CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Amelia T. McKesson, 15 Dec 2001
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Amelia T. McKesson

   Mrs. Amelia "Big Mama" Taylor McKesson, 79, 125 Church Street, 
Elizabethton, died Saturday, December 15, 2001, at Johnson City Medical 
Center.
   Mrs. McKesson was a native of Carter County and a daughter of the 
late George and Mary Johnson Taylor. She was also preceded in death by 
her husband, Harry B. McKesson Sr., in 1976, two brothers, George Oscar 
Taylor and Albert Gene Taylor, and by a sister, Helen Stover.
   Mrs. McKesson was a retired cook with Muncey Memorial United Methodist 
Church, Johnson City, and the Elizabethton City Schools. Mrs. McKesson was 
a member of Brown's Chapel AME Zion Church.
   Survivors include five daughters and sons-in-law, Marylin and Fred 
Harris, Theresa and James Reddick, the Rev. Mrs. Jeanette Clark and her 
husband, Floyd, Darlene and Ronnie Haynes, all of Elizabethton, and Wilma 
and William Gilbert, Roanoke, Va., three sons and two daughters-in-law, 
Harry B. Jr. and Tanzy McKesson, Gary L. McKesson, Dennis J. and Alice 
McKesson, all of Elizabethton; two sisters, Camelia Taylor and Geraldine 
Taylor, both of Elizabethton; and two brothers, Earl F. Taylor and 
Charles R. Taylor, both of Elizabethton. Seventeen grandchildren, 16 
great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, several special friends 
and a host of friends also survive.
   These services entrusted to Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home. 
www.Funeral-Plans.com/Hathaway-Percy
   
   McKESSON -- Funeral services for Mrs. Amelia "Big Mama" Taylor 
McKesson, 79, 125 Church Street, Elizabethton, who died Saturday, 
December 15, 2001, will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, December 19, at 
Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel, with the Rev. Herbert Scott, 
the Rev. Dennis Milligan, the Rev. R.M. Dickerson and the Rev. Ernest 
Widby officiating. Music will be by the Douglas Community Choir. 
Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, December 20, in the 
Garden of Prayer at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will 
be Ronnie Stover, Keith Trammell, Junior Trammell, Benny Taylor, Timmy 
Taylor, Shawn Earnest and Bobby Taylor. Honorary pallbearers will be 
Reginald Horton, Bobby Susong, John Wagner, Van Dobbins, Mike Lingerfelt, 
Harold Lingerfelt, Mark Lingerfelt and Mark Mills. The family will 
receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, prior 
to the service. Friends may also call at the residence at any time. To 
those who desire, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 
c/o Helen Wilson, 209 S. Riverside Drive, Elizabethton, Tenn. 37643. 
These services entrusted to Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home. 
www.Funeral-Plans.com/Hathaway-Percy