CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - William G. Bunten, 31 May 2000
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William G. Bunten

  William Gilbert Bunten, 70, 610 Siam Road, Elizabethton, died 
Wednesday, May 31, 2000, at his residence following an extended illness.
  Mr. Bunten was a native of Carter County and the son of the late 
William Gaither and Eliza Smith Bunten. He was also preceded in death 
by five sisters, Irene, Evelyn, Frances, Ola Mae and Edith, and two 
brothers, Archie and Chris Edwin.
Mr. Bunten was a member of Harmony Baptist Church and was a retired 
postal worker. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and was a Life Member 
of Disabled American Veterans.
  Survivors include his wife, Mary Lou Vance Bunten, Elizabethton; two 
daughters and sons-in-law, Geneva and Jack Hoss and Margie and Jeff Nelson, 
all of Elizabethton; a daughter, Becky Bunten, of the home; two sons and 
daughters-in-law, Gilbert and Rachel Bunten, Elizabethton, and Bill and 
Donna Bunten, Hill Air Force Base, Utah; and a son, Brad Bunten, of the 
home. Eleven grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and several nieces 
and nephews also survive.
  Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, is in charge of arrangements. 
www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick

  BUNTEN -- Funeral services for William Gilbert Bunten, 70, 610 Siam Road, 
Elizabethton, who died Wednesday, May 31, 2000, will be conducted at 2 p.m. 
Saturday, June 3, at Harmony Baptist Church with Rev. Donnie Davenport and 
Rev. Richard Jones officiating. Music will be under the direction of Jason 
Thompson, Jacque Caldwell and the Reed Family. Interment will follow at 
Richardson Cemetery, Shell Creek, with Military Honors accorded by the U.S. 
Army Honor Guard. Active pallbearers will be Jason Thompson, Steve Buchanan, 
Steve Davenport, David Fox, Richard Pilk, Tim Pilk, Johnny Glass and John 
Peters. Honorary pallbearers will be Roy Ingram, Lloyd Estep, John Henson, 
David Crockett, Dr. Jay Mehta, Dr. Ahmed Khan, Dr. Blacky, Dr. Farrow, 
Johnson City Medical Center 2300 and 3300 Nursing Staff and Respiratory 
Staff, the men of Harmony Baptist Church, Vance Brothers and brothers-in-
law. A special thank you to Jacque Caldwell for all the help, love and 
support, and a special thank you to Kay Arnold and Johnson City Medical 
Center Hospice. The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday 
at the funeral home. Friends may also call at the residence any time. 
Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, is in charge of arrangements. 
www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick