CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Gladys M. Mathis, 1 Oct 1999
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Gladys M. Mathis
10/04/99 
   Gladys Marie Guess Mathis, 82, 609 North Pine Street, Elizabethton, died 
Friday, Oct. 1, 1999, at Ivy Hall Nursing Home following an extended illness.
   A native of Carter County, she was the daughter of Charlie and Matilda 
Floyd Guess. She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard “Fatty” Mathis, 
in 1986, and by several brothers and sisters.
   Mrs. Mathis was of the First Free Will Baptist Faith and a retired employee 
of Ivy Hall Nursing Home.
   Survivors include four sons and two daughters-in-law: Billy and Sue Mathis, 
Barry and Kay Mathis, and Mickey Mathis, all of Elizabethton; Roger Mathis, 
Johnson City; three daughters and sons-in-law: Penny and John Magee, Brenda 
and Glen Bare, Johnson City; and Patsy and Richard Dykes, Elizabethton; one 
brother and sister-in-law, Earl and Ruth Guess, Elizabethton; one sister, 
Francis Guess, Elizabethton; Twelve grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren 
and several nieces and nephews, a special daughter, Judy Deloach, and special 
friends, Agnes West, Betty Pressley, Virgie Taylor, Hazel Plemons, Edith 
Simerly and Mary Cable also survive.
   Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, is in charge of arrangements.

   MATHIS — Funeral services for Gladys Marie Guess Mathis, 82, 609 North 
Pine Street, Elizabethton, who died Friday, will be conducted at 8 p.m. 
Sunday, Oct. 3, 1999, at Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, with the Rev. 
Nick Bradshaw and the Rev. Ken Hauser officiating. Music will be provided by 
Jerry Barnett, soloist, and David Arney, organist. Graveside service and 
interment will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 4, 1999, at Happy Valley Memorial 
Park. Active pallbearers will be her grandsons: Scotty Bare, Gary Bare, Travis 
Magee, Chris, Dykes, Jackie Mathis, Tim Carr, Johnny Mathis and Mark Denny. 
Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. D. Tabor, Dr. R. Mills, Dr. Z. Blaik, Dr. R. 
Grindstaff, employees of Ivy Hall Nursing Home, third floor nurses at Sycamore 
Shoals Hospital and friends and neighbors on Pine Street. A special thank you 
to a special daughter, Judy Deloach. Everyone will meet at 1:15 p.m. Monday at 
Tetrick Funeral Home to go in procession to the cemetery. The family will 
receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Sunday evening at Tetrick Funeral Home, 
Riverside Chapel, or at the residence of her daughter, Brenda Bare, 134 
Roberts Lane, Johnson City, or at any of the other children’s homes at any 
time. Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, is in charge of arrangements.