estep, 90, a former resident of 822 Walker Street,
Elizabethton, died Monday, April 10, 2006, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital.
Mrs. Estep had been a resident of Life Care Center of Elizabethton for five
and one-half years. A native of Avery County, N.C., she was the daughter of the
late Grant and Cassie Stanberry and Conrad and Ollie Cook. In addition to her
parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond H. Estep, January
2003, two brothers, Dennis Cook and Tom Stanberry, and a sister, Captola
Edwards.
Mrs. Estep was a charter member of Calvary Baptist Church and retired from
the Bemberg Corporation.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, June and Richard Holloway, St.
Louis, Mo.; a granddaughter and her husband, Lisa and Robert Mohr, and a
grandson and his wife, David and Erin Holloway, all of St. Louis, Mo.; five
great- grandchildren, Taylor and Jordan Mohr, Zack, Hannah and Abby Holloway;
three sisters, Lucy Jones, Elizabethton, Eula Jones, Beech Mountain, N.C., and
Mildred Cook, Valdese, N.C.; two brothers, Doyle Cook, Jonesborough, and
Clarence Cook, Winston-Salem, N.C.; and three sisters, Pat Patterson and Betty
Jo Ketchum, both of Elizabethton, and Jean Jones, Elk Park, N.C. Several nieces
and nephews also survive.
Funeral services for Mrs. Estep will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, April
14, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with Dr. Joe Sorah officiating. Interment will
follow at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be selected from family
and friends. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 12 noon
to 2 p.m. Friday, prior to the service hour. The family would like to express a
special "Thank You" to the staff and employees of Life Care Center for all
their kindness and assistance. Online condolences to the Estep family may be e-
mailed to mfc(a)chartertn.net.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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Lawrence County TN Archives Bible Records.....Children of Franklin Clyde and Lizzie Lou (Payne) Hughes
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Elizabeth Hughes
Born. May 11, 1915
Died May 29, 1920
Estele Louise Hughes Born Oct. 26, 1917
James Wesley Hughes Born Nov. 14, 1919
George Sidney Hughes Born Dec. 1, 1921
Franklin Eugene Hughes Born March
(23 or 24 of March) 11, 1924
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Ethel Ruth Hughes Born Feb. 2, 1926
Vernon Marie Hughes Born June 23, 1927
Died Feb. 9, 1929
Arnold Junior Hughes Born Feb 26, 1929
Louis Elmer Hughes Born May 23, 1931
Additional Comments:
All of these children were born to Frankiln Clyde and Lizzie Lou (Payne)
Hughes in Lawrence County, Tennessee.
This Bible is part of the private collection belonging to Ethel Ruth (Hughes)
Stutts, Loretto, TN.
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Sullivan County TN Archives News.....A Pair of Scissors March 14, 1893
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The Weekly Constitution, Atlanta, Ga. March 14, 1893
Sink Deep Into a Man's Side and May Kill Him.
Bristol, Tenn., March 9. -- A peculiar and perhaps fatal accident befell F. C.
Harrington, a former general passenger agent of the South Atlantic and Ohio
railway. He was at the Hotel Intermont at Bigstone Gap, of which he is now
proprietor, when the sad accident happened.
This morning he was sitting in a chair in one of the rooms of the hotel and was
clipping some paper with a pair of scissors. He started to lean back, lost his
balance and fell. He threw out his right hand to save himself and the
scissors, which he was still holding, were driven in his side their entire
length. Only the handles were left protruding.
A physician was summoned, but he was afraid to withdraw the scissors for fear
Mr. Harrington would bleed to death.
The gentleman, who gave your reporter his information, states that when he left
the gap, the physicians were talking of cutting around the scissors and closing
the arteries before attempting to draw them out. Dr. M. M. Butler, surgeon of
the South Atlanta and Ohio road, left here at noon and is in attendance upon
the wounded man. At last accounts he was considered to be in a very dangerous
condition. Though late reports say Mr. Harrington's physicians say he is
resting; easy now.
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Shelby County TN Archives Obituaries.....GRAY-Beattie(Borland), Mary (Mollie) Melbourne February 17, 1938
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Northwest Arkansas Times, 2/16/38
(revision; 04/09/06)
Northwest Arkansas Times
Fri Evening, Feb 18 1938 Price Two Cents
Mrs. O. C. Gray's
Dies in K C ;
Burial Here
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Step-Mother of Carl Gray, Union Pacific President; Funeral Tomorrow A.M.
