WASHINGTON COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Hale W. "Buck" Buchanan, 15 Oct 2003
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Hale W. Buchanan

Mr. Hale W. "Buck" Buchanan, 82, Jonesborough, died Wednesday, 
October 15, 2003 at James H. Quillen Veterans Medical Center 
after a brief illness.
He was a native of Avery County, N.C. but lived in Washington 
County, Tenn. more than 50 years. He was a son of the late Isaac 
and Molly English Buchanan. 
He was preceded in death by three brothers and three sisters.
Mr. Buchanan retired from the Veterans Administration Hospital as 
a nursing assistant after 31 years of employment.
Mr. Buchanan was a veteran of the U.S. Army during WWII serving 
in Germany with the 133rd Combat Engineering Division. This was 
during the Holocaust where he saw so much human devastation. 
He was a lifelong member of Disabled American Veterans (DAV). 
He was a member of Skyline Heights Baptist Church where he served 
as assistant teacher and served on the mission board in association 
with the Holston Baptist Association. He was also a former member 
of Sinking Creek Baptist Church where he was active in the bus 
ministry, and Antioch Baptist Church where he held a position as 
adult Sunday school teacher, and Cherokee Baptist Church. 
He also had a ministry at Colonial Hills Health Care Center where 
he visited and had devotions with the patients. He had a deep love 
for people.
Survivors include his wife Retha Colleen Jones Buchanan, of the 
home; a daughter Inger Blanton, Jonesborough; a granddaughter Molly 
C. Blanton of Jonesborough; one brother Kelly Buchanan, Newland, 
N.C. and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services for Mr. Hale W. "Buck" Buchanan will be conducted 
7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 16, 2003 at Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home 
Chapel with Rev. Kenneth Kyker officiating. Interment will be held 
at 11 a.m. Friday, October 17, 2003 at Mountain Home National 
Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Paul Garland, Don Whaley, Oral J. 
Constable, Phil Ramsey, Jim Greene, Kenneth Sands and Jack Daniels. 
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5:30 to 
7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 16, 2003. Memorial donations may be 
made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 918, Johnson City, 
TN 37605 or Grace Fellowship Church Building Fund, 2314 S. Greenwood 
Drive, Johnson City, TN 37604 or Skyline Baptist Church Building 
Fund, 1601 Skyline Drive, Johnson City, TN 37604 or to the Disabled 
American Veterans, P.O. Box 14301, Cincinnati, Ohio 45250. 
Condolences may be sent to the Buchanan Family online at www.dillow-
taylor.com. Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 
Jonesborough, 753-0514, is in charge of arrangements.


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