Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Perry, Lora E November 6, 2005
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Elizabethton Star  11/8/2005
Lora E. Perry 

Lora Ellen Holtsclaw Perry, 85, of Elizabethton, died at her residence Sunday, 

November 6, 2005. 

Mrs. Perry was a native of Shell Creek and the daughter of the late John C. and 

Bertha Turbyfield Holtsclaw. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in 

death by her husband, Andrew Jack Perry, and by three sisters and a brother. 

Mrs. Perry was a homemaker but had previously worked at N.A.R.C. and American 

Bemberg Company. She had been a resident of the Valley Forge community since 

1945 and was a member of Valley Forge Freewill Baptist Church. 

Survivors include two daughters and a son-in-law, Doris J. Perry, Elizabethton, 

and Barbara Jean and Jorge Morales, Mason, N.H.; two grandchildren, Debbie 

McKinney and David and Lisa McKinney; two great-grandsons, Brian McKinney and 

Stephen Andrew McKinney; and a sister, Orla Hicks, Hampton. Several nieces and 

nephews also survive. 

Funeral services for Mrs. Perry will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday, November 

10, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with Rev. Randy Johnson officiating. Interment 

will follow at Happy Valley Memorial Park with Rev. D.C. Byrd officiating. 

Music will be under the direction of Ben Johnson. Active pallbearers will be 

Carl Roberson, Sam Harrison, Kenneth Holtsclaw, Carl Harrison, Tom Pleasant, 

Ben Johnson, Ikis Nave and James Carr. Honorary pallbearers will be Edwin "Bo" 

Fair, Ernest McKinney, Dr. Robert E. Walter, Martin Bennett, E.C. Vines, Rick 

Barrie, Sam McKinney, Joel Elijah and Raymond Holtsclaw. The family will 

receive friends at the funeral chapel from 12 noon to the service hour 

Thursday. Memorials may be made to the Valley Forge Freewill Baptist Church, 

1503 Riverview Drive, Elizabethton, TN 37643 or to the Carter County Rescue 

Squad, P.O. Box 776, Elizabethton, TN 37644. Condolences to the Perry family 

may be e-mailed to mfc@chartertn.net. 

Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.







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