- Mrs. Mabel Ellis Birchfield, 77, 403 South Roan Street, Elizabethton, died Saturday, July 26, 2003, in the Sycamore Shoals Hospital.
A native of Carter County, Mrs. Birchfield was a daughter of the late Dave Powell and Minnie Bullock Ellis. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Howard Birchfield, Nov. 9, 1986, by a daughter, Sandra Kay Birchfield, and by a sister, Florence Ellis.
Mrs. Birchfield was a retired employee of North American Rayon Corp. and most recently had been employed as a hostess at Pizza Inn of Elizabethton. She was a member of the Keenburg Free Will Baptist Church and the Ladies Auxiliary.
Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Judy and Bill Kuhn and Peggy and Dr. Jack Holly, all of Elizabethton; three sons and daughters-in-law, Powell and Gloria Ellis, Randall and Jennifer Birchfield and Kim and Tammy Birchfield, all of Elizabethton; four sisters, Juanita White, Atchison, Kan. Selda Wilson and Ida Andes, both of Elizabethton, and Gladys Nance, Bluff City; 10 grandchildren, Stephanie Bare, Melissa Hodge, David Ellis, Jason Holly, Arden Kuhn, Travis Holly, Ashley Birchfield, Allie Gillenwater, Jordan Birchfield and Lucas Birchfield; seven great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.
BIRCHFIELD -- Funeral services for Mrs. Mabel Ellis Birchfield, 77, 403 South Roan Street, Elizabethton, who died Saturday, July 26, 2003, will be conducted at 8 p.m. Monday in Memorial Funeral Chapel, with the Revs. Mark Street and Talmadge Brown officiating. Graveside service and interment will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Keenburg Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery, with Mr. Jesse Birchfield, Jr. assisting. The Revs. Mark Street and Clarence Sheffield will provide the music. Active pallbearers, who are requested to assemble at the funeral home at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday, will be Jason Holly, Arden Kuhn, David Bare, Michael Hodge, Jim Jenkins, Herbert Duvall, Al Welsh, Mike Hubbard, Chris Gillenwater and Ron Stanley. Honorary pallbearers will be her church family, friends and neighbors, employees of Pizza Inn, Elizabethton, the staff of Dr. Jack Holly, DDS, the staff of Randall Birchfield Real Estate & Auction, employees of the water treatment plant, City of Elizabethton, members of the Johnson City Police Department, the staff of the Women's Pavilion, Sycamore Shoals Hospital, Dr. John Green and Dr. Scott Caudle.
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1926 - 2003 (77 years)
