CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Elias Jefferson Vines, 2 Oct 2002
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Elias J. Vines

Elias Jefferson Vines, 95, formerly of 229 Whaleytown Road, Butler, 
died Wednesday, October 2, 2002, at Hermitage Health Center following 
an extended illness.
Mr. Vines was a native of Carter County and the son of the late Wilburn 
James and Matilda Hicks Vines. He was also preceded in death by his wife, 
Lena Hicks Vines, two sons, Brady Vines and Paul Vines, a sister, Bessie 
Vines, a brother, Cecil Fields, and a son-in-law, the Rev. Dennis Ward.
Mr. Vines was a member of Fish Springs Baptist Church. He was a retired
employee of North American Rayon Corporation and was also a farmer.
Survivors include a daughter, Beulah Ward, Butler; two sons and a 
daughter-in-law, Charles Vines and Glenn and Patricia Vines, all of 
Butler; a sister, Mae Hicks, Elk Park, N.C.; five grandchildren, Doug 
Vines, Hampton, Judy Woods, Elizabethton, Cody Vines, Butler, Glenn Vines 
Jr., Memphis, and Freda Wagner, Butler; a great-granddaughter, Jessica Whaley, 
Elizabethton; special friends, Effie Henson, Butler, Martha Poole, Butler, 
and Tony Hathaway, Elizabethton; and all his special friends at Hermitage 
Health Center.
Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, (423) 542-2232, is in charge of 
arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick

VINES -- Funeral services for Elias Jefferson Vines, 95, formerly of 229 
Whaleytown Road, Butler, who died Wednesday, October 2, 2002, at Hermitage 
Health Center, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, October 6, in the 
Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles Cable 
officiating. Interment will follow the funeral service in the Vines 
Cemetery, Butler. Active pallbearers will be Dick Ward, Glenn Vines Jr., 
Cody Vines, Walter Vines, Doug Vines, Johnny Garland and Jessie Garland. 
The family received friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday in the Chapel of 
Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home. Friends may also call at the residence of 
a daughter, Beulah Ward, 229 Whaleytown Road, Butler, at any time. Those 
who prefer memorials in lieu of flowers may make donations to Elk Mills 
Fire Department, 107 Poga Road, Butler, TN 37640. Condolences may be sent 
to the family via e-mail address tetrick@funeral-plans.com. Tetrick Funeral 
Home, Elizabethton, (423) 542-2232, is in charge of arrangements. www.
Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick 


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