Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Simerly, Willie B August 14, 2006
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Elizabethton Star  August 16, 2006
Willie B. Simerly 





    Mrs. Willie Berry Simerly, 94, of Ivy Hall Nursing Home, formerly of 

Courtyard Apartments, Elizabethton, went home to be with her Lord, Monday, 

August 14, 2006, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital. 





    Mrs. Simerly was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the late 

Robert G. and Evelyn Holden Berry. In addition to her parents, she was 

preceded in death by her husband, Worley C. "Todd" Simerly, in 1967, two 

infant daughters, a sister, Vina Pierce, and a brother, Clarence Berry. 





    Mrs. Simerly was a member of Valley Forge Christian Church and was a 

homemaker. She was a very loving, caring and giving person and enjoyed sewing 

and crocheting. 





    Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Bob and Sarah Simerly, 

Murfreesboro, and Fred and Roberta Simerly, Johnson City; four grandchildren 

and their spouses: Lisa and Bill Lowe, Murfreesboro, Susan and Randy Johnson, 

Booneville, Miss., Vikki and Steve Kaleen, Charlotte, N.C., and Todd and Jill 

Simerly, Lawrenceville, Ga.; five great-granddaughters, Lauren Simerly, 

Lawrenceville, Ga., Mackenzie Lowe, Meredith Lowe and Sarah Margaret Lowe, all 

of Murfreesboro, and Randi Erin Johnson, Booneville, Miss.; a special friend, 

Betty Mustard, Elizabethton; and a special brother-in-law, Howard Simerly, 

Knoxville. Several nieces and nephews also survive. 





    Funeral services for Mrs. Simerly will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, 

August 17, at Valley Forge Christian Church with Mr. Jason Burchfield and Mr. 

H. Clay Bailey, ministers, officiating. Music will be under the direction of 

Dean Palmer, soloist, and Ken Hecht, pianist. The family will receive friends 

at the church from 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday, prior to the service. Interment will 

follow in the Simerly-Jenkins Cemetery, Valley Forge community. Active 

pallbearers will be selected from the deacons and elders of Valley Forge 

Christian Church. Honorary pallbearers will be Larry Timbs, Buster Arnold, 

grandsons and grandsons-in-law, Howard Simerly and Glen Ray Simerly. The 

family would like to extend a special thank you to the staff of Ivy Hall 

Nursing Home for all the wonderful love and care shown to the family. Those 

who prefer memorials in lieu of flowers may make donations to the Valley Forge 

Christian Church, 114 Valley Forge Christian Church Road, Elizabethton, TN 

37643 or to Special Kids, Inc., 202 Arnette Street, Murfreesboro, TN 37130. 

Messages of sympathy and love may be sent to the family through our Web site 

at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com 





    Tetrick Funeral Home of Elizabethton is serving the family of Willie 

Simerly. Obituary Line: (423) 543-4917. Office: (423) 542-2232.



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