Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Markland, Billy J. , Sr. July 6, 2006
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Elizabethton Stary July 10, 2006
Billy "Bill" J. Markland Sr. 





    WILLIAMSTON, N.C. -- Billy "Bill" J. Markland Sr., 72, of Williamston, 

died Friday, July 7, 2006, at Martin General Hospital following an extended 

illness. 





    Mr. Markland was a native of Elizabethton, Tenn., and moved to North 

Carolina in 1954. He was employed by Eagles Dime Stores and was later employed 

by Weyerhaeuser Paper Company in Plymouth where he remained for 41-1/2 years 

until his retirement in 1996. 





    He was preceded in death by his former wife, Peggy Hardison Markland, his 

parents, Barnville and Lula Marshall Markland, and a sister, Margaret Cooter 

from Elizabethton, Tenn. 





    Survivors include his wife, Deborah Parker Markland; a daughter and son-in-

law, Diane and Paul Sottilare, and their children, Paul Jr. and Emily, of 

Williamston; a son and daughter-in-law, Billy and Maureen Markland, and their 

daughter, Lucy, of Overland Park, Kan.; and a sister and brother-in-law, Sue 

and Jack Jackson, Pennsboro, W.Va. 





    Funeral services for Mr. Markland will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 

13, at Biggs Funeral Chapel in Williamston. The family will receive friends 

from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Biggs Funeral Home and at other times at the 

home. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Community Hospice 

Foundation, 5301 Morganton Road, Fayetteville, NC 28314. 





    Biggs Funeral Home, 302 W. Main Street, Williamston, N.C., (252) 792-4152, 

is in charge of arrangements

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