CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Retta Church Nave, 27 Feb 2003
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Retta C. Nave

Retta Church Nave, 93, formerly of West F Street, Elizabethton, 
died Thursday, February 27, 2003 at Hermitage Health Care Center 
following an extended illness.
A native of Avery County, N.C., she was the daughter of the late Sidney 
and Martha Ellen Church. She was a member of First Baptist Church, 
Elizabethton, since 1939. She was a member of Eastern Star Sycamore Chapter 
No. 163. She worked in her husband's business, Nave Hardware.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Earnest C. Nave; three brothers; 
one sister, and one grandson.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Wilma Jean and Henry Simmons, 
Johnson City; a son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Janis Nave, Elizabethton; 
seven grandchildren, Rebecca Magee, Aiken, S.C.; Rev. Mike Simmons, De Soto, 
Texas; Kathryn Folden, Portland, Ore.; Nikki Engle, Erwin; Suzanne Artis, 
Atlanta, Ga.; Johnny Wright, Elizabethton; Wendy Wright Campbell, 
Elizabethton. Nine great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also 
survive. 
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later. 
Tetrick Funeral Home, 211 N. Riverside Drive, Elizabethton, is in charge of 
arrangements. Visit our Web site at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. 

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