CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Clate William Briggs, Sr., 15 Jan 1983
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ELIZABETHTON STAR -Monday, January 17,1983 
Clate Briggs 

Clate William Briggs, Sr., 74, 702 Fifth St., Elizabetbton, died Saturday 
afternoon in the Carter County Memorial Hospital following an extended 
illness. 
A native of Avery County, N. C., he was the son of the late Elisha and Hester 
Freeman Briggs.  Mr. Briggs was a retired employee of the Bemberg Corporation 
and was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church, He was preceded in death by 
a brother, John Briggs, and by his sister, Mrs. Molly Street. 
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Hulda Thomas Briggs, of the home; three 
sons, Rev. Clate William Briggs, Jr., Rt. 2, Elizabethton, Jerald Briggs, 
Suitland, Md., and Joel Briggs, White Plains, Md. ; and four sisters, Mrs. 
Mattie Carrico, Adrian, Mich., Mrs. Mary Hodge of Elizabethton, Mrs. Bertha 
Blevins, Hickory, N. C., and Mrs. Pearl Trent, St. Paul, Va. Six 
grandchildren, two great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also 
survive . 
Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, is in charge of the arrangements. 
BRIGGS - Funeral services for Clate William Briggs, Sr., 74, 702 Fifth St., 
Elizabethton, who died Saturday afternoon, will be conducted at I p.m. 
Wednesday from the Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, with Rev.  Edd 
Davis and Rev.  Winford Floyd officiating.  Music will be under the direction 
of the Light of Life Trio. Interment will follow in the Thomas Cemetery, 
Birchfield Creek. , Minneapolis, N. C. Active pallbearers will be Rev.  Clate 
William Briggs, Jr., Jerald Briggs, Joel Briggs, Austin Thomas, Lambert 
Thomas and Tommy Thomas.  The family will receive friends in the Riverside 
Chapel from 7 until 9 p.m. Tuesday and at the residence, 702 Fifth St., 
Elizabethton, at any time.  Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, is in 
charge of the arrangements.