Johnson County, TN Genealogy Obituaries

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Obituaries from "The Tomahawk"

People 65 and over will be included and pertinent information will be given.

March 25, 1998 issue

ROBINSON, Rev. Theorore K., 84, Mountain City, TN, March 19, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of late Kitz and Belle Maxwell Rovinson. Preceded in death by wife, Earleen Younce Robinson in 1989 and one sister. Interment: Burley-Shoun Cemetery, Johnson Co., TN.
NORRIS, Iva Correne Forrester, 63, Elizabethton, TN, March 22, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of Elva Tester of Mountain City and late Floyd Forrester who died in 1966. Preceded in death by sisters, Alice Vines and Mary Smith. Survivors include husband, Wade Norris, Elizabethton, TN, mother, Elva Forrester, brothers Bobby Forrester, Raleigh Forrester; David Forrester and Raymond Forrester, all of Mountain City, TN and sisters Josephine Blackburn of Butler, TN; Reba Neatherly of Mountain City, TN and Patsy Minton of Ferguson, NC. Interment: Greene Cemetery.
CHAPPELL, 93, Mountain City, TN, March 18, 1998. Born December 22, 1904 in Watauga Co., NC, daughter of Frank and Cora McGinnis Chappel. Preceded in death by three brothers and five sisters.
GENTRY, Ethel P., 75, Mountain City, March 5, 1998. Native of Mountain City. Widow of William Herbert Gentry. Survivors include sister, Faye Forrester, Mountain City. Interment Forest Hills Memory Gardens in Abington, VA.

March 18, 1998 issue

CORUM, Roscoe E., 72, Mountain City, March 11, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of late Charles W. and Stella Taylor Corum. Survivors include wife, Lucille Corum, brothers, Taylor S. Corum of Patalaski, Ohio, Andrew J. Corum and Charles W. Corum, both of Mountain City, TN and sisters, Mary C. Jennings, Mountain City, TN and Pearl Haynes, of Pennsylvania. Interment: Phillippi Cemetery, Johnson Co., TN.
GREER, Pauline T., (Williams), 71, Hockessin, DE, March 15, 1998. Survivors include husband of 47 years, Ralph E. Greer, brother, Joe Williams, Mountain City, TN and sisters, Dolly Good, Wilmington, DE; Ada Osborne and Hallie Dunn, both of Mountain City, TN and Emma Wagner of Hockessin, DE. Interment: Hockessin Friends Cemetery, Hockessin, Delaware.

March 11, 1998 issue

GENTRY, Ethel P., 75, Mountain City, March 5, 1998. Native of Mountain City. Widow of William Herbert Gentry. Survivors include sister, Faye Forrester, Mountain City. Interment Forest Hills Memory Gardens in Abington, VA.
MURPHY, Goldie, 75, Mountain City, February 6, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of late James and Fannie Phillippi Fenner. Preceded in death by hustand, Harry Murphy in 1995 and brother Spencer Fenner. Survivors include brothers, Gail Fenner and Emory Fenner, both of Mountain City. Interment: Phillippi Cemetery, Mountain City, TN.
SHOUN, Maxine, 83, Mountain City, TN. Nativ3e of Woodbine, W.VA, daughter of late Grover Cleveland and Etiva Shaffer Taylor. Preceded in death by two brothers. Survivors include husband, Eugene Shoun, Mountain City, brother, Robert C. Taylor, Cleveland Ohio and sisters, Gerldine Bucha, Lorrine Rety and Betty McNish, all of Florida. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park, Mountain City, TN.
HUGGINS, 73, Damascus, VA, March 7, 1998. Native of Wyco, W.VA. Survivors include brother, Harold C. Huggins, of Mountain City; half-sister, Arlue Claudwell, of Roanoke, VA and half-brother, Husslee Sellers.
NICHOLS, Carrie, 76, Damascus, VA, March 6, 1998. Native of Washington Co., VA, widow of Ray D. Nichols. Survivors include sister, Doris Gibson, Roanoke, VA and brother, C. M. Stevens, of Roanoke, VA. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park, Damascus, VA.
PATRICK, Frank, Jr., 84, Damascus, VA, March 6, 1998. Native of Twin Branch, W.VA. Survivors include wife, Dorothy B. Patrick, Damascus, VA, sister Isabell Wright of Crew, VA. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park, Damascus, VA.
HAMMONS, Betty Stipes, 64, Bluff City, TN, March 10, 1998. Native os Sullivan Co., TN. Survivors include husband, Frank Hammons, sister, Patsy Jobe ofo Bluff City, TN, brothers, Clifton Stipes of Piney Flats, TN and Clyde Stipes of Briston, TN. Interment: Sunrise Cemetery.
TESTER, Opal Garland, Mountain City, March 10, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of late John and Venia Sevier Garland. Preceded in death by brother, James Garland and sister, Pearl Campbell. Survivors include husband, Clyde Tester,. Interment: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Johnson Co., TN.

