Ross Adkins, Senior

Mr. Ross Adkins, Senior, 89, of Onarga, Illinois died Wednesday, March 25, 1998 in the Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, Alaska, following a brief illness while visiting his son.

Mr. Adkins was a son of the late Samuel E. and Margaret Fender Adkins. He was a Unioci County native, but had lived in Onarga, Illinois since 1947. He served with the Civilian Conservation Corps from 1935 to 1937 in Unicoi County and Smokemont, North Carolina. Mr. Adkins had been employed with the Southern Pottery in Erwin from 1945 to 1947, Island Creek Coal Company, Bartley, West Virginia for 19 and a half years, and Melind Company, Onarga, Illinois for 12 and a half years before retirement. He was a memebr of the Erwin Church of God.

Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters. Survivors include his wife, Ruby Jane Renfor Adkins, Onagra; one son, Ross Adkins, Faribanks, Alaska; daughter-in-law, Rachel Adkins, Fairbanks; four daughters, Ella Reis, Champaign, Illinois, Barbara Gallegos, Long Beach, California, Brenda Wilkins, Mooresville, Indiana, and Wanda Adkins, Onarga, Illinois; sons-in-law, Roger Ries, Champaign, Henry Gallegos, Long Beach, and Tom Wilkins, Mooresville; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Adkins is interred at Evergreen Cemetery.

Mildred Watson Anders

Funeral services for Mildred Anders, age 91, of 323 Opekiska St., Erwin, who died Friday, June 12, 1998, at her residence, were conducted at 8 p.m. on Saturday in Valley Funeral Home Chapel. The Reverend David Foster officiated. Vocal selections were provided by the Riverview Quartet.

Mrs. Anders was a native of Washington County and a daughter of the late P.E. and Mattie Thompson Watson. She retired from S.H. Kresge (Kmart) in 1973. Mrs. Anders was of the Baptist faith.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Anders and by one daughter, JoAnn Anders in 1994. Survivors include: two daughters, Margaret Tittle, Millersville, Maryland, and Betty Strickland, Erwin; one son, Robert Tucker, Erwin; one step=brother, Clarence Wilson, Jonesborough; one sister, Lucille Dwyer, Johnson City; 11 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and nine great-great grandchildren. Valley Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Flossie L. Tinker Anderson

Mrs. Flossie L. Anderson, 81, who for a short while resided with a son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Turki, 154 Mill Rd., Smithfield, Ohio, died Tuesday, January 17, 1967 at 4:10 p.m. in Martins Ferry Hospital.

She was born Feb. 23, 1885, in Ernestville, Tenn. Her faith a Baptist.

She was preceded in death by an infant son, Robert Thomas Anderson, Dec. 27, 1919, her husband, Thomas P. Anderson, Aug. 17, 1943, her youngest son, Roy W. Anderson, April 20, 1944, a victim of World War II. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Leona Turki, Smithfield, Ohio, Mrs. Esther White, Bellaire, Ohio, Mrs. Nettie Cook, Jewett, Ohio. Three step-daughters, Mrs. Nellie Sandreth, Windsor Heights, W.Va., Mrs. Edna Cross and Mrs. Helen Cook, both of Wellsburg, W.Va. Two brothers, George Tinker, W. Hyattsville, Md., Estel Tinker, W. Asheville, N.C. Three sisters, Mrs. Nettie Erwin and Miss Olive Tinker, both of Erwin, Tenn. and Mrs. Mildred Mitchell of Bothell, Wash. 22 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Nightingale Funeral Home, Smithfield after 6 p.m. Wednesday night, where funeral services will be held Friday 1 p.m. with Rev. Aart Van Dam of Martins Ferry officiating.

*****Flossie's parents weren't mentioned, but they were Robert L. Tinker and Margaret/Mollie Bean Tinker (Margaret is listed on her death cert., and Mollie is listed on her marriage license). She was buried in Warnock, Belmont Co., Ohio. Also, there were two more step-children that weren't listed. They were Bertha Buffington, and Sherman Anderson (maybe they were deceased) [email protected]

Wednesday, May 20, 1998

Jack F. Anderson

Funeral services for Jack F. Anderson, age 76, who died at his residence in Rosedale, Maryland, on Friday May 22, 1998, following a short illness, were conducted at 10 a.m., Monday, May 25 in the chapel of Rosedale Funeral Home. Graveside services and interment followed at Parkwood Cemetery.

