CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Bessie Garland, 3 Apr 2001
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Viola Penix

   Viola Penix, 80, 219 Highway 19E, Bluff City, died Thursday, April 5, 2001, 
at Life Care Center of Elizabethton following a lengthy illness.
   Mrs. Penix was a native of Carter County and the daughter of Mrs. Ollie 
Shipley Massengill, Watauga, and the late William Massengill. She was also 
preceded in death by her first husband, Ervin Miller; her second husband, Sam 
Penix; a brother, Raymond Massengill; and three sisters, Dollie Hardin, Marie 
Ward and Cora Hurst.
   Mrs. Penix was a member of Bunker Hill Christian Church and a retired 
employee of North American Rayon Corporation.
   Survivors include two sons, David Miller, Bluff City, and Billy D. 
Massengill, Bristol; a daughter, Patsy Adams, Madinah, Ill.; a sister, Edith 
Coefer, Watauga; 14 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; several nieces and 
nephews; and a special friend, Lawrence Rasnick, Elizabethton.
   Visit our Web site at www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick
   Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 543-4917, is in charge of 
arrangements.
   
   PENIX -- Funeral services for Viola Penix, 80, 219 Highway 19E, Bluff City, 
who died Thursday, April 5, 2001, will be conducted at 8 p.m. Friday, April 6, 
at Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, with Mr. Ernie Depew, minister, 
officiating. Music will be under the direction of Clay and Shirley Nelson. 
Graveside services and interment will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 7, at 
Morrell Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Leonard Adams, David Adams, 
Robert Miller, Alan Sparks, Jimmy Coefer and Sonny Hedges. Honorary 
pallbearers will be W.I. Perry Jr., extended family at Bunker Hill Christian 
Church, Ferren Hicks and Mike Smith. Everyone will meet at the cemetery at 
10:55 a.m. Saturday for the graveside service. The family will receive friends 
from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Friends may also call at the 
residence, 219 Highway 19E, Bluff City, at any time. Condolences may be sent 
to the family via E-mail Address <tfhome@preferred.com> Tetrick Funeral Home, 
Riverside Chapel, (423) 543-4917, is in charge of arrangements.