CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Helen Pearce, 18 Dec 2004 ----¤¤¤---- Helen Pearce, 80, Cunningham St., Elizabethton, died Saturday, December 18, 2004 in Sycamore Shoals Hospital. A native of Carter County, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Fannie Fulton. Mrs. Pearce retired from North American Rayon and Bemberg Corporation after 51 years of employment. She was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Kenneth Pearce, Sr.; two sons, Tony Gene and adopted son, Don Pearce; two sisters, Ruby Honeycutt and Elsie Fulton, and one brother, Earl Fulton. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Earl K. and Judy Pearce, of Watauga; a sister-in-law, Thelma Pearce, of Elizabethton; four sisters, Maxie Johnson Bowers, Roan Mountain; Ruth Adcox, of Watauga; Shirley Hardin, of Newton, N.C.; Virginia McGhee, of Conover, N.C.; two brothers, Kenneth Fulton, of Drexel, N.C. and Bill Fulton, of Icard, N.C.; one aunt, Nell Foster, of Elizabethton; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, December 21, 2004 in Memorial Funeral Chapel with Pastor Bobby Stout and Rev. Charlie Biggs officiating. Music will be provided by Dean Palmer. Burial will follow in Happy Valley Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Kenny Pearce, Kasey Pearce, Richard Pearce, Richard Wadlington, Joe Wadlington, Lynn Bennett and William Pearce. Honorary pallbearers will be her great-grandsons, nephews and nursing staff of Pine Ridge Health Center. The family will receive friends from noon to 2 p.m. at the funeral chapel. Condolences to the Pearce family may be e-mailed to mfc@chartertn.net. Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: The Elizabethton Star http://www.starhq.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------