Johnson-Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Cates, Olivene Cable October 6, 2006
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Elizabethton Star  Oct 8, 2006
Olivene Cable Cates 





    Olivene Cable Cates, 84, 108 Stevens Circle, Hampton, went home to be with 

her Lord Friday, October 6, 2006, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a 

brief illness. 





    Mrs. Cates was a native of Johnson County, but had lived in Carter County 

most of her life. She was a daughter of the late T.L. and Mammie Guinn Cable. 

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

Dallas Cable, Wallace Cable and Jesse Carl Cable, and a sister, Anna Lea 

Wilson. 





    Mrs. Cable was a member of Doe River Baptist Church. She was a bookkeeper 

who worked at the Carter County Courthouse. She loved flowers and gardening 

and was a loving mother and friend to all. She was a graduate of Watauga 

Academy and Steed College and also attended East Tennessee State University. 





    Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Regenia and Woody Whisenhunt 

of Hampton; a brother, Hoover Cable of Salt Lake City, Utah; a grandson and 

his wife, Jeremy and Crystal Whisenhunt of Hampton; and two great-

grandchildren, Jared Whisenhunt and Sage Whisenhunt, both of Hampton. Several 

nieces, nephews and special friends also survive, including two special 

nephews, Wallace Cable Jr. and his wife Dora of Florida and Gary Cable and his 

wife LaDonna of Johnson City. 





    The funeral service for Mrs. Cates will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, 

October 8, in the Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home with Rev. Shane 

Waters and Rev. Troy Davis officiating. The family will receive friends in the 

funeral chapel from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, prior to the service. Friends may 

also call at the home of her daughter, Regenia Whisenhunt, 112 Stevens Circle, 

Hampton, at other times. The committal service and entombment will follow the 

service in the Mausoleum of Peace at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active 

pallbearers will be Jeremy Whisenhunt, Gary Cable, Wallace Cable Jr., Earl 

Dugger, Glen Roy Cates and Rickey Paul Whisenhunt. Honorary pallbearers will 

be Woody Whisenhunt, Kent Jackson, Kevin Jackson, Hollis Cable, Wayne Cates, 

Dennis Cable, Jesse Lee Cable and Henry Shuttle. Online condolences may be 

sent to the family at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. 





    Tetrick Funeral Home of Elizabethton is serving the Cates family. Obituary 

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





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