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"Elizabethton Star," Sunday, February 11, 1940
RAY NORRIS
Ray Norris, age 43, died in a local hospital Saturday morning at seven o'clock, after a short illness. He was a prominent farmer, living on Simerly Creek, near Hampton.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Ray Norris; five daughters, Mrs. Smith Teague, Elizabethton; Georgia, Belle, Louise and Joyce; his mother, Mrs. Etta Norris, Hampton; four sisters, Mrs. Josephine Turner, Hampton; Mrs. Dela Burnett, Johnson City; Mrs. Belle Clark, and Mrs. Cora Smith, Simerly Creek; three brothers, Charles Norris, and Floyd Norris, Simerly Creek; Neal Norris, of Virginia.
Funeral services will be conducted from the home Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. John Hall officiating. Burial will be in the Simerly Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Elijah Collins, Sam Gouge, Martin Clark, Nat Gouge, Doke Street, Will Morton.
Flowerbearers[sic] will include Mesdames Ida Rowe, Irene Barnett, Elsie Simerly, Sam Gouge, Mary Simerly, Caroline Simerly, Lorene Carver, Dave Phillips, and Ruth Miller.
The body was removed form the Roy Hathaway Funeral Home to the home on Simerly Creek yesterday afternoon at two o'clock.

Ray married Jennie Simerly on 29 May 1921 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Jennie (daughter of David A. Simerly and Debbie Perry) was born about 1902 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Buck married Etta (Norris) about 1878 in , Giles County, Tennessee, . Etta was born in May 1860 in North Carolina, , , ; died after 1940 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Elizabethton Star," Monday, January 18, 1943
DAVID A. SIMERLY
David Alexander Simerly, age 66, died at his home, 228 Roan street Monday morning after a short illness.
Mr. Simerly was a retired lumberman, a native of Carter county, and was married to Debbie L. Perry, June 3, 1899.
Survived by the following: wife, Mrs. Debbie L. Perry Simerly; three daughters, Mrs. Verne Allen, Mrs. Glenn Roberson, Mrs. Russell Curtis; one son, Jack Simerly, all of Elizabethton; one sister, Mrs. Annie Cordell of Shell Creek; three brothers, C. C. Simerly, Erwin, John and W. Y. Simerly, Elizabethton; four grandchildren, Edward Simerly, Richard Allen, Billy and Francis Jean Curtis, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted from the Methodist Memorial church at 3:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with the Rev. Solon McNeese in charge, assisted by Rev. V. Floyd Starke.
Burial will be made in Highland cemetery.
Music will be in charge of Mrs. Houston Netherland.
Active pallbearers will be the nephews.
Flower bearers will be the Hattie Kane class and members of Circle No. 1 of Memorial Methodist church.
The body will be returned to the home at 226[sic] Roan street from the Roy Hathaway Funeral Home this afternoon at 5:00 o'clock.

David married Debbie Perry about 1864 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Debbie was born in May 1878 in North Carolina, , , . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christian married Jane F. Matherly about 1863 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Jane (daughter of James Matherly and Biddie Johnson) was born on 3 Sep 1842 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 8 Sep 1931 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Wilson Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]