AVERY COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Sallie Elliott, 20 Dec 2003 ----¤¤¤---- Mrs. Sallie Elliott, age 85, of Bluegrass Road, Roan Mountain, died Saturday, December 20, 2003 at her residence following an extended illness. Mrs. Elliott was a native of Avery County, North Carolina and a daughter of the late Charlie and Belle Dishman Hopson. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by four sons, Wayne Elliott, Claude Elliott, Jim Elliott and Paul Elliott; by one daughter, Frankie Lee Elliott, and by several brothers and sisters. Survivors include one daughter, Edith Greene, of Roan Mountain; one son, Ernest Elliott, of Roan Mountain; eight grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Callie Eller, of Elk Park, North Carolina; several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services for Mrs. Sallie Elliott will be conducted at 8 p.m. Monday, December 22, 2003 at the Rhododendron Chapel, Roan Mountain with Rev. Jim Storie officiating. Music will be by the St. John's Free Will Baptist Church Youth Group. Graveside services and interment will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, December 23, 2003 at the Blackwell Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Brian Elliott, John Harrison, Josh Harrison, Josh Brown, Eddie Shook and Tony Stevens. Honorary pallbearers will be Plez Potter, Crawford Potter and Al Bono. The family will receive friends at the Rhododendron Chapel, Roan Mountain from 6 until 8 p.m. Monday, prior to the service. Friends may call at the residence, Bluegrass Road, Roan Mountain, at any time. Everyone will meet at the cemetery at 1:50 p.m. Tuesday for the graveside service. Online condolences may be sent to the family through our Web site at www.hathawaypercy.com. Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: The Elizabethton Star http://www.starhq.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------