CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Maude P. Simerly, 20 Jul 2004 ----¤¤¤---- Maude P. Simerly, 93, Ford Lane, Elizabethton, died Tuesday, July 20, 2004 in the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Lola Ellis Peeks. Mrs. Simerly was a member of Borderview Christian Church and was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Hobert E. Simerly, August 17, 1998, and a son, Howard E. Simerly, January 3, 1993 and several brothers and sisters. Survivors include three daughters and one son-in-law, Helen M. Simerly, Piney Flats; Florence Pearce, Elizabethton; Mary Lou and Ronald Kilby, Johnson City; two brothers, Tommy Peeks, Elizabethton, and Claude Peeks, Kingsport; five grandchildren, Jeff Pearce, Lisa McDowell and Terri Lynn Simerly, all of Elizabethton; Angela Bishop, Jonesborough, and Scotty Kilby, Johnson City; four great-grandchildren, Jordan Pearce and Justin Pearce, both of Elizabethton; Haley Bishop and Tyler Elizabeth Bishop, both of Jonesborough, and one daughter-in-law, Linda Simerly, Elizabethton. Several nieces and nephews also survive. The funeral service for Maude P. Simerly will be conducted at 8 p.m. Thursday, July 22, 2004 in the Riverside Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home with Mr. Jeff Pearce and Mr. Billy Manuel, Ministers, officiating. Music will be under the direction of Ray Don Markland, Ruth Ann Cullop, and Scott Reynolds. The graveside service and burial will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 23, 2004 at Mountain Home National Cemetery. Everyone will meet at the funeral home at 10 a.m. Friday to go in procession to the cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, prior to the service, in the chapel. Active pallbearers will be Raymond Morton, Ray Markland, Ray Don Markland, Doyle Turbyfill, Lawrence Ritchie, Dave Miller, Rick Richardson, and Randy Carrier. Honorary pallbearers are Ralph Simerly, R.L. Hambrick, Earl Williams, and Carl Borough. Special thanks are extended to the nurses of the intensive care unit of the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital and ETSU Physicians and Associates on behalf of the family of Mrs. Simerly. Online condolences may be sent to the family through our Web site at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, is in charge of the arrangements, 423-542-2232. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------