Mr. Anderson was born in Erwin, and with his family moved to Baltimore, Maryland following his service in the United States Navy in 1946. He later went to work for Bethlehem Steel, which was to be the first of three separate careers for him. After retiring from the Sparrows Pint Plant 31 and a half years later, he was assistant electrical foreman and supervisor of the BOF Electrical Section. From Bethlehem Steel, Mr. Anderson took an assignment for 12 years with Essex Community College retraining unemployed workers for new jobs under a Federal-State grant program, and was highlighted by a project completed by one of his classes which was to build a working walk-in refrigerator. The project was given a special award by the United States Department of Labor. It was while working in his position that Mr. Anderson started his thrid career, his own refrigeration and air-conditioning business, which he maintained until earlier this year. He has customers and friends throughout the Baltimore area.

Survivors includeL his wife os 57 years, the former Lorene Fox; a son, John Anderson, Easton, MD; two grandchildren and two great-grandhcildren. Rosedale Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Marie Byrd Bailey

Mrs. Marie Byrd Bailey, 83, of ROute 2, Box 224, Erwin died Thrusday, March 26, 1998 n the Asbury Center, Johnson City.

She was a native of Yancey County, North Carolina, but had lived most of her life in Unicoi County. She was the daughter of the late Charles and Bertha Ann Gouge Byrd. Mrs. Bailey was a memeber of Clear Branch Baptist Church.

Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, John L. Byrd, Senior; and by one sister, Pearl B. Simmons. Survivors include: Two osns, Jack Bailey, Eastman, Georgia and Warren L. "Chuck" Bailey, Erwin; three daughters, Helen Edwards, Erwin, Pauline B. Shelton, Anderson, Indiana, and Leota Letterman, Telford; five grandchildren, Ronald Paul Bailey, New York, Steven Letterman, Granville, Anna Marie Bryant, Cookeville, Janet Letterman, Telford, and Tammy Tipton, Erwin; seven step-grandchildren, Donna Garnto, Steve Garnto, Doug Garnto, Flora Kaye Shelton, Gaye Church, John Mark Harris and Jeffery Richardson; several nieces and nephews; and a host of honorary family members. Mrs. Bailey is interred in Byrd Cemetery, Burnsville, North Carolina.

Mr. George Mendal Bell

Mr. George Mendal Bell, 78, Route 1, Unicoi died Saturday, February 14, 1998 at the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mountain Home, following a lengthy illness.

Mr. Bell was a lifelong resident of Unicoi County, and a son of the late James W. and Celia Garland Bell. He was a retired farmer. Mr. Bell was a World War Two Army Veteran. He was active in the Ruritan Club and the LImestone Cove Volunteer Fire Deartment. Mr. Bell was a member of the Limestone Cove United Methodist Church.

He was preceded in death by one brother and two sisters. Survivors include: his wife, Thelma Wallace Bell; two sons, Larry Bell, Kingsport, and Terry Bell, Unicoi; two daughters, Patsy Shaver and Penny Garland, both of Unicoi; one brother, Eugene Bell, Unicoi; three sisters, Virginia Henson Cochrane, Clinton, Minnie Odom, Unicoi and Florence Potter, Johnson City; six grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Bell is interred at the Bell Cemetery.

Ada Minnie Bennett

Ms. Ada Minnie Bennett, 65, Route 3 died unexpectedly at her home at 7 am Sunday, May 31, 1964. Death was attributed to a heart attack. Ms. Bennett was a native of Yancey County, North Carolina, and daughter of Charles "Ike" and Julia Louisa Boone Smith Bennett. She lived in Erwin most of her life. She was a member of Riverview Free Will Baptist Church.

Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Marie DeHaven Baltimore, Maryland. Two sisters, Mrs. Belle Ambrose and Mrs. Elizabeth Callaway, both of Erwin, and three grandchildren, Donna DeHaven, Debra DeHaven, and Donald Edward DeHaven, Junior, all of Baltimore. Funeral services were held Tuesday from the chapel of the Robert Ledford Funeral Home with the Reverend William Beam officiating. Internment was in the Polly Erwin Cemetery. Robert Ledford Funeral Home was in charge.

Mrs. Cora Lee Bennett

Mrs. Cora Lee Bennett died Sunday, December 14, 1997 at the Unicoi County Memorial Hospital.

Mrs. Bennett was a native of North Carolina and a daughter of the late William and Minnie Miller Coggins. She was of the Baptist faith and an active member of the Clinchfield Senior Citizens. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Cheves Bennett, January 3, 1969; and one son, Tony Bennett.

Survivors include eight daughters, Ethel Miller, Erwin; Roxie McLaughlin, Ypsilanti, Mississippi, Edith Webb and Nell Webb, both of Inverness, Florida, Bonnie Britt, Doris Bennett, Tina Turner, and Mindy Adkins, all of Erwin; three sons, Theodore Bennett, Carter County, Homer Bennett, Inverness, Florida, and Fred Bennett, Erwin; 20 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; several great-great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and cousins.

