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- Howard W. Guinn, age 90, Center on Aging and Health, 880 South Mohawk Drive, Erwin, died Tuesday, December 30, 2008, at his residence.
Mr. Guinn was a native of Hampton and was a resident of Holland, Michigan, for many years before moving to Unicoi County in 1980. He was a son of the late Luther and Nancy Whitehead Guinn.
Mr. Guinn retired from Consumer Power Company, Holland, Michigan, in 1979 as a heavy equipment operator following twenty-five years of service. He was a Christian.
Mr. Guinn was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in the Philippine Islands during World War II.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by five brothers, Jack, Oliver, Bob and Dan Guinn and Blaine Whitehead; four sisters, Julia Roberts, Posie Tolley, Eliza Guinn and Mable Ingram.
The funeral service for Mr. Guinn will be conducted Saturday, January 3, 2009, at 11:00 A.M. from the Erwin Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Wayne Guinn officiating. Special music will be provided by Cecil and Georgia Owens. Interment will follow in Guinn Cemetery, Simerly Creek Community of Unicoi.
The family will receive friends Friday from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. in the funeral home chapel and other times at the home of a sister, Elsie Tolley, 1008 Marbleton Road, Unicoi.
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