Sullivan County, Tennessee, Obituaries:  Benny C. Boone

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Bristol Herald Tribune
Friday, November 22, 2002

Benny C. Boone

    BLUFF CITY -- Benny C. Boone, 67, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2002, 
in Bristol Regional Medical Center. He was born in Bluff City, son of the 
late William Jennings Boone and Etta Richardson Boone. He was of the Baptist 
faith and, prior to his retirement, was the owner and operator of Business 
Equipment Co. of Bristol. He was preceded in death by a son, Ronnie Boone; 
four brothers; and three sisters.
    Survivors include his wife, Karen Boone; two sons, Randy Boone and his 
wife, Eleonara, of Kure Beach, N.C., and Pat Boone and his wife, Dr. Elaine 
Boone, of Limestone, Tenn.; one stepson, Dr. Rick Guthrie and his wife, 
Cindy, of Bluff City; three stepdaughters, Elisa Gastineau and her husband, 
Michael, of Knoxville, Barbara Duncan and her husband, Jim, of Bristol, 
Virginia, and Brenda Inman and her husband, Gary, of Bristol Virginia; four 
sisters, Katie Woods and her husband, Claude, of Bluff City, Irene Simpson 
and her husband, Larry, of Anderson, Ind., Carolyn Peckinpaugh and her 
husband, Mike, of Anderson and Mae Allen of Barnardsville, N.C.; and several 
grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.
    The funeral service will be conducted at 7:30 Friday evening in the 
chapel of Oakley-Cook Funeral Home with Dr. Gordon Turnbull officiating. The 
family will receive friends from 6 until 7:15 p.m. prior to the service. The 
committal service and interment will be conducted at 10 o'clock Saturday 
morning in Sunrise Cemetery in Bluff City. Condolences and memories may be 
sent via e-mail to condolences@oakley-cook.com.
    Arrangements especially for Mr. Boone have been made through Oakley-Cook 
Funeral Home.