UNICOI COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - George Washington Emmert, Senior, 25 Aug 1996
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Mr. George Washington Emmert, Senior

Funeral services for George W. Emmert, Sr., age 80, Holiday House Apartments,
Erwin, who died Sunday, August 25, 1996, at the V.A. Medical Center, Mountain
Home, Johnson City, were conducted on Monday at 8:00 p.m., in the chapel of
Valley Funeral Home.

Rev. Bob Ambler officiated. Music was provided by Barbara Davis. Graveside
service and interment were conducted on Tuesday at 11 a.m., at the V.A.
Cemetery, Mountain Home, with military graveside honors.

Mr. Emmert was a native of Erwin, and a son of the late Frank and Finetta
Harris Emmert. He served with the U.S. Navy during World War II, and was the
recipient of the Purple Heart. He was a member of V.F.W., Post #5809.Mr.
Emmert was a retired painter from Little and Adams, Kingsport.He was of the
Baptist faith.

In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a daughter, Patricia
Bowman. Survivors include his wife, Myrdith Bailey Emmert; four daughters,
Barbara Renfro, Kingsport, Betty Jo Peterson, Telford, Kathy Franklin, Johnson
City, and Jennifer Calloway, Kingsport; three sons, George Emmert, Jr., Tom
Emmert, and Greg Emmert, all of Erwin; two sisters, Grace Leach, Johnson City,
and Mae McKinney, Erwin; two brothers, Ernest Emmert, Erwin, and Gene Emmert,
Johnson City; 15 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren. Valley Funeral
Home was in charge of the arrangements.