CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Tony Max Meredith, 25 Oct 2003
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Tony M. Meredith

Tony Max Meredith, 73, Milligan Highway, Johnson City, died 
Saturday, October 25, 2003, at Johnson City Medical Center Hospital 
following a brief illness. 
Mr. Meredith was a native of Carter County and a son of the late 
Deward Edward "Ed" and Beatrice Hyder Meredith.
Mr. Meredith was a retired truck driver with Refrigerated Transport, 
Jonesboro, Ga., and was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. He was 
a member and deacon of Gap Creek Christian Church. 
Survivors include his wife, Jean Chesser Meredith, of the home; two 
sons and a daughter-in-law, Rick and Rosemary Meredith, Elizabethton, 
and Russell Meredith, Johnson City; a grandson, John David Meredith, 
Johnson City; a sister, Leah Jo Dance, Elizabethton; a niece, Joi 
Dance West, Johnson City; a nephew, Ed Dance, Johnson City; and one 
aunt, Ossie Meredith, Elizabethton. 
Funeral services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Monday, October 27, in 
the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home with Mr. Roy Hampton 
and Mr. Rocky S. Maines, ministers, officiating. Music will be by 
Bobby McGee, soloist, and Rosemary Meredith, pianist. Graveside 
services and interment will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, October 
28, at Happy Valley Memorial Park with the Rev. Ron Owens assisting 
at the graveside. Military Honors will be accorded at the graveside 
service by the Captain Lynn H. Folsom VFW Post #2166. Active 
pallbearers will be Anthony Lyons, William "Bud" McKeehan, Harley 
Farrell, Ed Dance, Martin Meredith, Mac Merritt, Larry Miller and 
John Meredith. Honorary pallbearers will be members of Gap Creek 
Christian Church, employees of Carter County Motor Company and Dr. 
Richard Bowie, Larry Meredith, Gary Meredith, Carroll Meredith, 
Tommy Meredith and his many friends. To those who desire, memorials 
may be made to the Grace Baptist Church, Challenge to Build Fund, 
1114 Broad Street Ext., Elizabethton, TN 37643 or the Gap Creek 
Christian Church, Building Fund, 1840 Gap Creek Road, Elizabethton,
TN 37643. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 
6 until 8 p.m. Monday, prior to the service. Friends may call at 
the residence at anytime. Friends may also call at the residence 
of a son and daughter-in-law, Rick and Rosemary Meredith, 305 
Ridgecrest Drive, Elizabethton. Everyone will meet at the funeral 
home at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday to go in procession to the cemetery. 
Online condolences may be sent to the family through our Web site 
at www.hathawaypercy.com. Arrangements are under the direction of 
Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home. 

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