CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Pearl L. Roberts, 23 Aug 2000
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Pearl L. Roberts

  Pearl L. Roberts, 75, 705 Hemlock Street, Elizabethton, died Wednesday, 
August 23, 2000, at her residence following a brief illness.
  Mrs. Roberts was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the late 
John Wesley and Bina Pitts Mays. She was also preceded in death by her 
husband, George Tipton Roberts, December 4, 1986, and three brothers, 
Henry Mays, Herman Mays and Dale Mays.
  Mrs. Roberts was a member of Grace Baptist Church. She was a retired 
employee of Leon-Ferenbach Inc., and a former employee of 7-Hour Laundry 
and Dry Cleaners.
  Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Johanna and Sal Palumbo, 
Oakton, Va.; a son and daughter-in-law, Wesley Eugene and Janice Bailey, 
Orange Park, Fla.; a sister, Rada Brown, Asheboro, N.C.; a brother, Earl 
Mays, Elizabethton; three granddaughters, Kimberly Vaccaro, Reston, Va., 
Alexis Palumbo, Oakton, Va., and Sherry Jewell, Ft. Myers, Fla.; a 
grandson, Jason Payne, Atlanta, Ga.; two great-granddaughters, Josephine 
Arabela Vaccaro, Reston, Va., and Carly Nicole Jewell, Ft. Myers, Fla.; 
and a special friend, Effie Holder, Elizabethton. Several nieces and 
nephews also survive.
  Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, is in charge of arrangements. 
www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick

  ROBERTS -- Graveside services for Pearl L. Roberts, 75, 705 Hemlock 
Street, Elizabethton, who died Wednesday, August 23, 2000, will be 
conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, August 25, at Treadway Cemetery, Elizabethton, 
with Rev. D.C. Byrd officiating. Active pallbearers will be selected from 
family and friends. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Scott Caudle, Dr. 
John L. Freeman, Dr. Robert Walter, Dr. Arnold Hopland, David Hilton 
and Dr. Amy Thomas. Special thanks to Johnson City Hospice and Homecare. 
Everyone will meet at the funeral home at 1:15 p.m. Friday to go in 
procession to the cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 
8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Friends may also call at the 
residence, 705 Hemlock Street, Elizabethton, any time. For those who 
prefer memorials in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the East 
Tennessee Christian Home, 517 Allen Avenue, Elizabethton, Tenn. 37643. 
Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, is in charge of arrangements. 
www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick