Sullivan County TN Archives Obituaries.....Perry, Arco June 23, 2007
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Elizabethton Star  June 25, 2007
Arco Perry 





    Arco Perry, 90, Bluff City, died Saturday, June 23, 2007, in the James H. 

Quillen VA Medical Center. A native of Sullivan County, he was a son of the 

late John and Jennie Carr Perry. Mr. Perry was a former construction worker 

and retired in 1984 from the Tennessee Department Of Tourism. He was a member 

of the Bunker Hill Christian Church. 





    In addition to his parents, he was preceeded in death by his wife, 

Elizabeth Davis Perry, Oct. 10, 2001; a daughter, Brenda Shipley Collins,; his 

sisters, Verna Smith and Nana Mae Perry; and his brothers, Grant, Earnest and 

W.I. Perry. Mr. Perry served in the United States Army during World War II. 





    Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Gary W. and Carolyn Shipley, 

Bluff City; a granddaughter, Michelle R. Johnson and her husband, Tony, of 

Bluff City; and several nieces and nephews. 





    Funeral services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Monday in Memorial Funeral 

Chapel, with Mr. Ernie Depew and Mr. Mark Smith officiating. Graveside service 

and interment will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active 

pallbearers, who are requested to assemble at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. 

Tuesday, will be Kevin Bare, Thad Perry, Dennis Goff, Tony Johnson, 

Gene "Cotton" Bullock, Ed McDuffy, Lonnie Smith, Pat Smith, Ivan Smith, Bud 

Smith, Howard Perry and Charles Dowell. Honorary pallbearers will be Leon 

Perry, Tom Milhorn, J.C. Carr, Ed Wolfe, Dallas Sams, Lawrence Perry, Jack 

Shephard, Frank Malone, Ralph "Doc" Adams, Ed Perry, Herman Bouton, Frank 

Cross and the church family of Bunker Hill Christian Church. For those who 

prefer, memorials may be made in memory of Mr. Perry to the Building Fund, 

Bunker Hill Christian Church, 490 Bunker Hill Road, Bluff City, TN 37618 or 

the Medical Center Hospice, 101 Med Tech Parkway Suite 100, Johnson City, TN 

37604. V.F.W. Post 2166 and Tennessee National Guard will provide military 

honors. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Monday in the funeral 

home. Friends may also call at the residence. Family and friends will assemble 

at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday to go to the cemetery. Condolences 

may be e-mailed to mfc@chartertn.net. Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of 

the arrangements. 



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