Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Oxendine, Raymond R July 23, 2006
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Elizabethton Star  August 25, 2006
Raymond R. Oxendine 



    Raymond R. Oxendine, 81, 208 River Road, Elizabethton, went home to be 

with his Lord, Wednesday, August 23, 2006, at Johnson City Medical Center 

following a brief illness. 





    Mr. Oxendine was a native of Carter County and a son of the late Ed and 

Annie Sims Oxendine. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by 

his wife of 43 years, Ruth Merritt Oxendine, who died February 12, 1993; two 

sisters, Wanda Kent and Annie Oxendine; two brothers, Billy Oxendine and Dan 

Oxendine; and a sister-in-law, Tilda Oxendine. 





    Mr. Oxendine was of the Church of God faith. He retired from North 

American Rayon Corporation and was also a former employee of Memorial Funeral 

Chapel and Tetrick Funeral Home of Elizabethton. He was a lifetime member of 

the Carter County Rescue Squad. He served in the U.S. Army during World War 

II. 





    He was known as a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather 

and brother and devoted family man. He enjoyed playing with the love of his 

life, his great-grandson, Caleb. 





    Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Judy and Ornel Burker, 

Elizabethton; a granddaughter and her husband, Holly and Brandon Kent, 

Watauga; a grandson, Jamie Jones, Johnson City; a great-grandson, Caleb Kent, 

Watauga; and three brothers and two sisters-in-law, Tom and Marie Oxendine and 

John and Christine Oxendine, all of Elizabethton, and Sam Oxendine, Cramerton, 

N.C. Several nieces and nephews also survive. 





    The funeral service for Mr. Oxendine will be conducted at 8 p.m. Saturday, 

August 26, in the Riverside Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home with Rev. Bobby 

Merritt, Rev. Billy Merritt, Rev. Sammy Oxendine and Rev. Ken Bewley 

officiating. Music will be under the direction of his granddaughter, Holly 

Kent, and Mark Weddle. The family will receive friends in the funeral home 

chapel from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, prior to the service. The committal service 

and interment will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, August 27, at McKinney Cemetery. Those 

attending are asked to meet at the funeral home at 1:15 p.m. Sunday to go in 

procession to the cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Greg Crowe, Maurice 

Graves, Johnny Merritt, Tim Burker, Ron Merritt, Don Merritt, Clay Johnson and 

Millard Hatfield. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Carter County 

Rescue Squad, owners and employees of Tetrick Funeral Home of Elizabethton, 

Dr. Todd Whitaker, Herb Greer, Tony Carter and friends and neighbors. Messages 

of condolence may be sent to the family through our Web site at 

www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. 





    Tetrick Funeral Home of Elizabethton is serving the Oxendine family. 

Obituary Line: (423) 543-4917. Office: (423) 542-2232.





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