CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Floyd C. Proffitt Sr., 9 Sep 1999
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Floyd C. Proffitt Sr.
09/10/99 
   Floyd C. "Flip" Proffitt Sr., 66, 399 Oak Grove Road #1, Gray, died 
suddenly at his residence Thursday, September 9, 1999, of an apparent 
heart attack.
   Mr. Proffitt was a native of Elizabethton and had lived most of his 
life in Carter County before moving to Gray in 1987. He was a son of the 
late Joseph Raymond and Nannie Abigail Nave Proffitt and was also preceded 
in death by a sister and three brothers.
   Mr. Proffitt retired in 1998 from EZ Paintr where he worked as a 
receiving clerk. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and a Protestant.
   Survivors include his wife, Barbara L. Proffitt; two sons, Floyd C. 
Proffitt Jr., Blountville, and Russell Proffitt, Elizabethton; two 
daughters, Regina Hall, Piney Flats, and Amanda Proffitt, of the home; 
four sisters, Wilma Barnett, Johnson City, Emma Lee Berry and Margaret Ray, 
both of Elizabethton, and Carolyn Kyker, Telford; and two grandchildren, 
Courtney and Justin Proffitt. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
  Appalachian-Hartman Funeral Home, 800 E. Watauga Avenue, Johnson City, 
(423) 928-6111, is in charge of arrangements.

   PROFFITT -- Funeral services for Floyd C. "Flip" Proffitt Sr., 66, 399 
Oak Grove Road #1, Gray, who died Thursday, will be conducted at 8 p.m. 
Sunday in the East Chapel of Appalachian-Hartman Funeral Home. Graveside 
committal services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday in the Mountain Home 
National Cemetery. Those planning to attend the committal services are 
asked to meet at the funeral home by 12:30 p.m. Monday to proceed to the 
cemetery. Pallbearers, who are to assemble at the funeral home by 7:45 p.m. 
Sunday, will be Dickie Hutson, David Johnson, Floyd C. Proffitt Jr., 
Russell Proffitt, Brian Campbell, H.B. Hall, Gary King and Terry Taylor. 
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. 
Appalachian-Hartman Funeral Home, 800 E. Watauga Avenue, Johnson City, is 
in charge of arrangements.