Joyce Sue Dugger

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JOHNSON CITY - Joyce Sue Dugger, age 78, of Johnson City, passed away on Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at the Johnson City Medical Center.

Joyce was born in Carter County to the late Jett and Rosa Nell Ward Dugger. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three sisters, Virginia Wilson, Anna Pate and Laura Taylor; and two brothers, Jimmy Dugger and Clarence Dugger.

Joyce retired from Sycamore Shoals Hospital as a medical transcriptionist. She was a member of Zion Baptist Church and she loved sports, especially UT football and the Dallas Cowboys. Joyce also enjoyed spending time with her nieces and nephews.

Those left to cherish her memory include two sisters, Artha Loveless and Hannah Mae Whitehead; as well as many nieces, nephews, great nieces, and great nephews.

A service to celebrate the life of Joyce Sue Dugger will be conducted at 2:30 PM on Thursday, March 1, 2018 in the Riverside Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton with her great nephew, Joshua Pate, officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM until 2:30 PM in the funeral home chapel, prior to the service on Thursday.

The graveside service will follow in the Hyder Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. Honorary pallbearers will be the Happy Valley High School Class of 1957.

Stephen married Rosa Nell Ward on 21 May 1916 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Rosa (daughter of William James Ward and Laura Shaw) was born on 20 Nov 1901 in Ashe County, , , North Carolina; died on 17 Sep 2002 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Hyder Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mrs. Nell Ward Dugger, 100, 121 Tester Road, Elizabethton, died Tuesday, September 17, 2002. Dugger was a native of Ashe County, N.C. and had resided in Carter County since 1905. She was the daughter of the late William and Laura Shaw Ward. Dugger was a homemaker and a member of Zion Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Stephen "Jett" Dugger in 1962; one son, Clarence Dugger; one daughter, Virginia Wilson; one sister, Clide Ward; one brother, Honard Ward; three grandsons, Ralph and Jimmy Whitehead and Louie Pate; and one great-great granddaughter, Sierra Dawn Waycaster.
Survivors include one son, James Dugger, Elizabethton; five daughters, Joyce Sue Dugger, Artha Loveless, Anna Pate, Hannah Whitehead, and Laura Taylor, all of Elizabethton; eight grandchildren, Terry Whitehead, Steve Whitehead, Gary Dugger, Barbara Taylor, Joann Whitehead, Phyllis Merritt, Elaine Wilson, and Kathy Lethcoe, also of Elizabethton; twelve great-grandchildren, David Taylor, Chris Whitehead, Marc Merritt, Travis Whitehead, Tim Whitehead, Joshua Pate, Lance Riddle, Shane Riddle, Gavin Dugger, Susan Whitehead, Amy Jones and Jordan Dugger; three great-great grandsons, Chris Whitehead, Caleb Riddle and Hunter Jones; and two great-great granddaughters, Falin Whitehead and Norhe Riddle.
Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Hathaway-Percy.

DUGGER -- Funeral services for Mrs. Nell Ward Dugger, 100, 121 Tester Road, Elizabethton, who died Tuesday, will be conducted at 8 p.m. Thursday, September 19, 2002 in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home with Rev. C.W. Snodgrass officiating. Graveside services and interment will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, September 20, 2002 in the Hyder Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Terry Whitehead, Steve Whitehead, David Taylor, Tom Jones, Gary Dugger, Kenny Lethcoe, Ralph Ward, Raymond Ward, Christopher Whitehead, David Jones, Lynn Greenwell and Ray Loveless. Honorary pallbearers will be Zane Loveless, Nicholas Loveless, Bobby McKeehan, Steve Hyder, Marc Merritt, Shane Riddle, Lance Riddle, Gavin Dugger, Housecall and Adventa Hospice, and special friends Betty Ellis and Myrtle Heaton. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday or at the residence of a daughter, Hannah Whitehead, 2128 Gap Creek Road, Elizabethton, at any time. Everyone will meet at the funeral home at 10:15 a.m. on Friday to go in procession to the cemetery.

Thomas married Elizabeth Treadway about 1870. Elizabeth was born on 22 Oct 1853 in , Giles County, Tennessee, ; died on 19 Aug 1922 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Hyder Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Laura Shaw on 10 Nov 1898 in Ashe County, , , North Carolina. Laura was born in Oct 1871 in Ashe County, , , North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Elizabeth Belle Bunton on 23 Dec 1836 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Elizabeth was born about 1820 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died about 1865 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Reeves married Sofronia Elizabeth Williams on 31 Mar 1877 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Sofronia (daughter of William A. Williams and Alley Delilah Sullivan) was born on 30 Oct 1855 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 4 Apr 1940 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, , Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]