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Garfield Morelock, 75, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT - Garfield Morelock, 75, of 6029 Lone Star Road, went home to be with the Lord Wednesday morning (March 31, 2004) at Church Hill Healthcare & Rehab.
He was born in Hawkins County but had spent the majority of his life in Sullivan County. Garfield retired from the Tennessee State Forestry Division in 1992 with over 25 years of service.
Prior to his retirement, he served as a forester and fire fighter, both locally and as far west as the Rocky Mountains. He is fondly remembered by his family as a kind, gentle man who enjoyed the simple pleasures of life such as gardening, whittling, and visiting with neighbors. His greatest pleasure, however, was spending time with his grandchildren.
Mr. Morelock was a member of Mount Carmel Freewill Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Jo Conkin Morelock; his parents, James Flora and Mae Light Morelock; three sisters, Leeora Morelock, Delorse Morelock Dykes and Frances Morelock Overbay; also a brother, James Tramel Morelock.
Surviving are his children, Jenella Oliver and her husband Jimmy, Chris Morelock and his wife Debbie, both of Kingsport, Mike Morelock and his wife Sheila, Mount Carmel; five grandchildren, Ryan Bernard, Erin Morelock, Brooks Morelock, Jordan Morelock and Dylan Morelock; four sisters, Trula Mullenix, Wanda Morelock, Lucille Martin, all of Rogersville, and Lynn Smith, Kingsport; special sister-in-law, Anna Mae Morelock, Kingsport; special caregiver, Bernice Compton, Kingsport; special roommate and friend, Hobart Morelock; along with several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours are from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Carter-Trent Funeral Home of Church Hill.
Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday by the Rev. Orville Dolen and the Rev. Keith Williams at Mount Carmel Freewill Baptist Church.
The body will lie in state one hour prior to the service.
Burial will follow at Mount Carmel Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery.
Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Mount Carmel Freewill Baptist Church cemetery Fund, c/o Anna Mae Morelock, 7500 Lone Star Road, Kingsport, Tenn. 37660.
Carter-Trent Funeral Home of Church Hill is serving the family of Garfield Morelock.
Grace Osborne, 84, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT - Committal services and burial for Grace Jessee Osborne, 84, who passed away Monday evening (March 29, 2004), will be conducted at 11 a.m. today in the Temple Hill Memorial Park in Castlewood, Va. Those attending should meet at the cemetery.
Combs Funeral Service in Lebanon, Va., is serving the family of Mrs. Osborne.
John Patterson, 75, Kingsport
KINGSPORT - John Patterson, 75, died Monday (March 29, 2004) at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center Emergency Room of an apparent heart attack.
Born in Hawkins County, he had spent most of his life in Sullivan County. He was employed at Kingsport Milling Company and later was self-employed. He loved his garden and fishing. He also loved and enjoyed his children and grandchildren.
He was a member of Emory United Methodist Church.
John and Edith would have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 26 of this year.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James A. and Julia Patterson; a brother, Mack Patterson; and a daughter-in-law, Sharon D. Patterson.
Surviving are his wife, Edith Patterson, of the home; two sons, A.J. Patterson and wife Darlene, Taylorsville, N.C., and Wayne (Doug) Patterson and fiancée Jeannie Goodman, Kingsport; daughter, Sharon Thomas and husband Nick, Piney Flats; 10 grandchildren; three brothers, C.D. Patterson, Blountville, Frank Patterson and wife Blanche, Kingsport, and Charles Patterson and wife Lois, Kingsport; sister-in-law, Nola Mae Patterson, Kingsport; special sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Ruth and Gene Roller.
Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. today in the chapel of Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, downtown, with the Rev. Bob Ferguson and the Rev. Jeff Strong officiating.
Burial will be in Tri-Cities Memory Gardens.
Pallbearers will be Tom Tittsworth, Wayne Simpson, Ronnie Taylor, Billy Booher, Marion Cunningham, Jerry Patterson, Dennis Patterson and John John Patterson.
Honorary pallbearers will be Gene Roller, Harry Dobbins, Glenn Roller, Allen Carter, Bill "Wimpy" Christian, Paul Simpson and Carl Sloan.
Royce Wayne Powers, 60, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT - Royce Wayne Powers, 60, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday morning (March 31, 2004) at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center after a lengthy illness.
He was born in Pound, Va., and had been a resident of the Kingsport area most of his life. Royce was a charter member of Taylor Baptist Church and retired from the AY division of Eastman Chemical Co. with over 35 years of service. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Beecher Nathan and Lucille McClellan Powers; three sisters and two brothers.
Survivors include his daughter, Tracie Powers Maness and husband Tim of Kingsport; two grandsons, Timothy Ethan and Tyler Elijah Maness; one granddaughter, Madison Elexis Maness; one sister, Patricia Horton and husband Jack of Hickory, N.C.; three brothers, Bill Powers and wife Colleen of Hiltons, Va., B.C. (Carlyle) Powers and wife Norberta of Greeneville, Shannon Powers and wife Judy of Kingsport; several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Taylor Baptist Church, 385 Bancroft Chapel Road, or anytime at his residence.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Friday in the church with Pastor Shannon Powers officiating.
Military graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday from East Lawn Memorial Park with American Legion Hammond Post No. 3/Gate City Post No. 265.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Taylor Baptist Church building fund, P.O. Box 843, Kingsport, Tenn. 37662-0843.
East Lawn Funeral Home is serving the Powers family.
Thomas Rhoton, 61, Gate City, Va.
Services for Thomas "Jimmy" Rhoton, 61, Gate City, Va., who entered into rest Sunday (March 28, 2004), will be conducted at 8 p.m. today in the Gene Falin Memorial Chapel of the Gate City Funeral Home with the Rev. Joe Hill officiating.
Music will be provided by the Mabe Quartet.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home and other times at the residence.
Graveside services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday at the Rollins Family Cemetery, Rye Cove, Va. Family and friends will meet at 12 p.m. at the funeral home to go in procession to the cemetery.
Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
Brownie Scott, 68, Norton, Va.
NORTON, Va. - Brownie (Bud) Leon Scott, 68, passed away Tuesday (March 30, 2004) at his home.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Percy and Bonnie Scott; and a sister, Wilma Wells.
He was a former employee of the Dixiana Coal Co. and the Pepsi Plant in Norton, Va.
Surviving are his wife, Reva Plummer Scott; two sons and their families, John and Kim Scott and their sons, Brian, Johnathan and Damian, all of Norton, and Benjamin and Michele Scott and their daughters, Cassandra and Rebecca Sumerduck; two daughters, Tiffany Nicole Scott of Norton and Dorothy and Shannon Mullins and their children, Joshua and Tabitha, all of Pound; three sisters, Louise Sturgill of Powell Valley, Faye Jesse of Abingdon, Va., and Blanche Culbertson of Norton, Va.; one brother, Teddy Scott of Norton, Va.
Bud was cremated at his request.
Memorial services for Bud Scott will be conducted at 7 p.m. Friday at Sturgill Funeral Home in Wise, Va. The family will receive friends from 4:30 until the time of services at 7 p.m. Friday.
Military rites will be conducted at 4:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home by the Norton VFW Post 4301.
Masonic services will be conducted at 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home chapel by Suthers Masonic Lodge No. 259.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Suthers Masonic Lodge No. 259, P.O. Box 259, Norton, Va. 24273.
Linda Kaye Steele, 57, Kingsport.
Graveside services for Linda Kaye Steele, 57, Kingsport, who went to be with the Lord Monday evening (March 29, 2004), will be conducted at 1 p.m. today at Holston View Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Todd Joyce, Tyler Joyce, Jay McKinney, Brian McMurray, Allan "Cotton" Roberts, Stan Rogers and Wes Carter.
In lieu of flowers, please send memorial contributions to the Mike Jenkins Evangelistic Association, Inc., P.O. Box 1828, Gate City, Va. 24251 or First Baptist Church of Gate City, c/o building fund, P. O. Box 97, Gate City, Va. 24251.
