WASHINGTON COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Bertha Bryant Estep, 27 Aug 2003
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Bertha B. Estep

Bertha Bryant Estep, 94, Leach Circle, Jonesborough, went to be 
with the Lord Wednesday, August 27, 2003, in the Johnson City Medical 
Center.
Mrs. Estep was a native of Carter County and had lived most of her life 
in Washington County. She was a daughter of the late John and Nancy Bryant 
and was also preceded in death by her husband, Allen Estep, and by a son, 
a daughter and several brothers and sisters.
Mrs. Estep was a homemaker and a faithful member of First Free Will Baptist 
Church, and at the time of her death was the oldest living charter member.
Survivors include two sons and a daughter-in-law, James Estep, Jonesborough, 
and Howard and Mary Estep, Elizabethton, and two daughters and a son-in-law, 
Laura Pauff, Johnson City, and Mary and Don Williams, Plant City, Fla. 
Thirteen grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, nine great-great-grandchildren 
and several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services for Mrs. Estep will be conducted at 7 p.m. Friday, August 
29, at First Freewill Baptist Church with the Rev. Kenneth Grindstaff and 
Mr. Howard Estep officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 until 
8 p.m. Thursday, August 28, at Morris-Baker Funeral Home. Interment will 
follow the committal service at 10 a.m. Saturday, August 30, at Washington 
County Memory Gardens, where the family and friends are asked to meet for 
the service. Active pallbearers will be William Gaddy, Michael Estep, Daniel 
Estep, Chris Estep, Wayne Estep and David Pauff. Honorary pallbearers will be 
Lanny Sheets and members of First Free Will Baptist Church. Online condolences 
may be sent to the Estep family via www.morrisbaker.com. Arrangements are by 
Morris-Baker Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 2001 Oakland Avenue, Johnson 
City. 


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