JOHNSON COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Mary Irene McQueen, 7 Dec 2003 ----¤¤¤---- Mrs. Mary Irene McQueen, 87, 121 Big Springs Road, Elizabethton, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 7, 2003 in the Johnson City Medical Center. A native of Johnson County, she was a daughter of the late Walter and Tina Slemp Farthing. She had lived in Elizabethton since 1960. She was a retired employee of the former Carter County Memorial Hospital, having worked there as an LPN. Mrs. McQueen was a member of the Big Springs Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter E. McQueen, in 1961; and by a grandson, five brothers, and one sister. Survivors include a daughter, Margaret Hughes, Elizabethton; two sons and daughters-in-law, Kit and Midge McQueen, Elizabethton, and Walter Porter and Linda McQueen, Greeneville, Tenn.; two sisters, Joyce Farthing, of Mountain City, and Ruth Crowe, Elizabethton; 10 grandchildren, and 12 great grandchildren. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services will be conducted at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, December 9, 2003 in Memorial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Richard Hilton officiating. Graveside services and interment will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 10, 2003 in Happy Valley Memorial Park. Music will be provided by her granddaughter, Bobbie Grapes. Pallbearers will be grandsons. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home. Friends may also call at the residence of Kit and Midge McQueen, 121 Big Springs Rd., Elizabethton, or the residence of the daughter, Margaret Hughes, 414 S. Lynn Avenue, Elizabethton. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday to go to the cemetery. Condolences may be e-mailed to mfc@chartertn.net. Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: The Elizabethton Star http://www.starhq.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------