Birdie Hughes

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Birdie H. Garland, 80, of 2614 Browns Mill Road, Johnson City died Friday, October 31, 2008, in the Appalachian Christian Village.

Mrs. Garland was a native of Buladean, NC, a former resident of Roan Mountain and had lived in Johnson City most of her life. She was a daughter of the late Roosevelt and Etta Moffitt Hughes.

She was a devoted mother and homemaker to her family.

Mrs. Garland attended Cove Creek School in Roan Mountain and was a former employee of North American Rayon, Elizabethton, TN, and North Electric Company, Gray, TN.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by: her loving husband, Robert Samuel Garland, in 1997; a sister, Barbara Hughes; three brothers, Clay Hughes, Roosevelt Hughes Jr. and a infant brother, Cecil.

Survivors include: a daughter, Marliese Garland Booshu, of Johnson City; a son, Robert Michael and his wife, Deborah Garland, of Seymour, IN; one grandson, Noah Booshu, of Johnson City; two sisters, Margie and her husband, Auburn Keeter, of Harrison, AR, Nada and her husband, Garnie Miller, of Temple, TX; three brothers, Virl and his wife, Jean Hughes, of Rogersville, TN, Carroll "Jack" Hughes, of Elizabethton, and Larry Hughes, of Roan Mountain; numerous nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews.

The funeral service for Birdie H. Garland will be conducted at 3 PM Monday, November 3, 2008, from the Morris-Baker Funeral Home South Chapel. Rev. Bob Edmonds will officiate. The graveside service will follow at Monte Vista Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be selected from family and friends.

Birdie married Robert Samuel Garland about 1945 in , Giles County, Tennessee, . Robert (son of Noah A. Garland and Nancy Caldonia "Callie" Robinson) was born on 8 Jun 1903 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 1 Oct 1997 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Monte Vista Memorial Park, , Washington County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]