CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Horace A. Buckles, 5 Dec 2003 ----¤¤¤---- Horace A. Buckles, age 77, 110 Laura Bowers Road, Elizabethton, died Friday, December 5, 2003, at the Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a brief illness. A native of Carter County, he was the son of the late Lee and Callie Williams Buckles. Mr. Buckles was a member of Blue Springs Christian Church and retired from North American Rayon Corporation after 44 years of service. He was preceded in death by three sisters, Loretta Bowers, Wanda Bowers, and Lexie Lawson; two brothers, Lee Buckles and Cleveland Buckles; five half-sisters and three half-brothers. Survivors include his wife, Roxie L. Buckles, of the home; one son and daughter-in-law, James and Wanda Buckles, Elizabethton; two grandsons, Jason Buckles and Justin Buckles, both of Elizabethton; one brother, Floyd Buckles, Elizabethton; Several nieces and nephews also survive. The funeral service will be conducted at 7 p.m. Sunday, December 7, in the Riverside Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, with Mr. Richard Thomason, minister, officiating. Music will be under the direction of the Blue Springs Men's Quartet and Kathy Thomason, organist. The graveside service and interment will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday in the Pearl Bowers Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Wade Woods, Roger Brown, Churchill Winston Hill, Fane Bowers, Mark Garrison and Ray Heaton. Honorary pallbearers will be Joe Rominger, U.G. Buckles, Floyd Buckles, David Sayars and Hoover Wilson. Everyone will meet at the cemetery at 10:55 a.m. for the graveside service. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Sunday, prior to the funeral service in the chapel. Friends may also call at the residence, 110 Laura Bowers Road, Elizabethton, at any time. Online condolences may be sent to the family through our website 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/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------