CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Vestal Buck, 15 Apr 2000
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Vestal Buck
4/17/00 

   Vestal "Sim" Buck, 93, 1735 West G. Street, Elizabethton, died Saturday, 
April 15, 2000, at Ivy Hall Nursing Home following a brief illness.
   Mr. Buck was a lifelong resident of Carter County and a son of the late 
Landon and Martha Jones Buck. He was also preceded in death by his wife, 
Mae Luther Buck, in 1990, five brothers, Foy, Milton, Joe, Dayton and Pat 
Buck, and two sisters, Luna Drumm and Ada Pignatello.
   Mr. Buck was a retired employee of North American Rayon Corporation with 
50 years of service. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church.
   Survivors include a son, Guy C. Buck, Johnson City; two sisters, Juanita 
Bridgeman, Elizabethton, and Ruth Spoone, Lenoir City; and three grandchildren, 
Debra Bacon, Elizabethton, Vickie Buck, Gray, and Kara Buck, Johnson City. 
Several nieces and nephews also survive.
   Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel, (423) 543-5544, is in charge 
of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Hathaway-Percy

   BUCK -- Funeral services for Vestal "Sim" Buck, 93, 1735 West G. Street, 
Elizabethton, who died Saturday, April 15, 2000, will be held at 8 p.m. 
Sunday, April 16, at Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel, with Rev. 
Joe Sorah and Dr. Ray Sorrells officiating. Graveside services and interment 
will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, April 17, at Happy Valley Memorial Park. 
Active pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. Honorary 
pallbearers will be the Men's Bible Class of Calvary Baptist Church. To 
those who desire, memorials made be made to the Kitchen Fund, Calvary Baptist 
Church, 225 N. Holly Lane, Elizabethton, Tenn. 37643. The family will receive 
friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Friends may also call 
at the residence, 1735 West G. Street, Elizabethton, any time. Everyone will 
meet at the funeral home at 1:15 p.m. Monday to go in procession to the 
cemetery. Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel, (423) 543-5544, is in 
charge of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Hathaway-Percy