CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Blanche Braswell Smalling, 24 Jul 2004
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Blanche Braswell Smalling, 81, Smalling Rd, Johnson City, died late 
Saturday, July 24, 2004 at Johnson City Medical Center Hospital after a 
brief illness.
Mrs. Smalling was a native and lifelong resident of Carter County and a 
daughter of the late Thomas and Mary Williams Braswell. She was a 1940 
graduate of Happy Valley High School and a member of the Watauga Point United 
Methodist Church. 
Mrs. Smalling was a devoted wife, mother and homemaker. In addition to her 
parents, Mrs. Smalling was preceded in death by a daughter and son-in-law, 
Sheila and Jerry Dodson in 2001; two sisters, Ruby Braswell Weaver and Doris 
Braswell Little; two brothers, Carl Braswell and an infant brother, Thomas 
William Braswell, Jr.
Mrs. Smalling is survived by her loving husband of 63 years, James W. 
Smalling, of the home; two daughters and a son-in-law, Betty and Troy 
McInturff, of Watauga, and Diane Smalling, of the home; a son and daughter-
in-law, Thomas and Teresa Smalling, of Johnson City; six grandchildren, 
Andrea Bradford, Erica Dodson, Nathan McInturff, April Harrell, Duane 
Smalling, and Scott Smalling; a sister, Germaine Greer, of Elizabethton, 
and a brother, Deeston Braswell of Elizabethton, and eight great- 
grandchildren. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service for Mrs. Blanche Braswell Smalling will be conducted 
Tuesday, July 27, 2004 at 8 p.m. in the Morris-Baker South Chapel. Rev. 
Maggie Owens Yates and Rev. Mack Houston will officiate. The family will 
receive friends in the funeral chapel Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. Graveside 
services will be conducted Wednesday, July 28, 2004 at 10 a.m. at 
Washington County Memory Gardens. Friends and family are asked to meet at 
the funeral home no later than 9:30 a.m. to go in procession to the 
cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Gary Whidden, Rick Burchett, Ted 
Weaver, Jerry Weaver, Conley Williams, Brian Whidden, Trevor Weaver and 
Ryan Weaver. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Watauga Point 
United Methodist Church. In lieu of flowers the family requests that 
memorial donations be given to the Watauga Point United Methodist Church, 
409 Gap Creek Rd., Elizabethton, TN 37643. Memories and condolences may 
be sent to the Smalling family at www.morrisbaker.com.These arrangements are 
by the Morris-Baker Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 2001 Oakland Ave., 
Johnson City, 282-1521.


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