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Johnson Co., TN Obituaries

Obituaries from "The Tomahawk"

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

October 7, 1998

NEATHERLY, John Worley, 73, Johnson City, October 2, 1998. Johnson Co., TN native son of John Albert and Mary Grace Morefield Neatherly. Survivors include his wife, Mary Lou Hodge Neatherly. Entombment: Tri-Cities Memory Gardens Mausoleum.
STRANBERG, James A., 69, Kingsport, TN, September 29, 1998. Born in Jamestown, NY and grew up in Mountain City. Preceded in death by his parents, Rinhold M. and Velma S. Stranberg. survivors include his wife, Carolyn Coleman Stranberg, sister, Nancy Garland, Elizabethton, TN and Norman Stranberg, Ft. Worth, TX. Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Sullivan Co., TN.
JONES, Lowery Dale, 74, Mountain City, TN, October 4, 1998. Native of Johnson County, son of the late Robert and Lillie Bell Smith Jones. Survivors include sister, Nell Bryant, Kennett Square, PA. Interment: Scott-Woods Cemetery, Shady Valley, TN.
MILAN-ELLIOTT, Ilene, 76, Elizabethton, TN, October 5, 1998. She was born in Johnson Co., TN on September 15, 1912 and a lifelong resident of Carter Co., TN. Preceded in death by husband, Alex, April 25, 1981 and parents T.A. and May Ray Milam. Survivors include sisters, Ruth Rouse, Sue Forbes and Pauline McJunkin, all of Elizabethton and brother Charlie Milam also of Elizabethgon. Interment: Happy Valley Memorial Park.
GRIFFIN, Mary M., 81, Meadowview VA, October 1, 1998. Native of Washington Co., VA. Widow of Landon F. GriffiTEAGALL, Edgar J., 93, Shady Valley, TN, September 24, 1998. Lifelong resident of Johnson Co., TN. Burial: Blevins Cemetery, Shady Valley, TN.
MOCK, Ruth Grimes, 84, Mountain City, TN, September 30, 1998. Native of Boone, NC, daughter of the late John and Cora Hagler Grimes. Preceded in death by husband, Terrill Mock and six sisters and three brothers. Survivors include sisters, Birginia Hayes, Katherine Folk and Rachel Wittington all of Boone, NC. Interment: Holy Hill Cemetery.

September 30, 1998 issue

OSBORNE, Joseph Glenn, 79, Mountain City, September 22, 1998. Native of Ashe Co., NC, son of the late Fieldon and Minnie Vanover Osborne. Preceded in death by two brothers, Clyde and Bill Osborne. Survivors include wife, Marie W. Osborne, three sisters, Gladys Patric and Martha Johnson, both of Creston, NC; Norma Owens, Mountain City, TN; three brothers, Ernest Osborne and Dale Osborne, both of Creston, NC; Clay Osborne, Mountain City, TN. Burial: Rainbow Cemetery, Johnson Co., TN.
STEAGALL, Edgar J., 93, Shady Valley, TN, September 24, 1998. Lifelong resident of Johnson Co., TN. Burial: Blevins Cemetery, Shady Valley, TN.
STOUT, Mae Louise Grindstaff, 89, Elizabethton, TN. Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of the late Samuel and Cynthia Louise Lowe Grindstaff. Preceded in death by her husband, Carl C. Stout, June 13, 193 and two brothers and one sister. Interment: Happy Valley Memorial Park.
SMITH, Ruby R., 81, Butler, TN, September 28, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of the late Joseph Harv and Salva Dora Potter Reece. Preceded in death by husband, Walter Ray Smith, February 3, 1998 and by six sisters and two brothers. Survivors include sister, Kate Reagan, Johnson City, TN. Entombment: Happy Valley Memorial Park.
ARNOLD, J.D., 76, Johnson City, TN, September 28, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of Bell Proffitt Mayberry of Lenoir, NC and the late Garfield Arnold. Survivors include his mother, wife, Lillie Kitmore Arnold, step-mother, Elsie Barr of Mountain City; one sister, Mary Vee McFarland of Mountain City. Burial: Snyders Memorial Gardens.
ICENHOUR, Ruth E., 74, Mountain City, TN, September 28, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of the late Dave Woodard and Danford Powell Rudell. Preceded in death by three brothers, Fred, Roby and Kenneth Joe Woodard. Survivors include husband, Luther Icenhour, Mountain City; two half-sisters, June Williams, Mountain City; Ann Hazlett, Fayettsville, NC; five half-brothers, John Woodard, Knowville, TN; Albert Boss Woodard, Donalds, SC; Baxter Woodard, Rutherfordton, NC; Bill Woodard, Mountain City, TN. Interment: Phillippi Cemetery.

