CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Howard "Barney" Fondren, 28 Feb 2005
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Howard "Barney" Fondren, 96, formerly of Sylvan Hill Road, Elizabethton, died
Monday, February 28, 2005, at Hermitage Health Care.

Mr. Fondren was a native and lifelong resident of Carter County and the son of
the late Samuel Albert and Jennie Cook Fondren. In addition to his parents, he
was preceded in death by a sister. 

Mr. Fondren was retired after 46 years of service from North American Rayon
Corporation. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Elizabethton where he
had served as a Deacon and as Treasurer. He was a charter member and the
oldest living past Master of Dashiell Masonic Lodge #238 F&AM, the York Rite
Body, the Elizabethton Senior Citizens Center and the AARP. Mr. Fondren had
served on the Board of Directors of the Happy Valley Credit Union for many
years.

Survivors include the love of his life for 73 years, Louise Bruce Fondren,
Elizabethton; two daughters, Sherry Lynn Campbell, Baltimore, Md., and Jane
Kay Markette, Stone Mountain, Ga.; a brother, Harry Albert Fondren, Myrtle
Beach, S.C.; and a sister, Hazel Wilkinson, Elizabethton. Six grandchildren,
three great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services for Mr. Fondren will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, March
5, in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home with Rev. Brent Seals
officiating. A Masonic service will follow by Dashiell Masonic Lodge #238
F&AM. Music will be under the direction of Ms. June Gouge. Interment will
follow the funeral service at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers
will be three grandsons, Bruce Campbell, Brian Campbell and Josh Markette, and
Lynn Simerly, Warren Lamb and Ricky Malone. Honorary pallbearers will be Jack
Buck, Harry Givan, Mack Cooke, the Deacons of First Baptist Church of
Elizabethton and the Directors and Committee Members of Happy Valley Credit
Union. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1 until 2 p.m.
Saturday. To those who desire memorials may be made to First Baptist Church,
212 East F Street, Elizabethton, TN 37643. Online condolences may be sent to
the family through our Web site at www.hathawaypercy.com.
Arrangements are under the direction of Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home. 

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