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Mrs. Mary Beattie Gray, step-mother of Carl Gray, president of the Union Pacific
railway, and wife of the late Col. Oliver Crosby Gray, for many years a resident of
Fayetteville and Little Rock, died yesterday in Kansas City.
The body was cremated in Kansas City today and accompanied by Carl Gray and his
step-sister, Mrs. John Beattie Bell of Belzoni, Miss., is expected to arrive in
Fayetteville for burial tomorrow, over the Frisco lines.
The funeral party will reach here at 9:35 a.m. and proceed at once to Evergreen
cemetery where the ashes will be buried beside Col. Gray. Friends of the family who
care to do so are asked to join the funeral party at the train and accompany them to
the cemetery where funeral services will be said.
Rev. Harry Goodykoontz, pastor of First Presbyterian church of which the Gray family
were members during their residence here, and in which Col. Gray was an elder during
his local residence, will officiate.
Col. Gray was a veteran of the Confederate Army, third Arkansas Cavalry, and was
buried in Fayetteville with Confederate military honors following his death in
Little Rock where he served as head of the blind school for a number of years after
leaving Fayetteville where he was on the University faculty.
Col. and Mrs. Gray and Col. Gray's son, Carl Gray, and Mrs. Gray's two daughters
resided in Fayetteville on Dickson street near the Frisco station where Carl Gray
got his first railway job. A portion of the home is still standing.
Mrs. Gray was the former Mrs. Mary M. Beattie. Besides her famous step-son, she
leaves two daughters, Mrs. John Bell of Belzoni, Miss., who accompanies the ashes,
and Miss Grace Beattie, an instructor in the Colorado School for the Deaf at
Boulder, Colo., who is unable to be present.
Mrs. Gray lived here from her marriage to Col. Gray in 1889 until the family removed
to Little Rock where Col. Gray died. Her husband returned to Arkansas after the War
Between the States to resume his teaching in which he was engaged before
hostilities. He first was principal of St. John's Junior College in Little Rock and
later its president from which office he and his family came to Fayetteville where
he was professor of mathematics on the University faculty from 1875 to
1886. In 1886 Col. Gray resigned from the University faculty to accept principalship
of Fayetteville public schools, which office he held two years, after which he
returned to the University, a position he held until 1895, when he was elected
superintendent of the blind school at Little Rock. From 1899 to 1901 he was
principal of the Speers-Langford Institution at Searcy. In 1901 he was re-elected
blind school superintendent, a position he held until his death.
He was twice married. His first wife was Miss Virginia L. Davis, (Carl Gray's
mother) to whom he was married in 1857. In 1889 he was married to Mrs. Mary M.
Beattie who with her two daughters, mentioned above, and his son, survived him.
Mrs. Gray for a number of years has been ill in Kansas City and her death was not
unexpected.
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Not mentioned, is that her father was U S Senator Solon Borland, M D, as Colonel,
July 29, 1861, was Col Gray's first Army commander.
Third paragraph stipulates her ashes are buried along side husband O C Gray.
A search of Volume VII, Fall 1985 publication by Northwest Arkansas Genealogical
Society of Rogers, AR fails to show her buried with O C, V L, Ethel and Virginia,
their page #31 in Cemeteries of Washington County, Arkansas. under Fayetteville's
Evergreen Cemetery! Nor did we find such notation anywhere we searched except in the
newspaper.
Mrs O C Gray moved to Memphis Aprl 1869, married John Beattie in 1872, he died in
1878 yellow fever epidemic, as did her sister's husband then her sister Fanny Moores
died of yellow fever, 23 August 1879. Mary moved to Little Rock shortley after 1880
census.
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Shelby County TN Archives News.....The King Murder Trial June 25, 1891
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The Constitution, Atlanta, Ga. June 25, 1891
Memphis, Tenn., June 24. -- All of the evidence in the King murder trial was in
at an early hour this morning, and Colonel Grant at once opened arguments for
the state, his speech not being concluded when the court adjourned. The
criminal courtroom was crowded as never before. Mrs. David Poston, widow of
the murdered lawyer, was an interested spectator. She was heavily veiled, and
was accompanied by her brother-in-law and daughter.
