Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Proffitt, Lloyed J. December 12, 2005
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Elizabethton Star 12/21/2005
Lloyd J. Proffitt 





    Lloyd J. Proffitt, 79, 109 Central Drive, Johnson City, went to be with the 

Lord with his family by his side on Monday, December 12, 2005, at Sycamore 

Shoals Hospital following a lengthy illness. 





    Mr. Proffitt was a native of Watauga and a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. 

Millard and Lela Mae Pereagoy Proffitt. In addition to his parents, he was 

preceded in death by a son, Steve Edward Proffitt, two sisters, Nell 

Vandeventer and Susie Miller, and three brothers, Lawrence, Everette and Billy 

Proffitt. 





    Mr. Proffitt was a U.S. Navy veteran, having served in World War II, and 

was a retired lifelong member of the U.A. Plumbers and Pipefitters Local #538. 

He was a local businessman and had been the previous owner of Elizabethton Gas 

and Fuel Company and the Custom Guttering Company. He was a member of Mount 

View Church of Christ, formerly the Rock Hill Church of Christ. 





    Survivors include his wife, Pauline Williams Proffitt, of the home; a son 

and daughter-in-law, Stanley and Cindy Proffitt, Elizabethton; three grandsons, 

Justin and Jonathan Proffitt and Joshua Davis; two sisters and a brother-in-

law, Grace Crowder, Bluff City, and Mary and John Bare, Morristown; and two 

brothers and sisters-in-law, Nat and Ruth Proffitt, Elizabethton, and Jimmy and 

Earline Proffitt, Watauga. Several nieces and nephews also survive. 





    Funeral services for Mr. Proffitt will be conducted at 8 p.m. Thursday, 

December 15, in the Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, with 

Mr. Wayne Boswell, minister, officiating. The family will receive friends at 

the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, prior to the service. An entombment 

service with military honors will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday, December 16, 

in the Mausoleum of Peace at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers 

will be Justin Proffitt, Jonathan Proffitt, Joshua Davis, Larry Proffitt, Steve 

Proffitt, Mike Proffitt, Riley Proffitt and Leon Proffitt. Honorary pallbearers 

will be Woody Crowder, Staley Proffitt and Jimmy Fillers. Family and friends 

are asked to meet at the funeral home at 12 noon on Friday to travel together 

in procession to the cemetery. Online condolences may be sent to the Proffitt 

family through the Tetrick Web site at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. 





    Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, is in charge of arrangements. Obituary 

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



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