CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Edith B. Holtsclaw, 4 Jul 2000
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Edith B. Holtsclaw 

  Edith Barnett Holtsclaw, 89, of Roan Highlands Nursing Home, 
formerly of the Whitehead Hill area of Roan Mountain, died Tuesday, 
July 4, 2000, at Roan Highlands Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. 
  Mrs. Holtsclaw was a native of Carter County and a daughter of the 
late Herb and Bessie Barnett. She was also preceded in death by a sister, 
Mary Brewer, and two brothers, Roosevelt Barnett and Zeb Barnett. 
  Mrs. Holtsclaw was a member of Victory Baptist Church. She was retired 
from the food service industry and was a homemaker. 
  Survivors include her husband, Beecher Holtsclaw, Roan Mountain; three
sons, J.L. Holtsclaw, Quinlan, Texas, Dennis Holtsclaw, Hampton, and 
Gene Holtsclaw, Roan Mountain; three daughters, Delores Jarrett, Roan 
Mountain, Claire Malito, Lake Worth, Fla., and Lori Benfield, Newland, 
N.C.; 11 grandchildren, Terry Jarrett, Gerald Holtsclaw, Larry Jarrett, 
Sandra Hughes, Beth Holtsclaw and Beecher Holtsclaw, all of Roan 
Mountain, Sherry Lowe, Shreveport, La., Jill Hesterman, Warrensburg, 
Mo., Stormy Holtsclaw, Elizabethton, Lonnie Benfield and Colby Benfield, 
both of Newland, N.C.; five great-grandchildren; and a sister, Geneva 
Motz, Johnson City. Several nieces and nephews also survive. 
  Tetrick Funeral Home, Rhododendron Chapel, Roan Mountain, is in charge 
of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick 


  HOLTSCLAW -- Funeral services for Edith Barnett Holtsclaw, 89, of Roan 
Highlands Nursing Home, formerly of the Whitehead Hill area of Roan 
Mountain, who died Tuesday, July 4, 2000, will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. 
Thursday, July 6, at Tetrick Funeral Home, Rhododendron Chapel, Roan 
Mountain, with Rev. Jerry Honeycutt officiating. Music will be under the 
direction of Victory Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Vester 
Jarrett Cemetery, Roan Mountain. Active pallbearers will be Paul Mali
to, Tim Hughes, Ricky Holtsclaw, Larry Jarrett, Gerald Holtsclaw and Kim 
Barnett. The family will receive friends from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday at 
the funeral home. Friends may also call at the home of a daughter, Delores 
Jarrett, Roan Mountain, any time. Tetrick Funeral Home, Rhododendron 
Chapel, Roan Mountain, is in charge of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.
com/Tetrick