Elias Jefferson Vines

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Elias Jefferson Vines, 95, formerly of 229 Whaleytown Road, Butler, died Wednesday, October 2, 2002, at Hermitage Health Center following an extended illness.
Mr. Vines was a native of Carter County and the son of the late Wilburn James and Matilda Hicks Vines. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Lena Hicks Vines, two sons, Brady Vines and Paul Vines, a sister, Bessie Vines, a brother, Cecil Fields, and a son-in-law, the Rev. Dennis Ward.
Mr. Vines was a member of Fish Springs Baptist Church. He was a retired employee of North American Rayon Corporation and was also a farmer.
Survivors include a daughter, Beulah Ward, Butler; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Charles Vines and Glenn and Patricia Vines, all of Butler; a sister, Mae Hicks, Elk Park, N.C.; five grandchildren, Doug Vines, Hampton, Judy Woods, Elizabethton, Cody Vines, Butler, Glenn Vines Jr., Memphis, and Freda Wagner, Butler; a great-granddaughter, Jessica Whaley, Elizabethton; special friends, Effie Henson, Butler, Martha Poole, Butler, and Tony Hathaway, Elizabethton; and all his special friends at Hermitage Health Center.

VINES -- Funeral services for Elias Jefferson Vines, 95, formerly of 229
Whaleytown Road, Butler, who died Wednesday, October 2, 2002, at Hermitage
Health Center, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, October 6, in the
Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles Cable
officiating. Interment will follow the funeral service in the Vines
Cemetery, Butler. Active pallbearers will be Dick Ward, Glenn Vines Jr.,
Cody Vines, Walter Vines, Doug Vines, Johnny Garland and Jessie Garland.

Elias married Lena Dory Hicks on 26 Jun 1929 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Lena was born on 8 May 1910 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 15 Jul 1992 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Vines Family Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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SSG. Charlie Vines, 82, of the Fish Springs Community, went home to be with his Lord on Thursday, September 10, 2015 at the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital. He was the son of the late Elias Jefferson and Lena Dory Hicks Vines and was born in the Fish Springs Community of Carter County. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Paul and Brady Vines.

He was retired from the Raytheon Corporation and was also a retired veteran of the Army National Guard. He was a member of Hampton Masonic Lodge #750 F & AM for over fifty years, and was a devoted giver and supporter of St. Judes Childrens Hospital for over thirty seven years. He was also a supporter and giver to the Disabled American Veterans and the Elizabethton/Carter Animal Shelter. He was a member of Fish Springs Baptist Church.

SSG. Vines is survived by a son, Doug Vines and his wife, Kim, Hampton; a daughter, Judy Woods, Elizabethton; a granddaughter, Jessica Whaley, Blountville; a sister, Beulah Ward, Butler; a brother, Glenn Vines, Butler; a special niece, Freda Wagner, Fish Springs and a special friend and the mother of his children, Arlene Townsend. He will also be missed by his special dog, "Little Bit".

A service to honor the life of SSG. Vines will be conducted on Monday, September 14, 2015 at 7:00 PM in the Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton with Rev. Stevie Guinn officiating. The family will receive friends in the funeral home chapel from 5:00 – 7:00 PM on Monday prior to the service or at the home of his sister, Beulah Ward, or his son, Doug Vines, at other times.

The graveside service and interment will be conducted on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 11:00 AM in the Vines Cemetery in the Fish Springs Community. Active pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. Tom McCloud will serve as honorary pallbearer. Military honors will be accorded by the Carter County Honor Guard. Those wishing to attend are asked to meet the family at the cemetery at 10:45 AM on Tuesday.