Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Simerly, L.D. May 24, 2006
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Elizabethton Star  May 25, 2006
L.D. "Dee" Simerly 





    L.D. "Dee" Simerly, 76, 181 Shenandoah Drive, Johnson City, died 

Wednesday, May 24, 2006, at Johnson City Medical Center following an extended 

illness. 





    Mr. Simerly was a native of Carter County and a son of the late Paul 

Simerly Sr. and Mamie Lewis Simerly. In addition to his parents, he was 

preceded in death by a brother, Paul Simerly Jr. 





    Mr. Simerly retired as vice president of the J.E. Green Company after 47 

years of service. He was of the Baptist faith and was an avid fisherman and 

hunter. 





    Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Geraldine Jessee Simerly; a son, 

Terry Lee Simerly, Eustis, Fla.; a daughter, Cyndi Caudill, Elizabethton; 

three grandchildren, Andy Simerly, Ashley Simerly and Jessica Pierce; two 

great-grandchildren, Hailey Grace and Taylor; and a sister, Gladys Webb, 

Elizabethton. 





    Funeral services for Mr. Simerly will be conducted at 8 p.m. Friday, May 

26, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with Rev. Bruce Hendrich officiating. The 

Eulogy will be given by Mr. Mike Kidd. Graveside services and interment will 

be at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 27, at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active 

pallbearers, who are requested to assemble at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. 

Saturday, will be Joel Piercy, E.B. Tolliver, Jim Lewis, Andy Simerly, Sam 

Santa Rita, D.H. Hampton, Johnny Lewis and Dan Mills. Honorary pallbearers 

will be Dr. Jeff Glezer, Dr. Michael Ponder and Harold Hampton. The family 

will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. To those who 

prefer, memorials may be made in memory of Mr. Simerly to "We Love Our Church" 

c/o Oak Street Baptist Church, 804 Oak Street, Elizabethton, TN 37643. Family 

and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. Saturday to go to 

the cemetery. Online condolences to the Simerly family may be e-mailed to 

mfc@chartertn.net. 





    Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. 

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