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- Charles Bernice Burrow, born May 31, 1919 – died May 20, 2019
Charles was born in Benthans, Va., on May 31, 1919. She was the daughter of Charles and Maxi Leonard. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Edwin Burrow, in 2001; a granddaughter, Tammy Johnson of Johnson City, Tenn.; half brothers, George Lyons Jr., Sam Lyons, Eugene Lyons, Allen Lyons and Albert Lyons; and half sisters, Ethel Bare, Elizabeth Blair and Betty Humphreys.
She is survived by daughters, Shirley Johnson, Johnson City, Tenn., and Patsy Gibson and husband Danny of Piney Flats, Tenn.; and three sons, Kenneth Burrow and wife Sue, Elizabethton, Dean Burrow and wife Linda, Elizabethton, and Eddie Burrow and wife Wanda, Elizabethton; two half sisters, Marie Miller, Elizabethton, and Geraldine Richie, Elizabethton; three half brothers, Ralph Lyons, Jerry Lyons and Anthony Lyons, all of Elizabethton; grandchildren, Danny Johnson, Johnson City, Tenn., Cindy Case and husband Ricky, Johnson City, Tenn., Cena Howerton and husband Brady, Rutledge, Tenn., and Denna Wages and husband Ross of South Carolina. Also, Mrs. Burrow had five great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Mom was a wonderful mother. She loved all of her children and was a "Mom" to almost everyone who knew her. She was compassionate and always tending to the needs of others "First." She was of the Baptist Faith.
She had many friends. Among those were Edith Campbell, Elizabethton, Addie Blevins, Elizabethton, Andrew Gunn, Elizabethton, Bill Meritt, Elizabethton, Ken and Carol Start, Piney Flats, Tenn., Tony Miller, Elizabethton, Paul Bishop, Knoxville, Tenn., Teresa Arnold, Elizabethton, Phil and Dorothy Hardin, Erwin, Tenn., Martha Epperson, Elizabethton, and Minister Ken Oberdorf of Gap Creek Christian Church in Elizabethton.
Mother and her family would like to "THANK" the staff of Signature Health Care of Elizabethton and Ballad Hospital of Elizabethton for all the loving care she received from them. Also, the wonderful cards and visits she received from the Elizabethton Church of Christ.
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