CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Melvin W. Buckles, 8 Oct 2004
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Melvin W. Buckles, 73, Highway 91, Elizabethton, died Friday, 
October 8, 2004, in the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center.

Mr. Buckles was a native of Carter County and a son of the late David 
Carter and Nannie Florence VanHuss Buckles. In addition to his parents, 
he was preceded in death by a brother, Worley Buckles.

Mr. Buckles was a retired employee of the Raytheon Corporation, having 
worked there for 35 years. He was a member of Hunter First Baptist 
Church and the Senior Adult Men's Sunday School Class. He served in the 
U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict.

Survivors include his wife, Rebecca Rogers Buckles; a son and daughter-
in-law, Stephen Scott and Heather Buckles, Elizabethton; and a granddaughter, 
Celeste Buckles. Several nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Monday, October 11, at 
Memorial Funeral Chapel with Dr. Dennis Deese, Rev. Eric Eggers and Rev. 
Burl Garland officiating. Music will be provided by Chris and Crystal 
Headley. Graveside services and interment will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, 
October 12, in the National Cemetery, Mountain Home. V.F.W. Post No. 
2166 will conduct military graveside honors. Active pallbearers, who 
are requested to assemble at the funeral home at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, 
will be Mike Ensor, Greg Pierce, Jeff Pierce, Keith Glover, Daniel 
Holder, Nick Holder, Fornie VanHuss, Sherrill VanHuss and Ron Buckles. 
Honorary pallbearers will be his church family, Dr. Daniel Paul, Lynn 
Williams, Rev. Jamie Ferguson, Jason Wells, Howard Carlton, David Sexton, 
Bill Williams and Shortline Officers and all of the Northeast Correctional 
Center employees. Also surviving are his special friends, Val Deaton, 
Judy Couch, Wanda Townsend, Eulalee Pierce and Rosemary Pierce. The 
family would like to express a special "Thank You" to the doctors, 
staff and nurses at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center Building 
162, 2nd Floor. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday 
at the funeral home. Friends may also call at his residence. To those 
who prefer, memorials may be made in memory of Mr. Buckles to the Hunter 
First Baptist Church Building Fund, 693 Highway 91, Elizabethton, TN 
37643. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 10:15 
a.m. Tuesday to go to the cemetery. Condolences to the Buckles family 
may be e-mailed to mfc@chartertn.net. Memorial Funeral Chapel is in 
charge.

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