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Benton County TN Archives News.....A Dastardly Outrage June 25, 1891
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The Constitution, Atlanta, GA. June 25, 1891
An Old Couple Tortured to Reveal Where They Kept Their Money.
Nashville, Tenn., June 24. -- Near Holliday, in Benton county, great excitement
is reported over an outrage perpetrated Monday night by six men.
They visited an old man named Lamrock and beat and tortured him, with the hope
of learning where his money was hidden. Finally they took his wife, who was
seventy years of age, to the woods and began to torture her. She finally
consented to reveal the hiding place of their money, and was being taken back
to the house, when two fo the men who had been left on guard mistook them for
neighbors and fired.
The whole party fled. Yesterday morning a written agreement was found, signed
by four men, pledging secrecy and agreeing to shoot any one who turned
informer. Citizens are scouring the county for the guilty parties, and a
hanging bee is anticipated.
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Obion-Davidson County TN Archives News.....He Supped With Negroes June 25, 1891
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The Constitution, Atlanta, Ga. June 25, 1891
Coal Oil Inspector McDowell's Record Will Be Investigated.
Nashville, Tenn., June 24. -- There has been considerable kicking for sometime
over the course of John H. McDowell, who was given the office of coal oil
inspector at Nashville by Governor Buchanan.
This office is worth $8,500 per annum. McDowell draws this, but has a cheap
deputy who does the inspection, while the inspector himself occupies his time
in traveling over the state organizing the alliance, of which he is state
president, and making speeches in favor of the subtreasury. He is now in
Mississippi with National President Polk and others.
An American reporter has just returned from Arkansas, where he investigated the
record of McDowell, and the result will be published tomorrow. From about
fifty signed statements it appears that McDowell went to Desha county,
Arkansas, in 1873, where the negroes outnumbered the whites five to one. While
living at Red Fork in 1873 he turned republican and was elected justice of the
peace on the republican ticket. He then joined the loyal league, the secret,
oath-bound order in which there were only three white men. He affiliated with
the negroes, and on one occasion sat down to supper with a large party of
them. His offical career as justice of the peace was very unsatisfactory, as
he caused planters much trouble by summoning large numbers of witnesses in
trivial cases. He made enormous sums of money out of the office. In 1874 he
served as depty to J. N. Grayson, the negro clerk of the circuit and probate
courts. He ran for this office two years later and was beaten by a negro. The
whites looked upon him with contempt, and he soon lost his negro following, and
in 1877 moved to Obion county, Tennessee.
McDowell has since served as state senator, and was a leader in the prohibition
movement. He was elected president of the state alliance less than a year ago,
succeeding Governor J. P. Buchannah.
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Putnam County TN Archives News.....Both Were Killed. June 25, 1891
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The Constitution, Atlanta, Ga. June 25, 1891
A Tragedy in a Tennessee Town in Which Two Men Lost Their Lives.
Nashville, Tenn., June 24. -- In a difficulty near Silver Point, in Putnam
county, yesterday evening, James Mitchell, of that place, and Oscar Plunkett,
of Valley, were both killed.
The men had been on bad terms for over a year. They had a quarrel at a picnic
Saturday, and meeting Sunday morning had a lively fight.
Yesterday they met, and Mitchell rode behind Plunkett to Jones & Gibbons's
store, where Mitchell said he had nothing against Plunkett, and requested that
he go home to dinner with him.
Plunkett declined with oaths, and immediately drew a revolver and shot Mitchell
just below the heart.
The men then grappled and Mitchell succeeded in wresting the pistol from
Plunkett and shot him. Mitchell fired a second time and then fell.
A friend of Mitchell's, Dr. Thomas Syprety, seized the pistol and also fired at
Plunkett, who received two wounds, either of which was fatal.
Both the men died this morning. Mitchell was a dangerous man in a fight. Some
years since he insisted on making a democratic speech at a republican
gathering, and broke up the meeting, knocking out seven men. Plunkett was a
bad man when drunk. Both of them leave families.
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Davidson County TN Archives Military Records.....Miller, Edward H.
