CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Dayton Ray Greer, 11 Nov 2004
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Dayton R. Greer, 81, Siam Road, Elizabethton, died Thursday, 
November 11, 2004, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a brief illness.

Mr. Greer was a native of Carter County and the son of the late Walter 
and Goldie Irick Greer. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in 
death by his wife, Mary Rosie Parlier Greer, three brothers, Dan Greer, 
Bob Greer and Ned Greer, and a sister, Dottie Greer. 

Mr. Greer was a member of Beck Mountain Baptist Church and a retired 
employee of East Tennessee Chair Company. He was a U.S. Army veteran, 
having served in World War II.

Survivors include two daughters, Peggy Evans, Hickory, N.C., and Joyce 
Wilson, Elizabethton; a son, Paul Greer, Winter Park, Fla.; and two 
sisters, Cordie Hyatt, Elizabethton, and Chloe Fleenor, Mountain City. 
Six grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and several nieces and 
nephews also survive.

The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, November 13, 
in the Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home with Rev. Fred Potter and 
Rev. Ronnie Campbell officiating. Music will be under the direction of 
Gail Campbell, soloist. Interment will follow at Happy Valley Memorial 
Park. Active pallbearers will be the Men's Sunday School Class of Beck 
Mountain Baptist Church. Honorary pallbearers will be grandsons and 
granddaughters, Ray Evans, Richard Wilson, Joshua Greer, Leigh Ann Riddle, 
Lacy Moore and Lisa Wilson. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 
p.m. Friday, November 12, at the funeral home. Those who prefer memorials 
in lieu of flowers may make donations in memory of Mr. Greer to Tri-State 
Baptist Children's Home, P.O. Box 888, Bristol, TN 37621. Online condolences 
may be sent to the family through the Tetrick Web site at 
www.tetrickfuneralhome.com.
Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, (423) 542-2232, is in charge of 
arrangements

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