Johnson County TN Archives Obituaries.....Harper, Howard L December 22, 2007
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Elizabethton Star  Dec 27, 2007
Howard L. Harper 





    Howard Lacie Harper, 74, 1117 East Schumacher, Burton, Mich., died 

Saturday, December 22, 2007, at Genesys Regional Medical Center, Grand Blanc, 

Mich., following an extended illness. 





    A native of Shady Valley Community in Johnson County, Tenn., he was a son 

of the late Jerry Miller and Elva Crosswhite Harper Miller. 





    Mr. Harper retired from General Motors and was a member of the local Auto 

Workers Union. He served with the U.S. Army in the Korean Conflict. 





    In addition to his parents, Mr. Harper was preceded in death by two 

brothers, Clarence Harper and Robert Harper. 





    Survivors include two daughters, Brenda Gae Harper, Boone, N.C., and Elva 

M. Wright, Granite Falls, N.C.; a stepdaughter, Viola Browning, Piney Flats; a 

sister, Edna Gae Proffitt, Elizabethton; a brother, Clyde Harper, 

Elizabethton; and six grandchildren, identical twins John Earl and Steven Lee 

Campbell Jr., both of Piney Flats, Christina Maria Campbell, Johnson City, 

Andrew Joseph Lewis and Heather Ann Wright, both of Granite Falls, N.C., and 

Tammy Jean Sluder, Piney Flats. Several nieces and nephews also survive. 





    The funeral service for Mr. Harper will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday, 

December 29, in the Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home with Rev. Jack 

Roddy officiating. Interment will follow in the Crosswhite Cemetery, Shady 

Valley Community. Active pallbearers will be John Campbell, Steven Campbell, 

Andrew Lewis, Walter Boles, Chris Proffitt, Nathan Haerr, Phillip Haerr and 

Johnny Profitt. Military Honors will be accorded by the Captain Lynn H. Folsom 

VFW Post No. 2166. The family will receive friends in the funeral chapel from 

noon until 1 p.m. Saturday, prior to the service. Those who prefer memorials 

in lieu of flowers may make donations to the American Cancer Society Relay for 

Life Hearts of Love, 240 Meadow Hill Drive, Apt. 403, Boone, NC 28607-3966. 

Condolences may be sent to the family by signing the guestbook at 

www.tetrickfuneralhome.com or by fax to (423) 542-9499. 





    Tetrick Funeral Home of Elizabethton is serving the Harper family. 

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



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