Civilwar 11th TN Volunteers, Co. B
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Experience As Prisoner Of War
Edward H. Miller, POW, 1863-65
Edward H. Miller, son of George S. Miller and America Ann Hill Miller, was
born 25 January, 1842, in Franklin Co., TN. At the time of his service in the
Civil War, Ed lived in Davidson Co. TN (Nashville).
He married Millie Hunt in Dec. 1865, and they had 5 children.
He had a mattress and upholstery business in Nashville until about
1886/87, and then the family moved to Los Angeles, CA. He died after
1920. This paper belonged to my grandmother, Ella Frances Miller
Highers, a niece of Ed Miller.
Ed H. Miller: Experience as a prisoner of war at Rock Island
from November, 1863 to March, 1865
I was a member of Co B 11th Tennessee Volunteers. My rank was a
non-commissioned officer and I was an active member, was in all
engagements with my command up to the time I was captured at the
battle of Mission Ridge, which was about the last of October, 1863. I was
in the battles of East Tennessee and Wilcox, Kentucky, under General
Zolicoffer, the Kentucky campaign at Passyville, Murfreesboro, <Tenn.>
Chiccamauga with General Bragg. I was not in good health at the time I
was captured, in fact I was so weak my Captain, Ed Clark, made me leave
the battlefield during the second day's fight. It was about five or six o'clock
in the afternoon when we had to retreat across the river. As I was so weak
and worn out, I could not travel very fast and could not get across the river,
so I tried to make my way out the best I could. Night came and it was very
slow progress in the dark and about three or four o'clock in the morning
I was captured. The next day I was taken back to Chattanooga, being sick,
they put me in the Crutchfield House with the other sick. They made us lay
on the floor with only blankets under us and our coat for a pillow. I was
confined there about a month before I was able to leave, and most all the
other men died, but when I was able to leave I was placed in jail and kept
there about a month among the worst lot of Federal soldiers who were in
jail for all sorts of crimes. Then I was sent to Nashville and put in the
penitentiary and kept there a few days and when I refused to take the oath
of allegiance, they sent me to Rock Island Prison where I remained until
March, 1865. I was in barrack No. 47 with my old comrade Sept W Abbey
who was Sargeant of the Barracks and I was commissary for the
barracks. For awhile they treated us prisoners passable well but soon
commenced to cut down our rations until two days rations would make
only one meal. They consisted of a cup of soup and a bone with a little
meat on it and a small piece of bread made of corn husk or flour with
potato peelings mixed up in it.
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Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Wilson, Hazel M March 23, 2006
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Elizabethton Star March 26, 2006
Hazel M. Wilson
Hazel Miller Wilson, 79, Life Care Center of Elizabethton, formerly of the
Braemar Community, Hampton, went home to be with her Lord on Thursday, March
23, 2006, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following an extended illness.
Mrs. Wilson was a native of Carter County and a daughter of the late Worley
and Myrtle Julian Guinn. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death
by her husband, Ernest Wilson, a daughter, Wilma Miller Brewer, an infant son,
and three brothers, Herl, Horace and Ted Guinn.
Mrs. Wilson was of the Baptist faith and was a homemaker. She loved taking
care of her family and visiting flea markets. She was a former antique dealer.
Survivors include three daughters and three sons-in-law, Georgia Miller
Powell and Robert Powell, Melba Miller Gouge and Paul Gouge, all of
Elizabethton, and Anita Miller Jilton and Larry Jilton, Jonesborough; three
sons and three daughters-in-law, Harlan and Carla Hill, William R. and Sandy
Miller, all of Elizabethton, and Steve and Charlene Miller, Hampton; 17
grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Several nieces and nephews also
survive.
The Celebration of Life service for Mrs. Wilson will be conducted at 4 p.m.
Sunday, March 26, in the Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home with Rev.
Ronnie Campbell officiating. Music will be under the direction of Kenneth
Dugger, soloist. The family will receive friends in the funeral chapel from 2
until 4 p.m. Sunday, prior to the service. The graveside service and interment
will be at 1 p.m. Monday, March 27, in the Perkins Cemetery in the Shell Creek
Community, Roan Mountain. Everyone is asked to meet at the funeral home in
Elizabethton at 12 noon Monday to go in procession to the cemetery. Active
pallbearers will be Patrick Miller, Eric Miller, Brett Hill, Jim Guinn, D.L.
Hopson, Dale Barnett and Robert Brewer. Honorary pallbearers will be Bob
Powell, Shane Yates, Larry Jilton and Earl Brewer. Condolence messages may be
sent to the family at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com.
Tetrick Funeral Home of Elizabethton is in charge of arrangements. Obituary
Line: (423) 543-4917. Office: (423) 542-2232.
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Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Shearer, Hardin D March 11, 2006
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Elizabethton Star March 26, 2006
Hardin D. Shearer
Hardin Davis Shearer, of Cleveland, Ohio, was born on January 2, 1930, in
Elizabethton, Tenn., in Carter County, to John and Hildred Shearer. He died on
Saturday, March 11, 2006, at the age of 76 in Cleveland.
After growing up in Elizabethton, Hardin earned a bachelor's degree from
Tennessee State University and then served two years in the U.S. Army. During
his military service he spent time in both Germany and France. Following
military service he began a distinguished career as an educator. He later
earned a master's degree and eventually became the principal of the historic
Douglas High School in his hometown.
Mr. Shearer eventually migrated North to Cleveland, Ohio where he continued
his teaching career. He chaired the mathematics department at Empire Junior
High and also taught at East Technical High School and Cuyahoga Hills Boys
School. He was affiliated with Bethany Christian Church in Cleveland, Ohio,
where he volunteered with the youth tutorial program. He had also used his math
skills to help tutor inner city youth through the SOS Program at Emmanuel
Baptist Church.
Hardin follows his parents and his only brother, John Luther, in death.
He is survived by two nieces, Johnetta and Debbie Lynn Shearer, and a
nephew, Talmage Shearer, all living in Nashville, Tenn. There are also many
distant relatives, friends and former students who mourn his death.
Education was an important focus for Hardin Shearer's life. He spent many
years researching and documenting the history of the Douglas School for a book.
He hoped that the book would help to accentuate the positive impact that
education had on several generations of black residents of Carter County, Tenn.
Funeral services will be held at 12:45 p.m. Monday, March 27, in the
Birchette Mortuary "Chapel of Love" with Rev. E.E. Widby officiating. Graveside
services will be private for immediate family. Words of comfort can be sent to
the family on our Web site at www.birchettemortuary.com.
Professional services provided by Birchette Mortuary, Inc., (423) 926-6013.
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Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Price, Hattie R March 25, 2006
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Elizabethton Star March 27, 2006
Hattie R. Price
Mrs. Hattie R. Edens Price, 87, 762 Gap Creek Road, Elizabethton, died
Saturday, March 25, 2006, at Johnson City Medical Center following a brief
illness.
Mrs. Price was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the late Oscar
and Ada Love Edens. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by
her husband, Herman Price, two brothers, Conley Edens and Thomas Edens, and a
sister, Ruth Hilton.
Mrs. Price was a homemaker and a member of Big Springs Baptist Church.
Survivors include five sons and daughters-in-law, Manuel and Ann Price,
Louie and Vivian Price, Larry and Kay Price, Jerry and Bert Price and Tony and
Sandy Price, all of Elizabethton; three daughters and sons-in-law, Sue and Ben
Blythe, Dandridge, Shirley Potter Morgan and Ken Morgan and Lisa and Richard
Padgett, all of Elizabethton; 22 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; and
five great-great-grandchildren.
The funeral service for Mrs. Price will be conducted at 8 p.m. Tuesday,
March 28, in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home with Rev. Jesse
Blythe officiating. The graveside service and interment will be conducted at 10
a.m. Wednesday, March 29, at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Everyone will meet at
the funeral home at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday to go in procession to the cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will be Ken Morgan,
Ben Blythe and Richard Padgett. The family will receive friends at the funeral
home from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, or at the residence, 762 Gap Creek Road,
Elizabethton, at anytime. Those who prefer memorials in lieu of flowers may
make donations to the American Cancer Society, 209 South Riverside Drive,
Elizabethton, TN 37643. Online condolences may be sent to the Price family
through our Web site at www.hathawaypercy.com.
Arrangements for the Price family have been entrusted to Hathaway-Percy
Funeral Home.
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