Johnson-Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Dickens, Blanche P March 17, 2006
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Elizabethton Star March 20, 2006
Blanche P. Dickens
Blanche Payne Dickens, 89, 341 Jenkins Hollow Road, Elizabethton, went to
be with the Lord on Friday, March 17, 2006, at Hermitage Health Care Center.
Mrs. Dickens was a native of Johnson County and a daughter of the late
George W. and Nancy Anderson Payne. In addition to her parents, she was
preceded in death by her husband, Robert "Bob" Dickens, November 6, 1996, and
by four brothers and two sisters.
Mrs. Dickens had lived most of her life in Carter County and was a
homemaker. She was a member of the Meadowview Baptist Church, but attended
Valley Forge Church of God.
Survivors include two daughters and a son-in-law, Irene B. Williams, Gray,
and Virginia Maude and Harold Grindstaff, Elizabethton, and three
granddaughters, Angie Riley, Tammy and husband Dr. Shawn Pridemore and Summer
Johnson. Four great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services for Mrs. Dickens will be conducted at 8 p.m. Monday, March
20, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Richard Bawgus officiating. Music
will be provided by Richard and Teresa Bawgus. Graveside services and interment
will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, at Roselawn Memory Gardens. Active
pallbearers, who are requested to assemble at the funeral home at 1:15 p.m.
Tuesday, will be Randy Sizemore, Ronnie Payne, Rodney Payne, Randy Payne, Danny
Ray Elliott, Shane Laws and Roy Lee Honeycutt. The family will receive friends
from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Friends may also call at the
residence of a daughter and son-in-law, Virginia Maude and Harold Grindstaff,
355 Jenkins Hollow Road, Elizabethton. The family would like to express a
special "Thank You" to the nursing staff of Hermitage Health Care Center and to
Dr. Robert Walter and Dr. Daniel Paul. Family and friends will assemble at the
funeral home at 1:15 p.m. Tuesday to go to the cemetery. Online condolences to
the Dickens family may be e-mailed to mfc(a)chartertn.net.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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