Sullivan County TN Archives Obituaries.....Parris, Lorna M. December 9, 2005
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Elizabethton Star 12/11/2005
Lorna M. Parris 





    Lorna Mildred Parris, 89, 161 Judge Ben Allen Road, Elizabethton, died 

Friday, December 9, 2005, at Ivy Hall Nursing Home. 





    Mrs. Parris was a native of Sullivan County and a daughter of the late 

James Blaine and Bitha Elizabeth Taylor Dykes. In addition to her parents, she 

was preceded in death by her husband, Claude Andrew Parris, in 1990, a son, 

Jeffery Stephen Parris, and by three brothers and a sister. 





    Mrs. Parris had lived in Elizabethton since 1992. She was a homemaker. 

Until her illness she was an active member of Mayfair United Methodist Church, 

Kingsport, was active in the Young at Heart Club of the church, and was a 

former Girl Scout Leader. She was a former member of the Kingsport Square Dance 

Club. 





    Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Claudette and Ken Howerton, 

Elizabethton; a son and daughter-in-law, Jerry Ronald and Laurie Parris, 

Oklawaha, Fla.; five grandchildren, Gina Fritts, Elizabethton, Brady Howerton, 

Rutledge, Andy Parris, Atlanta, Ga., Jenny Parris and Jeff Parris, both of 

South Carolina; five great-grandchildren, Josh Fair, Cody Fair, Seth Howerton, 

Kara Howerton and Tori Parris; two step-grandchildren, Teresa Hedrick and Bobby 

Anderson; five step-great-grandchildren; a brother, Leonard "Pete" Dykes, 

Kingsport; and a sister, Mary Wilson, Leesburg, Fla. Several nieces and nephews 

also survive. 





    Funeral services for Mrs. Parris will be conducted at 8 p.m. Sunday, 

December 11, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with Rev. Preston Sartelle officiating. 

The Eulogy will be given by her granddaughter, Gina Fritts. Music will be 

provided by Becky Hale, soloist, and David Arney, organist. Graveside services 

and interment will be at 11 a.m. Monday, December 12, at Eastlawn Memorial 

Park, Kingsport. Active pallbearers will be Josh Fair, Cody Fair, Phil Fritts, 

Seth Howerton, Brady Howerton, Andy Parris and Bobby Anderson. Honorary 

pallbearers will be staff and employees of Ivy Hall Nursing Home, former 

owners, staff and employees of Stockton Residential Home and members of the 

Young at Heart Club of Mayfair United Methodist Church. The family will receive 

friends at the funeral chapel from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday, prior to the service 

hour. Friends may also call at the residence of her daughter, 161 Judge Ben 

Allen Road, Elizabethton, at anytime. Pallbearers, family and friends will 

assemble at the cemetery at 10:50 a.m. Monday for the interment services. To 

those who prefer, memorials may be made in memory of Mrs. Parris to the 

Alzheimer's Association, 207 N. Boone St., Suite 1500, Johnson City, TN 37604. 

Online condolences to the Parris family may be made at mfc@chartertn.net. 





    Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.





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