CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Viola Carnett LaFone, 9 Dec 2003
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GRANITE FALLS, N.C. -- Mrs. Viola Carnett LaFone, 69, of Turner 
Road, Granite Falls, passed away Tuesday, December 9, 2003, at her 
residence. 
Mrs. LaFone was born in Carter County, Tenn., to the late Grant and 
Pearl Lyons Carnett. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in 
death by her husband, Tommy LaFone; a son, Terry Mundy; a grandson, 
Dickie Williams; and a brother, Robert Carnett. 
Mrs. LaFone retired from Shuford Mills and was a member of Clover 
Baptist Church. 
Survivors include her companion, Frank Ball; two sons and daughters-
in-law, Keith and Debbie LaFone, Granite Falls, and Eddie and Sandy 
Munday, Hickory; a daughter and son-in-law, Sonya and Harold Wakefield, 
Granite Falls; four brothers, J.C. Carnett, Elizabethton, Tenn., Kin 
Carnett, Hampton, Tenn., Gene Carnett, Granite Falls, and Roger Carnett, 
Hampton Tenn.; four sisters, Mandy Potter, Roan Mountain, Tenn., Ruth 
Harmon, Granite Falls, and Mary Selles and Joan Coffey, both of 
Rhodhiss; two granddaughters, Jessica Herring, Granite Falls, and 
Mandie Gilbert, Hickory; and a great-grandson, Curtis Gilbert, Hickory. 
Graveside services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday, December 11, 
in the Carnett Family Cemetery in Roan Mountain, Tenn., with the Rev. 
Michael Brashears officiating. Active pallbearers will be Mike Hollar, 
Donnie Mason, Kevin Norman, Allen Reid, Dedrick Reid and Dwight Selles. 
Honorary pallbearers will be J.L. "Bun" Potter and Ralph Potter. The 
family will receive friends from 6:30 until 8 p.m. Wednesday, December 
10, at Granite Funeral Service and other times at the home. Condolences 
may also be made via e-mail to www.granitefuneralservice.com. Memorials 
may be made to Caldwell County Hospice, 902 Kirkwood Street, Lenoir, 
N.C. 28645. Granite Funeral Service, Granite Falls, N.C., (828) 396-1305, 
is in charge of arrangements. 

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