CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Violet P. Richardson, 20 Jul 1999
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Violet P. Richardson
07/21/99 
   Violet P. Richardson, 77, 421 Carter Blvd., Elizabethton, died 
Tuesday, July 20, 1999, at her residence following a lengthy illness.
   Mrs. Richardson was a lifelong resident of Carter County and a 
daughter of the late John T. and Laura S. Morley Proffitt. She was also 
preceded in death by a son, Gary Richardson, a brother, Hendrix Proffitt, 
and two sisters, Margaret Williams and Ida Cordell.
   Mrs. Richardson was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church.
   Survivors include her husband, Ray Z. Richardson, of the home; two 
daughters and sons-in-law, Linda and Jerry Russell, Salem, Va., and Teresa 
and Jerry Fagan, Elizabethton; a brother, Harry Proffitt, Elizabethton; 
three sisters, Ada Nave, Elizabethton, Wennoah Williams and Gertrude Nave, 
all of Elizabethton; seven grandchildren, Abbie Buckles, Chelsey Fagan and 
Chad Buckles, all of Elizabethton, Shane Russell and Jared Russell, both 
of Salem, Va., Jason Richardson and Ian Richardson, both of Woodstock, Ga.; 
and a daughter-in-law, June Richardson, Woodstock, Ga. Several nieces and 
nephews also survive.
   Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel, is in charge of arrangements.

   RICHARDSON -- Funeral services for Violet P. Richardson, 77, 421 Carter 
Blvd., Elizabethton, who died Tuesday, will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday at 
Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel, with Rev. Tony Oliver 
officiating. Music will be by Mr. Brian Wilson. Graveside services and 
interment will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Happy Valley Memorial Park. 
Active pallbearers will be grandsons: Chad Buckles, Shane Russell, Jared 
Russell, Jason Richardson and Ian Richardson, and a special friend, David 
Holder. Honorary pallbearers will be the Medical Center Hospice, Nurses and 
Staff, Annie Tolley, the Staff of Medicine Shoppe in Johnson City, Dr. 
Cynthia Newton, Dr. Fredrick Seifer, Dr. Brian Donovan, the Staff of Johnson 
City Medical Center, ICU and 2500 Wing; special thanks to Mary Farrington 
and Maxine Ward. Everyone will meet at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. Friday 
to go in procession to the cemetery. The family will receive friends at the 
funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, prior to the service. Friends may 
also call at the residence any time. To those who desire, memorials may be 
made to the Immanuel Baptist Church Building Fund, 205 Hunter Avenue, 
Elizabethton, Tenn. 37643. Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel, is 
in charge of arrangements.