CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Dorothy M. Shell Guinn, 22 Jan 2005
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Dorothy M. Shell Guinn, 91, Bud Miller Road, Roan Mountain, died Saturday,
January 22, 2005, at the Charles A. Cannon Jr. Memorial Hospital, Linville,
N.C., following an extended illness.

Mrs. Guinn was a native of Carter County (Shell Creek Community) and a
daughter of the late Daniel and Loraine Clark Shell. She was also preceded in
death by her husband, George Guinn, August 29, 1976, two sons, Clifford and
Harold Guinn, four sisters, eight brothers, and a grandson, Mike Montgomery.
Mrs. Guinn was the last charter member of Morgan Branch Freewill Baptist
Church, Roan Mountain. She was a homemaker and a foster care parent to over 30
children.

Survivors include three daughters and sons-in-law, Norma and Rev. John
Montgomery, Johnson City, Betty and Jack Hoilman and Pam and Rev. Danny Cooke,
all of Roan Mountain; two sons and daughters-in-law, Jimmie and Lola Guinn and
Richard and Barbara Guinn, all of Roan Mountain; 22 grandchildren; 34 great-
grandchildren, and one great-great-granddaughter. Several nieces and nephews
also survive.

The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, January 25, at Morgan
Branch Freewill Baptist Church, Roan Mountain, with Rev. Keith Gwyn and Rev.
Jim Storie officiating. The graveside service and interment will follow in the
Richardson Cemetery, Roan Mountain. Active pallbearers will be selected from
Mrs. Guinn's grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will be the Deacons of Morgan
Branch Freewill Baptist Church, Honorary Ministers, Rev. Dale Miller and Rev.
Joe Winters. The family would like to offer a special "Thank You" to the staff
and doctors of Charles A. Cannon Jr. Memorial Hospital, the staff of Roan
Highlands Nursing Center and staff and nurses of Hospice Health Call. The
family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, January 24, at Tetrick
Funeral Home, Rhododendron Chapel, Roan Mountain, or at the residence of a
daughter, Pam Cooke, 112 Bud Miller Road, Roan Mountain, at anytime.
Condolences may be sent to the Guinn family through the Tetrick Web site at
www.tetrickfuneralhome.com.

Tetrick Funeral Home, Rhododendron Chapel, Roan Mountain, (423) 772-3928, is
serving the family of Dorothy Guinn.

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