Johnson-Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Roark, Bessie M April 19, 2008
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Elizabethton Star  April 23, 2008
 Bessie M. Roark 


    Bessie Marie Arnold Roark, 75, of Hampton, went to be with her Lord, 
Saturday, April 19, 2008, at her residence. 


    A native of Johnson County, she had lived most of her life in Carter 
County. 


    Mrs. Roark was a retired employee of Texas Instruments and had worked for 
30 years at Brown's Super Market. She loved to work in her flowers and her 
garden. She was a member of Union Baptist Church, but attended the Hampton 
Church of God. 


    She was preceded in death by her father, Walter Raymond Arnold, and her 
husband, Norman "Sarge" Roark, April 20, 2001. 


    Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Teresa Nidiffer and her 
husband, John Dunlap, Elizabethton, and Tonya and Henry Weaver, Weaverville, 
N.C.; her mother, Wilma Ward Arnold, Baltimore, Md.; a grandson, Josey Walter 
Weaver; a sister, Geraldine Kemp, Baltimore, Md.; a brother, Bobby Mack 
Arnold, Hampton; several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews; and 
her special friends, Jane Goodwin Davis, Susan Lamb and Judy Austin. 


    A gathering of family, friends and acquaintances to celebrate the memories 
of Bessie Roark will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, April 25, at Memorial Funeral 
Chapel. Memorials may be made in memory of her to the Hampton Church of God. 
Friends are welcome to come by the residence at their convenience. The family 
would like to express a special "thank you" to the Johnson City Medical Center 
Hospice and her friends and neighbors who offered their love and support 
during her illness. Condolences to the Roark family may be e-mailed to 
mfc@chartertn.net. 


    Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements

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