CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Reba B. Slagle, 1 Jul 2003 ----¤¤¤---- Reba B. Slagle Reba B. Slagle, 87, formerly of West E. Street, Elizabethton, died Tuesday, July 1, 2003, at Hillview Health Center following an extended illness. Mrs. Slagle was a native of Washington County and had lived in Carter County most of her life. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John E. Keys and was also preceded in death by her husband, the Rev. H.M. Slagle Jr., March 10, 1989, a brother, John P. Keys, and a sister, Elizabeth Lyon. Mrs. Slagle was a member of First Baptist Church of Elizabethton. She was a homemaker and former president of the Elizabethton High School Band Boosters. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Shirlene and Terry Sams, North Augusta, S.C.; a son, H.M. "Buddy" Slagle III, Elizabethton; seven grandchildren, Terissa Crites, North Augusta, S.C., Terry Sams Jr., Elizabethton, Patrice Crapps, Elizabethton, Fridie Jackson, Cookeville, Earl Slagle, Elizabethton, Kate Bryant, North Augusta, S.C., and Becky Hutchins, Erwin; 16 great-grandchildren; and a niece, Judy John Jones, Johnson City. Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, (423) 543-4917, is in charge of arrangements. SLAGLE -- Graveside services for Reba B. Slagle, 87, formerly of West E. Street, Elizabethton, who died Tuesday, July 1, 2003, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 5, at the Mausoleum of Peace Chapel at Happy Valley Memorial Park with Elmer Sams Jr. officiating. Interment will follow the graveside service at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be Earl Slagle, Terry Sams Jr., Buddy Crites, Robert Bryant, Kenny Crapps and Anthony Hutchins. Those who plan to attend the graveside service are asked to meet at the cemetery at 9:55 a.m. Saturday. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the Fireside Room of Tetrick Funeral Home. Words of condolences may be sent to the family through our Web site at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, is in charge of 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/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------