CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Vernon M. Wilson, 18 Jan 2000
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Vernon M. Wilson
1/19/00 

   Vernon McCoy Wilson, 74, 131 Audie Hardin Road, Elizabethton, died 
Tuesday, January 18, 2000, at North Side Hospital following an 
extended illness.
   Mr. Wilson was a native of Carter County and the son of the late 
Sol and Sarah Hayes Wilson. He was also preceded in death by a son, 
William "Bill" Wilson.
   Mr. Wilson was a member of Union Hill Free Will Baptist Church and
a retired employee of Mapes Piano String Company. He was a U.S. Army 
Veteran of World War II.
   Survivors include his wife, Hilda "Marie" Wilson, of the home; five 
sons, Charles Wilson, Jerry Wilson, Larry Wilson and Keith Wilson, all 
of Elizabethton, and Glenn Wilson, Lewisburg; three daughters, Ruby 
Taylor, Linda Blevins and Joan Carr, all of Elizabethton; nine brothers, 
Lonnie Wilson, Mike Wilson, Robert Kay Wilson, Conway Wilson, Edward 
Wilson, Ernest Wilson, Grady Wilson, Ralph Wilson and Arlie "Skip" Wilson, 
all of Elizabethton; an adopted son, Lance Estep; and three sisters, 
Carolyn Milam, Elizabethton, Liz Mercer and Ina Ward, Brazos Port, Texas. T
wenty-four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and several nieces and 
nephews also survive.
   Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 542-2232, is in charge of 
arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick

   WILSON -- Funeral services for Vernon McCoy Wilson, 74, 131 Audie Hardin 
Road, Elizabethton, who went to be with the Lord Tuesday, January 18, 2000, 
will be conducted at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside 
Chapel, with Rev. Richard Estep, Rev. Bill Greer and Rev. Johnny Vance 
officiating. Music will be under the direction of Ann Lowe, Dennis Laws 
and Sherry Peters. Graveside services and interment will be at 2 p.m. 
Thursday at Blevins Cemetery with Military Honors accorded by Captain 
Lynn H. Folsom V.F.W. Post #2166. Active pallbearers will be selected 
from grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Richard Bowie, Mack 
Smith, Carroll Grindstaff, Sonny Fletcher, John Fletcher, Ralph Andes, 
Crandall Taylor, friends and neighbors. Everyone will meet at the 
cemetery at 1:55 p.m. Thursday for the service. The family will receive 
friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Friends may also 
call at the residence, 131 Audie Hardin Road, Elizabethton, any time. 
For those who prefer, memorial donations in lieu of flowers may be sent 
to the American Cancer Society, 209 S. Riverside Drive, Elizabethton, 
Tenn. 37643, or the Stoney Creek Volunteer Fire Department, c/o Packy 
Fair, 114 Herbert Taylor Lane, Elizabethton, Tenn. 37643. Tetrick 
Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 542-2232, is in charge of 
arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick