CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Ernest "BlackCat" Rasar, 23 Mar 1999
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Ernest "BlackCat" Rasar
03/25/99 
   Ernest "Black Cat" Rasar, 77, 802 Parkway Blvd., Elizabethton, died 
Tuesday, March 23, 1999, at Johnson City Medical Center Hospital 
following a brief illness.
   Mr. Rasar was a native of Carter County and the son of the late Snyder 
Rasar and Lela Rasar Richardson. He was also preceded in death by a brother.
   Mr. Rasar was a member of the First Baptist Church of Elizabethton and
 many civic and sporting organizations. He graduated from U.T. and ETSU 
with a B.S. degree in physical education and social studies and earned his 
master's degree in Education Supervision and Administration from the 
University of Mississippi.
   Mr. Rasar held many positions in the Carter County School System, 
including attendance teacher, supervisor, principal for many years, and 
most recently served two terms as superintendent of schools. He also worked 
for D.C. Heath Publishing Company and the U.S. Forest Service. In addition, 
he served for 40 years as a TSSAA basketball and football official. He was 
a U.S. Marine veteran, serving in World War II in the Pacific and Okinawa 
and Occupation Forces in China.
   Survivors include his wife, Madelyn Rasar, of the home; a daughter, Lee 
Anna Rasar, Eau Claire, Wis.; a half-brother, John Rasar, Kingsport; and 
three half-sisters, Lucy Peters and Patty Gentry, both of Elizabethton, 
and Sue Ready, Knoxville. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
   Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, is in charge of arrangements.

   RASAR -- Funeral services for Ernest "Black Cat" Rasar, 77, 802 Parkway 
Blvd., Elizabethton, who died Tuesday, will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday 
at the First Baptist Church of Elizabethton with Rev. Bobby Stout, Rev. 
Harry Moore and Rev. Brent Seals officiating. Music will be under the 
direction of his daughter, Lee Anna Rasar, and Mary Ann Berry. A 
presentation of music will begin one-half hour prior to the scheduled 
service time for family and friends who wish to attend. Graveside services 
will follow at Happy Valley Memorial Park with Rev. Ron Owens officiating. 
Active pallbearers will be John Norman Crumley, Bill Griffith, Pat Goddard, 
Charles Goddard, Kyle Hart, Randall Birchfield, Pat Hicks, Billy Bob Garrison 
and Bob Goddard. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday 
at Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel. For those who prefer, memorials 
in lieu of flowers may be made to the Ernest Black Cat Rasar Scholarship 
Fund for Carter County Board of Education, 305 Academy Street, Elizabethton, 
TN 37643. Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, is in charge of arrangements.