Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Pilkington, Martha E September 5, 2005
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Elizabethton Star
Martha E. Pilkington 

Mrs. Martha E. Pilkington, 75, 112 River Road, Elizabethton, died Monday, 

September 5, 2005, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a lengthy illness. 

Mrs. Pilkington was a native of Carter County and a member of the 1949 

graduating class of Elizabethton High School. She was a member of Valley Forge 

Freewill Baptist Church. 

Mrs. Pilkington was preceded in death by her parents, Milburne and Elizabeth 

Ellis; her husband, Doran "Ted" Pilkington; a son, Michael Pilkington; three 

sisters, Beatrice Williams, Geneva Lambert and Pauline Hanson; and two 

brothers, John Ellis and Arthur Ellis. 

Survivors include a son, Joseph Pilkington, Hurdle Mills, N.C.; a sister, Annie 

Simerly, Mountain View, Calif.; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. 

Several nieces and nephews also survive. 

Funeral services for Mrs. Pilkington will be conducted at 8 p.m. Thursday, 

September 8, in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home with Rev. 

Randy Johnson officiating. Music will be under the direction of Ben Johnson. 

Graveside services and interment will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, September 

9, at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be Joseph Pilkington, 

Joey Pilkington, Jim Pilkington, Billy Phillips, Shelby Williams, Shuffle 

Ellis, Milburne Ellis and Caney Ellis. Everyone will meet at the funeral home 

at 10 a.m. Friday to go in procession to the cemetery. The family will receive 

friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Online condolences may 

be sent to the family through our Web site at www.hathawaypercy.com. 

Arrangements for the Pilkington family have been entrusted to Hathaway-Percy 

Funeral Home. 



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