CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Kate Range Sams, 9 Jan 2004
			----¤¤¤----

Kate Range Sams, age 93, Southside Road, Elizabethton, died 
Friday, Jan. 9, 2004, at Hermitage Health Center, Elizabethton. She 
was a native of Carter County, (Gap Creek community), and was the 
daughter of the late William Abraham and Etta Pierce Range. Mrs. 
Sams was a member of Zion Baptist Church and a homemaker. She was 
preceded in death by her husband, Paul L. Sams. She was one of 10 
children, all girls: Myrtle Collins, Maude Morton, Sallie Hyder, 
Celia Hyder, Ossie Meredith, Hattie Vanover, and Haskle Range. 
Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Robert L. and 
Martha Sams, Elizabethton; one grandson, Brian Sams, Elizabethton; 
one granddaughter and spouse, Amy and Keith Outland, Atlanta, Ga.; 
one great-grandson, Austin Lewis Outland, Atlanta, Ga.; and two 
sisters, Gretchen Whittemore, Elizabethton, and Nellie Pospiech, 
Inverness, Fla. Several nieces and nephews also survive. 
The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11, 
2004, at Tetrick Funeral Home, Chapel of Peace, with the Rev. C.W. 
Snodgrass officiating. Music will be under the direction of Missy 
Woods. Interment will follow the funeral service at Happy Valley 
Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be Brian Sams, Carroll Meredith, 
Elmer Sams, Jr., Steve Sams, Jack Johnson, Roland Whittemore and Keith 
Outland. Honorary pallbearers will be Gary Meredith, Jerry Sams, Gene 
Sams, friends of Zion Baptist Church and the staff of Hermitage Health 
Center. The family would like to thank the nurses and staff of Hermitage 
Health Center for their kindness and gentle care for the past five years. 
The family will receive friends from 1-2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral 
home chapel. Online condolences may be sent to the family through our 
Web site at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. Tetrick Funeral Home, 
Elizabethton, 423-542-2232, is in charge of the arrangements.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm

This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb
Archives by: The Elizabethton Star	http://www.starhq.com/
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------