March 4, 1998 issue

HARTSOG, Muriel Bessie Johnson, 85, Creston, NC, February 24, 1998. Born in Joltan, NY, daughter of Charles Ross Johnson and Bessie Brewer Johnson. Preceded in death by husband, Gaither Carl Hartsog.
GILBERT, John Milford, 74, Butler, TN., February 24, 1998. Native of Whitewood, VA, son of late Parris Dink and Easter White Gilbert, both Buchanan Co., VA natives. Preceded in death by sisters, Virginia White and Eula Grade Hodge and brother Arthur Gilbert. Survivors include his wife, Opal Day Gilbert, sisters, Mrs. Bill (Avonell) White, Cedar Bluff, VA; Juanita Ramey, Grundy, VA; Margaret Brozak, Galopolis, OH and Betty Jo Matney, Vasant, VA. Interment: Day Family Cemetery, Pea Patch, VA.
PRICE, Burl B., 63, Mountain City, TN, February 27, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of late Verner and Dorothy Lewis Price. Preceded in death by brother, Ralph C. Price and sister, Ira Lee Miller. Survivors include wife, Freda P. Price, brothers, Earl Price, Mountain City and Norman Pricer, Creston, NC; four sisters, Ira Wanna Steward and An-Lue Price, Mountain City; Nola Reece and Vergie Wallace, Lenoir, NC. Interment Sunset Memorial Park, Johnson Co., TN.
LAWRENCE, Cecil D., 77, Trade, TN, March 3, 1998. Son of the late John E. and Emma Thomas Lawrence. Preceded in death by six brothers and five sisters. Survivors include wife, Earle T. Lawrence. Interment: Trade Community Cemetery, Trade, TN.

February 25, 1998 issue

SLIGAR, Clarence William, 78, Butler, TN February 23, 1998. Native of Centralia, IL, born August 23, 1919, son of the late Clarence William and Eulalie Forman Sliger. He retired to the Dry Run Community several years ago. He wrote many articles for the "My Turn" feature in the Tomahawk. His humorous and thought provoking articles will be missed. Survivors include his wife, Betty.
WARDEN, Ted, 95, Laurel Bloomery, TN, February 21, 1998. Native of Johnson County, son of late Erwin and Betty Graybeal Warren. Preceded in death by wife, Bonnie H. Warden in 1970 and sisters, Myrtle Wilson and Cora Hawkins and brothers, Arthur Warden, Luther Warden and Earl Warden. Survivors include, sisters, Leona Nave, Trappe, MD and Margaret Claggett, Detroit, MI. Interment: Mountain Ciew Cemetery, Mountain City, TN.
BARR, Verna Lenice, 81, Taylors Valey, VA., February 19, 1998. Lifelong resident of Taylors, VA. Preceded in death by husband Fred Bar. Survivors include: sisters: Effie Sheets, Chilhowie, VA; Stella Wood, Oxford, PA; Martha Pennington, Green Cove, VA; Mary Short, Taylors Valley, VA and brother, Marfin Richardson, Damascus, VA. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park, Damascus, VA.
Hayworth, Burl S., 78, Mountain City, February 22, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of late Andy and Lillie Simcox Hayworth. Survivors include wife Jean Hayworth, brothers: Office Hayworth, Sr. and James Earl Hayworth, both of Mountain City. Interment: Dunn Cemetery.
WILSON, Kenneth D., 61, Stuart's Draft, VA, February 19, 1998. Reared at Trade, TN, son of Josephine Sutherland of Trade and late James T.J. Wilson, a former Assessor or Property for Johnson Co. Survivors include his mother, wife, Helen Reece Wilson, sister, Julia Wilson, Mountain City; brothers James Wilson, Trade, TN and Joe Wilson, Takoma Park, MD, an aunt, Inex W. Williams, Trade, TN and uncle, Judge O.H. Wilson, Sr., Mountain City. Interment: Calvary United Methodist Church, Stuart's Draft.