Mrs. Beatrice Ammons Bolton

Mrs. Beatrice A. Casey Bolton, 79, of 1655 Jacksin-Love Highway, Erwin, died Wednesday April 8, 1998 at the Unicoi County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care Unit.

Mrs. Bolton was a native of Unicoi County and a daughter of the late H. Walter Ammons and Dona Rice Ammons Casey.

Mrs. Bolton retired from Unicoi County Memorial Hospital, as an L.P.N., after 25 years of service. She was a member of the Unicoi County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and was a member of the Erwin Women's Club. Mrs. Bolton was a member of Love Chapel Christian Church.

In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by: her husband, Robert L. Bolton, on January 4, 1988; and by her step-father, Ray Callie Casey, on April 21, 1995. Survivors include: four sons, John R. Bolton, Flint, Michigan, Robert L. Bolton, Newport News, Virginia, James O. Bolton, Columbus, Indiana, and Eddie Bolton, Erwin; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Mrs. Bolton is interred in Evergreen Cemetery.

Mrs. Novella Elliot Boone

Novella Elliot Boone, 69, of 639 Broyles Street, Erwin, died Sunday, December 14, at the Johnson City Medical Center.

She was an Erwin native and a daughter of the late William Turner Elliot, Senior and Josie Riddle Elliot. She had been employed as a certified nursing assistant for the past 20 years. She attended Rock Creek Church of God.

Survivors include: two daughters, Sue Sams and Betty Josie Tipton, both of Jonesborough; two sons, Roger Earl Tipton, Junior and Britt Tipton, both of Jonesborough; one step-son, Andy Tipton, Jonesborough, two sisters, Cleo E. Peterson, Hickory, North Carolina, and Estellene Johnson, Erwin; one brother, William Turner Elliot, Junior, Erwin; one grandson, Danny Lee Sams; and four granddaughters, Ashley Tipton, Brianna Tipton, Dezaray McKinney, and Destany Tipton. Mrs. Boone is interred at McInturff Cemetery.

Mr. Glade Briggs

Mr. Glade Briggs, 73, Hillcrest Nursing Home, ELizabethton, formerly of 4389 Highway 23, Flag Pond, died Monday, February 16, 1998 at the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mountain Home, following a lenghty illness.

Mr. Briggs was a lifelong resident of Unicoi County and a son of the late Lee and Mary J. Hardin Briggs. He was a World War Two Veteran having served in the European Theater. Mr. Briggs retired in 1986 as quality control supervisor from Mor-Flo Industries after 20 years of service. He was of the Baptist faith.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Nettie L. Tilson Briggs, in 1986, and an infant son, Jimmy Michael, and five brothers. Survivors include: one son, Larry Briggs, Flag Pond; two sisters, Kate Gentry, Flag Pond, and Faye James, Newport; one grandson, Daniel Todd Bridges, Flag Pond; and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Briggs is interred at Evergreen Cemetery with military honors rendered by the Kingsport Veterans of Foreign Wars Post Number 3382.

William (Bill) Clifton Britt

William (Bill) Clifton Britt, 92 of 545 Washington Street, Erwin died Monday June 22, 1998 in Unicoi County Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Britt was a Unicoi native and a son of the late Frank H. and Dora E. Price Britt. He was employed with the Unicoi County Board of Education, having retired after 17 years of service. Mrs. Britt was a member of First Christian Church of Erwin.

Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Fred Britt and John Britt, two sisters, Alice Johnson and Edith Tittle. Survivors include: his wife, Edna Bowling Britt, Erwin; two sons, Joe L. Britt, Unicoi, and Billy Tipton, Roan Mountain; one daughter, Betty Jo Barber, Atlanta; five grandchildren, Pat Story, Atlanta, Tabatha Britt, and Nicholas Britt, both of Unicoi, and Jason Smith and Annie Smith, both of Kingsport; and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Britt is interred in the Jobe Cemetery, Erwin.

Mrs. Ruth Agnes White Brockus

Mrs. Ruth Agnes White Brockus, 82, Mountain City Nursing Home, Mountain City, formerly of Sunnycrest Apartments, Erwin, died Tuesday, November 25, 1997, at Watauga Medical Center, Boone, NC.

She was a native of Unicoi County before moving to Mountain City in 1993, and a daughter of the late Jess and Ester Ann Edwards White.

Mrs. Brockus had been employeed with Crystal Ice, Coal and Laundry. She attended Pilgrim Freewill Baptist Church, Erwin.

Mrs. Brockus was preceded in death by her husband, Charles B. Brockus, August 8, 1988, three bothers, and one sister. Survivors include several nieces and nephews.

Doris A. Hodges Brooks

Mrs. Doris A. Hodges Brooks, 76, of 272 Sinking Creek Road, Johnson City died Sunday May 31, 1998 in the Johnson City Medical Center.

She was a native of Unicoi County , and had lived most of her life in Johnson City. Mrs. Brooks was a daughter of the late Rice and Anna Gertrude Peoples Adkins. She was a memebr of King Springs Church of Christ. Mrs. Brooks was a retired employee of the Mountain Home Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

She was preceded in death by her husbands, Albert Lee Hodges, and Dorce Brooks. Survivors include: two daughters, Trudy Ann Hodges, and Judy powers, both of Johnson City; four sons, Robert E. Hodges, Monroe, Michigan, Donald Ray Hodges, Roger Dale Hodges, and Terry Lee Hodges, all of Johnson City; one sister, Elizabeth Bailey, Spokane, Washington; and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews. She is interred in the Monte Vista Burial Park.

Mr. Charles R. Burleson

Mr. Charles R. Burleson, 73 of Fort Wayne, Indiana died March 23, 1998 in Fort Wayne.

Mr. Burleson was a native of Erwin and a son of the late David C. and Betty Webb Burleson. He retired in 1976 as an iron worker for Iron Workers Local Number 147 after 26 years.

Survivors include: his wife, Arlene J. Elmer Burleson. Fort Wayne; two sons, Charles David Burleson, and Richard D. Burleson, both of Fort Wayne; three daughters, Patricia A. Hardiek, and Carol M. Elkins both of Fort Wayne, and Charlene G. Mason, Fort Recovery, Ohio; three step-daughters, Suzanne Johns, Kathy Edmondson, and Tina Derickson, all of Fort Wayne; one step-son, John Evans, Decatur, Indiana; one brother, Edwards Burleson, California; and, two half-brothers, Billy Burleson and Bobby Burleson both of Erwin; and 15 grandchildren. Mr. Burleson is interred in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Mrs. Margaret Ethel Hatfield Byrd

Mrs. Dorothy Ethel Hatfield Byrd, 66, Bakersville, North Carolina, died Friday, November 7, 1997, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Deborah Hunt, Johnson City, Tennessee.

She was an Erwin, Tennessee native and a daughter of the late Oscar Carlyle and Thelma Lee Baxter Clouse.

Mrs. Byrd was a homemaker. She attended the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Mrs. Byrd was preceded in death by her first husband, Charles Hatfield, and one sister. Survivors, in addition to her daughter, include her husband, Marshall Byrd; one daughter, Pam Nielander, Lake Placid, Florida; three stepdaughters, Brenda Hartley, Unicoi, and Sabra Hobson and Pam Snyder, both of Marion, North Carolina; two stepsons, Sherrell Byrd, Spruce Pine, North Carolina, and Jerrell Byrd, Johnson City, Tennessee; one sister, Joyce Lewis, Erwin, Tennessee; five grandchildren; two step grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Ms. Earsel Janelle Campbell

Ms. Earsel Janelle Campbell, 79, of 522 Holston Avenue, died Sunday, January 11, 1998 at the Johnson City Medical Center.

Ms. Campbell was a lifelong resident of Unicoi County and a daughter of the late James H. and Mary Archer Campbell.

She retired in 1982 as a seamstress with Levi Strauss and Company, after 29 years of service. Ms. Campbell was a charter member of Southside Freewill Baptist Church.

Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Clifton G. Campbell, Carl A. Campbell and Emmett M. Campbell; two sisters, Axie Campbell and Nora Lillian Piercy. Survivors include four nieces, Margaret Lance of Erwin, Sue Bailey of Johnson City, Kathy Radar of San Diego, California, and Marilyn Town, Portland, Oregon; three great nephews, Joey Whitlock and Tracy Whitlock of Johnson City, and David Lance of Erwin; five great nieces, Kim Maxwell of Elizabethton, Kathy Tilson of Erwin, Donna Hale, Rhonda Peters and Robin Proffitt, all of Johnson City; and several great-great nieces and nephews. Ms. Campbell is interred at Evergreen Cemetery.

Mrs. Edna Catherine Cash

Mrs. Edna Catherine Cash, 73, of 1601 Chestoa Pike, died Monday, December 29, 1997, at the Johnson City Medical Center.

Mrs. Cash was a lifelong resident of Unicoi County and the daughter of the late William E. and Carro Elizabeth Jacobs Bartley. She was a homemaker and a member of Love Chapel Christian Church.

Mrs. Cash was preceded in death by one brother, William E. Bartley in 1955. Survivors include: her husband, Franklin A. Cash, one son, William "Bill" Cash, Erwin; one daughter, Carolyn E. Cash, Erwin; two sisters, Louise Bartley, Memphis, and Helen Evans, Bristol; one grandson, Thomas "Tom" Cash, Erwin; and four nieces. Mrs. Cash is interred at Evergreen Cemetery.

