Mattie Mae Neatherly

Mattie married Robert Allen Courtner about 1914 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Robert was born about 1892 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Robert "Earl" Courtner, 95, of Johnson City, passed away on Thursday, June 21, 2012, at the Johnson City Medical Center.

He was a native of Carter County, TN, and a son of the late Robert Allen Courtner and Mattie Mae Neatherly Courtner. He was also preceded in death by three brothers, Paul, Howard and Ralph Courtner; and two sisters, Chloe Lipford and Vernell Bowling.

Mr. Courtner was a veteran of WW II and was stationed in England. He was in the Army Air Corps.

He retired from North American Rayon and had worked as a Shipright in Metal Manufacturing in Greeneville, TN.

He was a member of University Parkway Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Mildred Ann Courtner; one daughter, Carolyn Courtner Wood and her husband, Claude Jr., of Knoxville, TN; one son, Stephen Robert Courtner and his wife, Carol, of Jackson, TN; seven grandchildren; two great grandchildren; two sisters, Frances Courtner and Lucille Hodge, both of Butler; one sister in law, Martha Courtner.

Graveside services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 25, 2012, from Mountain Home National Cemetery. Dr. Michael Oaks will officiate. Military Honors will be observed at the cemetery. Grandsons and nephews will serve as pallbearers.

Robert married Mildred Ann Morefield about 1946 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Mildred (daughter of Robert Harrison Morefield and Edna Tyson Osborne) was born about 1925 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 23 Nov 2018 in Caldwell County, , , North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lucille Courtner Lowe Hodge, 86, of Butler, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2018.
A native of old Butler, she was a daughter of the late Robert Allen "R.A." and Mattie Mae Neatherly Courtner.
Lucille attended Watauga Academy, graduated from Hampton High School and graduated from Tri Cities Beauty College in Johnson City. She also attended East Tennessee State College for three years. Lucille was a member of Zion Baptist Church since 2008 and a former member of Butler Baptist Church for 64 years. She was a member of Butler Chapter #218 Order of Eastern Star for 66 years going in January 3, 1952.
Lucille was owner and operator of Lucille's Beauty Shop in Butler for 15 years, employed at Johnson County Hospital in Mountain City for 15 years, and also employed at North American Rayon Corporation in Elizabethton and Northeast Correctional Center in Mountain City.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three husbands, Henry Lowe, the father of her children, M.E. Cardwell and Clyde Hodge; a daughter, Rita Lowe Stephens, Griffin, Ga.; three sisters, Chloe Lipford, Vernell Cable Boling and Frances Courtner; and three brothers, Paul, Howard and Earl Courtner.
Survivors include her daughter, Nioka Lowe Markland and husband, David; a son, Michael Allen Lowe, Elizabethton; one granddaughter, Stephanie White Campbell, and two great-granddaughters, Savannah Riley and Alexandria Marie Campbell, all of Taylors, S.C.; her special step-daughter, Helen Renfro and husband Gene, Johnson City; one special step-grandson, Gene Renfro and wife Katie, Johnson City; several nieces and great-nephews, including one special niece, Carolyn Wood, Concord, Tenn.
Funeral services for Lucille Courtner Lowe Hodge will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with Dr. D. Alan King, Dr. James Richardson and Rev. Sherrill Nave officiating. Music will be provided by the Zion Baptist Church Choir, her daughter, Nioka Markland, Jean Osborne and Jennifer Hughes, pianists. Interment will follow in the Butler Memorial Cemetery with the Rev. Daniel Wood officiating. Active pallbearers will be Teddy Greenwell, Jerry Lyons, Harry Pierce, Gene Renfro, Willie McVay and Freddy Julian. Honorary pallbearers will be her church families at Zion Baptist Church and Butler Baptist Church, members of Butler Chapter #218 Order of Eastern Star and her many friends in the Butler Community. A Masonic Service will follow the funeral service by Butler Chapter #218, Order of Eastern Star.

Margaret married Henry O'Dell Lowe on 28 Aug 1954 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Henry died on 16 Apr 1972; was buried in Mountain Home National Cemetery, , Washington County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]