September 23, 1998 issue

STOLTZFUS, Rev. Aquila E., 85, Lititz, PA, formerly of Creston, NC and Arglen, PA., September 22, 1998. Born in Buena, Vista, PA, son of the late Rufus and Matilda Blank Stoltzfus. Husband of the late Mary Yoder Stoltzfus, who died in 1995 and the late Elsie Kauffman Stoltzfus, who died in 1941. Interment: Millwood Mennonite Cemetery, Gap, Pennsylvania.
BOWMAN, Sergia R., 83, Butler, TN, September 21, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of the late Tom T. and Mollie Moody Bowman. Preceded in death by brother Darcy Bowman and sister, Sudie Russell. Survivors include four brothers; Dennis Bowman, Mountain City, TN Dalton Bowman, Butler, TN, Ernest Bowman and Junior Bowman, both of Flint, Michigan and sister, Georgia Bowman, Butler. Interment: Bowman Family Cemetery, Butler, TN.
SHERWOOD, Ruth Presnell, 81, Vilas, North Carolina, September 14, 1998. Born October 16, 1916 in Watauga Co., NC, daughter of Leonard and Minnie Oliver Presnell. Preceded in death by her husband, John Banner Sherwood. Survivors include brother, Bynum Presnell, Zionville, NC and sisters Jane Watson, Suffolk, VA; Reatha Poore, Graham and Helen Parlier, Vilas, NC. Interment: Cove Creek Baptist Church.
BISHOP, Millard F., 96, Shady Valley, TN, September 17, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of the late Robert L. and Martha Nichols Bishop. Survivors include wife, Goldie Rambo Bishop. Burial: Blevins Cemetery.
WILCOX, Ardren James, 85, Boone, NC, September 17, 1998. Born February 3, 1913, Todd, Watauga Co., NC, son of the late Carl and Roseallie Phillips Wilcox. Preceded in death by his wife, Floy Norris Wilcox, sisters, Mary Winkler, Annie Eller, Winnie Wilcox, Pansy Wilcox and Mattilene Wilcox and brother Lester Wilcox. Survivors include brothers, Stuart Wilcox of Boone, NC; Herman Wilcox, Hickory, NC; Rev. Earl Wilcox of Hudson and Conley Wilcox of Boone, NC and sisters Jennie Taylor, Zionville, NC and Minnie Phillips of Hickory, NC. Burial: Mount Lawn Memorial Park & Gardens.
WILSON, 76, Trade, TN, September 18, 1998. Native of Trade, TN, daughter of the late Frank and Rosa Thomas Bumgardner. Preceded in death by husband, Fred Wilson in 1995 and by sisters, Pearl Gnitting, Georgia Warren and Madge Price. Survivors include sisters, Ella Carrier and Geneva Wilson, both of Bristol, TN; Bertha Tester and Ruth Cornett, both of Zionville, NC and Wilma Richardson of San Antonio, TX. Interment: Trade Methodist Church Cemetery.
WIDNER, Mildred earlene, 74, Taylors Valley, VA, September 18, 1998. Native of Washington Co., VA. Survivors include her husband, Willis Widener, sister Liola Greer of Glen Burnie, MD and brother, Roy Gentry, Damascus, VA. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park.
WHITE, Juanita (Rusty) Mildred, 87, Abingdon, VA, September 19, 1998. Preceded in death by her husband, John J. White, Jr. Burial: Forest Hills Memory Gardens in Abingdon, VA.

