Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Hyder, Cecil March 4, 2008
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Elizabethton Star  March 5, 2008
Cecil Hyder 


    Cecil Hyder, 83, 910 Piney Grove Road, Hampton, died Wednesday, March 4, 
2008, at Ivy Hall Nursing Home. 


    A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late William Harrison and 
Celia Cable Hyder. 


    Mr. Hyder was a retired employee of the U.S. Forestry Service in the 
Unicoi District. He was a World War II veteran and a 50-year member of the 
Roan Mountain Masonic Lodge #566. 


    Mr. Hyder was a member of the Valley Forge Free Will Baptist Church. 


    In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Nell 
Davis Hyder, a grandson, Matthew Hyder, and by five sisters and brothers. 


    Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Kathy and Stephen Harsh, 
Hampton; two sons and daughters-in-law, Myron and Wanda Hyder, Hampton, and 
Larry and Teresa Hyder, Unicoi; three granddaughters, Lindsay Harsh, Melanie 
Smith and Misty Bennett; three grandsons, David Hyder, Cecil "C.J." Hyder and 
Lance Harsh; two great-grandchildren, Kody Baucom and Jordon Smith; a brother, 
Gaylord Hyder, Hampton; two sisters, Joyce Cole, Hampton, and Collene Hicks, 
Johnson City; several nieces and nephews; and a very special niece, Shirl 
McKinney. 


    Funeral services for Mr. Hyder will be conducted at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 
9, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Dexter Brummitt and the Rev. Randy 
Johnson officiating. Music will be provided by Stanley and Roma Dean Hill. 
Graveside services and interment will be at 1 p.m. Monday, March 10, in the 
National Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be grandsons, Stephen Harsh, 
Hershel Scalf, Paul Vance and C.L. Woodby. The family will receive friends 
from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Friends may also call at the 
residence of a daughter, Kathy Harsh, 122 Escape Mountain Road, Hampton. The 
family would like to express a special "thank you" to Dr. Wyche and Staff, his 
Ivy Hall Family, Dr. Jeff Farrow and his Valley Forge Free Will Baptist Church 
Family. "He had a smile on his face as he was being ushered into the presence 
of his Lord." Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 12:15 
p.m. Monday to go to the cemetery. To those who prefer, memorials may be made 
in memory of Mr. Hyder to the Valley Forge Free Will Baptist Church Building 
Fund, 1503 Riverview Drive, Elizabethton, TN 37643 or to the American Diabetes 
Association, Knoxville TN Office, 211 Center Park Drive, Suite 3010, 
Knoxville, TN 37922. Condolences to the Hyder family may be e-mailed to 
mfc@chartertn.net. 


    Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.



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