Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Hammitt, Betty J January 18, 2007
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Elizabethton Star  Feb 19, 2007
Betty J. Hammitt 





    Mrs. Betty Jane Hammitt, 77, 623A Walnut Street, Elizabethton, went home 

to be with her Lord on Sunday, February 18, 2007, at Johnson City Medical 

Center following an extended illness. 





    Mrs. Hammitt was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the late 

John Rhudy and Annie Bullock Shipley. In addition to her parents, she was 

preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Luther F. Hammitt, November 20, 

2003, and by one sister and one brother. 





    Mrs. Hammitt was a homemaker who loved taking care of her family. She was 

a member of Sims Hill Christian Church. 





    Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Eva and Dickie Jones of 

Piney Flats and Diane and Fred Vance of Bluff City; a son and daughter-in-law, 

John and Mary Hammitt of Elizabethton; seven grandchildren; 13 great-

grandchildren; two sisters, Margaret Pike of South Carolina and Barbara 

Raspberry of Virginia; and a brother, Benny Shipley of South Carolina. Several 

nieces and nephews also survive. 





    The Celebration of Life Service for Mrs. Hammitt will be conducted at 7:30 

p.m. Monday, February 19, in the Riverside Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home, 

Elizabethton, with Mr. Gerald Holly, minister, officiating. Music will be 

under the direction of Gerald and Gloria Holly. The family will receive 

friends in the funeral home chapel from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, prior to the 

service, and at other times at the home of her son, John Hammitt, 1444 

Southside Road, Elizabethton. The graveside service and interment will be 

conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday, February 20, in the Mountain Home National 

Cemetery, Mountain Home, Tenn. Active pallbearers will be grandsons and 

grandsons-in-law. Honorary pallbearers will be friends and neighbors. Those 

wishing to attend are asked to meet at the funeral home at 9 a.m. Tuesday to 

go in procession to the cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family online 

at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com or faxed to (423) 542-9499. 





    Tetrick Funeral Home of Elizabethton is serving the Hammitt family. 

Obituary Line: (423) 543-4917. Office: (423) 542-2232. 



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