George B. Gass

George married Allie A. (Gass) about 1885 in Greene County, , , Tennessee. Allie was born about 1866 in , Giles County, Tennessee, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Hazel Casteel on 26 Jan 1924 in Greene County, , , Tennessee. Hazel was born about 1906 in , Giles County, Tennessee, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Rev. Richard Phil Gass, age 83, of Elizabethton, passed away on Saturday, February 28, 2015, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a brief illness.
Phil was born on February 24, 1932, in Greene County, TN, and was the fifth of 12 children born to the late Charles Hardin and Hazel Casteel Gass.
Phil was a graduate of East Tennessee State University and was a retired Baptist minister who was eager to share the gospel with those he met. Phil pastored churches in East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. He was a member of Central Baptist Church in Johnson City.
Phil loved to work with wood and was eager to share his creations with others, especially birdhouses. He honorably served his country in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict.
Phil was preceded in death, in addition to his parents, by his wife of 54 years, Marjorie Lyons Gass; his second wife, Helen Williamson Gass; two sisters, Mary Christine Jenkins and Alice Lou Ramsey; three brothers, William Ross, Everette Lee and Charles Duane Gass.
Phil is survived by a daughter, Julie Ann, of the home; two sisters, Joan Brewer, of Elizabethton, and Lois Schaff and husband, Bill, of Elizabethton; four brothers, Jim Gass and wife, Jerry, of Marietta, GA, Lewis and wife, Brenda, of Elizabethton, Michael and wife, Shea, of Elizabethton, and Bob and wife, Pat, of Mt. Ulla, NC; and special niece and nephew, Jane and Fritz Jones, of Elizabethton.
The family would like to express our sincere thanks to the intensive care unit at Sycamore Shoals Hospital of Elizabethton for the compassionate care Phil received during his illness.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be sent to Central Baptist Church, 300 N. Roan Street, Johnson City, TN 37601; and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
A service to honor and celebrate the life of Rev. Phil Gass will be conducted at 7:00 PM Tuesday, March 3, 2015, in the Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, with Dr. Ron Murray, officiating.
The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM on Tuesday prior to the service. Friends may visit at his residence at any other time.
The graveside service and interment will be conducted at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, March 4, 2015, in the Mountain Home National Cemetery. Those wishing to attend the service are asked to meet at the cemetery at 9:50 AM on Wednesday.

Richard married Marjorie Grace Lyons about 1954. Marjorie (daughter of Landon Jackson Jefferon Lyons and Cora Belle Heaton) was born about 1933 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 4 Jan 2008 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Mountain Home National Cemetery, , Washington County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lewis E. Gass, 78, of Elizabethton, passed away on Sunday, December 12, 2021, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital after a brief illness.
Lewis was born on February 19, 1943, in Greeneville, Tenn., to the late Charles Hardin Gass and Hazel Casteel Gass. He was one of 12 children.
He received his elementary and secondary education in Elizabethton. An outstanding athlete in football and basketball at Elizabethton High School, Lewis was selected for the Johnson City Press-Chronicle All Big Seven Football Conference and Journal-Coaches All East Tennessee team in 1960. He was the Cyclones Team Captain and all-state tackle, winning the Bulldog Laws Award in 1960. He was awarded a football scholarship to the University of Tennessee. In 1962, he transferred to Carson-Newman College where he met Brenda (Philpot), his wife of 55 years.
In 1965, Lewis enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. He served in the Third Marine Division, Third Reconnaissance Battalion, Alpha Company, during the Vietnam War, and was awarded the Purple Heart and Navy Commendation Medal with “V” device for Valor.
He returned to Tennessee after his military service and completed his B.S. in Industrial Arts at East Tennessee State University. In 1973, Lewis began his teaching and coaching career at Elizabethton High School. He was selected as the Jaycees Young Educator of the Year that same year. During this time, his two daughters, Tobie and Carrie Bette, were born. His family moved to Georgia where he continued to teach, coach, and mentor in the Cobb County School System for 22 years. At the end of his career, he was honored on the North Cobb High School Teachers’ Wall of Fame.
His impact is enduring, and over the years, Lewis received many letters and phone calls from former students updating him on their lives and the influential role he had played. In late 2021, “Coach Gass” was inducted into the North Cobb Athletic Hall of Fame. For his daughters and students, Lewis exhibited and inspired the ideals of leadership, commitment, sacrifice, honor and compassion.
Lewis’ retirement years were spent in Elizabethton where he enjoyed gardening, construction projects, keeping up with local and national events, feeding the wildlife, doting on his dogs and most of all being helpful to family and neighbors.
Lewis leaves behind his wife Brenda, daughters Tobie Gass and Carrie Bette Bretz, and son-in-law Justin Bretz. He also leaves behind his twin sister Lois Schaff and brothers Michael Gass and Bobby Jack Gass, sisters-in-law Shea Gass and Patricia Gass, and brother-in-law Bill Schaff. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Hazel Gass, brothers Bill, Everett Lee, Duane, Phil and Jimmy, and sisters Christine, Joan and Alice.