AVERY COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Retta Church Nave, 27 Feb 2003
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Retta C. Nave

Retta Church Nave, 93, formerly of West F. Street, Elizabethton, 
died Thursday, February 27, 2003, at Hermitage Health Care Center 
following an extended illness.
Mrs. Nave was a native of Avery County, N.C., and the daughter of the 
late Sidney and Martha Ellen Church. She was also preceded in death by 
her husband, Earnest C. Nave, and by three brothers, a sister and a 
grandson.
Mrs. Nave had been a member of First Baptist Church of Elizabethton 
since 1939 and was a member of Eastern Star Sycamore Chapter No. 163. 
She worked in her husband's business, Nave Hardware.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Wilma Jean and Henry 
Simmons, Johnson City; a son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Janis Nave, 
Elizabethton; seven grandchildren, Rebecca Magee, Aiken, S.C., the Rev. 
Mike Simmons, De Soto, Texas, Kathryn Folden, Portland, Ore., Nikki Engle, 
Erwin, Suzanne Artis, Atlanta, Ga., Johnny Wright and Wendy Wright Campbell,
 both of Elizabethton. Nine great-grandchildren and several nieces and 
nephews also survive. 
Tetrick Funeral Home, 211 North Riverside Drive, Elizabethton, (423) 
543-4917, is in charge of arrangements. Visit our Web site at www.Funeral-
Plans.com/Tetrick

NAVE -- Funeral services for Retta Church Nave, 93, formerly of West 
F. Street, Elizabethton, who died Thursday, February 27, 2003, will be 
conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, in the Chapel of Peace of Tetrick 
Funeral Home with the Rev. Mike Simmons and the Rev. Brent Seals officiating. 
Interment will follow at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers 
will be John Wright, Greg Campbell, Brad Engle, Mark Artis, Marcus Simmons, 
Winston Church, Hansel Church and friends. The family will receive friends 
from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Friends may also call at 
the residence of her daughter, Wilma Simmons, 114 Fairlawn Drive, Johnson 
City, or at the residence of her son, Robert Nave, 626 Range Street, 
Elizabethton, any time. Those who prefer memorials in lieu of flowers may 
make donations to First Baptist Church of Elizabethton, 212 East F. Street, 
Elizabethton, TN 37643, ATTN: Mission Fund. Online condolences may be 
sent to the family through our website www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. Tetrick 
Funeral Home, Elizabethton, is in charge of arrangements. 

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