CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Nelson Morgan, 25 Mar 2004
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Nelson Morgan, 83, Roaring Creek Road, Roan Mountain, died 
Thursday, March 25, 2004, at Roan Highlands Nursing Center following 
an extended illness.
Mr. Morgan was a native of Carter County and the son of the late 
Rosencranse and Dovie Morgan. He was also preceded in death by his 
wife, Reva Hughes Morgan, a sister, Shirley Jean Tipton, and a brother, 
Albert Morgan. 
Mr. Morgan was a member of Morgan Chapel Free Will Baptist Church. He 
was a retired school bus driver for the Carter County School System, 
after 33 years of service. 
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Edith and Lloyd Potter, 
Roan Mountain; a granddaughter and her husband, Rebecca and Gary Wayne 
Honeycutt, Roan Mountain; a step-granddaughter and her husband, Kathy 
and Dave Brown, Elizabethton; a step-grandson, Julius "Peanut" Oaks, 
Elizabethton; 11 great-grandchildren, with special mention of Michael, 
Chris, Brandon and Samantha; four great-great-grandchildren; and numerous 
nieces and nephews. 
The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 27, at 
Morgan Chapel Free Will Baptist Church with the Rev. Greg Whitehead and 
the Rev. Billy Morgan officiating. Music will be under the direction of 
Minia Street, pianist, and ladies of the church. Interment will follow 
the funeral service at Captain Nelson Cemetery (Ripshin Community), Roan 
Mountain. Active pallbearers will be Chris Honeycutt, Dave Morgan, Willie 
Morgan, Tommy Guinn, Bob Whitehead and James Honeycutt. Honorary pallbearers 
will be Willard Elliott, Jimmy Orr and Garfield "Ook" Freeman. The family 
will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 26, in the Rhododendron 
Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home, Roan Mountain. Friends may call at the 
residence any time. Online condolences may be sent to the family through 
our Web site at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. Tetrick Funeral Home, Roan 
Mountain, (423) 772-3928, is in charge of arrangements. 


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