Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Dykes, Gladys M November 23, 2006
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Elizabethton Star Nov 24, 3006
Gladys M. Dykes 





    Mrs. Gladys Marie Dykes, 87, 1666 Hillview Drive, Elizabethton, died 

Thursday, November 23, 2006, at Hillview Health Center following an extended 

illness. 





    A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Edward and 

Josephine Burrow White. 





    Mrs. Dykes was a homemaker and a member of Southside Christian Church. 





    In addition to her parents, Mrs. Dykes was preceded in death by her 

husband, Lawrence Dykes, three brothers, Howard White, Lewis White and James 

White, and two sisters, Carolyn Josephine Nidiffer and Hazel White. 





    Survivors include two sons, Richard L. Dykes of Elizabethton and Ralph 

Gerald Dykes of Goose Creek, S.C.; a daughter, Barbara Jenkins of Chesapeake, 

Va.; a sister, Maxine Roberts of Johnson City; six grandchildren; seven great-

grandchildren; and three special sisters-in-law, Mary L. Grindstaff, Mary 

Dykes and Hazel Myers. Several nieces and nephews also survive. 





    Funeral services for Mrs. Dykes will be conducted at 8 p.m. Saturday, 

November 25, in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home with Mr. Mike 

Koruschak, minister, and Rev. Steve Burleson officiating. Music will be 

provided by No Name But His. The graveside service and interment will be 

conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, November 26, at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active 

pallbearers will be Ronnie Fair, Jeff Dykes, Pat Hicks, Travis Magee, Danny 

Simerly and Chris Dykes. The family would like to give a special thanks to Dr. 

Robert Walter and the staff of Hillview Health Center for the loving and 

devoted care given to Mrs. Dykes during her illness. The family will receive 

friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday. Everyone will meet at 

the funeral home at 1:15 p.m. Sunday to go in procession to the cemetery. To 

those who desire, memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 

Northeast Chapter, 207 North Boone Street, Suite 1500, Johnson City, TN 37604. 

Online condolences may be sent to the family through our Web site at 

www.hathawaypercy.com or by fax at (423) 543-8386. 





    Arrangements for the Dykes family have been entrusted to Hathaway-Percy 

Funeral Ho

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