Mrs. Allie Edith Cecil

Mrs. Allie Edith Cecil, 79, 400 Railroad Street, Erwin, died Tuesday, February 10, 1998 at Unicoi County Memorial Hospital.

Mrs. Cecil was a native of Unicoi County and a daughter of the late Dolphus and Mary Hensley Runion. She was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith.

Survivors include: two daughters, Mildred Helen Cecil, Erwin, and Thelma Ayers, Unicoi; one half-sister, Louise Garry, Baltimore, Maryland; three grandchildren, Richard William Pitsenbarger, Carl Lee William Burns, and Alice Horn, all of Erwin; four great-grandchildren, Dillon Lee Lynn Pitsenbarger, Dezray Fay Sara Pitsenbarger, Lisa Marie Horn, and Kimberly Sue Horn; and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Cecil is interred at Upper Higgins Creek Cemetery.

Colonel Henry G. "Buddy" Combs, Senior

Colonel Henry G. "Buddy" Combs, 74, of Kissammee, Florida, died Friday, January 16, 1998 at his residence.

Col. Combs was a native of Erwin but had lived in Florida for 15 years. He was the son of Mamie Combs, Erwin, and the late Clint Combs. He retired from the United States Air Force as a colonel with 41 years of service. He served in the Korean War as a fighter pilot and flew a DC-9 Medevac Transport during the Vietnam War. Before retirement, Col. Combs was on duty with the Air National Guard in Martinsburg, West Virginia.

Survivors, in addition to his mother, include: four daughters, Becky Renfro, Erwin, Regina Felton, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Leonore Hopper, Woodbridge, Virginia, and Laura Parker, Charlotte, North Carolina; three sons, Henry G. Combs, Junior, Kissammee, Gordon Combs, Fredricksburg, Virginia, and Russell Combs, Woodbridge, Virginia; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Col. Combs in interred in Quinco, Virginia.

Mr. Carl M. Davis

Mr. Carl M. Davis, 90, of 114 Toney Avenue, Erwin died Friday April 10, 1998, in Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Mr. Davis was a Unicoi County native and a son of the late D.W. and Maude Buchanan Davis. Mr. Davis had been a participant of the Civilian Conservation Corps. He had been employed with the Clinchfield Railroad before retirement in 1969. Mr. Davis was a member of the Clinchfield Senior Adult Center. He was of the Baptist faith.

Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by: one brother, Jack Davis, and one sister, Della Davis. Survivors include: his wife, Loretta V. Davis; three sons, Gerald Davis, Johnson City, James D. Davis, Harrogate, and Dalton Davis, Springfield; one daughter, Anna Redenbaugh, Crawfordsville, Indiana; one brother, Leonard "Joe" Davis; five sisters, Mable Kirk, Donora Hughes, Myrtle Gentry, Bess Vest, and Lillie Bell Fox; 11 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Davis is interred in Happy Valley Memorial Park.

Fred E. Davis

Mr. Fred E. Davis, 71, of 923 Hoback Road died Saturdat, May 16, 1998 in the Unicoi County Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Davis was a Washington County native, but had lived in Erwin since 1948. He was a son of the late Manning S. and Emma Sparks Davis.

He was a World War II Army Veteran, having served in Japan. Mr. Davis was employed at Nuclear Fuel Services as an Operator, having retired in 1990 after 32 years of service. He was a charter member of Southside Freewill Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon for 40 years. He was the former teacher of the men's Sunday school Bible class, also the young people's Bible class. He was a former church treasurer for 25 years. Mr. Davis was a member of the Centennial Lodge #491 F & AM, Knoxville Scottish Rite Bodies and Johnson City York Rite Bodies. He was also a member of the Jericho Shrine Temple and Erwin Shrine Club.

Othe rthan his parents, he was precede in death by: four brothers, Charlie, Tom, David, and Swingle Davis; and one sister, Nancy Vance. Survivors inclue: his wife, Ruby Mays Davis; two sons, Gary Davis, Johnson City, and Keith Davis, Johnson City; two brothers, Arthur Davis, Chucky, and Elroy Davis, Watauga; four grandchildren, Craig, Jennifer, Kevin and Keith; and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Davis is interred in Evergreen Cemetery.

Mrs. Marie DeHaven

Mrs. Marie DeHaven, 54, Route 3, Erwin, died Wednesday, October 24, 1984 in Johnson City Memorial Hospital.

She was a native of Unicoi County, and daughter of Ada M. Bennett. She was a former employee of the Steinway Corporation. Survivors include her husband, Donald E. DeHaven, Senior; one son, Donald E. DeHaven, Junior; two daughters, Mrs. Debra Miller, Johnson City, and Mrs. Donna Coffee, Erwin; and two grandchildren. Erwin Memorial is in charge. Mrs. DeHaven is interred in Evergreen Cemetery.

