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- Birdie H. Garland, 80, of 2614 Browns Mill Road, Johnson City died Friday, October 31, 2008, in the Appalachian Christian Village.
Mrs. Garland was a native of Buladean, NC, a former resident of Roan Mountain and had lived in Johnson City most of her life. She was a daughter of the late Roosevelt and Etta Moffitt Hughes.
She was a devoted mother and homemaker to her family.
Mrs. Garland attended Cove Creek School in Roan Mountain and was a former employee of North American Rayon, Elizabethton, TN, and North Electric Company, Gray, TN.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by: her loving husband, Robert Samuel Garland, in 1997; a sister, Barbara Hughes; three brothers, Clay Hughes, Roosevelt Hughes Jr. and a infant brother, Cecil.
Survivors include: a daughter, Marliese Garland Booshu, of Johnson City; a son, Robert Michael and his wife, Deborah Garland, of Seymour, IN; one grandson, Noah Booshu, of Johnson City; two sisters, Margie and her husband, Auburn Keeter, of Harrison, AR, Nada and her husband, Garnie Miller, of Temple, TX; three brothers, Virl and his wife, Jean Hughes, of Rogersville, TN, Carroll "Jack" Hughes, of Elizabethton, and Larry Hughes, of Roan Mountain; numerous nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews.
The funeral service for Birdie H. Garland will be conducted at 3 PM Monday, November 3, 2008, from the Morris-Baker Funeral Home South Chapel. Rev. Bob Edmonds will officiate. The graveside service will follow at Monte Vista Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be selected from family and friends.
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1928 - 2008 (80 years)
