Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Davenport, Madison "M.H." December 9, 2005
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Elizabethton Star 12/11/2005
Madison "M.H." Davenport 





    Madison "M.H." Davenport, 84, formerly of 100 Daytona Place, Elizabethton, 

died Friday, December 9, 2005, at Life Care Center of Elizabethton following a 

brief illness. 





    Mr. Davenport was a native of Carter County and a son of the late M.H. and 

Martha Ellen Treadway Davenport. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in 

death by four brothers, Harley Davenport, Wilburn Davenport, Frank Davenport 

and Herman Davenport, and two sisters, Virgie Nidiffer and Evelyn Edmondson. 





    Mr. Davenport was a member and former deacon of East River Park Christian 

Church. He retired from Free Service Tire Company. He was a member of the 

Dashiell Masonic Lodge #238 F.&A.M., Chapter, Council and Commandry, Scottish 

Rite 32nd Degree and Jericho Shrine Temple. He served with the U.S. Marines 

during World War II. 





    Survivors include his wife, Colleen Simerly Davenport; a daughter and son-

in-law, Patsy and Terry Miller; and a granddaughter, April Miller, all of 

Elizabethton. Several nieces and nephews also survive. 





    The funeral service for Mr. Davenport will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday, 

December 11, in the Riverside Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home with Mr. Joel 

Stauffer, minister, officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral 

home from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, prior to the service. The committal and 

entombment service will follow in the Mausoleum of Peace at Happy Valley 

Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be Terry Miller, Don Pleasant, Ozzie 

Simerly, Cecil Carr, Richard Davenport, Bobby Joe Davenport and Glen Davenport. 

Those who prefer memorials in lieu of flowers may make donations to the East 

River Park Christian Church (Building Fund), 1207 Broad Street Ext., 

Elizabethton, TN 37643. Online condolences may be sent to the Davenport family 

through the Tetrick Web site at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. 





    Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, is in charge of arrangements. Obituary 

Line: (423) 543-4917. Office: (423) 542-2232.



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