Mattie Bell "Pat" Arnold

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JOHNSON CITY - Pat Arnold Burleson, Johnson City, died Tuesday, December 3, 2019, at Life Care Center of Gray, following an extended illness.

Pat was a native of Elizabethton and had been a resident of Johnson City since 1959. She was a daughter of the late A. J. and Eliza Stout Arnold.

Pat was a homemaker, but formerly worked as a secretary then licensed Insurance Agent with American National and Independent Life Insurance Companies. She was an ASL Interpreter for the deaf and worked with the Johnson City School System as well as various local churches.

Pat was a member of Boones Creek Bible Church, the Daughters of the American Revolution, a former member of the Women's Republican Club and former Girl Scout Troop Leader.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James G. Burleson, in 2016, a grandson, Joshua Grant Ramsey, her brother, Delmas Arnold, three sisters, Velma Roberts, Geneva White and Frances Campbell.

Pat is survived by three children, Tom Burleson and wife Nancy, Kingsport, Jamie Burleson Harber and husband Walt, Johnson City, Cyndi Burleson Ramsey, Johnson City; one sister, Madelyn Jones, Elizabethton; two grandsons, John and James Burleson, Kingsport; several nieces and nephews.

The family would like to extend a very special "Thank You" to the nursing staff of Life Care Center of Gray for their loving care of Pat during her stay.

The funeral service will be conducted Saturday, December 21, 2019, at 12:00 noon, from the East Chapel of Appalachian Funeral Home, with Pastor Dale Cunningham, officiating. Special music will be provided by Lee Ann Davis, soloist. The graveside committal service will follow in Happy Valley Memorial Park.

Mattie married Thomas Ray Edens on 5 Sep 1947 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Thomas (son of Samuel Harrison Edens and Annie Maude Sims) was born about 1927 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 3 Dec 2018 in Sullivan County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Pinewood Memorial Park, , Pitt County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mattie married James Grant Burleson on 8 Aug 1959 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee. James (son of Oscar Burleson and Bertha Forbes) was born on 22 Oct 1930 in Mitchell County, , , North Carolina; died on 30 Dec 2016 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Happy Valley Memorial Park, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]