Avery County NcArchives Obituaries.....Fine, John F February 13, 2007
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Elizabethton Star  Feb 16, 2007
John F. Fine Jr. 


    John Franklin Fine Jr., of Elizabethton, was taken home Wednesday, 
February 14, 2007, to be with his Lord at the Johnson City Medical Center. 


    A native of Avery County, N.C., he was a son of the late John Franklin 
Fine Sr. and Margie McQueen Fine. He lived his life in Elizabethton. 


    John was a graduate of Elizabethton High School and East Tennessee State 
University, where he received his Master's of Education. He began his career 
at Hunter Elementary School, where he served seven years as a seventh and 
eighth grade teacher. John then went to Unaka Elementary School as principal 
for two years, when he was asked to go to Unaka High School as principal. 
There, John served Unaka High School for 28 years, making him the longest 
running principal of any one school in Carter County. Joint House Resolution 
No. 308 to Honor and Commend him as Principal of Unaka High School dated April 
21, 2005. 


    John was a member of First Baptist Church of Elizabethton, where he served 
as a deacon. He attended Potter's Clay Sunday School Class, where he was a 
team leader. 


    In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his grandmother, 
Dove McQueen, and his grandmother, Mamie Goodwin Fine; an aunt and uncle, 
Edward and Lucille Pearson; an uncle and aunt, Robert and Beth Fine; an uncle, 
Von Dean; and his father-in-law, Norman Glen Hart. 


    John left behind a family, his wife, Connie Hart Fine; daughters, Ashley 
Lynn Fine and Brittany Leigh Fine; one aunt, JoAnn McQueen Dean; his mother-in-
law, Mildred Hart; and cousins, Phil Pearson and Leslie Pearson, Curtis and 
Cory Pearson, Jeana Beth Fine Frye and Steve Fine, along with all of his 
beloved "children" at Unaka High School. 


    A funeral service to celebrate the life of John Franklin Fine Jr. will be 
conducted at 8 p.m. Friday, February 16, at Unaka High School with Rev. Brent 
Seals and Rev. Tim Tapp officiating. The Eulogy will be given by Maggie 
Greene, Julie Yankee, Mickey Taylor and Raymond Morton. Graveside services and 
interment will be at 12 noon Saturday, February 17, at Happy Valley Memorial 
Park. Active pallbearers will be the deacons of First Baptist Church. To those 
who prefer, memorials may be made in memory of Mr. Fine to Unaka High School, 
119-A Robinson Lane, Elizabethton, TN 37643, where a scholarship is being set 
up. The family will receive friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Unaka High 
School. Friends may also call at his residence. Family and friends will 
assemble at the funeral home at 11:15 a.m. Saturday to go to the cemetery. 
Online condolences to the Fine family may be e-mailed to mfc@chartertn.net. 


    Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.


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