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- Novella Eliza Bowers Massengill, age 86, of Bluff City, passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2015 at Sycamore Shoals Hospital, following a brief illness.
Novella was a native of Carter County and was a daughter of the late Luther and Flaura Buckles Bowers. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by four brothers, Roy Bowers, Ola Bowers, Emmert Bowers and Darrell Bowers; and three sisters, Reva Angel, Margaret Campbell and Mary Evelyn Bennett.
Mrs. Massengill was a homemaker and was a member of Bunker Hill Christian Church. She loved to grow flowers and cooking.
Survivors include her husband of 61 years, Paul D. Massengill, of the home; a daughter, Karen M. Campbell, Bluff City; a son, Timothy P. Massengill, Bluff City; two granddaughters, Carrie Campbell, Los Angeles, CA, and Christina Campbell, Bluff City; one great granddaughter, Eliza Campbell, Bluff City; and one sister, Stella Brewer, Elizabethton. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
A service to honor the life of Mrs. Novella Eliza Bowers Massengill will be conducted at 4:00 PM on Sunday, May 24, 2015 at Tetrick Funeral Home – Bluff City Chapel, with Mr. Patrick Mitchell, minister, officiating. The family will receive friends from 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM in the funeral home chapel, prior to the service on Sunday; or at the residence at anytime.
The graveside service will be conducted at 11:00 AM on Monday, May 25, 2015 in the Morning View Cemetery in Bluff City. Active pallbearers will be selected from Bunker Hill Christian Church members. Honorary pallbearers will be her nephews and her neighbors. Those wishing to attend the graveside service are asked to meet at Tetrick Funeral Home of Bluff City at 10:30 AM on Monday, to go in procession.
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