September 16, 1998 issue

GREGG, Myrtle F., 90, Mountain City, TN, September 8, 1998. Native of Cove Creek, NC, daughter of the late David Warren and Addie Ward Warren. Preceded in death by husband, Laeson S. Gregg, brothers, Joe, Marvin and Charles Gregg and sister Vertie Tester. Burial: Sugar Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.
WALLACE, Nell, 84, Trade, TN, August 28, 1998. Daughter of the late Marvin and Jane Arnold Wallace. Preceded in death by one sister and three brothers. Survivors include two sisters, Ruth Snyder and Mrs. R.L. Pearl Wallace and four brothers, Glenn Wallace, Trade, TN, Wade Wallace, Ohio, Ralph Wallace, Mountain City, TN and Bruce Wallace, Zionville, NC.
ALLEN, Andrew "Jack", 70, Eaton, OH. Native of Letcher Co., KY, son of the late William Edgar and Martha Osbourne Allen. Preceded in death by one sister and 2 half-brothers. Survivors include his wife, Betty Wills Allen and brother, Thomas Darrell Allen of Nottingham, PA and one half-brother, Billie Allen of Mountain City, TN. Interment: Phillippi Cemetery.
MAINS, John Spencer "Dick", 87, Mountain City, TN, September 7, 1998. Son of the late Dave Mains and Maggie Hodge Mains. Preceded in death by a brother, William S. Mains. Interment: Stout Cemetery.
SHOUN, Frances N., 84, Mountain City, TN, September 10, 1998. Daughter of the late Gird Shoun and Ninnie Alice Stout Shoun. Preeded in death by brothers, Frank and Paul Shoun and sisters, Blanche Osborne and Rachel Robinson. Survivors include sister, Carrie Murphy, Canton, GA. Interment: Gird Shoun Cemetery.
HILL, Freemon Franklin, Mountain City, TN. Survivors include his wife, Louise Hill. Burial: Goodwin Cemetery.
HALL, Harley, 70, September 15, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of the late Mack and Emma Hammons Hall. Preceded in death by sisters, Lenitha Bumgardner, Waunita Jennings, Ella Mae Church, Susal Hall, Phyliss Woods and India Hall and by brothers Erville Hall and Charles Hall. Survivors include brothers, Boyd Hall, Greensboro, NC and Estel Hall Mountain City, TN and sisters, Ruby Price and Wanda Martin, both of Mountain City. Burial: Hammons Cemetery.
JONES, Louise Walsh, 90, Mountain City, TN, September 13, 1998. Lifelong resident of Mountain City, daughter of James K. Walsh and May Wills Walsh. Preceded in death by husband, Fred and brothers, Ed, Paul, Tom andBill Walsh. Survivors include sister, Irene Walsh Nelson, Hoosick Falls, NY and brothers, Hal Walsh, Dallas, GA, Fred Walsh, Blue Ridge, GA and James Walsh, Myrtle Beach, SC. Burial: the family cemetery on North Churth Street.
McGUIRE, Faye, 67, Taylors Valley, VA, September 7, 1998. Native of Taylors Valley, VA. Survivors include five sisters, Helen Galliher, Estelle Owens, Gaye Bowers, Betty Davidson, all of Taylors Valley, VA and Margaret Blevins, Chilhowie, VA and brothers Russell Ball, Taylors Valley, VA and Edgar Ball, Brooklyn, NY. Burial: Jackson-Lewis Cemetery.
BURCHETTE, Edward Wayne, 75, Bristol, VA, September 9, 1998. Native of Kirkwood, IL and spent most of his live in Washington Co., VA. Preceded in death by brother, Paul Burchette, San Luis Obispo, CA. Survivors include his wife, Mabel Burchette. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park, Damascus, VA.
PENNINGTON, Nannie Alice, 84, Marion, VA, September 11, 1998. Native of Konnarock, VA and the widow of Earl G. Pennington. Interment: Laurel Cemetery, Lonnarock, VA.
CLEAR, Anna Bess Mullins, 87, Mountain City, TN, September 7, 1998. Survivors include husband, Forrest Gene Clear and brother, Winford H. Mullins, Hartsville, SC. Interment: Glenwood Cemetery.
WHITWORTH, Elizabeth "Betty" Patton, 91, Kingsport, TN, September 9, 1998. Born in Wise Co., VA and lived in Kingsport most of her life. Preceded in death by her husband, Presley James "Jack" Whitworth, parents, George Washington and Margaret Dickenson Patton; a sister and three brothers. Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery.
PENNINGTON, Nannie Alice, 84, Marion, VA, September 11, 1998. Native of Konnarock, VA and the widow of Earl G. Pennington. Interment: Laurel Cemetery, Lonnarock, VA.

