Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Cyphers, Clarence B June 14, 2006
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Elizabethton Star  June 16, 2006
Clarence B. Cyphers 





    Clarence Buchanan Cyphers, 72, of Elizabethton, died Wednesday, June 14, 

2006, at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. 





    Mr. Cyphers was a native of Carter County and a son of the late Lawrence 

and Myrtle Buchanan Cyphers. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in 

death by a sister, Jeanne Hicks. 





    Mr. Cyphers was a graduate of Elizabethton High School and the Tennessee 

Vocational Technical School in Johnson City. He was a retired employee of the 

Tennessee Eastman Corporation and served in the United States Navy during the 

Korean Conflict. He was a member of Grace Baptist Church and was an avid 

Braves Baseball fan. 





    Survivors include his wife, Gale Renfro Cyphers; two daughters and sons-in-

law, Jennifer and James Brooks, Lilburn, Ga., and Joy and Dean Norris, 

Nashville; two sons and daughters-in-law, John Michael and Allison Cyphers and 

Jeffrey Wade and Kimberly Cyphers, all of Franklin; six grandchildren, Jemma 

Brooks, Conner Brooks, Benjamin Cyphers, Chase Cyphers, Nathan Cyphers and 

Nick Cyphers; and a sister and brother-in-law, JoAnne and William Noble Sr., 

Bluff City. Several nieces and nephews also survive. 





    Funeral services for Mr. Cyphers will be conducted at 8 p.m. Friday, June 

16, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with Pastor Bobby Stout officiating. Music will 

be provided by Scott Reynolds and the Borderview Quartet. Graveside services 

and interment will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 17, at Happy Valley Memorial 

Park with Kirk Langston, minister, officiating. Active pallbearers, who are 

requested to assemble at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, will be 

Chris Mathes, Roscoe Peters, Ryan Shoun, Terry Keeler and William Noble Jr. 

Honorary pallbearers will be Mack Merritt, Dean Perry, Terry Miller, Wiley 

Elliott, Glen Reynolds, Tim Burker, Bill Ingram Jr., Carl Burrough, Robbie 

Norris, Roy Brooks, Harold Norris, James Brooks, Dean Norris, friends and 

neighbors. The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday at the 

funeral home. Friends may also call at the residence. Family and friends will 

assemble at the funeral home at 10:15 a.m. Saturday to go to the cemetery. 

Memorials for Mr. Cyphers may be made to the Carter County Rescue Squad, P.O. 

Box 776, Elizabethton, TN 37644 or to the American Cancer Society, c/o Helen 

Wilson, 209 S. Riverside Drive, Elizabethton, TN 37643. Online condolences to 

the Cyphers family may be e-mailed to mfc@chartertn.net. 





    Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.





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