CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Emma E. Timbs, 13 Apr 2000
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Emma E. Timbs
4/14/00 

   Emma Elizabeth Brewer Timbs, 94, 236 Holston Mountain Road, Elizabethton, 
died Thursday, April 13, 2000, at the home of her son, Harold Timbs.
   Mrs. Timbs was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the late 
Wesley and Bell Lothrey Brewer. She was also preceded in death by her husband, 
Claude Timbs, September 8, 1991, two sons, Brady and Roy Haskel Timbs, and a 
daughter, Marie Timbs Thompson.
   Mrs. Timbs was a member of Borderview Christian Church since 1945. She was 
a homemaker and mother of 15 children.
   Survivors include nine daughters and seven sons-in-law, Wanda Pickering, 
Mt. Dora, Fla., Dawn and Richard Grubbs, Hillsdale, Mich., Jean and Joe 
Garrett, Abingdon, Va., Anna and William Bare and Sue and David Shmidt, all of 
Bluff City, Retha and George Williams, Hampton, Evelyn Helton, Thelma and 
Vaughn Taylor and Janice and Larry Stanbery, all of Elizabethton; three sons 
and daughters-in-law, Houston and Betty Timbs, Claude Harold and Eva Timbs and 
Robert and Peggy Timbs, all of Elizabethton; a sister, Maudie Potter, 
Elizabethton; and a daughter-in-law, Nola Timbs, Elizabethton. Thirty-five 
grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren, seven great-great-grandchildren, 
several nieces and nephews, all special friends at Borderview Christian 
Church, and other special friends also survive.
   Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 542-2232, is in charge of 
arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick

   TIMBS -- Funeral services for Emma Elizabeth Brewer Timbs, 94, 236 Holston 
Mountain Road, Elizabethton, who died Thursday, April 13, 2000, will be 
conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 15, at Borderview Christian Church with 
Mr. David Wolfe, minister, officiating. Music will be under the direction of 
Scott Reynolds and Lisa McGinnis. Interment will follow at Keenburg Free 
Will Baptist Church Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be selected from the 
Elders and Deacons of Borderview Christian Church. Honorary pallbearers will 
be the men of Borderview Christian Church, special friends, Wesley and Mary 
Thornton, friends and neighbors. The family will receive friends from 5 to 
8 p.m. Friday at Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel. Friends may also 
call at the residence, 236 Holston Mountain Road, Elizabethton, or at the 
residence of her son, Claude Harold Timbs, 223 Holston Mountain Road, 
Elizabethton, any time. For those who prefer, memorial donations in lieu of 
flowers may be sent to the Special Projects Fund, Borderview Christian 
Church, 1338 Bristol Highway, Elizabethton, Tenn. 37643-5246. Tetrick 
Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 542-2232, is in charge of arrangements. 
www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick