CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Arlie Reece, 28 Mar 2004
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Arlie Reece, 83, Minton Hollow Rd., Elizabethton, went home to be 
with his Lord on Sunday, March 28, 2004 at the James H. Quillen VA 
Medical Center following an extended illness.
A native of Mountain City, he was a son of the late Thaddus and Lizzie 
Musgrove Reece.
He was a retired employee of North American Rayon Corporation after 40 
years of service.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving with the 769th 
Military Police Battalion.
He was preceded in death by his brothers, Rayburn, Bruce and Dan Reece, 
and a sister, Juanita, and also 8 half brothers and sisters and a grand-
daughter, Eva Grindstaff. 
Mr. Reece was a member and trustee of Harmony Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Ruth Carrier Reece; five daughters, 
Barbara "Cook" and her husband, Mike Hollyfield; Rachel Hyder; Penny and 
her husband, Derrick Gouge; Billie Jean and her husband, Robert Wade Jones, 
and Savanna "Fannie" Reece, all of Elizabethton; a son, Sammy Joe Reece, 
Elizabethton; 7 grandchildren, Crystal Morris, Amanda Hyder, Becky Hyder, 
Jodi Jones, Phillip Hyder, Jason Hyder, Josh Jones; great-grandchildren, 
Bobby Morris, Jr. and Jaydan Hyder; several nieces and nephews.
The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 1, 2004 
in the Harmony Baptist Church with the Rev. Haskel Ingram, Rev. Jim "Butch" 
Stout and Rev. Horace Bowers officiating. Burial will follow in the Emmert 
Cemetery. Music will be by Sue Hamm and the church choir. Active pallbearers 
will be Phillip Hyder, Jason Hyder, Jerry Reece, Wayne Clemons, Jerry Blevins, 
Steve Stout, Joshua Jones and Jonathan Bowers. Honorary pallbearers will 
be Michael Hollyfield, Bobby Morris, Sr., Steve Reece, Doc Love, Aaron 
Jones, Conley Bullock, Sam Crowder, Eugene Malone, Gene Carrier, Claire 
Keyes, Ronnie Keyes, Bobb Carrier, all of his nephews, and friends of 
Harmony Baptist church. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. 
Wednesday, March 31, 2004 in the funeral home. Friends may also call at 
the residence. VFW Post #2166 will conduct military graveside honors. The 
family would like to express a special "thank you" to the Housecall nurses. 
Condolences may be e-mailed to mfc@chartertn.net.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. 


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