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Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
James Tippett, 75, Kernersville, N.C.
Graveside services for James Campbell Tippett, 75, Kernersville, N.C., who entered into rest Saturday (March 27, 2004), will be conducted at 11 a.m. today at Holston View Cemetery, Weber City, Va. Family and friends will meet at 10:15 a.m. at the funeral home to go in procession to the cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Tom Tippett, Phil Saliga, Bill Dooling, Jerry Wolfe, Tony Bowen, Keith Wallen and Bill Ashworth.
Honorary pallbearers will be Charles Sigmon, Harry Penley, Kyle Morrison, Mack Morrison, Chris Talbott and Val Mindel.
Gate City Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Judy Ann Bowser, 59, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT - Judy Ann Bowser, 59, passed away Friday (March 26, 2004) after a lengthy illness.
Arrangements are incomplete at this time.
The staff of Oak Hill Funeral Home is serving the Bowser family.
Lillian Perry Brown, 84, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT - Lillian K. Perry Brown, 84, of Kingsport, formerly of Magoffin County, Ky., passed away Saturday (March 27, 2004) at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.
She was born March 22, 1920, at Gullett, Ky., daughter of the late Sherman and Minnie Gullett Perry.
She was the widow of Ernest H. Brown.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Sherman and Minnie Perry; her husband, Ernest H. Brown; and 10 brothers and sisters, Richard Perry, Shirley Perry, Clifford Perry, Laurelia Deaton, Eva Caldwell, Trixie Trusty, Julia Begley, Otis Perry, Frank Perry and Carl Perry.
She is survived by 13 nieces, Jean Hensley of Kingsport, Eileen Schneider of Wichita, Kans., Libby Robinson of Middletown, Ohio, Pat Torline of Maddison, Ind., Wanda Atwood of Ft. Pierce, Fla., Jan Bullen, Dorothy Perry, Betty Perry, Barbara Perry and Shirley Perry, all of Dayton, Ohio, Judy Klawetter and Joletta Cobb, both of Lexington, Ky., and Marcella Perry of Salyersville, Ky.; two nephews, Alvis Trusty and Jerry Trusty, both of West Liberty, Ky.
Visitation will be at 6 p.m. today at the Potter Funeral Home, West Liberty, Ky.
Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Mike Frisby officiating.
Burial will be in the Gullett Family Cemetery, Salyersville, Ky.
Phyllis I. Bush, 55, Big Stone Gap, Va.
BIG STONE GAP, Va. - Phyllis I. Bush, 55, passed away Saturday (March 27, 2004) at her home.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Roy A. Green Funeral Home, Appalachia, Va.
James Larry Click, 66, Church Hill.
CHURCH HILL - James Larry Click, 66, of Church Hill, passed away Sunday (March 28, 2004) at Indian Path Hospital following an extended illness.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home of Church Hill.
Ruby J. Clifton, 64, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT - Services for Ruby J. Clifton, 64, of Morristown, who went home to be with the Lord on Thursday (March 25, 2004), will be conducted at 1 p.m. today in the chapel of Carter-Trent Funeral Home, downtown Kingsport, with Bro. Paul Atkins officiating.
Calling hours will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Kingsport, will follow the service.
Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
Carl E. Crabtree Jr., Kingsport.
KINGSPORT - Carl E. Crabtree Jr., of Kingsport, passed away Saturday (March 27, 2004).
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes, downtown Kingsport.
Marjorie E. Dean, 81, Yuma, Va.
Graveside services for Marjorie Elizabeth Dean, 81, Yuma, Va., who went to be with the Lord Friday morning (March 26, 2004), will be conducted at 12 noon today at Holston View cemetery with Pastor Charles Boone in charge.
Condolences may be sent via e-mail to cartertrentfh@earthlink.net
Carter-Trent/Scott County Funeral Home, Weber City, Va., is serving Mrs. Dean's family.
