CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Kenneth Howard Harrison I, 20 Jun 2005
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Kenneth Howard Harrison I, 72, Academy Street, Elizabethton, passed away
Monday evening, June 20, 2005, at the V.A. Medical Center Hospital, Asheville,
N.C., after a brief illness. 

Mr. Harrison was a native of Carter County and the son of the late Spencer
Roosevelt and Alice Harvey Harrison. In addition to his parents, he was
preceded in death by his wife of 43 years, Jonnie Timbs Harrison, a brother,
Roy Wade Harrison, and a sister, Gladys Scalf. 

Mr. Harrison was a member and Sunday school teacher of Harmony Baptist Church,
Elizabethton. He was a member of the National Rifle Association, AARP, and
National Republican. He was a prominent Certified Public Accountant in Greene
County, along with his wife and business partner, Jonnie Harrison, for many
years. 

Mr. Harrison was a decorated Korean War veteran of the U.S. Army and also
served one tour in the U.S. Air Force. 

Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth Howard Harrison II and
Feather Harrison, Afton; two daughters, Kimberly Franklin and Jeanie Harrison,
both of Greene County; three grandchildren, Alvin Franklin Jr., of the U.S.
Navy, Keera Franklin and Aaron Franklin, both of Chucky; four brothers, Bill
Harrison, Johnson City, Jim Harrison and Reynold Harrison, both of
Elizabethton, and Gene Harrison, of Florida; three sisters, Pauline Hodges,
Tipp City, Ohio, Ann Coffey, Blowing Rock, N.C., and Sherry Coffey,
Elizabethton; special friends, James Timbs, Afton, Gene and Brenda Timbs,
Lawrence and Dixie Timbs, Wallace and Geneva Timbs, Fannie Taylor and Retha
Hamm, all of Elizabethton, Carl and Marie Shelton, Joe and Shirley Cansler,
Eddie and June Farris, Carol Jones and Rex and Vicki Solomon, all of
Greeneville, David Peek, Chucky, and Rob Weaver, Greeneville. 

A private disposition will be conducted at a later date. Donations may be made
in memory of Mr. Harrison to the Harmony Baptist Church, 130 Keenburg Road,
Elizabethton, TN 37643 or to the Elizabethton Animal Shelter, 251 Sycamore
Shoals Road, Elizabethton, TN 37643. Words of condolence may be sent to the
family through our Web site at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. 

Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, (423) 542-2232, is in charge of
arrangements.


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