Washington County TN Archives Obituaries.....Burke, Ethel M November 6, 2007
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Elizabethton Star  Nov 8, 2007
Ethel M. Burke 





    Ethel M. Burke, 82, formerly of 208 W. Watauga Avenue, Johnson City, 

passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2007, at Hermitage Health Center in 

Elizabethton. 





    Mrs. Burke was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was a 

member of the Liberty Fellowship Church, Johnson City, and a longtime former 

member of the Elizabethton VFW. She was an employee of the old Johnson City 

Memorial Hospital and Johnson City Medical Center for 35 years before 

retirement. 





    Mrs. Burke was preceded in death by her husband, Curtis E. Burke, in 1977; 

a son, Billy Wayne Burke; and a daughter-in-law, Marlene Burke. 





    Survivors include two daughters, Cathryn Wilcox and her husband, Jim, of 

Elizabethton, and Patricia Dykes and her husband, Claude, of Cary, Illi; three 

sons, Jerry Allen Burke and his wife, Diane, of Bristol, R.I., Bobby Earl 

Burke, of Tampa, Fla., and Ronald David Burke and his wife, Sharon, of Johnson 

City; 20 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; a special nephew, Gary 

Canter of Gray; a special niece, Louise McKay and her husband, Bill, of 

Kingsport; four special and dear friends, Jean Sutphin, Helen Cole, Velma 

Sayers and Helen Fuller, all of Johnson City; and her special companion, her 

little dog, "Pebbles." 





    The graveside service for Mrs. Burke will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday, 

November 9, at Roselawn Memory Gardens, Johnson City, with Rev. Dan Foster 

officiating. Everyone attending is asked to meet at the cemetery by 9:50 a.m. 

There will be no formal visitation; however, those that wish may sign the 

register book any time at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family 

suggests memorial contributions be made in Mrs. Burke's name to the 

Alzheimer's Association, NE TN Chapter, 207 N. Boone Street, Suite 1500, 

Johnson City, TN 37604. The family would like to express their gratitude and 

appreciation to all of the employees of Hermitage Health Care, Elizabethton, 

for the wonderful love, care and compassion given to their mother during her 

stay there. Condolences may be made online at www.wadugger.com. 





    Woodall-Anderson and Dugger Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 108 W. 

Watauga Avenue, Johnson City, (423) 928-2245, is serving the Burke family. 

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