CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Luther James Ellis, 8 Oct 2002
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Luther J. Ellis
Luther James Ellis, 88, Peters Hollow Road, Elizabethton, died 
Tuesday, October 8, 2002 in the Johnson City Medical Center. A native 
of Carter County, he was a son of the late Wiley and Betty Heatherly 
Ellis. Mr. Ellis was a retired employee of North American Rayon 
Corporation. He was a member of the New Liberty Free Will Baptist Church. 
He was a charter member of the Appalachian Sportsman Club and a charter 
member of the Stoney Creek Coon Club. Mr. Ellis was preceded in death by 
his first wife, Faye Elliott Ellis; a brother, Paul Ellis; a sister, 
Florence Shankle, and a step-son, Wayne Webb.
Survivors include his wife, George Webb Ellis; two sons and one daughter-
in-law, Rondal Ellis, Bill and Hazel Ellis, all of Elizabethton; a daughter 
and son-in-law, Connie and Jerry Lane, of Troutville, Va.; a step-daughter 
and her husband, Juanita and Leonard Lewis, Elizabethton; two grandsons; 
one granddaughter, and one great granddaughter. Memorial Funeral Chapel 
is in charge of arrangements.

ELLIS -- Funeral services for Luther James Ellis, 88, 121 Peters Hollow 
Road, Elizabethton, who died Tuesday, October 8, 2002, will be conducted 
at 8 p.m. Thursday in Memorial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Ray Colbaugh, 
and Rev. Bill Greer officiating. Graveside services and interment will be 
at 10 a.m. Friday in the Caldwell Springs Cemetery with the Rev. Richard 
Estep officiating. Music will be provided by the New Liberty Free Will 
Baptist Church Choir. Active pallbearers who are requested to assemble 
at the funeral home at 9:30 a.m. Friday, October 11, 2002, will be Jimmy 
Eggers, Kenneth Shankle, Tim Hardin, Gene Carrier, Jim May, Kenneth 
Colbaugh, Jimmy Buckles, and Clifford Peters. Honorary pallbearers will 
be Dr. William P. Bailey; his church family; members of the Stoney Creek 
Coon Club; friends of Stoney Creek Grill, and other friends and neighbors. 
The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, October 10, 
2002 in the funeral home. Friends may also call at the residence. Family 
and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 9:30 a.m. Friday, October 
11, 2002 to go to the cemetery. Condolences may be e-mailed to the Ellis 
family at mfc@chartertn.net. Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of 
arrangements. 


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