February 18, 1998 issue

SHOUN, Gertrude Bales, 89, Mountain City, February 13, 1998. Native of New Market, Tennessee, daughter of late William Thomas and Sarah Ann Atchley Bales. Preceded in death by husband, Jack Shoun of Mountain City, October 23, 1988. Also preceded in death by brothers, Lincoln H. Bales and William Henry Bales of New Market, TN and John T. Bales, Cleveland, TN and a sister, Mrs. J.A. (Callie) Carroll of Knowville, TN. Survivors include son, T.J. Shoun, Mountain City, daughters, Caroline Shoun Burkey, Knoxville, TN; Jane Ann Shoun McGee, Starr, SC and sister, Mrs. Carl S. (Lucy) Sharp, Knoxville, TN. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park.
GENTRY, 63, Mountain City. Native of Newport, TN, son of late Russell Fred and Ruth Cummingham Gentry. Preceded in death by brothers, Jackie Gentry, Russell Gentry and Lester Gentry. Survivors include: sisters, Margaret Spivey, Mountain City, Della Campbell and Virgie Gentry, both of Laurel Bloomery, TN and Carolyn Bishop, Lenoir, NC. Interment: Gentry Cemetery.
LUNDY, Mary Marie, 94, Mountain City, February 16, 1998. Born February 17, 1903 in Panther, W.VA, daughter of David Lazarus and Lura Jane Banton. Married Isaac Lee Lundy in 1935. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park, Mountain City, TN.
ICENHOUR, Joseph Grady, 100. Born in Grantin, VA, son of John Arthur Icenhour and Catherine Elizabeth Moretz Icenhour, At the age of 3 months his parents returned to the family home in Meat Camp, NC. In 1905 the family moved to Johnson Co., TN. June 10, 1926, Grady married Mary Pauline Dunn. She died in 1987. Survivors include daughters, Ruth Hawkins and Sue Pleasant, of Mountain City, Mary Mery, Louisville, KY; Betty Leonard, Salisbury, NC; Becky Dyson, Greer, SC and sons, George Icenhour and John Icenhour, of Mountain City; brothers, David Icenhour, Haskel Icenhour and James Icenhour, of Bristol, VA. Interment: Shouns Methodist Church Cemetery, Johnson Co., TN
BOYLE, 65, West Chester, PA, January 7, 1998. Widow of Thomas E. Boyle, daughter of late Kenneth D. Shoun and Nina M. (Goodwin) Shoun from Tennessee. Preceded in death by brother Jack Shoun.
POWERS, Winnie A., 78, Konnarock, VA, February 13, 1998. Native of Boone, NC. Interment: Azen Cemetery, Konnarock, VA.
CORNETT, Sally, 84, Mountain City, February 17, 1998. Native of Washington Co., VA, daughter of late William Frank and Cora Michael Cornett. Survivors include sister: Mary A. Williams, Richmond, VA. Entombment: Sunset Mausoleum of Love.

February 11, 1998 issue

HENSLEY, 72, Mountain City, February 4, 1998. Native of Johnson County, son of late J.T. and Ida Fenner Hensley. Survivors include wife, Mary Brooks Hensley, brothers, HY. Hensley, Bristol, TN; Thomas Hensley, Shady Valley, TN; Roger and Jimmy Hensley, both of Mountain City; sisters: Helen Smith, Mountain City,; Willa Adams Adams and Ethel Trivett, both of Blountsville. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park.
CORNETT, Harold F., Sr., 69, Mountain City, February 5, 1998. Native of Johnson County, son of late Wade and Lacey Fenner Cornett. Preceded in death by brother, Cecil Cornett. Survivors include wife, Mary L. Cornett and brother Kenneth Cornett, Mountain City. Interment: Cress Cemetery.
SMITH, Walter Ray, 96, Butler, February 3, 1998. Native of Johnson County, son of late James Grayson and Mary Ettie Arnold Smith. Preceded in death by two brothers and three sisters. Survivors include wife, Ruby Reece Smithand brother Harry Smith, Elizabethton. Entombment: Mausoleum of Peace, Happy Valley Memorial Park.
MAST, Irma Lee Bumbardner, 78, Trade, TN, February 5, 1998. Native of Johnson County, daughter of late Grant M. and Holly E. Wilson Bumgardner. Preceded in death by husband, Hoy L. Mast. Survivors include brother, Edgar Bumgardner, Mountain City. Interment: Arnold Cemetery.
TUGMAN, William M., Sr., 83, Johnson Co., TN. Native of Watauga Co., NC, son of late Thomas J. and Essie Jackson Tugman. Preceded in death by wife, Goldie Marie and brother, Wade Tugman. Survivors include brothers, Glen Tugman, Boone, NC and Ben Tugman, Winston-Salem, NC and sisters: Mary Moody, Boone, NC; Ruth Watson, Ferguson, NC; Carrie Canter, Winston-Salem, NC and Peggy Arcy, Roanoke, VA and his mother-in-law, Lettie VanHuss of Abingdon, VA. Interment: Acre Field Cemetery, Laurel Bloomery.
MABRY, Lucile J., Johnson City, TN., formerly of Mountain City and Shady Valley, February 8, 1998. Native of Mississippi and had made her home in Johnson County for many years prior to moving to Johnson City. Daughter of late George and Lillie Phillips Jackson. She and her husband Hatley T. Mabry recently celebrated 66 years of marriage. Survivors include husband, Hatley T. Mabry, Johnson City; sisters, Christine Chancey, Tipelo, Mississippi; Ruth Kraft, Sun City, Arizona. Interment: Glen Wood Cemetery, Bristol, TN.
BROOKS, Blanche, 98, Mountain City, February 10, 1998. Native of Watauga Co., NC, daughter of late G.G. and Zola Baker Watson. Preceded in death by husband, Eck Brooks in 1989, also son, Ralph Brooks in 1992 and daughter Frances May Brooks in 1997. Survivors include sisters, Ida Hollander, Monrovia, CA and Mrs. Frank (Pauline) Blevins, , Salem, VA and brother, Rev. Worth Watson, North Tazewell, VA. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park.
ARNOLD, Curtis A., 72, Oxford, PA, January 24, 1998. Born in Johnson City, TN, son of late Joseph Arnold and Jennie Sammons Arold. Resident of Oxford, PA for 25 years. receded in death by brother, Dennis Arnold. Survivors include: wife, Mary Phillippi Arnold and sisters, Louise Perdue, Kennett Square, PA and Mary Hicks, Bristol, TN. Interment: Union Hill Cemetery, Kennett Square, PA.
MANUEL, Margaret E. Henderson, Damascus, VA., February 8, 1998. Lifelong resident of Damascus, VA, daughter of late Charlie and Lessie Hamm Henderson. Preceded in death by husband, Coy W. Manuel and daughter Plyllis M. Blevins. Survivors include, sisters, Mrs. Robert (Ruby) Cooper and Virginia Plummer, both of Damascus, VA; Nancy Eggers, Cleveland, Ohio and brother Paul Henderson, Damascus, VA. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park, Damascus, VA.
OWENS, Amilee Wren, 73, Damascus. VA, February 7, 1998. Native of Miami, FL. Survivors include husband, Robert F. Owens, sisters, Charlotte Girard, Gainesville, FL; Lillian Swicord, Macon, GA, and Mildres Williams, Osteen, FL. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park, Damascus, VA.
MOREFIELD, Richard Carson, 78, Mountain City, February 10, 1998. Native of Rhoda, VA, son of late Charlie and Relda Gentry Morefield. Survivors include wife, Wanda M. Morefield; brother Dallas Morefield, Mountain City and sister Ruby Danner, Mountain City. Interment: Phillippi Cemetery.

February 4, 1998 issue

BLEVINS, Deurant, 98, Mountain City, February 1, 1998. Native of Johnson County, son of late Joseph Grant and Liza C. Dugger Blevins. Preceded in death by brothers, Charlie, Robert, Dave, Crate, Jade and Frank Blevins, also sister Winnie A. Blevins. Interment: Crosswhite Cemetery.
TESTER, Eula L., 72, Mountain City, January 29, 1998. Native of Johnson County, daughter of late Charlie and Naomi McQueen Morley. Preceded in death by husband, Coolidge Tester in 1989 and brother, Dana Morley, D.C. Morley and Jimmy Morley. Survivors include sisters, Gladys Stout, Callie Greenwell and Dorthy Whitson, all of Elizabethton, TN and Mary Young, Kingsport, TN. Interment: Sugar Grove Cemetery.
HOLMAN, 88, Mountain City, January 28, 1998. Native of Ashe Co., NC, daughter of late Benjamin and Minnie Miller Brown. Preceded in death by husband, Clifford Holman. Survivors include: half-brother, Austin Brown, Warrensville, NC and half-sister, Beulah Keys, Creston, NC.
PROFITT, Lee, 74, Chesapeake, VA. Native of Watauga County, NC, January 27, 1998. Preceded in death by brothers, Fred and Howard Proffitt and sisters, Lucille Proffit and an infant. He was born August 7, 1923 in Watauga Co., NC, son of late James Blaine and Wilma Lawrence Proffitt. Survivors include wife, Barbara Farthing Proffit, sister, Mary Wilson of Vilas, NC and brothers, Jack Proffitt of Johnson City, TN and Tom Proffitt of Mountain City. Interment: Cove Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Watauga Co., NC.
SHOUN, Jr., Arthur "Sonny", 72, Butler, January 27, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of late Arthur Shoun, Sr. and Grave Kyte Shoun. Preceded in death by a brother and two sisters. Survivors include wife, Georgia Lewis Shoun, sister Mary Nutter, Chawsville, VA and brothers George Shoun, Butler and John Shoun, Bunkie, Louisiana. Interment: Butler Memorial Cemetery.

