Walter Brownlow Pleasant

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"Elizabethton Star," Friday, December 22, 1944
WALTER B. PLEASANT
Walter B. Pleasant, age 48, died at his home, 302 Doe Avenue, Thursday night at 10:25 o'clock after an illness of two months.
Mr. Pleasant was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Mountain City. He was a merchant in Elizabethton about eight years, but retired about a year ago. A son, Jack L. Pleasant, was killed in Italy November 12, 1943.
Survivors are a daughter, Ruby Pleasant, Elizabethton; three sons, Walter B. Pleasant, Jr., U. S. Navy, Pacific area, William Howard Pleasant, U. S. Army, Camp Wheeler, Ga., Sidney Pleasant, Elizabethton; three brothers, William Pleasant, Doeville, Clate, Dallas, Oregon, Hobert, in Oregon; six sisters, Mrs. Joe Robinson, Doeville, Mrs. William H. Robinson, Niota, Mrs. David Robinson, Doeville, Mrs. H. L. Nave, Elizabethton, Mrs. Ira Blevins, Johnson City, Mrs. W. B. Arnold, Doeville.
Funeral services will be held Saturday 1:00 p.m. at the Grace Tabernacle Church with the Rev. R. A. Pettitt, officiating. Burial will be in the Rainbolt Cemetery at Doeville.
Pallbearers will be in Earnest Nave, Paul Nave, George Peters, Frances Hodge, Hobe Pleasant, Bob Pleasant, Charles Brown, and Richard Hutchins.
Roy Hathaway Funeral Home is in charge.

Walter married Sanna N. Church on 19 Sep 1914 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Sanna (daughter of John Linville "Jack" Church and Sara Fine "Sally" DeLoach) was born on 11 Mar 1897 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 13 Sep 1936 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Rambo Cemetery, , Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sidney E. Pleasant Sr., 76, of Cocoa, FL, passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2013, in the Wuesthoff Hospital in Rockledge, Florida.

Mr. Pleasant was born in Carter County, TN, but had lived in Florida since October of 1960. He was the son of the late Walter B. Pleasant Sr. and Sana Church Pleasant. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Walter B. Pleasant Jr., William H. Pleasant and Jack L. Pleasant; and one sister, Ruby Pleasant Moore.

Mr. Pleasant was a retired police sergeant and was a U.S. Navy veteran, having served in the Korean Conflict. He was a member of Clearlake Baptist Church in Cocoa, FL.

Survivors include his wife, Velma L. Sheffield Pleasant, of the home; two sons, Sidney E. Pleasant II, and John Pleasant and wife, Donna,, all of Cocoa, FL; one granddaughter, Sydney E. Pleasant, Cocoa, FL; and a special brother-in-law, Ken Sheffield and wife, Cathy, Morristown, TN. Several nieces and nephews also survive.

The committal and entombment service for Mr. Pleasant will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, April 9, 2013, in the Mausoleum of Peace at Happy Valley Memorial Park with Mr. Gerald Holly, Minister, officiating. Military honors will be accorded by the Carter County Honor Guard.

Friends may visit the family at the residence of Charles "Dude" LaPorte at anytime.

Sidney married Velma Louise Sheffield on 8 Apr 1960 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Velma (daughter of Rev. John Washington Sheffield and Maud R. Combs) was born about 1940 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 3 Oct 2016 in Brevard County, , , Florida; was buried in Happy Valley Memorial Park, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]