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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
MOUNTAIN CITY
BABY EMMITT SILAS ROBINSON BEULAH BISHOP HARPER RAY PENNINGTONBUTLER
RUTH DANNERLEWISVILLE, PA
NED E. SMITHSHADY VALLEY
MABEL IRENE MCQUEEN
RUTH DANNER - BUTLER
Ruth Danner, 84, Piercetown Road, Butler, Tennessee, passed away Tuesday, March 2, 2010 in Mountain City Care Center. She was the daughter of the late John Corum and Ollie Mae Forrester. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John Raymond Danner; son, Roy Danner; sister, Blanche Berry; and brother, Albert Corum.
Survivors include one daughter, Mae Dugger, Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, and special friend Alice Rhymer.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 6, 2010 from the East Side Memory Chapel of Hux~Lipford~Teague Funeral Home with Rev. Harvey White officiating.
Music was provided by Bill Smith.
Interment followed in Butler Memorial Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Shawn Anderson, Jason May, Adam May, Cody May, Justin Woodard, Lark Lewis, Steve Lunceford and Kirk Norris.
Honorary pallbearers were the Staff of Mountain City Care Center.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Johnson County Rescue Squad, 203 Vandilla Street, Mountain City, TN 37683.
Online condolences may be sent to the family and viewed through our website at www.huxlipfordteaguefh.com
Hux~Lipford~Teague Funeral Home and Cremation Services was in charge of the arrangements.
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NED E. SMITH - Lewisville, PA
Ned E. Smith, 70, Nottingham, passed away on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at his home. He was the husband of Volyree Mahaffey Smith of Lewisville Pennsylvania. Born in Neva, Tennessee, he was the son of Wade W. and Emma Ivy Tester Smith. He was employed with General Motors, Boxwood Plant in Wilmington, Delaware. He retired in 1998 after 30 years of dedicated service. He enjoyed fishing and spending time with his beloved family and friends. He was preceded in death by a brother, Bill Smith, a sister, Betty Mae Campbell and a grandson, Jeffrey Harper.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his four daughters, Roberta Taylor and her husband, Danny, Virginia, Della Feltner and husband Walter, Elkton, Maryland, Penny Graham and husband Allen, Nottingham and Nancy Smith, Oxford; 11 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two brothers, Joseph Smith, Mountain City, Tennessee, James Smith, Oxford; three sisters, Jane Johnson, Oxford, Donna Atwood, Nottingham and Barbara Rodriquez, Mountain City, Tennessee.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at the Edward L. Collins Funeral Home, Inc., Oxford, Pennsylvania.
Interment followed in the New London Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
The family wishes to thank the doctors and staff of the Lankenau and Jennersville Hospitals for their compassion and care.
On-line condolen0ces may be sent at www.elcollinsfuneralhome.com
Edward L. Collins Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
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BABY EMMITT SILAS ROBINSON - MOUNTAIN CITY
Baby Emmitt Silas Robinson, infant son of George S. and Jessica Triplett Robinson, passed away on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at the Johnson City Specialty Hospital.
Survivors, in addition to his parents, George S. and Jessica Robinson of Neva Community, Tennessee, include two sisters, Haley and Hannah Jo Robinson and one brother, Wyatt S. Robinson; maternal grandparents, Dick and Jewell Stout and Johnny and Diane Triplett; paternal grandparents, Wanda and Fred Robinson; paternal great-grandmother, Elizabeth Parks; several cousins, aunts and uncles.
Graveside service and interment were conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 6, 2010 from the Brookshire Cemetery with Pastor Gary Gambill officiating.
Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.mountaincityfuneralhome.com or mountaincityfh@embarqmail.com.
Mountain City Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
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BEULAH BISHOP HARPER - MOUNTAIN CITY
Beulah Bishop Harper, 91, 1190 Swift Hollow Road, Mountain City, Tennessee, passed away Saturday, March 6, 2010 in the Watauga Medical Center in Boone, North Carolina. She was the daughter of the late Lennie Lewis. She was a member of Dewey Christian Church and the Ladies’ Aid. Her hobbies included sewing, quilting and gardening. In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Richard Bishop and Frank Harper; and a son, William Howard Bishop.
Survivors include John Bishop and wife Sherry Banner Bishop, Statesville, North Carolina; daughter-in-law Neva Faye Bishop, Port Orange, Florida; step-daughters, Virginia Morefield and Helen Harper, both of Mountain City, Tennessee; and step-son, James Harper, Mountain City, Tennessee; sisters, Marie Davis, Mountain City, Tennessee; Wanda Campbell and husband Paul, Raleigh, North Carolina; Ruth White and Betty Campbell, both of Elizabethton, Tennessee; brother, Hoover Lewis, Elizabethton, Tennessee; four grandchildren, Jennifer Kirkland, Statesville, North Carolina; Richard Bishop, Toronto Canada, Penny Bishop and Tammy Bishop, both of Port Orange, Florida; four great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, and many special friends.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. on Monday, March 8, 2010 from the East Side Memory Chapel of Hux~Lipford~Teague Funeral Home with Mr. Jim Hutchinson and Rev. Steven Spencer officiating.
