UNICOI COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Mrs. Martha Roberts Laughren, 14 Nov 1997 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Erwin Record http://news.mywebpal.com/index.cfm?pnpid=592&om=0 ==================================================================== Mrs. Martha Roberts Laughren Mrs. Martha Laughren, 70, died Friday, November 14, 1997 at Unicoi County Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Laughren was a lifelong Unicoi County resident and a daughter of the late John and Dora Buchanan Roberts. She was a housewife. She was a member of Buffalo Valley Free Will Baptist Church, Unicoi. Mrs. Laughren was preceded in death by her husband, James Burney Laughren, in 1963, one son, two sisters and two grandsons. Survivors include one son, Gary D. Laughren, Jonesborough, Tennessee; three daughters, Brenda Price, Gray, Tennessee, Phyllis Reed, Jonesborough, Tennessee, and Frances Hawkins, Johnson City, Tennessee; two brothers, George Roberts and Ralph Roberts, both of Unicoi, Tennessee; six sisters, Inez Yarber, Loris Reeser, Frances Horton, and Joyce Osburn, all of Unicoi; Olean Boberts, Erwin, Tennessee and Myrtle Laughren, Greenmountain, North Carolina; eight grandchildren; five great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.