CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Richard L. Minton, 24 Jan 2004
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Richard L. Minton, 72, Bunker Hill Rd., Bluff City, died Saturday 
January 24, 2004 at the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital following 
a brief illness. 
A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Roscoe and Minnie 
Blevins Minton. 
Mr. Minton was a member of Walnut Grove Baptist Church, Bluff City and 
retired from North American Rayon Corporation after 21 years of service. 
He was a 21-year U.S Air Force veteran serving in the Korean Conflict 
and the Vietnam Conflict. 
Mr. Minton was preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters. 
Survivors include his wife Frances Harrison Minton, of the home; one 
son and daughter-in-law, Tim and Renee Minton, Bluff City; four 
grandchildren, Cory Minton, Courtney Minton, Nick Minton, and Cody 
Minton, all of Bluff City; one brother, Kenneth Ray Minton, Bluff 
City; one sister and brother-in-law, Faye and Tom Lovelace, Hampton. 
Several nieces and nephews also survive. 
The funeral service will be conducted at 7:30 p.m. Monday, January 
26, 2004 in the Riverside Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home of 
Elizabethton with Mr. Ernie Depew, minister, and Mr. Rocky Maines, 
minister, officiating. Music will be under the direction of Danny 
Minton and family. The graveside service will be conducted at 10 
a.m. Tuesday, January 27, 2004 at Mountain Home National Cemetery 
with military honors provided by Shaw Air Force Base Honor Guard. 
Active pallbearers will be selected from Mr. Minton's nephews. 
Honorary pallbearers will be the doctors and nursing staff of the 
second floor of the Johnson City Medical Center, and the doctors and 
nursing staff of the James H. and Cecile C. Quillen Rehabilitation 
Hospital. Those who plan to attend the graveside service are requested 
to meet at the funeral home at 9 a.m. Tuesday to go in procession to 
the cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday from 6 to 7:30 
p.m. prior to the services in the chapel or other times at the 
residence, 513 Bunker Hill Rd., Bluff City, at any time. Those who 
prefer memorials in lieu of flowers may make donations to St. Judes 
Children Hospital, 332 N. Lauderdale, Memphis, TN 38108, in honor 
of Courtney Minton. Online condolences may be sent to the Minton 
family through our Web site at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. Tetrick 
Funeral Home of Elizabethton is in charge of the arrangements. 

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