CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Bessie A. Baird, 21 Jun 2000
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Bessie A. Baird


  Bessie A. Baird, 89, formerly of 207 West Mill Street, Elizabethton, 
died Wednesday, June 21, 2000, at Hermitage Health Center following an 
extended illness. 
  Ms. Baird was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the late 
Noah and Farrie Hicks Gentry. She was also preceded in death by her 
husband, Jacob Lewis Baird, in 1976, and two sisters, Ruby Gentry and 
Cora Ellen Ensor. 
  Ms. Baird was a member of Keenburg Free Will Baptist Church and a member 
of the Ladies Auxiliary. She was retired from Bemberg Corporation. 
  Survivors include a son, David Ward, Elizabethton; two brothers, Ernest 
Gentry and Frank Gentry, both of Elizabethton; a sister, Lucille Taylor, 
Elizabethton; and three grandchildren, David J. Baird, High Point, N.C., 
Debbie A. Baird, Johnson City, and Jesse S. Ward, Elizabethton. Four 
great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also survive. 
Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, is in charge of arrangements. 
www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick 

BAIRD -- Funeral services for Bessie A. Baird, 89, formerly of 207 West 
Mill Street, Elizabethton, who died Wednesday, June 21, 2000, will be 
conducted at 8 p.m. Friday, June 23, at Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside 
Chapel, with Rev. Mark Street officiating. Graveside services and interment 
will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 24, at Highland Cemetery, 
Elizabethton. Active pallbearers will be selected from the men of Keenburg 
Free Will Baptist Church. Honorary pallbearers will be the doctors and 
nursing staff of Hermitage Health Center, fellow employees of Bemberg 
Corporation and friends and neighbors. The family, friends, minister and 
pallbearers will meet at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. Saturday to go in 
procession to the cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 
8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Friends may also call at the home of 
her son, David Ward, 163 Old Stoney Loop, Elizabethton, any time. Tetrick 
Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, is in charge of arrangements. www.Funeral-
Plans.com/Tetrick