Mrs. Ruby Clouse Dunbar

Mrs. Ruby Clouse Dunbar, 71, of Versailles, Kentucky, formerly of Erwin, died Wednesday, December 3, 1997, at the Woodfin Hospital in Versailles, Kentucky.

Mrs. Dunbar was a Unicoi County native, and a daughter of the late William P and Maggie Willis Clouse. She had lived in Versailles since 1989. She was a retired clerk at D.R.M.O. in Avon, Kentucky, and had been a painter for Southern Potteries in Erwin. Mrs. Dunabr was a member of Shallow Ford Baptist Church in Erwin.

Survivors include her husband, A.D. Dunbar; one daughter, Alisa Huckaby, Richland, Washington; three sons, Michael Dunbar, Oaksdale, California, Keith Dunbar, Midway, Kentucky, and Chris Dunbar, Lawrenceburg, Kentucky; two sisters, Mae Erwin, Erwin and Gladys Ledford, Murphy, North Carolina; two brothers, Robert Clouse and James Clouse, both of Erwin; two nephews, Willis Bowman and Wayne Bowman; and seven grandchildren.

Mrs. Ada Pearl Price Edwards

Mrs. Ada Pearl Price Edwards, 87, of Box 3002 Unaka Springs died Saturday, March 7, 1998 at Erwin Health Care Center.

Mrs. Edwards was a lifelong resident of Unicoi County and a daughter of the late William and Callie Edwards Price. Mrs. Edwards was a homemaker. She was a member of Unaka Springs Freewill Baptist Church.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by: her husband, Arthur Edwards, in 1991; one son, Dennis Edwards, in 1988; and one brother, Francis Edwards. Survivors include : six sons, Arthur Edwards, Junior, Anacortes, Washington, Estil Edwards, Dewitt Edwards, Everett Edwards, Clyde Edwards and Dewey Edwards all of Erwin; five daughres, B;anch Foster, Della Cousin, Stella Ramsey, Gail Nickles, and Vivian Casteel, all of Erwin; 29 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Edwards is interred in the Unaka Springs Cemetery.

Mrs. Ida Ollie Hensley Edwards

Mrs. Ida Ollie Hensley Edwards, 88, 838 Spring Street, Erwin died Friday, Februaryy 13, 1998 in the Johnson City Medical Center.

Mrs. Edwards was a Yancey County, North Carolina native and had lived in Unicoi County most of her life. He was a daughter of the late Williams Garrison and Lydia Higgins Hensley. Mrs. Edwards was of the Baptist faith. She was employed as a machine operator for Industrial Garment before retiring after 35 years.

Mrs. Edwards was preceded in death by three brothers, Ezra Hensley, Hilliard Hensley and Gaither Hensley; five sisters, Martha Smith, Texie Lynch, Leah Powers, Juanita Bibbs and Bonnie Weathers; and one son, Kevin Higgins. Survivors include: three sons, Ralph Higgins, Alvin Higgins, and Frank Higgins, all of Erwin; three daughters, Ann McIntosh, Patricia McKinney, both of Erwin, and Stella Horning, Ijamsville, Maryland; one brother, Llyod Hensley; three sisters, Virginia Belle Sparks, Balcksburg, Virginia, Mary Peake and Willa Dean Reid, both of Erwin; 17 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Edwards is interred at Evergreen Cemetery.

Mr. R.C. Edwards, Junior

Mr. R.C. Edwards, Junior, 67, of Blankenship Lane, Erwin, died Friday December 12, 1997 at the Johnson City Medical Center.

He was a native of Unicoi County and a son of Carma Barnett Edwards, Waco, Texas and the late R. C. Edwards, Senior.

He served with the United States Air Force during World War II. He retired from CSX Railroad as a carman, working as a skilled cabinet and pattern maker, following 42 and a half years of service. He was also director of safety at CSX Railroad at his retirement. He formerly served as a deacon, Sunday School director and Training Union director of First Baptist Church, Erwin. Mr Edwards was an avid craftsman who created many works of art in his woodshop. He was a member of Erwin Pentecostal Holiness Church, where he was a member of the Men's Fellowship and served as chairman of the Welcoming Committee.

In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Dorothy McBride Edwards; one son, the Rev. Robert C. Edwards, III, Norfolk, Virginia; one daughter-in-law, Catherine Edwards, Norfolk, Virginia; two sisters, Mrs. Don (Charlotte) Tapp, Houston, Texas, and Evelyn Love, Hewitt, Texas; one grandson, Joshua Edwards, Norfolk, Virginia; and nine nieces and nephews.

Mr. George Washington Emmert, Senior

*Erwin Record,* Wednesday, August 28, 1996:

Funeral services for George W. Emmert, Sr., age 80, Holiday House Apartments, Erwin, who died Sunday, August 25, 1996, at the V.A. Medical Center, Mountain Home, Johnson City, were conducted on Monday at 8:00 p.m., in the chapel of Valley Funeral Home.

