Walter Phillips

Walter married Mary Miller on 3 Feb 1910 in Ashe County, , , North Carolina. Mary was born about 1892 in North Carolina, , , . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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JOHNSON CITY - Mrs. Myrtle Phillips Bare, 103, of Johnson City, formerly of the Oak Street Community of Elizabethton, went home to be with her Lord and her loved ones who passed before her, on Thursday, February 09, 2017, at the home of her daughter, Carole. Mrs. Bare was born in West Jefferson, NC and was a daughter of the late Walter and Mary Miller Phillips. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of over sixty years, Arvel Bare, on October 18, 1992; a son, Clay Bare, a brother, Bill Phillips and a half-sister, Virginia Bard, and her step-mother, Maude Phillips.

Mrs. Bare graduated from Glade Valley High School in North Carolina and was a member of Oak Street Baptist Church. She was a retired seamstress and she loved to sew and travel. She was a very energetic person, "her middle name was Go!".

Those left to cherish her memory include her devoted daughter, Carole Hayes, and her husband, Dr. Steve Hayes, Johnson City; five grandchildren, Danny Britt and his wife, Amy, Owensboro, KY, Cindy Ferguson and her husband, Marty, Cary, NC, Joann Tindall, and her husband, Billy, Old Hickory, TN, Clay Bare and his wife, Helen, Houston, TX; and Stephen Bare and his wife, Julie, Conyers. GA; three step-grandchildren, Brian Hayes, and his wife, Beth, Concord, NC; Stephanie Richards, and her husband, Ken, Bloomington, IN; Michelle McSwain, Cherryville, NC; twelve great-grandchildren, two step-great-grandchildren; her daughter-in-law, Christa G. Bare, Nashville, TN; five nephews and four nieces, and a special cousin, Rev. Evon Pulliam, and her husband, Robert. Her special friends, Gary & Shelia Jones, Hasford and Jean Slemp, Valencia Greenwell, Shelby Hyder, Sue Hardin, Louise Hyder, Rev. Bruce Hendrich and his wife, Lisa, Martha & Lannie Epperson, and Nell and Clyde Jenkins also survive.

A service to honor the life of Mrs. Bare will be conducted on Sunday, February 12, 2017, at 2:00 PM in the Riverside Chapel of the Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton with Rev. Chris Shumate and Rev. Raymond W. Amos, Sr. officiating. Music will be under the direction of Mr. David Arney, organist, and her son-in-law, Dr. Steve Hayes, soloist. The family will receive friends in the funeral home chapel from 1:00 – 2:00 PM on Sunday prior to the service or at the home of her daughter, Carole, at other times.

The committal service will follow the funeral service on Sunday, February 12, in Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be Will Andrews, John Shook, Ervin Bare, Greg Hyder, Stanley Bare, Terry Bare, David Kelly, and McKinley Berry.

Myrtle married Arvel Glen Bare about 1935 in Ashe County, , , North Carolina. Arvel (son of Noah Bare and Sessie Bare) was born on 14 Sep 1907 in Ashe County, , , North Carolina; died on 18 Oct 1992. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Delano Clay Bare, 80, of Nashville, Tenn., formerly of Elizabethton, Tenn., passed away Thursday, October 8, 2015, at the V.A. Hospital, Nashville. He was born in Ashe County, N.C., and was the son of Myrtle Phillips Bare, Johnson City, Tenn., and the late Arvel Glenn Bare. Mr. Bare retired from the U.S. Army after 20 years of service and then worked as a mechanic with Forbes Service Station in Elizabethton for many years. He was a member of Oak Street Baptist Church, Elizabethton. Mr. Bare loved hunting and fishing and was an avid Elizabethton High School football and Elizabethton Twins baseball fan. Survivors, in addition to his mother, include his wife of 51 years, Christa Gritl Bare, Nashville, Tenn.; a daughter, Joanne Tindall and her husband Billy, Nashville, Tenn.; two sons, Clay Christian Bare and his wife Helen, Houston, Texas, and Stephen Glenn Bare and his wife Julie, Porterdale, Ga.; nine grandchildren; and a sister, Carol Hayes, Johnson City, Tenn. Several nieces, nephews and cousins also survive. A service to honor the life of Delano Clay Bare will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday, October 12, in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral and Cremation Services with Rev. Bruce Hendrix and Rev. Bob Polk officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Monday, prior to the funeral service. Interment will follow the funeral service at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. Military Honors will be accorded by the Carter County Honor Guard.