Helen T. Treadway

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Helen T. Thomas, age 90, Ivy Hall Nursing Home, formerly of Sunrise Drive, went home to be with the Lord, Monday, April 10, 2006. She was a native of Carter County and was the daughter of the late John H. and Ina Nidiffer Treadway. She was a homemaker and of Free Will Baptist Faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gurney Thomas; a daughter, Phyllis Thomas Taylor; son, Tony Taylor; grandson, Chris Taylor; four brothers, Harold Treadway, Guy Treadway, R.L. Treadway and Allen Treadway; three sisters, Lillian Perry, Alta Treadway and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Deloach. Survivors include four sons and three daughters-in-law, Steward and Kathleen Thomas, Gary and Kay Thomas, Edward and Edna Thomas, James "Jim" Thomas, all of Elizabethton; six grandchildren, Kenneth Thomas, Karen Thomas Timbs, Wendy Thomas Good, Michael Thomas, Rebecca Tester, Chris Roberson; ten great grandchildren; three sisters, Virginia Shipley, Louise Arnold, both of Johnson City, Faye M. Norris, Elizabethton; several nieces and nephews also survive. The funeral service will be conducted at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 12, 2006, in the Chapel of Peace at Tetrick Funeral Home Elizabethton with Rev. D.C. Byrd and Rev. Burl Garland officiating. Music will be under the direction of Karen Timbs. The family will receive friends in the funeral home chapel on Wednesday, from 5:30 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. prior to the service hour or friends may also call at the residence of a son, Gary Thomas, 116 Rich Hollow Road, Elizabethton, anytime. The graveside service and interment will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 13, 2006, at Treadway Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. Honorary pallbearers will be Judy and Victor Deloach, Charles "Dude" LaPorte, Jack Perkins, Hazel Bergman, Kenneth Carden, Staff and Employees of Ivy Hall Nursing Home. Those who wish to attend the graveside service are asked to meet at the funeral home chapel on Thursday at 10 a.m. to go in procession. The family wishes to extend a special thank you to the Administration and Staff, all current and former employees of Ivy Hall Nursing Home that took care of Mrs. Thomas the past thirteen and one-half years.

Helen married Gurney E. Thomas on 1 Jul 1933 in Bristol, , , Virginia. Gurney (son of Charles Keener Thomas and Hattie Thomas) was born on 1 Nov 1907 in North Carolina, , , ; died on 23 Aug 1984 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Treadway Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Phylis married Aaron Floyd Taylor on 22 May 1954 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Aaron (son of Jess T. Taylor and Maggie K. Cress) was born on 27 Aug 1935 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 12 Aug 2004 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Treadway Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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ELIZABETHTON - Kenneth Dale Thomas, age 54, of Elizabethton, Tennessee, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, February 22, 2021 at the Johnson City Medical Center, following a brief illness. A lifelong resident of Carter County, Tennessee, he was the son of Edward Thomas and Edna Hicks Thomas.

He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Alvin E. and Orla Holtsclaw Hicks, and his paternal grandparents, Gurney and Helen Treadway Thomas; his father-in-law, Shelby Williams; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.

He was a 1984 graduate of Hampton High School where he was voted “Mr. HHS” his senior year and played on the football team for four years. After graduation, he attended East Tennessee State University, graduating in 1988. He was employed by the Carter County Board of Education as a Student Management System Coordinator. He was a member of Beck Mountain Baptist Church.

Ken enjoyed bluegrass music and went to Japan for two weeks in 2005 with a local bluegrass group and entertained the citizens of that country. He also played the doghouse bass for other musical groups in the area throughout the years.

In addition to his parents, he is survived by his loving wife of 32 years, Sharon Williams Thomas; two daughters, Elizabeth (Beth) Powell and husband Brent Powell and Suzanne James and husband Caleb James; one grandson, Owen Thomas Powell; one sister and brother-in-law, Karen Joyce and Mark Timbs; one sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Nina Williams Hyder and husband Tommy Hyder; two nephews, Cody Hyder and wife Kelly Hyder and Adam Timbs and wife Allison Timbs; one niece, Shelly Hyder Martin and husband Dave Martin; mother-in-law, Linda Williams; five aunts and three uncles, Carrie Keene, Ruby Bennett, Ruth Barrie and husband Rick Barrie, Gary Thomas and wife Kay Thomas, James (Jim) Taylor and Kathleen Thomas Carden; four lifelong friends, Sam Stout, Brian Mathes, Tim Cable and Mick Kyte and numerous cousins also survive.

A graveside service to celebrate the life of Kenneth Dale Thomas will be conducted at 11:00 AM on Friday, February 26, 2021 at Happy Valley Memorial Park with Reverend Ronnie Campbell and Mr. Dwayne Calhoun, minister, officiating. Music will be under the direction of J.P. Mathes and Leona Mathes. Active pallbearers will be Brent Powell, Caleb Jones, Adam Timbs, Mickey Kyte, Mark Timbs, Tim Andrews, Jack Jaynes, Cody Hyder, Gary Jenkins and Dave Martin. Honorary pallbearers will be Brian Mathes, Tim Cable, Dan Boner, Rick Guinn, Sam Stout, Jerry Sanders, Michael Laws and the employees of the Carter County Board of Education.