CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Crystal Whitehead Johnson, 7 Dec 2003 ----¤¤¤---- Crystal Whitehead Johnson, age 78, 197 Simerly Creek Road, Hampton, and Life Care Center of Elizabethton, died Sunday, December 7, 2003 in the Sycamore Shoals Hospital following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, she was the daughter of the late Henry A. and Lucy Morton Whitehead. Mrs. Johnson was a member of Little Doe Freewill Baptist Church and was a retired nurse. She is preceded in death by her husband, James "Black" Johnson, and three brothers, Babe Whitehead, Lester Whitehead and Narvel Whitehead. Survivors include one step-daughter and spouse, Lucy Nell and George Sells, of Johnson City; two step sons and spouses, Lynn and Jeanie Johnson, Elizabethton; Pat and Maggie Johnson, Gray; two brothers and spouses, Ed and Shirley Whitehead, Johnson City; Louis and Vale Whitehead, Hampton, and one sister, Hazel Malone, Hampton. The funeral service will be conducted at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, December 9, 2003 in the Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home with Rev. Shane Waters and Rev. Gregory Whitehead officiating. The graveside service and interment will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 10, 2003 at the Johnson-Roanview Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Sam Malone, Wade Tolley, George Robinson, Eddie Orr, Lynn Johnson, Pat Johnson and Byrd Dedrick. Honorary pallbearers will be the relatives, friends and members of Little Doe Freewill Baptist Church. A special thank you to the staff of Sycamore Shoals Hospital and Life Care Center of Elizabethton. Everyone will meet at the funeral home chapel at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday to go in procession to the cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday prior to the funeral service in the chapel. Friends may also call at the residence, 197 Simerly Creek Road, Hampton, at any time. Those who prefer memorials in lieu of flowers may make donations to Little Doe Freewill Baptist Church, 118 Simerly Creek Road, Hampton, TN, 37658. Online condolences may be sent to the family through our Web site at www. tetrickfuneralhome.com. Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, is in charge of arrangements ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: The Elizabethton Star http://www.starhq.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------