CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Harry R. Pearce, 26 Dec 1999
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Harry R. Pearce
12/28/99 

    Harry R. Pearce, 82, 421 Tollett Street, Hampton, died Sunday, December 
26, 1999, at the James H. Quillen Veterans Medical Center, Mountain Home, 
after a lengthy illness.

    Mr. Pearce was a native of Elizabethton and had lived most of his life in 
Hampton. He was a son of the late Joseph P. and Mary Brumitt Pearce and was 
also preceded in death by his first wife, Irene Johnson Pearce, in 1970, a 
son, Richard "Ricky" Pearce, in 1974, and a granddaughter, Harriett Denise 
Shepard.
    Mr. Pearce was a U.S. Navy Veteran of World War II. He was a member of the 
Elizabethton Senior Citizens and a member of Hampton First Baptist Church.

    Survivors include his wife, Joann Carden Pearce, of the home; a son, 
Joseph Leslie Pearce, of the home; a daughter, Loretta A. Pearce, Hampton; a 
stepdaughter, Debra Ann Howe, Kingsport; a stepson, James Daniel Ellis, 
Elizabethton; a sister, Lela Williams, Hampton; a grandchild, Irene McClellan, 
Hampton; and three great-grandchildren, Tabitha Ann McClellan, Brandy 
McClellan and Roy McClellan Jr., all of Hampton. Several nieces and nephews 
also survive.

Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel, is in charge of arrangements. 
www.Funeral-Plans.com/Hathaway-Percy

PEARCE -- Funeral services for Harry R. Pearce, 82, 421 Tollett Street, 
Hampton, who died Sunday, will be conducted at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Hathaway-
Percy Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel, with Rev. Haskel Ingram and Rev. James 
Archer officiating. Music will be under the direction of Mrs. Jennifer 
Crabtree, soloist, and Mrs. Shelia Woods, pianist. Interment will be at 10 
a.m. Thursday in the Mountain Home National Cemetery. Active pallbearers will 
be Dale Largent, Roger Livingston, Danny Howell, Jim Thomas, Albert Deloach 
and Richard Arnett. Honorary pallbearers will be Tony Pearce, Red Glover and 
members of the Adult Men Sunday School Class of Hampton First Baptist Church. 
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. 
Wednesday. Friends may also call at the residence of Mrs. Joann Pearce, 421 
Tollett Street, Hampton, Loretta A. Pearce, 419 Tollett Street, Hampton, or 
Irene McClellan, 519 Highway 321, Hampton. Everyone will meet at the funeral 
home at 9:15 a.m. Thursday to go in procession to the cemetery. Hathaway-Percy 
Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel, is in charge of arrangements. 
www.Funeral-Plans.com/Hathaway-Percy