CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Carroll R. (Mat) Mathis, 18 Oct 2003
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Carroll R. Mathis

Carroll R. (Mat) Mathis, 77, Creola Way, Johnson City, passed 
away on Oct. 18, 2003, at his residence following a lengthy illness.
He was the son of the late Eli and Zelma Costner Mathis. Other than 
his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Jack Mathis 
and Howard Mathis. He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Billie C. 
Barry-Mathis; one son and daughter, Charles Barry and Taryn Barry 
Ward and husband Walter Ward; three grandchildren, Jessica Barry, 
Lucas Barry and Blake Ward; two brothers, Richard Mathis, Johnson 
City, and Harold Mathis, Virginia Beach, Va.; two sisters Betty 
Jeanes, Johnson City and Barbara Tucker and husband John of Lake 
Isabella Calif.; a sister-in-law, Nona Mathis, of Toledo, Ohio; and 
caregiver and special friend Cecelia Green.
Mat was an Army veteran of World War II, having served in Japan and 
the Philippine Islands. He was employed by the Johnson City Press as 
an electronic technician and retired in 1992 after 42 ears of service. 
Mat was a member of the Christian Church. He was a wonderful husband 
and father to Chuck and Taryn, whom he loved and cared for as his own.
The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of 
Memorial Funeral Chapel, Elizabethton. A graveside service will be 
conducted by Dr. Robert Wetzel at 11 a.m. Monday in Monte Vista 
Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers, who are requested to assemble at the 
cemetery at 10:50 a.m. Monday, will be Lucas Barry, Blake Ward, Ray 
Lyons, Dean Reynolds, Jack Hall and Loyd Rogers, Friends may also 
call at the residence. In lieu of flowers, the family requests 
contributions be made to the Alzheimer's Association, N.E. Tennessee 
Chapter, 207 N. Boone Street, Johnson City, Tennessee. Family and 
friends will assemble at the cemetery at 10:50 a.m. Monday. Memorial 
Funeral Chapel, Elizabethton, is in charge of the arrangements.

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