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- "Elizabethton Star," Monday, May 6, 1946
Roscoe Elliott Dies Of Own Hands Coroner Reports
Roscoe Lawrence Elliott, 32, "died by his own hands" at his home on Scenic Drive Sunday afternoon at 6 p.m., according to findings of the coroner's jury report.
Deputy Sheriff Harlan Oakes said that the deceased "had shot himself with a .22 gauge rifle while his wife was away from home at a neighbor's home.
Those on the jury were the Coroner Roy Merritt, O. B. Collins, P. J. Little, J. R. Lyons, Floyd Church, Worley Merritt, Russell Fraley. Deputies who investigated were Oakes and Nidiffer.
The funeral service will be conducted from the Calvary Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Tuesday with the Rev. George Westmoreland officiating.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Frances Elliott, one son, Lon Edward Elliott, father J. T. Elliott, one sister, Mrs. Gertrude Owens, of Virginia, seven brothers, Arthur Elliott of Rock Creek, Va., Dan Elliott, Binghampton, N. Y., Clarence Elliott of Binghampton, N. Y., Isaac Elliott, Jim Elliott, Floyd Elliott, J. T. Elliott, Jr. of Elizabethton.
Active pallbearers, Lon Peoples, Ralph Sticts, Clyde Ledford, Ray Heaton, O. B. Collins, Elbert Angel, Earnest Depew, Arthur Turner.
Flower bearers, Mrs. Lon Peoples, Ray Heaton, O. B. Collins, Ellen Vaughn, Lena Turner, Hassie Bowman, Georgia Estep, Marie Smith, Emma Broche, Mary Zimmerman, Ellis Carriger, Mrs. Dorothy Markland, Miss Mary Ruth Turner, Hilda Carriger.
The body will remain in the Chapel of the Roy Hathaway Funeral Home until Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. and will be taken to the church to lie in state until time for the service.
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Abt 1914 - 1946 (~ 32 years)