September 9, 1998 issue

WAGNER, Ronda Allen, 64, Butler, TN, September 3, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of the late Wilbern Wagner, of Butler, TN. Survivors include his wife, Geraldine Dugger, mother Ruby Griffey Wagner; sisters, Shirley Dugger, Durham, NC, Connie Sluder, Elizabethton, TN and brothers, Bob Wagner, Maryland, Jess Lee Wagner, Shady Valley, TN and Billy Joe Wagner, Hickory, NC. Burial: Wagner Cemetery.
LOWE, John R., 75, Mountain City, TN, September 9, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of the late Sherman Lowe and Evelyn Watson Lowe. Preceded in death by his wife, Cleo Jones Lowe. Survivors include brothers, Lionel Lowe and Paul Lowe, both of Mountain City, TN and Rober Lowe of Oxford PA and sisters, Gloria Lowe and Chloe Roberts, both of Mountain City, TN. Burial: Lowe Family Cemetery.
LOWE, Doran E., 91, Mountain City, TN; September 7, 1998. Son of the late Joseph Lowe and Celia Lee Lowe. Preceded in death by sisters, Ettie Wallace, Adgel Absher and Lottie Wilson and brother Dewey Lowe. Survivors include his wife, Julita Lowe. Entonbment: Sunset Mausoleum, Johnson Co., TN.
ATWOOD, Henry Ford, 82, Johnson City, TN, September 6, 1998. Native of Avery Co., NC, son of the late David Farthing and Victoria Reece Atwood. Preceded in death by six brothers, Ron atwood, Rupert Atwood, Halbert Atwood, Wilson Atwood, Ivan Atwood and David Atwood, Jr. Survivors include sisters, Pauline Davis, Knowville, TN; Betty Jones, Johnson City, TN and brother Blake Atwood, Haples, FL. Interment: Happy Valley Memorial Park.
BEBBER, Dewey Lewis, 70, Glade Spring, VA, August 30, 1998. Lifelong resident of Washington Co., VA. Survivors include his wife, Eliza A. Bebber, sisters, Effie Eckards, Conover, NC; Elizabeth Winkler, Rosie Yoder and Betty Milhorn, all of Hickory, NC. Burial: Rush Creek Cemetery.
MORGAN, Myrtle Lowe, 89, Damascus, VA, September 1, 1998. Native of Shady Valley, TN. Preceded in death by her husband, Robert Lee Morgan.
CABLE, Oda, 86, Butler, TN, Ausgust 25, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of the late J.P. and Ida Dugger Cable. Preceded in death by a sister, Marie Cable and two brothers, George and Howard Cable. Survivors include sister, Margie Bunton, Flint, Michigan. Interment: Crosswhite Cemetery, Butler.
FURCHES, John Albert, 86, Mountain City, TN., August 27, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of the late Alexander and Kelly Osborne Furchess. Preceded in death by wife, Annie May Furchess. Burial: Rainbow Cemetery.
GOODWIN, Alva Dennis, 86, Elizabethton, TN, August 27, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of the late Samuel Allen and Nora Loyd Goodwin. Preceded in death by wife, Ella Mae Nave Goodwin; sister, Nina Shoun and brothers, Joe, Edward and Rhodr Goodwin. Survivors include sisters, Ruth Lowe, Elizabethton, TN and Ruby May, Smyrna, DE. Interment: Shown Goodwin Cemetery.
PERSHING, Rosemary, 82, Mountain City, TN, August 26, 1998. Native of Sand Ford, West Virginia. Daughter of the late J.G. and Bertha Cottrill Hudnell and preceded in death by a brother, Bill Hudnell. Survivors include sisters, Maxine Beckett, Winter Garden, FL and Jorene McGilvery, Cherry Chase, MD. Burial: Donnelly Cemetery.
W ALLACE, Nell, 84, Trade, TN, August 28, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of the late Marvin and Jane Arnold Wallace. Survivors include brothers Glen Wallaced, Trade, TN, Wade Wallace, Ohio, Ralph Wallace, Mountain City, TN and Bruce Wallace, Zionville, NC. Interment: Wallace Family Cemetery.
CODDINGTON, Kenneth H., 90, Mountain City, TN. Native of Peakville, NY, son of the late Clarence and Iva Babcock Coddington. Survivors include his wife Viola Coddington, Mountain City, TN.

