YANCEY COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Arnold Dewey Styles, 20 Mar 2003 ----¤¤¤¤---- Arnold D. Styles Arnold Dewey Styles, 77, Gap Creek Road, Elizabethton, died Thursday, March 20, 2003, at Life Care Center of Elizabethton following an extended illness. A native of Yancey County, N.C., Mr. Styles was the son of the late Ulyses C. Styles and Betty Mae McCracken Styles Pittman. He was preceded in death by his wife, Christine Styles, a daughter, Mildred, a brother, Joe Pittman, and a sister, Shirley Carr. Mr. Styles was a retired auto mechanic and a truck driver. He was a U.S. Navy veteran having served in World War II. Survivors include four sons, Gene Styles, Jacksonville, Fla., Bruce Styles and Harold Styles, Greensboro, N.C., and Alex Styles, Calif.; two daughters, Carolyn Kennedy, N.C., and Edna, N.C., several grandchildren and great grandchildren, one brother, Richard Pittman, Spartanburg, S.C., three sisters, Thelma Carpenter, Elizabethton, Mary Witherspoon, Elizabethton and Anna Lee Trinkle, Bluff City, a special niece and her family, Lisa and David Higgins, children, Julie Higgins, Brian Cross, Brady Higgins, Ronnie Cross, and several other nieces and nephews. Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, 423-542-2232, is in charge of the arrangements. STYLES -- Funeral services for Arnold Dewey Styles, 77, Gap Creek Road, Elizabethton, who died Thursday, March 20, 2003, will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday, March 24, at Tetrick Funeral Home, Chapel of Peace, with the Rev. Darrell Holly officiating. Interment will follow the funeral service at VA National Cemetery, Mountain Home. Military honors to be accorded by Capt. Lynn H. Folsom V.F.W. Post #2166. Active pallbearers will be David Higgins, Brady Higgins, Ronnie Cross and others selected from family and friends. The family will receive friends from 12-1 p.m. Monday, March 24, at Tetrick Funeral Home, Chapel of Peace, or friends may call the residence of a niece, Lisa Higgins, 875 Gap Creek Road, Elizabethton, any time. Online condolences may be sent to the family through our web site at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, 423-542-2232, is in charge of the 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/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------