Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Thomas, Helen T April 10, 2006
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Elizabethton Star  April 13, 2006
Helen T. Thomas 





    Helen T. Thomas, 90, Ivy Hall Nursing Home, formerly of Sunrise Drive, 

Elizabethton, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, April 10, 2006. 





    Mrs. Thomas was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the late John 

H. and Ina Nidiffer Treadway. 





     Mrs. Thomas was a homemaker and of the Free Will Baptist faith. 





    In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, 

Gurney Thomas; a daughter, Phyllis Thomas Taylor; a son, Tony Taylor; a 

grandson, Chris Taylor; four brothers, Harold Treadway, Guy Treadway, R.L. 

Treadway and Allen Treadway; and three sisters, Lillian Perry, Alta Treadway 

and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Deloach. 





    Survivors include four sons and three daughters-in-law, Steward and 

Kathleen Thomas, Gary and Kay Thomas, Edward and Edna Thomas and James "Jim" 

Taylor, all of Elizabethton; six grandchildren, Kenneth Thomas, Karen Thomas 

Timbs, Wendy Thomas Good, Michael Thomas, Rebecca Tester and Chris Roberson; 10 

great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Virginia Shipley and Louise Arnold, 

both of Johnson City, and Faye M. Norris, Elizabethton. Several nieces and 

nephews also survive. 





    The funeral service for Mrs. Thomas was conducted at 7 p.m. Wednesday, 

April 12, in the Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home with Rev. D.C. Byrd 

and Rev. Burl Garland officiating. Music was under the direction of Karen 

Timbs. The family received friends in the funeral home chapel from 5:30 until 7 

p.m. Wednesday, prior to the service hour. Friends may also call at the 

residence of a son, Gary Thomas, 116 Rich Hollow Road, Elizabethton, at 

anytime. The graveside service and interment will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, 

April 13, at Treadway Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be selected from family 

and friends. Honorary pallbearers will be Judy and Victor Deloach, 

Charles "Dude" LaPorte, Jack Perkins, Hazel Bergman, Kenneth Carden, and the 

staff and employees of Ivy Hall Nursing Home. Those who wish to attend the 

graveside service are asked to meet at the funeral home at 10 a.m. Thursday to 

go in procession to the cemetery. The family wishes to extend a special thank 

you to the administration and staff and all current and former employees of Ivy 

Hall Nursing Home who took care of Mrs. Thomas the past 13-1/2 years. Online 

condolences may be sent to the family through our Web site at 

www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. 





    Tetrick Funeral Home of Elizabethton is in charge of arrangements. Obituary 

Line: (423) 543-4917. Office: (423) 542-2232.



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