CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Dorothy D. Emmert, 5 May 2001
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Dorothy D. Emmert

   Mrs. Dorothy Dimple Emmert, 86, 222 Big Springs Road, Elizabethton, 
died Saturday, May 5, 2001, at Pine Ridge Care Center, Elizabethton, 
following a brief illness.
   Mrs. Emmert was a native and lifelong resident of Carter County and a 
daughter of the late John P. and Roxie Sorrell Hopkins. She was also preceded 
in death by four sisters and three brothers.
   Mrs. Emmert was a former employee of North American Rayon Corporation 
with 25 years of service. She was a member of Big Springs Baptist Church.
   Survivors include her husband, Joe W. Emmert, of the home; three sons and 
two daughters-in-law, Bobby and Elaine Emmert, Elizabethton, Kenneth and 
Peggy Emmert and Ronald Emmert, all of Johnson City; a daughter and son-in-law, 
JoAnn and Ed Marley, Elizabethton; and a sister, Ruth Fair, Sacramento, Calif. 
Six grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews 
also survive.
   These services entrusted to Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home. www.Funeral-Plans.
com/Hathaway-Percy
   
   EMMERT -- Funeral services for Mrs. Dorothy Dimple Emmert, 86, 222 Big 
Springs Road, Elizabethton, who went to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 5, 
2001, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, at Big Springs Baptist Church 
with the Rev. Kenneth Kyker and the Rev. Harold Mains officiating. Music 
will be by Mrs. Sherry Hutchins, soloist. Interment will follow at Happy 
Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be Rodney Emmert, David White, 
Kevin Burchfield, Eddie Haines, Jody Lewis and Danny Churchill. Honorary 
pallbearers will be the men of Big Springs Baptist Church, Kenneth Cranfield, 
Bill Osborne, Earl Berry and Dawson Grindstaff. To those who desire, memorials 
may be made to the Building Fund of Big Springs Baptist Church, 171 Big 
Springs Road, Elizabethton, Tenn. 37643. The family will receive friends at 
Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel, from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday. Friends 
may also call at the residence at any time. Condolences to the family may be 
made by e-mail to hathaway-percy@funeral-plans.com. These services entrusted 
to Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Hathaway-Percy