Sullivan County, Tennessee, Obituaries:  E. Stanley McCracken

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Bristol Herald Courier
Saturday, January 18, 2003

E. Stanley McCracken

     E. Stanley McCracken, 97, died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2003, at Greystone 
Healthcare Center.
     He was a native of Benhams, Va., and had resided in Bristol, Big Stone Gap 
and Norton.
     He was the son of the late Isaac Melvin and Lilly N. Lewis McCracken and 
was also preceded in death by his wife, Bessie Hartsock McCracken; and a son, 
Bobby McCracken.
     Mr. McCracken retired from Southern Railroad, where he had been an engineer 
for over 50 years.
     He was a member of Gum Hill Baptist Church.
     Survivors include two daughters, Dorothy Louise Kennedy of Bristol Virginia, 
and Judy Bryant of Clintonsville, W.Va.; two sons, Jennings McCracken of 
Virginia Beach, Va., and Ricky McCracken of Big Stone Gap; one sister, Grace 
Leonard of Bristol Virginia; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and 
several nieces and nephews.
     The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at the graveside in 
Susong Cemetery with the Rev. Lester MacKinnon officiating. Honorary pallbearers 
will be grandsons, great-grandsons and nephews. The family will receive friends 
from 6-8 p.m. Saturday at Akard Funeral Home. E-mail condolences to the family 
may be sent at akardfh@peercom.net. Akard Funeral Home is serving the family of 
Mr. McCracken.