September 2, 1998 issue

CABLE, Oda, 86, Butler, TN, Ausgust 25, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of the late J.P. and Ida Dugger Cable. Preceded in death by a sister, Marie Cable and two brothers, George and Howard Cable. Survivors include sister, Margie Bunton, Flint, Michigan. Interment: Crosswhite Cemetery, Butler.
FURCHES, John Albert, 86, Mountain City, TN., August 27, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of the late Alexander and Kelly Osborne Furchess. Preceded in death by wife, Annie May Furchess. Burial: Rainbow Cemetery.
GOODWIN, Alva Dennis, 86, Elizabethton, TN, August 27, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of the late Samuel Allen and Nora Loyd Goodwin. Preceded in death by wife, Ella Mae Nave Goodwin; sister, Nina Shoun and brothers, Joe, Edward and Rhodr Goodwin. Survivors include sisters, Ruth Lowe, Elizabethton, TN and Ruby May, Smyrna, DE. Interment: Shown Goodwin Cemetery.
PERSHING, Rosemary, 82, Mountain City, TN, August 26, 1998. Native of Sand Ford, West Virginia. Daughter of the late J.G. and Bertha Cottrill Hudnell and preceded in death by a brother, Bill Hudnell. Survivors include sisters, Maxine Beckett, Winter Garden, FL and Jorene McGilvery, Cherry Chase, MD. Burial: Donnelly Cemetery.
W ALLACE, Nell, 84, Trade, TN, August 28, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of the late Marvin and Jane Arnold Wallace. Survivors include brothers Glen Wallaced, Trade, TN, Wade Wallace, Ohio, Ralph Wallace, Mountain City, TN and Bruce Wallace, Zionville, NC. Interment: Wallace Family Cemetery.
CODDINGTON, Kenneth H., 90, Mountain City, TN. Native of Peakville, NY, son of the late Clarence and Iva Babcock Coddington. Survivors include his wife Viola Coddington, Mountain City, TN.

August 26, 1998 issue

DANNER, Ruby L., 75, Mountain City, TN, August 22, 1998. Native of Carter Co., TN, daughter of the late Charlie and Relda Gentry Morefield. Preceded in death by husband, Ronnie J. Danner, January 15, 1996 and by sister, Virgie Forrester and brothers, Emmett, Carson and Oscar Morefield. Survivors include brother Dallas Morefield, Mountain City, TN. Burial: Wilson Cemetery.
HURLEY, Majorie Irene, Martinez, GA, August 22, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of the late Roy and May Phillippi. Preceded in death by husband, Harry Jack Hurley. Survivors include sisters, Della Reece, Mountin City, TN; Hazel Williams, Elizabethton, TN; Peggy Sisler, West Minister, MD; Edith Thompson, Landenburg, PA; Frances McEwen, Parkesburg, PA and Mary Arnold, Oxford, PA. Burial: Phillippi Cemetery, Johnson Co., TN.
STOUT, 76, Mountain City, TN, August 19, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of the late Bill and Ann Powell Potter. Preceded in death by sisters, Ruby Rose Stout and Dessiree Stevens. Survivors inclued husband, Bob S. Stout and sister Doris Jenkins, Mountain City, TN. Burial: Rock Springs Church Cemetery.
TRIPLETT, Glasco G., 73, Mountain City, August 21, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of the late William and Edna Shoemaker Triplett. Survivors include his wife, Helen Lowe Triplett and brother Turner Triplett of Johnson City, TN and sister Mildred Lunceford, Elizabethton, TN. Interment: Reece Memorial Cemetery, Liberty Church Rd., Mountain City, TN.
CHANDLER, 85, Abington, VA, August 20, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN. Widow of Herman Chang\dler. Survivors include, sister Dorothy Wiggans, Manheim, PA. Burial: Mock Cemetery, Damascus, VA.

