Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Whitson, Irene March 1, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Julia Williams Kodak Jkodak@charter.net March 20, 2007, 11:27 pm Mitchell News-Journal 3/14/07 IRENE WHITSON UNICOI, TN - Irene Hobson Whitson, 90, of Unicoi Drive, died Thursday, March 1, 2007 in Johnson City Medical Center. A native of Mitchell County, she was the daughter of the late Morphew and Rosa Hobson, and wife of the late Rev. Park Whitson. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Guy Hobson. She attended Fishery Baptist Church in Erwin, Tenn. Survivors include a daughter, Elda Ledford of Johnson City; a son, J.M. Whitson of Unicoi; a brother, James Hobson of Bakersville; five grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 8 p.m. Saturday at Morris-Baker Funeral Home. Revs. Kenneth Grindstaff, Harold Grindstaff and Sam Ferguson officiated. Burial was at 10 a.m. Sunday in Roselawn Memory Gardens. The family received friends from 6 p.m. until the service hour at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to the church of your choice. Henline-Hughes Funeral Home in Bakersville assisted the family. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/mitchell/obits/w/whitson539gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb