Mabel Myers

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ELIZABETHTON — Mabel Myers Richardson of Elizabethton, TN passed away on Thursday, May 26, 2016, at the Hermitage Health Center following a brief illness.

Mabel was born January 4, 1920, in the Stoney Creek area of Carter County to James Myers and Melia Garland Myers.

In addition to her parents, Mabel was preceded in death by three brothers, Arvil, Stanley and Guy; and four sisters, Ada, Hazel, Clyta and Ella and by her husband of sixty-three years, Charles Richardson.

Mabel worked forty-five years for North American Rayon Corporation until she retired in 1985. She started in the purchasing department before moving to the engineering department and secretary to the plant manager.

Mable was generous, kind, and loving. Her love of family showed in everything she did. Her life was a demonstration of motherhood. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Elizabethton. She enjoyed beauty and nature and often went for drives in the mountains on Sunday afternoon with her family.

Mabel is survived by her son, Larry Richardson and wife Diane and one grandson, Chris Richardson and wife Christina.

A service to honor the life of Mabel Myers Richardson will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Saturday, May 28, 2016, in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral and Cremation Services with Rev. Todd Hallman officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1:00 – 2:00 PM on Saturday prior to the service or at the residence at any time.

Graveside service and interment will follow the funeral service in Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be selected from family and friends.

Mabel married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Almeada Garland about 1894 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Almeada (daughter of Volantine Garland and Margaret (Garland)) was born in Nov 1884 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harmon married Maryann "Mollie" (Myers) about 1871 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Maryann was born in FEG 1849 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Volantine married Margaret (Garland) about 1861 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Margaret was born about 1845 in , Giles County, Tennessee, ; died after 1910 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isaac married Anna B. Estep on 4 Sep 1837 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Anna (daughter of Moses Estep and Nancy Elizabeth Jones) was born about 1812 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 21 Sep 1887 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Garland Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]