WASHINGTON COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Earl R. South, 19 Sep 2003
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Earl R. South

Earl R. South, 70, Earl South Road, Johnson City, died 
Friday, September 19, 2003, at his residence following a 
lengthy illness. 
Mr. South was a native of Washington County and a son of the 
late John Earl and Dicie Roark South. He was also preceded in 
death by a half-brother, Vaughn Osborne.
Mr. South was a retired self-employed carpenter. He attended 
Pinecrest Baptist Church and was a member of the Bass Masters 
Association.
Survivors include his wife, Alma Thomason South; two daughters 
and sons-in-law, Ann and Larry Warren, Knoxville, and Kathy Lee 
and Houston Greene, Johnson City; a son and daughter-in-law, 
Ronald E. and Sharon South, Johnson City; two sisters, Lorraine 
Whitson, Unicoi, and Linda Dejarnette, Kansas City, Mo.; two 
half-sisters, Elleen Goodnight, Mooresville, N.C., and Virginia 
Bailey, Kingsport; three brothers, Bob South, Jonesborough, 
Charles South, Johnson City, and Jack South, Unicoi; and a 
half-brother, Bill Osborne, Abingdon, Va. Eleven grandchildren, 
three great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also 
survive.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, September 
21, in the East Chapel of Appalachian Funeral Home with the Rev. 
Mark Street and the Rev. Gary Thacker officiating. Interment 
will follow at Monte Vista Memorial Park. Active pallbearers, 
who are asked to meet at the funeral home by 1:50 p.m. Sunday, 
will be Mike Babb, Charles Bailey, Buddy Greene, Houston Greene, 
Kyle Osborne and Larry Warren. Honorary pallbearers will be Bruce 
Banks, Bud Roberts, Hoyt Sprinkle and Lonnie Townsend. The family 
received friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. 
For those who prefer, memorial contributions may be made to 
Pinecrest Baptist Church, 2129 Old Lewis Road, Johnson City, TN 
37601, or to the Ladies Auxiliary of Milligan Free Will Baptist 
Church, 1471 Milligan Highway, Johnson City, TN 37601. Condolences 
may be made online at www.appalachianfuneralhome.com. Appalachian 
Funeral Home, 800 E Watauga Avenue, Johnson City, is serving the 
South family. 


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