CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Ralph R. Smith, 13 Oct 2001
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Ralph R. Smith

   Ralph Raymond Smith, 72, 1321 Lowe Street, Elizabethton, died 
Saturday, October 13, 2001, at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center 
following an extended illness.
   Mr. Smith was a native of Carter County and a son of the late Samuel 
and Reva Hyder Smith. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Bill 
Smith, and a sister, Helen Phillips.
   Mr. Smith was a retired Route Salesman for Flav-O-Rich Inc., with 27 
years of service, and was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. 
He attended the First Assembly of God.
   Survivors include his wife, Madlyn Peterson Smith; two sons and a 
daughter-in-law, Danny Smith and Darrin and Karla Smith, all of 
Elizabethton; two sisters, Mary Price, Elizabethton, and June Crowe, 
Johnson City; and a brother, Walter Brownlow Smith, Johnson City.
   Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
   
   SMITH -- Graveside services for Ralph Raymond Smith, 72, 1321 Lowe 
Street, Elizabethton, who died Saturday, October 13, 2001, will be 
conducted at 4 p.m. Monday, October 15, in the Whitehead Cemetery 
(Gap Creek) with the Rev. Ricky Jones officiating. Interment will 
follow the service. Cheryl Appleba will provide the music. Friends 
may call at the funeral home or at the residence at any time. Family 
and friends will assemble at the cemetery at 3:55 p.m. Monday. Memorial 
Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.