CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Ralph Perry, Jr., 24 Apr 2003
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Ralph Perry, Jr.

Ralph Perry, Jr., 81, East H. Street, Elizabethton, died 
Thursday, April 24, 2003 at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following an 
extended illness.
A native of Carter County, he was the son of the late Ralph Perry, 
Sr., and the late Phoebe Crosswhite Perry Derthick. 
He was a member of First Free Will Baptist Church, Elizabethton 
and a former member of Redeemer Lutheran Church, Elizabethton.
He was a retired Transportation Coordinator from the First Tennessee 
Human Resource Agency. He was also a retired employee of Magnavox 
of Morristown.
Mr. Perry was co-founder of Ivy Hall Nursing Home and was a former 
Captain of the Elizabethton Police Department. 
He was a U.S. Navy Veteran having served in World War II. He was a 
member of American Legion Post #49, and a member of Capt. Lynn H. 
Folsom VFW Post #2166.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Charlotte Beaver.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Elizabeth Hunt Perry, of the home; 
three sons and two daughters-in-law, Lee Perry and his fiance, Cindy 
Martin, both of Elizabethton; Robert and Beth Perry, Elizabethton; 
John Michael and Sherri Perry, of Charlottesville, Va.; four 
granddaughters, Kelly Toncray and spouse, Chip, Elizabethton; Katie 
Sheets and spouse, Jason, Johnson City; Jennifer Perry, of 
Charlottesville, Va.; Autumn Perry, Elizabethton; two grandsons, 
Camron Perry, of Charlottesville, Va.; Wolfgang Perry, Elizabethton; 
one great granddaughter, Aubrey Chase Toncray, Elizabethton. Several 
nieces and nephews also survive.
Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, is in charge of arrangements. 
Visit our Web site at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com.

PERRY -- The funeral service for Ralph Perry, Jr., 81, 424 East H 
Street, Elizabethton, who died Thursday, April 24, 2003, will be 
conducted at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 26, 2003 at Tetrick Funeral 
Home Chapel of Peace with Rev. Elmer Carter and Pastor Jack McWhirter 
officiating. The graveside service and interment will be conducted 
at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 27, 2003 at Happy Valley Memorial Park. 
Military honors to be accorded by Capt. Lynn H. Folsom, VFW Post 
#2166. Active pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. 
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Elizabethton City Police 
Department, doctors and nursing staff of Sycamore Shoals Hospital, 
Ernest "Bud" Gentry, Blue Bowers, and Paul Hopkins. Those who plan 
to attend the graveside service are asked to meet at the funeral 
home at 1:15 p.m. Sunday to go in procession to the cemetery. The 
family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Tetrick 
Funeral Home, Chapel of Peace, or friends may call at the residence, 
424 East H Street, Elizabethton, any time. Online condolences may be 
sent to the family through our Web site at www.tetrickfuneralhome.
com. Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, is in charge of arrangements. 

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