CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Elva Jay Hart Riddle, 24 Dec 2001
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Elva J. Riddle

   Mrs. Elva Jay Hart Riddle, 73, 503 Dogwood Lane, Watauga, died 
Monday, December 24, 2001, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a 
lengthy illness.
   Mrs. Riddle was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the 
late David Edgar and Ida Mottern Hart. She was also preceded in death 
by a sister, Marie Hart Head.
   Mrs. Riddle was a Charter Member of Range Community Christian Church 
and attended First Christian Church of Elizabethton. She was a homemaker.
   Survivors include her husband, John Riddle, of the home; a daughter 
and son-in-law, Linda Jay and Bradley Johnson, Watauga; two sons, John 
David Riddle, Gray, and Richard Michael Riddle, Johnson City; two 
sisters, Georgia Fair, Watauga, and Peggy Nikazy, Hendersonville; four 
grandsons and two granddaughters-in-law, Bradley Scott and Susan 
Johnson, Bluffton, S.C., Patrick Sean and Angela Johnson, Elizabethton, 
James David Riddle, Baton Rouge, La., and Christian Michael Riddle, 
Elizabethton; two granddaughters, Brandee Lynne Riddle, Elizabethton, 
and Sara Lin Johnson, Watauga; a great-grandson, McKinlay Scott Johnson, 
Bluffton, S.C.; and a great-granddaughter, Jayla Madison Wandell, 
Elizabethton. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
   These services entrusted to Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home. www.Funeral-
Plans.com/Hathaway-Percy
   
   RIDDLE -- Funeral services for Mrs. Elva Jay Hart Riddle, 73, 503 
Dogwood Lane, Watauga, who died Monday, December 24, 2001, will be 
held at 8 p.m. Thursday, December 27, in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-
Percy Funeral Home with Mr. Donald Marshall, minister, officiating. 
Music will be by Patty Betts and Jo Ellen Pierson, soloists. Graveside 
services and interment will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, December 28, 
in the Mountain Home National Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be 
Danny Reed, Clinton Reed, Bradley Scott Johnson, Patrick Sean Johnson, 
James David Riddle, Chris Nikazy, Mark Estep, Tim Buck, Brandee Lynn 
Riddle and Sara Lin Johnson. Honorary pallbearer will be Dr. William 
Kincaid. Everyone will meet at the funeral home at 10:15 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. Friends may also call 
at the residence, 503 Dogwood Lane, Watauga, at any time. To those 
who desire, memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 
Tri-City Airport, Room 121, Blountville, Tenn. 37617 or the American 
Cancer Society, c/o Helen Wilson, 209 S. Riverside Drive, Elizabethton, 
Tenn. 37643. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at hathaway-
percy@funeral-plans.com. These services entrusted to Hathaway-Percy 
Funeral Home. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Hathaway-Percy