Music was provided by Nancy Davis and Fred Ramsey.
Graveside service and interment followed in Wilson Cemetery.
Pallbearers were her nephews.
Memorial contributions may be made to Dewey Christian Church, %Bud Gentry, 977 Harbin Hill, Mountain City, TN 37683; Johnson County Rescue Squad, 203 Vandilla Street, Mountain City, TN 37683; or First Christian Church, %Dwayne Dickson, 104 Shouns Street, Mountain City, TN 37683.
Online condolences may be sent to the family and viewed through our website and www.huxlipfordteaguefh.com
Hux~Lipford~Teague Funeral Home and Cremation Services was in charge of the arrangements.
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RAY PENNINGTON - MOUNTAIN CITY
Ray Pennington, 91, Mountain City, Tennessee, passed away on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at the Sycamore Shoals Hospital of Elizabethton, Tennessee. He was born on May 22, 1918 in Johnson County, Tennessee to the late Emmitt and Callie King Pennington. In addition to his parents, Ray was preceded in death by three brothers, Willie, Butler and James Pennington. He was a lifelong resident of Johnson County, Tennessee and was a World War II Veteran having served in the United States Army. He was a former employee of Farmers State Bank, where he worked for 31 years and was also a former employee of Mountain City Elementary School, where he worked for 15 years.
Survivors include his wife of 68 years, Eveyln Pennington; one daughter and son-in-law, Joyce and Melvin Bowers, Mountain City, Tennessee; two sons and daughters-in-law, O.H. and Patricia Pennington, Mountain City, Tennessee and Tom and Diana Pennington, Lewisburg, West Virginia; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Herbert and Mary Pennington, Columbus, Georgia and Ernest and Phyllis Pennington, Mountain City, Tennessee; grandchildren, Chrissy Bowers, Kim Peters, Kenny Pennington; great-grandchildren, Danielle Peters, Mitchell Peters, Tasja Thomas, Chelsea Pennington and Olivia Pennington; one great-great-grandson, Bentley Ray Peters; several nieces and nephew and a host of friends.
Funeral services were conducted at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 4, 2010 from the Mountain City Funeral Home with Rev. Roy Dowell officiating.
Military Honors and Graveside Service were conducted at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 5, 2010 from the Sunset Memorial Park and will be accorded by the Johnson County Honor Guard.
Active pallbearers were family and friends of Ray.
A special thank you to Kim Peters, granddaughter and Danielle Peters, great-granddaughter of Ray, who were Ray’s caregivers and ‘his babies’ and to the Nursing Staff of Mountain City Care Center for all of their kindness and care.
Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.mountaincityfuneralhome.com.
Mountain City Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
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MABEL IRENE MCQUEEN - SHADY VALLEY
Mabel Irene McQueen, 81, Shady Valley, Tennessee, passed away on Friday, March 5, 2010 at the Bristol Regional Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was preceded in death by her parents, Grace and Everett Sluder and her daughter-in-law, Joyce McQueen. She was a member of Shady Valley Baptist Church and was a devoted wife, mother, mother-in-law and grandmother.
Survivors include her husband of 65 years, Vernon McQueen; three sons, Buddy McQueen and fiancé, Anne Miningham, Social Circle, Georgia; Gary McQueen and wife Deborah, Shady Valley, Tennessee and Jim McQueen and wife Judy, Dallas, Georgia; three sisters, Viola Pierce of Stoney Creek, Tennessee, Bertha Hutchinson, Maryville, Tennessee and Ardna Campbell, Mountain City, Tennessee; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren, Heather Brown and husband Robbie and their son Isaac, Mountain City, Tennessee; Tammy Mazur and husband Brian and children Colton and Boone, Acworth, Georgia, Ryan McQueen and wife Andrea and children Grayson, Griffin, Morgan and Makenna, Social Circle, Georgia; Austin McQueen and wife Julia and children Madison and Abigail, Covington, Georgia; Eric McQueen and wife Tiffany and son Brody, Dallas, Georgia; James McQueen and wife Mindy and children Zachary, Brooke and Alivia, Kingsport, Tennessee, Matt McQueen, Johnson City, Tennessee; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were be conducted at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 7, 2010 at the Shady Valley Baptist Church with Rev. Derl McCloud, Rev. Richard Stout and Wesley Simons officiating.
Burial followed at the Blevins Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Lonnie Long, Howard Stanbery, Paul Steagall, Monta Steagall, Wayne Duncan and Robbie Brown.
Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.mountaincityfuneralhome.com.
Mountain City Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
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