CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Kirk P. Arnett, 18 May 2002
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Kirk P. Arnett

   Kirk P. Arnett, 78, formerly of Roan Mountain, died Saturday, 
May 18, 2002, at Stockton Residential Home for Elderly, Roan Mountain, 
following an extended illness.
   Mr. Arnett was a native of Carter County and the son of the late 
Jacob Walter and Cordie Jane Lacey Arnett. He was also preceded in death 
by a brother, Warren Arnett, and a sister, Mary Frances Arnett.
   Mr. Arnett was a retired carpenter. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World 
War II and served with the Army Air Corps in the European Theater.
   Survivors include two daughters, Debbie Dugger and Jeanie Jones, both 
of Roan Mountain; a son, Ricky Arnett, Roan Mountain; two sisters, Florence 
Birchfield and Eva Oxendine, both of Roan Mountain; six grandchildren; five 
great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and a special friend at 
Stockton Residential Home for Elderly, Mamie Shell.
   Tetrick Funeral Home, Rhododendron Chapel, Roan Mountain, (423) 772-3928, 
is in charge of arrangements. 
Visit our Web site at www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick
   
   ARNETT -- Funeral services for Kirk P. Arnett, 78, formerly of Roan 
Mountain, who died Saturday, May 18, 2002, will be conducted at 8 p.m. 
Sunday, May 19, at Tetrick Funeral Home, Rhododendron Chapel, Roan Mountain, 
with the Rev. Jim Storie officiating. Music will be under the direction of 
the Rev. Mark Street. Committal and entombment services will be conducted at 
1 p.m. Monday, May 20, in the Mausoleum of Peace at Happy Valley Memorial 
Park. Military Honors will be accorded by the Captain Lynn H. Folsom VFW 
Post #2166. Everyone will meet at the cemetery at 12:55 p.m. Monday for the 
committal service. Active pallbearers will be Jack Blackwell, Roger Heschong, 
Leroy Stockton, Leslie Roberson, Carl Brown and Mike Haggie. Honorary 
pallbearers will be Roby Hopson, Floyd Storie, Ralph Brown, Claude Lacey and 
Charles Lacey. A special thanks to the staff of Stockton Residential Home 
for Elderly and the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center Hospital. The family 
will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. For those 
who prefer in lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Stockton 
Residential Home for Elderly, 104 Buck Road, Roan Mountain, TN 37687. 
Condolences may be sent to the family via e-mail address tetrick@funeral-
plans.com. Tetrick Funeral Home, Rhododendron Chapel, Roan Mountain, is 
in charge of arrangements.