CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Ila Ruth Townsend Peters, 10 Mar 2005
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Ila Ruth Townsend Peters, 81, Field Road, Elizabethton, died Thursday, March
10, 2005, at her home following a lengthy illness.

Mrs. Peters was a native of Washington County and a daughter of the late Azor
Vestal and Malinda Addeline Austin Townsend. In addition to her parents, she
was preceded in death by her husband, Evant H. "Smiley" Peters, March 10,
1983, four brothers, Walter Townsend, Carl Townsend, John Townsend and Leonard
Townsend, and two sisters, Mary Oaks and Merle Wilson.

Mrs. Peters was a member of West Side Christian Church, where she served as a
Primary Class Sunday School teacher and choir member for over 25 years. She
was a retired employee of Watson's Department Store.

Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Janice and Ted Hamilton,
Johnson City, and Brenda and Tony Hyder, Elizabethton; six grandchildren and
their spouses, Evant James and Sandy Hamilton, Katrina and John Hopson,
Cynthia and Bobby Elliott, Angie and Joseph Oliver, Debbie and Jerry Hodges
and Tabitha and Brent Blackwell, all of Elizabethton; 11 great-grandchildren,
Lindsay and Tiffany Hamilton, Blake, Jaycee and Colbie Hopson, Jordan and
Hunter Hodges, Colton Elliott, Ciara and Xavier Oliver, and Cole Blackwell,
all of Elizabethton; and two sisters and brothers-in-law, Wanda and Al Lyons,
Elizabethton, and Stella and Lloyd Potter, Fairfield, Ohio. Several nieces and
nephews also survive. Mrs. Peters also had a special Christian friend and
caregiver, Mary Ann Shell, Elizabethton.

The funeral service for Mrs. Peters will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday,
March 12, at West Side Christian Church with former minister, Mr. Jim Curtis,
and current minister, Mr. Greg Key, officiating. Music will be under the
direction of Beth Ann Henley, soloist, and Rhesa Dykes, pianist. The graveside
service and interment will follow at Happy Valley Memorial Park. The family
will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Friday, March 11, in the Riverside
Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home. Friends may also call at other times at the
residence, 414 Field Road, Elizabethton. Active pallbearers will be her
grandsons, grandsons-in-law and great-grandsons: Evant James Hamilton, John
Hopson, Jerry Hodges, Bobby Elliott, Joseph Oliver, Brent Blackwell, Blake
Hopson and Jordan Hodges. Honorary pallbearers will be Colton Elliott, Hunter
Hodges, Xavier Oliver Cole Blackwell, Carroll Lowe, Jack Honeycutt and the
elders and deacons of West Side Christian Church. For those who prefer,
donations in lieu of flowers may be made to the West Side Christian Church
Chime Fund, 1307 West G Street, Elizabethton, TN 37643. A very special "thank
you" is extended to the staff of Adventa Hospice for all their love and care
shown to the Peters family. Online condolences may be sent to the family
through the Tetrick Web site at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. Tetrick Funeral
Home, Elizabethton, (423) 542-2232, is in charge of arrangements.


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