CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Marie S. Williams, 18 Apr 2000
====================================================================
     USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing
         free information on the Internet, data may be used by
         non-commercial entities, as long as this message
         remains on all copied material. These electronic
         pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit
         or for presentation by other persons or organizations.

         Persons or organizations desiring to use this material
         for purposes other than stated above must obtain the
         written consent of the file contributor.

	 The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives
	 to store the file permanently for free access.

         This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb
         Archives by: The Elizabethton Star	http://www.starhq.com/
====================================================================
Marie S. Williams
4/19/00 

   Mrs. Marie Slagle Williams, 79, 868 Highway 91, Elizabethton, died Tuesday, 
April 18, 2000, at Ivy Hall Nursing Home following an extended illness.
   Mrs. Williams was a lifelong resident of Carter County and a daughter of 
the late Sabin E. and Nettie Honeycutt Slagle. She was also preceded in death 
by her husband, Houston A. Williams, a brother, John Slagle, and two sisters, 
Mae Slagle Potter and Margaret Slagle.
   Mrs. Williams taught in the Carter County School System and was a retired 
employee of North American Rayon Corporation with 46 years of service. She 
was a member of the V.F.W. Ladies Auxiliary and the Republican Women's Club. 
She was a volunteer at Carter County and Sycamore Shoals Hospitals, the 
Veterans Affairs and the Carter County Chamber of Commerce.
   She was a member of the Elizabethton Business and Professional Women's 
Club and held several offices. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, 
where she served as Sunday School teacher, pianist, Youth Department Director 
and Church Clerk.
   Survivors include three sisters and two brothers-in-law, Mamie and R. Ray 
Grindstaff, Mrs. Rostand (Mary) Smith and Myrtle and Jack Shell, all of 
Elizabethton. Several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews, a 
great-great-niece and a great-great-nephew also survive.
   Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel, (423) 543-5544, is in charge 
of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Hathaway-Percy

   WILLIAMS -- Funeral services for Mrs. Marie Slagle Williams, 79, 868 
Highway 91, Elizabethton, who died Tuesday, April 18, 2000, will be held at 
2 p.m. Friday, April 21, at Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel, with 
Rev. Brent Seals and Rev. Mark Street officiating. Music will be by John Bunn, 
soloist. Interment will follow at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active 
pallbearers will be Sabin Shell, Rostand Smith, Bobby Ward, Bill Mosely, 
Phillip Ramsey, Tim Walker, Clifford Miller and Gregory Bowers. Honorary 
pallbearers will be Charles Green, Bill Gentry, Victor DeLoach, Dr. Robert 
E. Grindstaff, Dr. Robert Walter, Dr. David Jones, John L. Bowers Jr., 
Eugene Waters, Charles LaPorte, Gene Honeycutt, Richard Myers, R. Ray 
Grindstaff, Charlie Smith, Jolly Tipton, Jon Cardwell, Joe LaPorte III, 
Tom Price, Rick Malone, David Crockett, Robert Cupp, Harry Givens, Allen 
Snodgrass, Barney Fondren, John D. Snyder, Rev. Clate Briggs, Billy Lohr, 
Ralph Hyder and Ralph Bowers. The family will receive friends from 12:30 
to 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home, Sunset 
Chapel, (423) 543-5544, is in charge of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.
com/Hathaway-Percy