January 28, 1998 issue

ELLIS, Martha L., 87, Mountain City, January 23, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., daughter of late Carl and Myrtle Jennings Roark. Preceded in death by husband, Walter U. Ellis, September 29, 1983. Interment: Wilson Cemetery, Forge Creek.
WALSH, Lucille, 70, Mountain City, January 21, 1998. Native of Johnson County and daughter of the late Jess and Emma Payne Arnold. Preceded in death by husband, William Frank Walsh in 1993. Survivors include brothers, Ray and Herman Arnold, both of Mountain City, sisters: Leller Hammons, Opal and Nine Tedder, of Mountain City and Osha Norris of Newark, Delaware. Interment: Rainbow Cemetery..
REID, Russell Homer, 74, Chilhowie, VA January 8, 1998. Native of Laurel Bloomery, Johnson Co., TN. Son of late Noah Henley and Ida Fritts Reid. Also preceded in death by brothers, Frank and Fred Reid. Survivors include wife, Julia "Judy" Reid and brother Heird Reid of Mountain City. Interment: Lebanon Cemetery, Chilhowie, VA.
HUMPHREY, 65, Mountain City, January 21, 1998. Native of Carter Co., TN, daughter of late Lee Roy Humphrey and Anna Snyder of Mountain Tiey. Survivors include her mother, Anna Snyder, Mountain City, sister, Bettie J. Roberts, Mountain City. Interment: Happy Valley Memorial Park, Elizabethton, TN.
MITCHELL, Frankie, 91, Mountain City, January 22, 1998. No known survivors.
HORNE, Mollie M., 85, Mountain City, January 24, 1998. Native of Johnson County, daughter of John and Alice Rambo Heaton. Prceded in death by husband, John Horne in 1966. Survivors include step-brother, Will Walsh, Mountain City. Interment: Phillippi Cemetery.
ROSENBAUM, Harry G., 76, Damascus, VA, January 22, 1998. Lifelong resident of Washington Co., VA. Survivors include sister, Mary V. Ashley, Cincinnati, Ohio. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park, Damascus, VA.

January 21, 1998 issue

SNYDER, Lona Belle, 96, Mountain City, January 16, 1998. Native of Ashe Co., NC, daughter of late John and Tishia Martin and preceded in death by husband, James Hamilton "Ham" Snyder in 1980. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park.
SHUEY, Rhoda T., 91, Mountain City. Native of Avery Co., NC, daughter of Herbert S. and Matilda Burton Tucker. Survivors include: brothers, Troy Tucker, Elbert Tucker, Warren Tucker and Ellis Tucker; sisters, Louise T. Pleasant and Florence Tucker.
WILSON, Grace Elizabeth Donnelly, 81, Trade, TN., January 14, 1998. Native of the Sutherland Community, Ashe Co., NC, daughter of late Bruce and Torrence Wilson Donnelly. Survivors include, brothers, Raymond Donnelly, Zionville, NC, Joe Donnelly, Sutherland, NC; sisters, Virginia Lewis, Creston, NC; Ruth Duncan, Sutherland, NC; Anna Belle Ragan, Trade, TN and Margaret Wallace, Zionville, NC. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park, Mountain City.
ANDERSON, George Wilson, 76, North Wilkesboro, NC., January 17, 1998. Native of Wilkes Co., NC, son of late Cleave and Eliza Jane Keller Anderson. Preceded in death by brother, Willard Anderson and sister, Lula Mae Barnette. Interment: Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.
LIPFORD, Coy Wayne, 64, Mountain City, January 16, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., son of Nell Lipford and late Estel Lipford. Preceded in death by father and brother, Harold Lipford. Survivors include wife, Shirley Reece Lipford, brothers, Blaine Lipford, Trade, TN; Billy Lipford, Mountain City, TN; sisters, Lucille Johnson, Jessie Caldwell, Carlene Courtner and Mary Dunn, all of Mountain City. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park, Johnson Co., TN.
TESTER, Carrie R., 79, Mountain City, January 17, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., daughter of late J.M. and Virgie Tester. Preceded in death by brothers, Joe C. Tester and Clay Tester and by sisters, Maude Tester, Vennie Brown and Bertie Proffitt. Survivors include brother, Clyde Tester, Mountain City and sister Gail Tester, Mountain. Interment: Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
PIERCE, Maude Morley, 96, Mountain City, January 15, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of late Thomas B. and Tishia Lowe Morley. Preceded in death by husband, Joe W. Pierce, son Edwin Ray Pierce, daughters, Sandra Kay and June Pierce Shun and seven sisters and six brothers. Interment: Morley Cemetery, Johnson Co., TN.
FOCHT, Marion Hazel, 82, Mountain City, January 5, 1998. Native of Pottstown, PA. Daughter of late Ernest and Mabel Fryer Drum and preceded in death by husband, Harvey William Focht in 1998. Interment: Pottstown, PA.

