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- Jesse H. Jarrett, 85, 184 Jesse Jarrett Road, Roan Mountain, died
Wednesday, January 26, 2000, at Cannon Memorial Hospital, Linville, N.C.,
following a brief illness.
Mr. Jarrett was a native of Carter County and the son of the late
William and Myra Street Jarrett. He was also preceded in death by a
daughter, Barbara Sue Heaton, and four brothers.
Mr. Jarrett was a devoted member of Burbank Free Will Baptist Church
where he served as a deacon and former Adult Sunday School Teacher. He was
the owner of Jarrett's Apple Orchard and a previous member of the Apple
Growers' Association. He served as a former member of the Board of Directors
of the Carter County Farm Bureau.
Survivors include his wife, Carrie Miller Jarrett, of the home; a son and
daughter-in-law, Harold and Beth Ann Jarrett, Roan Mountain; three daughters
and sons-in-law, Marie and Hubert Hodge, Blountville, Betty and Jim Hughes,
Elizabethton, and Grace and Tom Presnell, Bristol; a sister, Mary Garland,
Roan Mountain; a brother, Earl Jarrett, Knoxville; five grandsons, Gregory
Heaton, Roan Mountain, Jeff Hodge, Raleigh, N.C., Scott Hodge, Bristol, Jim
Hughes and Michael Hughes, both of Elizabethton; three granddaughters, Becky
Emmert, Johnson City, Regina Buck, Roan Mountain, and Denna Shelton, Unicoi;
and four great-grandchildren, Autumn and Amanda Heaton, Emily Hodge and
Brandon Hodge. Several nieces and nephews and a special friend, Zeb Honeycutt,
also survive.
JARRETT -- Funeral services for Jesse H. Jarrett, 85, 184 Jesse Jarrett
Road, Roan Mountain, who went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January
26, 2000, will be conducted at 8 p.m. Friday at Burbank Free Will Baptist
Church with Rev. Richard Blevins and speaker, Mr. Johnny Hill, officiating.
Music will be under the direction of Burbank Free Will Baptist Church Quartet
and Mrs. Denise Hill. Graveside services and interment will be at 11 a.m.
Saturday at Jarrett Family Cemetery. Everyone will meet at the cemetery at
10:55 a.m. Saturday for the service. Active pallbearers will be grandsons and
grandsons-in-law: Jeff Hodge, Scott Hodge, Gregory Heaton, Jimmy Hughes,
Michael Hughes, Lincoln Shelton and Jon Buck. Honorary pallbearers will be the
deacons of Burbank Free Will Baptist Church, Zeb Honeycutt and special
friends.
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