Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Carden, Clifford D April 29, 2006
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Elizabethton Star  May 2, 2006
Clifford D. Carden 





    Clifford D. "Red" Carden, age 80, 219 High Street, Hampton, went home to be 

with his Lord Sunday, April 30, 2006, at his residence following an extended 

illness. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Lovie and Emma 

Teague Carden. Mr. Carden was a member, an inactive deacon, former Sunday 

school director, and former Sunday school teacher in the youth department of 

Union Baptist Church, Hampton. He led Carden's Bible Study at Northeast 

Correctional Facility for 14 years and taught in the Big "A" Club at Hampton 

First Baptist Church. Mr. Carden served with the U.S. Navy during World War II. 





    In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy 

Jean Campbell Carden, on Feb. 28, 1999, and four sisters, Arlene Campbell, 

Goldie Lewis, Ressie Lewis, and Lois Estep. 





    Survivors are three daughters and three sons-in-law, Karen and Kenneth 

Heaton and Rebecca and Terry Brumitt, all of Hampton, and Teresa and Dennis 

Woodring, Johnson City; one son and daughter-in-law, Ronald Carden, Sr. and 

Rose Marie, Hampton; seven grandchildren, SFC Ronald Curtis Carden, Jr., David 

Brumitt, Kevin Heaton, Jason Brumitt, Kim Moore, Leah Thompson, and Kara 

Heaton; seven great-grandchildren; five sisters, Evelyn Lewis, Elizabethton, 

Lovie Belle Heffernan, Taylors, S.C., Jessie Keller, Elizabethton, Emily Payne, 

Kingsport, and June Scott, Aubertown; and one brother, Clyde Carden, Redding, 

Calif.; and several nieces and nephews. 





    The graveside service for Mr. Carden will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 3, 

in Union Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Haskel Ingram and the Rev. Mike 

Hyder officiating. The eulogy will be delivered by Rebecca Brumitt, daughter. 

Those attending are asked to meet at the cemetery at 10:55 a.m. Wednesday. The 

family will be available following the service for friends to express 

condolences. Friends may also call at the homes of Karen Heaton and Rebecca 

Brumit. Active pallbearers will be grandsons and nephews. Honorary pallbearers 

will be members of the Carden Bible Study Group, Northeast Correctional 

Facility. A special thank you is extended from the family to the doctors and 

nurses of VA Medical Center Hospital. Those who prefer memorials in lieu of 

flowers may make donations to the Hampton Big "A" Club, Hampton First Baptist 

Church, 407 First Avenue, Hampton, TN 37658, Prison Ministry, c/o Hale 

Community Ministry, 1301 Arney Street, Elizabethton, TN 37643, or Zion's Hope, 

P.O. Box 690909, Orlando, FL 32869. Condolence messages may be sent to the 

family at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, is in 

charge of arrangements. The obituary line is 543-4917. The office number is 542-

2232

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