CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Emmert Gouge, 7 Feb 2000
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Emmert Gouge
2/08/00 

   Emmert Gouge, 80, 102 Reece Hill Road, Hampton, died Monday, 
February 7, 2000, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following an extended 
illness.
   Mr. Gouge was a native of Carter County and a son of the late Ruby 
A. and Martha Addie Birchfield Gouge. He was also preceded in death by 
a sister, Vada Ledbetter, and three brothers, Verne, Sam and Garfield 
Gouge.
   Mr. Gouge was retired from the Carter County Road Department, the 
Carter County Sheriff's Department and was a former School Bus Driver. 
He was a Veteran of the U.S. Army
   Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Vance and Janice Tice, 
Tampa, Fla.; a brother, Roy Gouge, Buzzards Bay, Mass.; a grandson, Clifton 
Tice, Tampa, Fla.; several nieces and nephews; and a special cousin, Ethel 
McCurry, Unicoi.
   Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

   GOUGE -- Funeral services for Emmert Gouge, 80, 102 Reece Hill Road, 
Hampton, who died Monday, February 7, will be conducted at 8 p.m. Wednesday, 
February 9, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with Rev. Gary Whitehead officiating. 
The Sunset Quartet will provide the music. Graveside services and interment 
will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, February 10, in the Simerly Collins Cemetery. 
Active pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. Honorary 
pallbearers will be Arnold Hughes, Bill and Susan Gorman, Toney and Ann 
Pierce, Ray Gillam, Dr. Todd A. Whitaker, Phyllis Deal and the Staff and 
Nurses at Roan Highlands Nursing Center. The family will receive friends 
from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Family and friends will 
assemble at the cemetery at 10:50 a.m. Thursday. Memorial Funeral Chapel 
is in charge of arrangements.