CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Bertha M. Holsclaw, 23 May 2001
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Bertha M. Holsclaw

  Bertha Mae Holsclaw, 92, 207 Old Siam Road, Elizabethton, died Wednesday, 
May 23, 2001, at her residence following an extended illness.
  Mrs. Holsclaw was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the late 
Elbert and Ada Gregg Miller. She was also preceded in death by her husband, 
Howard Holsclaw, in 1967, two sons, David and Stewart Holsclaw, a daughter, 
Virginia Holsclaw Davis, a son-in-law, Bill Turner, and by two brothers and 
three sisters.
  Mrs. Holsclaw was a member of East Side Christian Church and was a homemaker.
  Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Howard Jr. and Dinah 
Holsclaw and John Wesley and Jane Holsclaw, all of Elizabethton; five 
daughters and four sons-in-law, Mable Turner, Beatrice and Ken Gouge, Mildred 
and Wade Woods, Frances and Ernie Depew, all of Elizabethton, and Charlotte 
and Tommy Brill, Pascagoula, Miss.; 27 grandchildren; 54 great-grandchildren; 
16 great-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; a daughter-in-law, 
Billie Holsclaw, Robertsdale, Ala.; and a very special friend, Virgie 
Nidiffer, Elizabethton.
  Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 543-4917, is in charge of 
arrangements. Visit our Web site at www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick

  HOLSCLAW -- Funeral services for Bertha Mae Holsclaw, 92, 207 Old Siam Road, 
Elizabethton, who died Wednesday, May 23, 2001, will be conducted at 8 p.m. 
Friday, May 25, in the Chapel of Peace at Tetrick Funeral Home with Mr. John 
Smith and Mr. Lawrence Harris officiating. Music will be under the direction 
of Clay and Shirley Nelson and Mary Smith, organist. Graveside services and 
interment will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 26, at Happy Valley Memorial Park. 
Active pallbearers will be selected from grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will 
be W.G. Ward, Jack Bailey, Richard Oatman and Mack McKinney. Special thanks 
to the Housecall Hospice and the Carter County Rescue Squad. Everyone will 
meet at the funeral home at 10:15 a.m. Saturday to go in procession to the 
cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the 
funeral home. Friends may also call at the residence, 207 Old Siam Road, 
Elizabethton, at any time. Condolences may be sent to the family via e-mail 
address tfhome@preferred.com. Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 
543-4917, is in charge of arrangements.