January 14, 1998 issue

DAVIS, Grace Florence, 82, Wishkah Valley, WA, December 30, 1997. Born February 26, 1915 in Johnson Co., TN to Isaac and Susan (Hand) Neely. Widow of Elmer Davis who died in 1980. Preceded in death by parents and four brothers and four sisters. Survivors include: sisters, Faye Brinkley and Nell Jenkins, both of Snady Valley, TN and Blanche Hand, Sutherland, TN. Interment: St. John's Cemetery, Wishkah Valley.
COLDIRON, Bonnie Mae, 95, Bristol, VA, January 8, 1998. Native of Whitetop, VA. Widow of Levi Coldiron. Survivors include sisters, Lillian OPachey and Levon Sheldon, both of Bluefield, WVA and Bertha Foley of Toledo, Ohio. Interment: Farmer Church Cemetery.
LOWE, James Art, 69, Mountain City, TN, January 12, 1998. Native of Welch, W.VA, son of the late James Dutch and Sula Johnston Lowe. Survivors include wife, Lory Jackie Fenner Lowe, brother Buck Lowe, Myrtle Beach, SC and sister, Ruth Corder, Oakland, MD.
COMBS, Paul W., Sr., 71, Mountain City, TN. Formerly of West Grove, PA, January 12, 1998. Son of the late Manuel and McCloria Parsons Combs. Preceded in death by brother, Henry Combs and sister, Mary Asberry. Survivors include: wife, Ella May Reece Combs, brother, Robert Combs, Avondale, PA and sisters, Margaret Mosier, Kirkwood, PA; Irene Mosier, Kembersville, PA; Imma Jean Swift, Mountain City; Melissa Michael, Avondale, PA and Josephene Davis, Swsanson, SC. Interment: Reece Memorial Cemetery.

January 7, 1998 issue

PORTER, William Charles "Bud", 65, of Trade, TN, January 3, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of late J.A. Porter. Survivors include his mother, Carolee Porter of Trade, TN, brothers, Dallas Porter, Mountain City, TN; Alden, Edward and Bill Porter, all of Trade, TN; Harry Porter of Ellenwood, GA; sisters, Helen Shull, Hudson, NC; Phyllis Pennington, Mountain City, TN; Kay Isaacs, Lenoir, NC; Caroline Haralson, Woodstock, GA and Nancy Price, Lenoir, NC. Interment: Arnold Cemetery, Trade, TN.
WILCOX, William Taft, 89, of Mountain City, TN, January 5, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of late Joseph and Bova Dunn Wilcox. Preceded in death by first wife, Selma Warren Wilcox. Survivors include wife, Bertha Arnold Wilcox, Interment: Johnson Cemetery.
GREER, Bertie Gentry, 90, of Abingdon, VA, December 28, 1997. Native of Taylors Valley, Washington Co., VA. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park, Damascus, VA.
WIDNER, Mildred Cole, 84, Glade Spring, VA, December 17, 1997. Native of Abingdon, VA, daughter of late Newton Fitzhugh and Martha Bishop Widener. Preceded in death by 5 brothers and two sisters. Interment: Bishop-Rush Creek Cemetery.
BROWN, Sr., James Dailey, 63 of Demascus, VA, December 30, 1997. Native of Washington Co., VA, son of late Joseph Howard and Annie Debusk Brown. Survivors include sister, Lillian Rouse, Glade Spring, VA. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park.
HALL, Ethel M., 85 of Mountain City, TN, January 5, 1998. Native of Michigan, daughter of late Franklin Benjamin Hellem who died in 1957 and Alta Grace Cottrell, who died in 1953. Preceded in death by brothers, Floyd, Fay, Donald and Kenneth Hellem and sister Velma Eileen Filter. Interment: Rock Creek Cemetery, Republic, OH.

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