CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Vester "Jack" Smith, 24 Oct 2002
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Vester Smith

Mr. Vester "Jack" Smith, 101, formerly of 1165 U.S. Highway 91, 
Elizabethton, died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2002, in the Life Care Center 
of Elizabethton, following a brief illness. 
A native of Carter County native he was the son of the late Samuel 
and Belle Markland Smith. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. 
Myrtle Campbell Smith, in 1986; two brothers, Clyde Smith and Neal 
Smith; and three sisters, Zola Elliott, Hazel Storey and Elizabeth 
Deal.
Mr. Smith was a retired carpenter. He was a member and deacon of 
Watauga Valley Free Will Baptist Church. 
Survivors include three daughters and sons-in-law, Joyce and John 
Milam, Ida, Mich., and Deloris and George Papantoniou and Geraldine 
and Terry Burrow, all of Elizabethton; four sons and daughters-in-law, 
Clifford and Dimple Smith and Lloyd and Ruth Smith,all of Elizabethton, 
Jackie and Paulette Smith, Petersburg, Mich., and Floyd and Charlene 
Smith, Toledo, Ohio; 14 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; four 
great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. 
Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, (423) 542-2232, is in charge of 
arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick.

SMITH -- Funeral services for Vester "Jack" Smith, age 101, formerly 
of 1165 Highway 91, Elizabethton, who died Thursday, will be conducted 
at 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27, 2002, at Watauga Valley Free Will Baptist 
Church, with the Revs. D.C. Byrd and Bobby Burrow officiating. Music 
will be under the direction of the Watauga Valley Free Will Baptist 
Church Choir. Graveside service and interment will be at 11 a.m. 
Monday in Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be 
selected from the grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will be members of 
Watauga Valley Free Will Baptist Church, friends and neighbors. A 
special "thank you" to his caregivers: Rose Hinkle, Tammy Odom, Florine 
Odom, Ralph Davis, the nursing staff of Life Care Center of Elizabethton 
and Dr. Jason Hatjioannou. Those who plan to attend the graveside service 
are asked to meet at the funeral home at 10:15 a.m. Monday to go in 
procession to the cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. 
Sunday at the church or at the residence, 605 Highway 91, at any time. 
Words of sympathy to the family may be sent via e-mail address condolences@tetrickfuneralhome.com. Visit the Web site at www.
funeral-plans.com/tetrick. Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, (423) 
542-2232, is in charge of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick. 


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