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- ELIZABETHTON – Ethel Church Tolley, 81, Elizabethton, went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, October 13, 2009.
She was born in Mountain City, Tenn., to the late Herbert Cross and Flora Olive Hall Church. She had lived in Carter County for several years.
Ethel impacted the loves of many people by her respectful nature and was a loving daughter, wife, mother and grandmother. Mrs. Tolley was a member of the Happy Valley Church of Jesus Christ.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Matthew Tolley; and children, Norma Jean Cox, Emma Dean Tolley and Terry A. Tolley.
She is survived by three Daughters: Barbara J. Gould and husband, Bob, of Elizabethton, Teresa A. Tolley, of Johnson City, and Jacqueline R. Birchfield and husband, Donald, of Bluff City; One Sister: Cledith Perkins and husband, Ed, of Mountain City; Two Brothers: A.G. Church and wife, Joyce, of Johnson City, and Walter R. Church and wife, Sharon, of Butler; 14 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; and two great great grandchildren. Several loving nieces and nephews also survive.
Memorial Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Happy Valley Church of Jesus Christ with Pastor Donny Reagan and Bro. Darrell Ward officiating.
Graveside Service and Interment will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the Washington County Memory Gardens. Music will be provided by her church family. Pallbearers will be her grandsons.
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