August 19, 1998 issue

PHILLIPS, R.V., 80, Mountain City, TN, August 17, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of the late Lee and Sally South Phillips. Preceded in death by three brothers and one sister. Survivors include one brother, Tyler Phillips, Toughkenamon, Pennsylvania and two sisters, Lucy Dyson and Purdie Parsons, both of Mountain City, TN. Interment: Donnelly Cemetery.
TESTER, Ercel Wolfe, 86, Mountain City, TN August 14, 1998. Nastive of Johnson County, daughter of the late Robert and Margaret Greer Bunton. Preceded in death by hustands Ode Wolfe in 1870 and Rev. Earl Tester in 1996, also by a son, Joseph Ross Wolfe in 1980 and three brothers and two sisters. Survivors include sisters, Margaret Triplett of Butler, TN and Fannie Baker of Atlanta, GA and brother Tom Bunton of Butler, TN. Interment: Dry Hill Cemetery.
GRINDSTAFF, Joyce Elaine, 82, Elizabethton, TN, August 15, 1998. Native of Sullivan Co., TN, daughter of the late Stanley M. and Cleo Mills Simcox, Sr. Preceded in death by her husband D.Ray Grindstaff, August 5, 1996 and a brother, Stanley M. Simcox, Jr. Survivors include a brother, Laverne Simcox of Kingsport, TN and sister, Mary Lee Stout, Butler, TN. Interment: Rock Springs Baptist Church, Johnson Co., TN.
BLEVINS, 89, Meadowview, VA, August 12, 1998. Life long resident of Washington Co., VA and widow of Thomas Fred Blevins. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park, Washington Co., VA.
BROWN, Martha Turner, 68, Damascus, VA, August 15, 1998. Native os Sommerset, KY. Survivors include sister Mae Jasper, Sommerset, KY and brothers, Grady Turner, Robert Turner and Ed Turner, all of Sommerset, KY. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park, Washington Co., VA.
BROWN, Elsie Constance French, 71, Damascus, VA, August 12, 1998. Native of Superior, West Virginia. Survivors include her husband, Walter Q. Brown. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park, Damascus, VA.
EASTRIDGE, Lottie D., Mountain City, TN, August 17, 1998. Native of Ashe Co., NC, daughter of the late Jerry Wilson Ostorne and Maggie Jones Osborne. Preceded in death by husband, Oscar McKinley Eastridge and two sisters and four brothers. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park, Johnson Co., TN.

August 12, 1998 issue

MILLER, J. Wade, 85, Mountain City, TN, August 4, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of the late D.E. and Bessie Woods Miller. Preceded in death by his wife, Annie Boone Miller, August 27, 1994 and brothers Earl Miller and D.E. Miller, Jr. and sister Ruth Hicks. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park, Johnson Co.,TN.
WHALEY, Billy James, 75, Elizabethton, TN, August 7, 1998. Native of Johnson County, son of late Dana and Lizzie Whaley. Preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Helen Fenner Whaley, November 1993. Survivors include three brothers and two sisters. Burial: Happy Valley Memorial Park, Elizabethton, TN.
GRINDSTAFF, William Dana, 69, Butler, TN, August 8, 1998. Native of Johnson County, son of the late Roby and Hanna Stout Grindstaff. Survivors include wife, Ruby Brewer Grindstaff, sisters, Jewell Burgan, Johnson City, TN and Evadne Goodwin, Elizabethton, TN. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park, Mountain City, TN.
RAFUSE, Norma J., 75, Mountain City, August 5, 1998. native of Revere, Massachusetts, daughter of the late Fredrick and Winifred Cutting Vantassell. Survivors include her husband, Avery Rafuse, Mountain City, TN.

August 4, 1998 issue

GUY, Gurney R., 83, Mountain City, TN, August 2, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of the late Onnie and Sally Eggers Guy. Preceded he death by his wife, Pauline Dyson Guy, October 6, 1996. Survivors include, sisters, Hazel Greene and Bessie Taylor, both of Mountain City; sophia Cornett, Rockville, MD and brother Ernest Guy, Rockville, MD. Burial: Donnelly Cemetery, Johnson Co., TN.

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