CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Dave G. Hughes, 22 Dec 2003
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Dave G. Hughes, 93, Roan Highlands Nursing Center, formerly of 
Dave Hughes Road, Roan Mountain, died Monday, December 22, 
2003, at Cannon Memorial Hospital, Linville, N.C., following a 
brief illness.
Mr. Hughes was a native of Carter County and the son of the late 
Henry and Mary Ellen Hopson Hughes. He was also preceded in death 
by a son, Warfield Hughes, two sisters, Birdie Hughes and Florence 
Bateman, and two brothers, Pierce Hughes and Jim Hughes. 
Mr. Hughes was a retired employee of the Carter County Highway 
Department and a member of Lower Shell Creek Christian Church. 
Survivors include his wife, Osma Honeycutt Hughes, Roan Highlands 
Nursing Center; three daughters and sons-in-law, Eloise and Bill 
Birchfield, Roan Mountain, Wanda and Rev. Richard Blevins, Johnson 
City, and Brenda and Ed Cook, Elk Park, N.C.; and eight grandchildren, 
Randy Birchfield, Roan Mountain, Matt Birchfield, Elizabethton, 
Michelle Holly, Elizabethton, Nicole Hughes, Roan Mountain, Kim 
Johnson, Crossnore, N.C., David Cook, Cranberry, N.C., Marci Bailey, 
Hampton, and Mark Blevins, Gray. Eight great-grandchildren, several 
nieces and nephews and a host of friends also survive. 
The funeral service will be conducted at 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 23, 
in the Rhododendron Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home, Roan Mountain, 
with Mr. Gerald Holly and Mr. Donald Kirby, ministers, officiating. 
Music will be under the direction of Gloria and Gerald Holly. The 
graveside service and interment will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, 
December 24, at Dave Hughes Cemetery, Roan Mountain. Active pallbearers 
will be Randy Birchfield, Matt Birchfield, David Cook, Michael Johnson, 
Jeremy Holly, Mark Blevins and Gary Bailey. Honorary pallbearers will 
be the Nursing Staff of Roan Highlands Nursing Center, Dr. David Kimmel, 
Dr. Alfred Earwood and Rev. Tull Oaks. Those who plan to attend the 
graveside service are asked to meet at the cemetery at 10:55 a.m. 
Wednesday. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday 
in the Rhododendron Chapel. Friends may also call at the home of the 
daughters. Online condolences may be sent to the family through our 
Web site at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. Tetrick Funeral Home, Roan 
Mountain, (423) 772-3928, , is in charge of arrangements. 

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