CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Beryl C. Hatley, 7 Jan 2005
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Beryl C. Hatley, 84, Bowman Avenue, Jonesborough, died Friday, January 
7, 2005, at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center.

Mr. Hatley was a native of Carter County and a son of the late Alvin and 
Minnie Arnold Hatley. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death 
by his wife, Ann Hatley, June 30, 2003, and five brothers, Lawrence, Hubert, 
Brown, Cliff and Wayne Hatley.

Mr. Hatley was a retired employee of North American Rayon Corporation. He 
served in the Philippines during World War II, where he served in the 
United States Army, and was awarded several honorable metals for his service. 
He was a member of Elk River Baptist Church but attended the Second Baptist 
Church of Jonesborough.

Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Douglas and Nelda Hatley, Butler; 
two daughters and sons-in-law, Clara and Homer Anderson, Land "O" Lakes, Fla., 
and Marjorie and Joe Valentine, Kingsport; a brother, Carl "Joe" Hatley, 
Elizabethton; two sisters, Christine Payne and Dorothy Pearson, both of 
Butler; an uncle, Rudy Arnold, Elizabethton; several nieces and nephews; his 
former wife, Ruby Hatley, Elizabethton; and his special friends, Amy Lester, 
John and Kathy Jones, Cora Lee Millsaps, Frances Deakins, Louise Anders, Dr. 
David Walters, the staff of the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center and many 
others. Also his two dogs, Penny and Bo.

Funeral services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Sunday, January 9, at Memorial 
Funeral Chapel with Pastor Joe Beaver and Pastor Terry Abel officiating. 
Graveside services and interment will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday, January 
10, in the National Cemetery, Mountain Home. Active pallbearers and Military 
Honors will be conducted by the Tennessee National Guard. Honorary pallbearers 
will be David Watts, Larry Hatley, Gary Lester, John Jones, Terry Proffitt, 
Gary Ornduff, Paul Burleson, Jim Watts, Ronnie Campbell, Paul Campbell, Howard 
Campbell, Rick Arnold and the men of the Second Baptist Church of 
Jonesborough. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the 
funeral home. Friends may also call at the residence of Ruby Hatley, Earl 
Avenue, Elizabethton. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 
12:15 p.m. Monday to go to the cemetery. Condolences to the Hatley family may 
be e-mailed to mfc@chartertn.net.

Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge.

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