CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Josie James, 3 Apr 2002
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Josie James

   Josie James, 83, formerly of Church Street, Elizabethton, died 
Wednesday, April 3, 2002, at Ivy Hall Nursing Home following an 
extended illness.
   Ms. James was a native of Cater County and the daughter of the 
late Wiley and Lou Sapp Watson. She was also preceded in death by 
three sons, Lloyd, Jackie and Ross Craig, three sisters, Omie Gillespie,
Vivian Rogers and Ruth Kincaid, and four brothers, Warren Watson, 
William Watson, Charlie Watson and Clarence Watson.
   Ms. James was of the Christian faith and was a retired employee of 
Tri-State Container.
   Survivors include a daughter, Joan Avery, Elizabethton, and a son, 
John Walter James Jr., Elizabethton. Nine grandchildren, eight great-
grandchildren, two nieces and one nephew also survive.
   Tetrick Funeral Home, 211 North Riverside Drive, Elizabethton, (423) 
543-4917, is in charge of arrangements. 
Visit our Web site at www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick
   
   JAMES -- Funeral services for Josie James, 83, formerly of Church 
Street, Elizabethton, who died Wednesday, April 3, 2002, will be 
conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 6, in the Chapel of Peace of Tetrick 
Funeral Home with the Rev. Ernest Widby and the Rev. Timothy A. Waterson 
officiating. Music will be under the direction of Carol Thompson. 
Interment will follow at Watson Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be 
Buddy Watson, Desmond Johnson, Willie Johnson, Steven Wagner and Robert 
Davis. Honorary pallbearers will be Randy Randall, Mack Trammell, James 
Forney, Al Dumas, John Gillespie, Richard Richmond, special friends Mr. 
and Mrs. Victor Deloach and family, and the staff of Ivy Hall. The family 
will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. 
Friends may also call at the residence of a daughter, Joan Avery, 606 
Bingham Street, Elizabethton, at any time. Condolences may be sent to 
the family via e-mail address tetrick@funeral-plans.com. Tetrick Funeral 
Home, Elizabethton, is in charge of arrangements.