CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Bernice L. Davis, 11 Feb 2002
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Bernice L. Davis

   Bernice L. Davis, 96, formerly of Rt. 5, Elizabethton, died Monday, 
February 11, 2002, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following an extended 
illness.
   Mrs. Davis was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the late 
S.M. and Hannah Grindstaff Taylor. She was also preceded in death by her 
husband, Sanford C. "Jack" Davis, December 6, 1974, a son, Edward H. Davis, 
a brother, Crawford Taylor, and two sisters, Hilan Street and Alice Taylor.
   Mrs. Davis was a member of Stoney Creek Baptist Church and was a retired 
schoolteacher having taught at Unaka High School, Unaka Elementary and 
Buladean Elementary School. She was also former owner and operator of Davis 
Store. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star Sycamore Chapter No. 
163.
   Survivors include a granddaughter and grandson-in-law, Teresa and Tim 
McHale, Williamsburg, Va., and a special nephew, Edwin Taylor, Elizabethton, 
Several other nieces and nephews also survive.
   Tetrick Funeral Home, 211 North Riverside Drive, Elizabethton, (423) 
543-4917, is in charge of arrangements. Visit our Web site at 
www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick
   
   DAVIS -- Funeral services for Bernice L. Davis, 96, formerly of Rt. 5, 
Elizabethton, who died Monday, February 11, 2002, will be conducted at 10 
a.m. Thursday, February 14, in the Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home 
with Dr. Kenneth Jordan officiating. Music will be under the direction of 
Edwin Taylor. The Order of Eastern Star Sycamore Chapter No. 163 will conduct 
a memorial service following the funeral service. Interment will follow the 
funeral service at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be 
selected from friends attending the service. Honorary pallbearers will be 
friends and neighbors of Stoney Creek and the men of Stoney Creek Baptist 
Church. Friends may call prior to the service on Thursday morning. Those 
who prefer in lieu of flowers may make donations in memory of Mrs. Davis 
to the Carter County Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 682, Elizabethton, Tenn. 37644. 
Condolences may be sent to the family via e-mail address tetrick@funeral-
plans.com. Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, is in charge of arrangements.