Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Oxendine, Raymond R July 23, 2006
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Elizabethton Star August 25, 2006
Raymond R. Oxendine
Raymond R. Oxendine, 81, 208 River Road, Elizabethton, went home to be
with his Lord, Wednesday, August 23, 2006, at Johnson City Medical Center
following a brief illness.
Mr. Oxendine was a native of Carter County and a son of the late Ed and
Annie Sims Oxendine. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by
his wife of 43 years, Ruth Merritt Oxendine, who died February 12, 1993; two
sisters, Wanda Kent and Annie Oxendine; two brothers, Billy Oxendine and Dan
Oxendine; and a sister-in-law, Tilda Oxendine.
Mr. Oxendine was of the Church of God faith. He retired from North
American Rayon Corporation and was also a former employee of Memorial Funeral
Chapel and Tetrick Funeral Home of Elizabethton. He was a lifetime member of
the Carter County Rescue Squad. He served in the U.S. Army during World War
II.
He was known as a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather
and brother and devoted family man. He enjoyed playing with the love of his
life, his great-grandson, Caleb.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Judy and Ornel Burker,
Elizabethton; a granddaughter and her husband, Holly and Brandon Kent,
Watauga; a grandson, Jamie Jones, Johnson City; a great-grandson, Caleb Kent,
Watauga; and three brothers and two sisters-in-law, Tom and Marie Oxendine and
John and Christine Oxendine, all of Elizabethton, and Sam Oxendine, Cramerton,
N.C. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service for Mr. Oxendine will be conducted at 8 p.m. Saturday,
August 26, in the Riverside Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home with Rev. Bobby
Merritt, Rev. Billy Merritt, Rev. Sammy Oxendine and Rev. Ken Bewley
officiating. Music will be under the direction of his granddaughter, Holly
Kent, and Mark Weddle. The family will receive friends in the funeral home
chapel from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, prior to the service. The committal service
and interment will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, August 27, at McKinney Cemetery. Those
attending are asked to meet at the funeral home at 1:15 p.m. Sunday to go in
procession to the cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Greg Crowe, Maurice
Graves, Johnny Merritt, Tim Burker, Ron Merritt, Don Merritt, Clay Johnson and
Millard Hatfield. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Carter County
Rescue Squad, owners and employees of Tetrick Funeral Home of Elizabethton,
Dr. Todd Whitaker, Herb Greer, Tony Carter and friends and neighbors. Messages
of condolence may be sent to the family through our Web site at
www.tetrickfuneralhome.com.
Tetrick Funeral Home of Elizabethton is serving the Oxendine family.
Obituary Line: (423) 543-4917. Office: (423) 542-2232.
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