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Oscar Cleo Calhoun, 83, Rt. 9, Elizabethton, died Tuesday in the V.A. Medical Center, Mountain Home; following an extended illness. A native of Avery County, N.C., he was the son of the late Harrison and Frances Bentley Calhoun. Mr. Calhoun was a member of the North Side Baptist Church, a former employee of North American Rayon Corporation, a U.S. Navy Veteran of World War II and a member of the Captain Lynn H. Folsom V.F.W. Post No. 2166. He was preceded in death by one grandson, Nicky Walker, and by two brothers, Tate and Clarence Calhoun. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Fannie Presnell Calhoun, of the home; two sons, Roger Calhoun, Elkhart, Ind., and H.L. Calhoun, Mishawaka, Ind.; three daughters, Mrs. David (Lillian) Watts, Larnburg, N.C., Lucille Powell and Joyce Pierce, both of Elizabethton; one brother, Jeffie Calhoun, Hampton; two sisters, Mrs. Mike (Texie) Peters, Hampton, and Mrs. Sam (Grace) Harrison, Elizabethton; his mother-in-law, Mrs. Dorothy Presnell, Roan Mountain. Twenty-two grandchildren, five step-grandchildren, several great and great great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also survive. Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, is in charge of arrangements.

Oscar married Fannie A. Presnell on 24 Dec 1927 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Fannie (daughter of Abraham Lincon Presnell and Dorothy Harrison) was born on 10 Feb 1910 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 18 May 1997 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Happy Valley Memorial Park, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Fannie A. Calhoun, 87, 119 Lover's Lane, Elizabethton, died Sunday, May 18, 1997 at Johnson City, Medical Center following an extended illness. Mrs. Calhoun was a native of Carter County and a daughter of the late Link and Dorthy Harrison Presnell. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Oscar C. Calhoun, August 5, 1986, a son, Doris Calhoun, a sister, Lorenia Brewer, and a brother, George Presnell. Mrs. Calhoun was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include three daughters, Lucille Powell, of the home, Joyce Pierce, Elizabethton, and Lillian Watts, Laurinburg, N.C.; two sons and daughters-in-law, Roger and Sandy Calhoun, Bristol, and H.H. and Nancy Calhoun, Mishawaka, Ind.; a sister, Myrtle Jones, Roan Mountain; and a brother, Frank Presnell, Roan Mountain. Twenty-eight grandchildren, 62 great-grandchildren and six great-great grandchildren also survive. Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, is in charge of the arrangements. Funeral services for Fannie A. Calhoun, 119 Lover's Lane, Elizabethton, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday from the Riverside Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home with Rev. Jimmy Rogers and Rev. Dale Greenwell officiating. Interment will follow at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be grandsons: Larry Powell, Randy Powell, Jr. "Pooner" Powell, Gary Potter, Dennis Watts and Rodney Butler. A special thanks to the Carter County Rescue Squad, Nurses of the 2nd Floor of Johnson City Medical Center and the Lifecare Home Health Nurses.

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W. H. Calhoun, 73, died at 3 o'clock Sunday morning at his residence at Shell Creek following a lingering illness. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Frances Calhoun; six children, Clarence of Elizabethton, Oscar of Shell Creek, Jeff Calhoun and Mrs. Mike Peters of Hampton, Tate Calhoun and Mrs. Sam Harrison of Shell Creek; four brothers, Dave of Erwin, John, Fork, Tillmon of Newland, N.C.; two sisters, Sarah of Crossnore and Nannie of Ashe County, N. C.; 38 grandchildren, and five great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 10 o'clock a.m. at the Evergreen Church at Shell Creek with the Rev. Earnest Buck and the Rev. Handy Wilcox officiating. Burial will be at the Fort Mount Cemetery at Newland. Active pallbearers will be Jack Winters, Lacey Shell, Shelton Hazelwood, Jim Greene, Ester Shell and Harton Winters. The body was removed to the residence Saturday afternoon.

Wilburn married Frances Lutitia Bentley on 28 Feb 1895 in Mitchell County, , , North Carolina. Frances (daughter of Robert Franklin Bentley and Sarah Ann Davis) was born on 29 May 1874 in Alexander County, , , North Carolina; died on 5 Mar 1951 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Fork Mountain Cemetery, , Avery County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Frances was the daughter of Robert F. Bentley & Sarah Ann Davis. She was the wife of Wilburn Harrison Calhoun. Siblings: James Partee; Mary Jane; M.M.;Oscar M.;Florence; John; Meadie Victoria

Mrs. Frances Calhoun, 75 died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mike Peters, at Hampton, 11:40 am Monday, after a several months. She was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church for 50 years. Survivors are three daughters, Miss Jessie Calhoun of Hampton, Mrs. Sam Harrison of Shell Creek, and Mrs. Mike Peters of Hampton; three sons, Clarence Calhoun of Elizabethton, Oscar Calhoun of Hampton and Tate Calhoun of South Bend, Ind, three sisters and on brother, forty grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at Evergreen Church at 11 AM Wednesday with the Rev. Carl Osborne officiating. The body will be taken to the home of her sister, Mrs. Sam Harris at 3 PM today. Burial will be at Fork Mountain Cemetery in Vale, NC. Appalachian Funeral Home is in charge.

Note: The above obit. was copied as it appeared in the Elizabethton Star. There are a couple of errors in this obituary. Grandma and Grandpa Calhoun had 2 daughters and 4 sons, not 3 daughters and 3 sons as the obit. states. There is no Miss Jessie Calhoun. It should have read Jeffie Calhoun of Hampton. The body was taken to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sam Harrison, not to the home of her sister, Mrs. Sam Harris as the obit. stated. Frances did not have a sister who married a Sam Harris.

Abraham married Dorothy Harrison on 13 Dec 1903 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Dorothy was born about 1889 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William married Anna Osborn on 15 Sep 1865 in Ashe County, , , North Carolina. Anna (daughter of William Osborn and Martha Margaret Farmer) was born about 1846 in Ashe County, , , North Carolina; died on 18 Dec 1925 in , Avery County, North Carolina, ; was buried in Ashley Cemetery, , Avery County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Sarah Ann Davis about 1867. Sarah (daughter of James P. C. Davis and Marinda Teague) was born on 8 Mar 1852 in Wilkes County, , , North Carolina; died on 7 May 1940 in Mitchell County, , , North Carolina; was buried in Fork Mountain Cemetery, , Avery County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Sarah Malissa Dyer about 1867 in , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina. Sarah was born about 1844 in , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]