Rev. Bob Ambler officiated. Music was provided by Barbara Davis. Graveside service and interment were conducted on Tuesday at 11 a.m., at the V.A. Cemetery, Mountain Home, with military graveside honors.

Mr. Emmert was a native of Erwin, and a son of the late Frank and Finetta Harris Emmert. He served with the U.S. Navy during World War II, and was the recipient of the Purple Heart. He was a member of V.F.W., Post #5809.Mr. Emmert was a retired painter from Little and Adams, Kingsport.He was of the Baptist faith.

In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a daughter, Patricia Bowman. Survivors include his wife, Myrdith Bailey Emmert; four daughters, Barbara Renfro, Kingsport, Betty Jo Peterson, Telford, Kathy Franklin, Johnson City, and Jennifer Calloway, Kingsport; three sons, George Emmert, Jr., Tom Emmert, and Greg Emmert, all of Erwin; two sisters, Grace Leach, Johnson City, and Mae McKinney, Erwin; two brothers, Ernest Emmert, Erwin, and Gene Emmert, Johnson City; 15 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren. Valley Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Mr. Peter Wesley Emmert

ERWIN, May 13 [1930] -- P.W. Emmert, age 75, died Saturday at 1:00 a.m. at the home of his son, Ben, on Banner Hill, after a lingering illness.

Mr. Emmert, who was for many years justice of the peace here, has been in declining health for the past three years, and his death was not unexpected. Funeral services were held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. from the late residence, with Rev. Roscoe C. Smith of the First Baptist church, in charge. Members of the Cosmopolitan quartet sang several numbers. Interment followed in Jobe cemetery.

The deceased is survived by three sons, Will, of Indiana, Ben and Frank of Erwin and a daughter, Mrs. T.B. Harrison, of Spiceland, Ind., also two sisters, Mrs. Will Love [,] Erwin, and Mrs. M.J. Taylor, of Elizabethton. Active pallbearers were nephews of the deceased and were: Paul and Jim Emmert, Orville Bogart, Will Taylor, R.H. Bradshaw, Jr., and Russell Love. Flower bearers were selected from friends and neighbors of the family.

Mr. William Carter Emmert

>From the *Erwin Magnet,* Vol. 3, Whole Nr. 122, Erwin, Unicoi County, Tennessee, Thursday, July 13, 1893:

_Sorrow At Last_
After More Than Forty Years The First
_Link In The Family Circle Is Broken_
_The Head Pillar Fallen_
_One of Unicoi's Most Devoted Citizens Has Passed Away_

It is with a sad, sad heart that we attempt to announce to the readers of The Magnet, of the death of our kind and affectionate father, W.C. Emmert, which occurred in Erwin on last Saturday morning. We are anxious to give our readers all interesting news possible, but now we find the task indeed hard and trying, nevertheless, it is not thrust upon us, unexpectedly, for he has been a constant invalid sufferer since last December, and his death was expected at any time. He had been suffering with that dreaded disease, Deabitis [sic] for several months. He bore his sickness with fortitude, even unto the last, and, surrounded by his whole family, he passed peacefully and quietly away.

W.C. Emmert was born December 10, 1823, two miles north of Elizabethton, Tenn., in what is now called Turkeytown. He was the son of a farmer, G.W. Emmert, Sr. who was one of the early settlers of that section. Nothing exceptional occurred during his early life except his earnest endeavors to secure what little education the county then afforded. Having spent only three or four months at school the most of his study of books was around the family fireside of nights after the days' work was over, his light mostly pine-knots brought from the near by woods for that purpose.

When the war with Mexico broke out he enlisted and served as a 1st Lieutenant in Co. K, 5th Regiment of Tennessee Volunteers. It was while in this service, in the severe climate of Mexico that he contracted malarial poisoning, from which he suffered more or less until his death.

On January 2, 1851, he married Amanda Renshaw, at Jonesboro, Tenn. and shortly afterwards they settled down on a part of the old home farm in Turkeytown, where for several years he cultivated his land. Finding that farming proved a rather poor occupation there at that time, he resolved to try the west, and in the fall of 1857, took his family and went to Scotland County, Missouri, where he farmed for two years, afterwards moving to Cedar County in the same state, where he stayed until the breaking out of the late war. When the feeling of the war had kindled in that section he was outspoken opposed to any war and earnestly and publicly plead for peace. But this action on his part proved disasterous to his personal safety there, and after some of his neighbors had vallen victim to the Arkansas Jayhawkers he realized it unsafe to longer remain there, and in November 29, 1861, he started on his return to Tennessee. His road lay blockaded by both armies and his trouble in getting back in a wagon with his family can only be imagined.

