CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Bynum McCoury, 1 Oct 2004
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Bynum McCoury, 86, formerly of U.S. Hwy. 19E, Roan Mountain, died 
Friday, October 1, 2004, at James H. Quillen VA Medical Center, Mountain 
Home, TN.
Mr. McCoury was a native of Carter County and a son of the late Montie 
and Savannah Callahan McCoury. In addition to his parents, he was preceded 
in death by his wife of 64 years, Mabel Louise McCoury, nine brothers, 
Bernie, Walter, Ira, Ernest, Homer, Ray, George, Warren and William, and 
three sisters, Rosie, Vernie and Lucy.
Mr. McCoury was a member of Roan Mountain First Baptist Church and a member 
of the Roan Mountain Masonic Lodge. He was retired from the Carter County 
Sheriff's Department and Roan Mountain State Park. He was a U.S. Army 
veteran of World War II. 
Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Harold Dean and Kathy 
McCoury, Marianna, Fla., and Bynum Jerry and Sherry McCoury, Roan Mountain; 
two daughters and one son-in-law, Shirley Dickason, Virginia Beach, Va., 
and Lavana and Mike Smith, Memphis; two half sisters, Bernice Stanley, 
Cranberry, N.C., and Kathleen Cook, Ackworth, Ga.; one half brother, J.K. 
McCoury, Atlanta, Ga.; 10 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren and two 
great-great-grandchildren. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service for Mr. McCoury will be conducted at 8 p.m. Monday, 
October 4, 2004 at the Rhododendron Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home, Roan 
Mountain, with Pastor Richard Stout and Pastor Tull Oaks Jr. officiating. 
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home 
or other times at the residence of his son, Jerry McCoury, 120 Old Rock 
Quarry Road, Roan Mountain. The graveside service and interment will be 
held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, October 5, at Freeman Cemetery, Roan Mountain. 
Military Honors will be accorded by the Tennessee Army National Guard. 
Those who plan to attend the graveside service are asked to meet at the 
cemetery at 10:55 a.m. Tuesday. Active pallbearers will be selected from 
family and friends. Honorary pallbearers will be Dennis Storie, Jim Storie, 
Bobby McCurry, Rudy Johnson, Wayne Hagie, Dana Dean Young, Rudy Campbell, 
Dillard Shell, Clifton Shell, Bill Kerley, Delaney Barnett and Bob Burleson. 
A special thank you is extended from the family to the staff of the James 
H. Quillen Medical Center Nursing Home for their care and support. Online 
condolences may be sent to the family through the Tetrick Web site at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. Tetrick Funeral Home, Roan Mountain, (423) 
772-3928, is in charge of arrangements.


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