Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Simerly, Betty H February 6, 2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Julia Williams Kodak Jkodak@aol.com February 13, 2006, 4:30 pm Elizabethton Star Feb 7, 2006 Betty H. Simerly Betty Hart Simerly, 74, 1514 Southside Road, Elizabethton, died unexpectedly Tuesday, February 7, 2006, at her residence. Mrs. Simerly was a native of Carter County and a daughter of the late Cecil and Dorothy McKinney Hart. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Bill and Edward Hart. Mrs. Simerly was a member of Prayer Tabernacle and worked at East Tennessee State University. Survivors include her husband, Sam Simerly, of the home; a sister, Anna Belle Fortner, Elizabethton; a stepdaughter and her husband, Sherry and Paul Ollinger, Hampton; three sisters-in-law, Mary Jane Hart, Jonesborough, Shirley Hart, Elizabethton, and Selma Simerly, Hampton; and two brothers-in-law and their wives, Vaughn and Delores Simerly, Hampton, and Bob and Parlee Simerly, Elizabethton. Several nieces and nephews also survive. The funeral service for Mrs. Simerly will be conducted at 7 p.m. Thursday, February 9, in the Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, with Rev. Greg Wagner and Rev. Russell Potter officiating. Music will be under the direction of Richard and Patsy Wagner. The family will receive friends from 6 until 7 p.m. Thursday, prior to the service in the chapel, or other times at the residence of her sister, Anna Belle Fortner, 106 White Road, Elizabethton. The graveside service and interment will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, February 10, in the Simerly Family Cemetery, Simerly Creek Community. Active pallbearers will be Bobby Hart, Arron Potter, Bob Simerly, Jimmy Anderson, Paul Ollinger, Vaughn Simerly and Norman Ingram. Honorary pallbearers will be Bill Crumley, Jackie Hilton, Charlie Slagle, Clyde Bowers and Shelley Roark. Those who plan to attend the graveside service are asked to meet at the funeral home at 10:15 a.m. Friday to travel in procession to the cemetery. Condolence messages may be sent to the Simerly family at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, is in charge of the arrangements. Obituary Line: (423) 543-4917. Office: (423) 542-2232. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/carter/obits/s/simerly129gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/tnfiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb