CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Beatrice H. Hopson Estep, 30 Dec 2002
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Beatrice Estep

Mrs. Beatrice H. Hopson Estep, 90, 720 Sugar Hollow Road, Elizabethton, 
died Monday, December 30, 2002 at Pine Ridge Health Care following a 
brief illness.
A native and lifelong resident of Carter County, she was the daughter 
of the late Charlie and Ellen Arnett Hopson. She was a member of Keenburg 
Freewill Baptist Church and the D.V.A. #17. She was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Estep, February 18, 1977; 
one son, William "Bill" Estep, December 29, 2000; three brothers, and four 
sisters. 
Survivors include two daughters; Clara Sue Oliver, Elizabethton; and Vivian 
Ann Carr, Watauga; one brother, Raymond Hopson, Wichita, Kan.; six sisters, 
Kathryn Potter Hardin, Elizabethton; Martha Campbell, Beulah Campbell, Pearl 
Markland, and Betty Jean Potter, all of Roan Mountain; and Gertrude Morrell, 
Bluff City. Seven grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, and several 
nieces and nephews also survive.
These services entrusted to Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home. www.Funeral-Plans.
com/Hathaway-Percy.

ESTEP -- The funeral service for Mrs. Beatrice H. Hopson Estep, 90, 720 Sugar 
Hollow Road, Elizabethton, who died Monday, December 30, 2002, will be conducted 
at 8 p.m. Wednesday, January 1, 2003 in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy 
Funeral Home with Rev. Wallace Amos, Rev. Mark Street and Rev. Steve Burleson,
ministers, officiating. Music will be under the direction of the Keenburg 
Freewill Baptist Church choir. Graveside service and interment will be conducted 
at 10 a.m. Thursday, January 2, 2003 in the Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active 
pallbearers will be grandsons and husband of granddaughter. Honorary pallbearers 
will be Bill Campbell, Jerry Perry, Dr. Stephen May and the staff of Pine Ridge 
Health Care. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. 
on Wednesday or at the residence of either daughter at any time. To those who 
desire, memorials may be made to the Carter County Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 776, 
Elizabethton, TN 37644. Everyone will meet at the funeral home at 9:15 a.m. on 
Thursday to go in procession to the cemetery. Words of sympathy may be sent to 
the family via e-mail address condolences@hathawaypercy.com. These services 
entrusted to Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home. 

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