Lavelle Hopson

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Lavelle Hopson Gourley Fair, 90, of Blaine, Tenn., formerly of Elizabethton, passed away Sunday, September 2, 2018, at RidgeView Terrace of Life Care, Rutledge, Tenn.
A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Walter E. and Elsie Pleasant Hopson.
Lavelle was a graduate of Elizabethton High School and attended Carson-Newman College. She was a homemaker.
Lavelle was a member and former organist at East River Park Christian Church. She attended Buffalo Springs Baptist Church in Blaine, Tenn.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Rev. Lewis Gourley, a Baptist minister, who passed away August 6, 1987; her second husband, Grady Fair, who passed away September 1, 2016; and a brother, Eugene Hopson.
Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Danny and Karen Gourley and Richard and Cathy Gourley, all of Rutledge, Tenn., six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Graveside services for Lavelle Hopson Gourley Fair will be conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday, September 6, at Happy Valley Memorial Park with Mr. John H. Smith, minister, officiating. Interment will follow the service. Pallbearers will be selected from family and friends.

Lavelle married Rev. Lewis D. Gourley on 29 Dec 1946 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Lewis (son of Carter Francis Gourley and Minnie Nave) was born on 14 Aug 1925 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died in Aug 1987 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lavelle married Grady Ben Fair about 1990. Grady (son of Ben Fair and Ida Nell Estep) was born about 1927 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 1 Sep 2016 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Happy Valley Memorial Park, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Walter married Amanda Elsie Pleasant on 25 Dec 1926 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Amanda (daughter of Lemuel L. Pleasant and Nancy E. "Nannie" Eggers) was born about 1907 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Amanda (Hopson) about 1905 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Amanda was born about 1884 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Elizabethton Star," Wednesday, October 19, 1938
LEMIEL L. PLEASANT
Lemiel L. Pleasant, 69, died at his home, 114 H street, early this morning.
Funeral services will be held at the Calvary Baptist church Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, with the Rev. B. R. Lincoln, the Rev. John Bowery, the Rev. Paul Roberts officiating. Interment will be in the Rambo Cemetery at Doeville.
Mr. Pleasant is survived by his widow, Mrs. Nannie Pleasant; four daughters, Mrs. F. Hawkins of Laurel Bloomery, Mrs. Elsie Hopson of Elizabethton, Miss Flossie Pleasant and Miss Etaila Pleasant of Elizabethton; three sons, Hobert, Robert, Hansel of Elizabethton; two brothers, Will Pleasant of Phoenix, Arizona, J. R. Pleasant of New Bank, Ky.; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Lee of Mountain City, Mrs. Eliza Gentry of Laurel Bloomery.
Pallbearers will be J. Frank Seiler, Brown Fritts; W. C. Guffey, Will Jones, C. W. Bailey, Clyde Nichols, J. D. Roberts, W. L. Hogin, W. L. Smith.
Flowerbearers[sic]: Mesdames Clarence Hilton, William Jones, Dave Davis, C. S. York, W. B. Roberts, Sam Johnson, Nora Lee Powers, Lonza Berry, W. L. Nave, Hiram Taylor, Denny Fields, Charles Sanders, Clyde Nichols, Eddie Whitson, James Oliver, D. M. Metler.

Lemuel married Nancy E. "Nannie" Eggers on 21 Dec 1892 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of Cleveland Eggers and Elizabeth J. Eller) was born in Oct 1878 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died after 1940 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Mary Nancy Lowe on 10 May 1862 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Mary was born about 1844 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died about 1881 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cleveland married Elizabeth J. Eller about 1866 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Elizabeth was born about 1852 in North Carolina, , , . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]