However, he finally reached home in safety and after the close of the war began the study of law, meanwhile farming to support his family. In July 1866 he was admitted to the bar at Elizabethton. Here he continued to practice for several years, and in 1875 became a candidate on the republican ticket slate for State Senator and was elected to represent the 1st Senatorial district of this state. It was during the canvass prior to his election that he first beheld the beauty of the Greasy Cove, and from which time he was always devoted to this section. It was also during this canvass he learned that people of the present county of Unicoi were agitated over the formation of a new county from the old parts of Carter and Washington which they afterwards did.

From that time he determined to aid them in their formation using all his power while in the Legislature to that effect. Finally when it was publicly answered that Unicoi had been added to the list of counties in Tennessee he resolved to cast his future life among the good people of the section and in February 1876 moved his family to the old Love farm on Chucky river one mile south of Erwin and two years afterwards moved to the present town of Erwin then Vanderbilt.

He rendered much valuable service in organizing the county and getting the new town started. He has ever since been endeared to the county and town doing all possible to secure the best benefits to its citizens. He had served as U.S. Commissioner for several years prior to his death.

He leaves a widow and six childred [sic] all of whom have married, to mourn his loss.

He was buried with masonic honor at the Jobe graveyard near town on the evening of the 8th last, and his body reposes in the sun of the country he loved so well.

George E. Engle

George E. Engle, 65, of Murfreesboro, died Wednesday, May 27, 1998.

Mr. Engle was a Yancey County, North Carolina native and son of the late James W. and Louise Edwards Engle. Mr. Engle worked in the furniture industry. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. Mrs. Engle was of the Baptist faith.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Bertha L. Engle, and two sisters, Helen McCurry, and Edna Grimes. Survvors include: his wife, Beatrice Toney Engle; two daughters, Linda Angela, Cleveland, Ohio, and Darlene Krohe, Norfold, Virginia; two sons, James Engle and Danny Engle, both of Chicamauga, Georgia; one sister, Mamie Cousins, Erwin; two brothers, Carl Engle and I. G. Engle, both of Erwin; six grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Engle is interred in Martins Creek Cemetery with military graveside honors.

Mr. Harvey Engle

Mr. Harvey Engle, 68, 172 Engle Street, died Monday, January 18, 1998 at Unicoi County Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Engle was a native and lifelong resident of Unicoi County and a son of the late Clyde and Anzo Deaton Engle.

Mr. Engle owned and operated Engle's Grocery, Chestoa Pike, Erwin, for 43 years. He attended the Chestoa Baptist Church.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Ed Engle. Survivors include: his wife, Jeanette Masters Engle; three daughters, Connie Bailey and Joanie Harris, both of Erwin, and Jeannie Burton, Marion, North Carolina; four sons, C.H. Engle, Brooksville, Florida, Tony Engle and James Engle, both of Erwin, and Keith Engle, Johnson City; one sister, Wilma Bradford, Erwin; one brother, Leslie Engle, Erwin; 12 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Mr. Engle is interred at Evergreen Cemetery.

Mr. Herrald Erwin

Mr. Herrald Erwin, 71, of 1417 Prospect Drive, Kinsport died Tuesday May 5, 1998.

Mr. Herrald, a antive of Erwin, lived in Kingsport before moving to Linville Lin Harbor, North Carolina, and moved back to Kingsport after his retirement in 1995. He served in World War II in the Pacific Theater on the USS Louisville and also in the Korean Conflict. Mr. Erwin retired from Tennessee Eastman Company after 39 years of service in the CHDM department.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Raymond T. and Lucy Gage Erwin; his first wife, Marica "Pady" Starnes, Erwin; and a brother, Eugene "Gene" Erwin. Survivors include: his wife, Betty Erwin, Kingsport; one daughter, Melanie Erwin, Johnson City; two sons and daughters-in-law, Mark and Karen Erwin, Goose Creek, South Carolina, and Toney and Andrea Erwin, Kingsport; three step-sons, Phillip Church, Lansing, Michigan, Jeff Church, Laurinburg, North Carolina, and Randy Church, Kingsport; four grandchildren, Melanie Erwin, Joshua Erwin, Joseph Erwin and Grayson Erwin; great-grandson Ryan Erwin and two step-grandchildren; three sisters, Mildred Tapp, Erwin, Eunice Morris, Johnson City, and Lois Auman, Highpoint, North Carolina; three brothers, R.T. Erwin, Erwin, Bill Erwin, Anderson, South Carolina and Charles Erwin, Portland, Oregon; several nieces and nephews and cousins. Military graveside services were conducted at the Veterans Administration Center. Mountain Home by Charles DeWitt Byrd Post Number 3387 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.