CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Earnest C. McClurd, 7 Jul 2001
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Earnest C. McClurd

   Earnest C. McClurd, 74, of Carney's Point, N.J., died Friday, July 7, 
2001, at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Newport, Del.
   Mr. McClurd was a native of Carter County and the son of the late Elbert 
Bert and Maggie Calhoun McClurd. He was also preceded in death by two 
brothers, Roy and Earl McClurd, and two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Hale and Mrs. 
Berniece Humphrey.
   Mr. McClurd was a Navy Sea Bee Veteran and served in the second World War. 
He retired from the U.S. Postal Service and served as vice president of 
McClurd Pontiac in Penns Grove. He worked as a security guard at Artificial 
Island and as a toll collector on the Delaware Memorial Bridge. He was also 
active in the local Democratic Club and the election board during retirement.
   Survivors include a son, Howard McClurd, Haddonfield, N.J.; a daughter, 
Helen McClurd Lynch, Orlando, Fla.; a son-in-law, Larry Lynch, and two 
grandchildren, Shena and Robert Lynch, all of Orlando, Fla.; his companion, 
Alice Smith, Carney's Point, N.J.; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Stone, Abington, Pa.; 
and a brother, Ralph McClurd, Pennsville, N.J. Several nieces and nephews also 
survive.
   Mr. McClurd will be returned to Elizabethton for interment.
   Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 543-4917, is in charge of 
arrangements. Visit our Web site at www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick
   
   McCLURD -- Graveside services for Earnest C. McClurd, 74, of Carney's 
Point, N.J., who died Friday, July 7, 2001, will be conducted at 2 p.m. 
Thursday, July 12, at Happy Valley Memorial Park with Mr. Carroll Shepard, 
minister of Blountville Church of Christ, officiating. A viewing for the 
family and friends was held at Adams Funeral Home, 18 E. Maple Avenue, Penns 
Grove, on Tuesday, July 10, from 7 to 9 p.m. Friends may also call at the 
residence of a niece, Vivian Shepard, 1369 Elizabethton Hwy., Bluff City, at 
any time. Condolences may be sent to the family via e-mail address tetrick@
funeral-plans.com. Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 543-4917, 
is in charge of arrangements.