Washington-Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Cornett, John H July 3, 2006
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Elizabethton Star July 5, 2006
John H. Cornett 





    John H. Cornett, 77, of Elizabethton, died Monday, July 3, 2006, at Life 

Care Center of Elizabethton. 





    A native of Washington County, Va., he was a son of the late Grant and 

Rebecca Ramsey Cornett. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death 

by three brothers and two sisters. 





    Mr. Cornett had lived in Elizabethton for the past 46 years and was 

retired from the Sprint Company after 38 years of service. He was a member of 

East Side Baptist Church and the Brownlow Scalf Sunday School Class. 





    Mr. Cornett served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. 

He was a member of the Captain Lynn H. Folsom VFW Post No. 2166. 





    Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Patsy Morley Cornett; two sons and 

daughters-in-law, Stephen H. and Sandra Cornett and Robert E. and Dot Cornett, 

all of Elizabethton; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two sisters, 

Hazel Cullop and Virginia Smith, both of Damascus, Va.; and a brother, Robert 

Cornett, Damascus, Va. Several nieces and nephews also survive. 





    Funeral services for Mr. Cornett will be conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday, 

July 6, in the Mausoleum of Peace at Happy Valley Memorial Park with Mr. John 

H. Smith, minister, officiating. Entombment will follow the service. Honorary 

pallbearers will be the Brownlow Scalf Sunday School Class of East Side 

Baptist Church, former co-workers of the Sprint Company, friends and 

neighbors. To those who prefer, memorials may be made in memory of Mr. Cornett 

to East Side Baptist Church, 1509 Siam Road, Elizabethton, TN 37643. Friends 

may call at the residence or the funeral home at anytime. Family and friends 

will assemble at the Mausoleum at 9:50 a.m. Thursday. Online condolences to 

the Cornett family may be e-mailed to mfc@chartertn.net. 





    Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. 



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