Wiley Smith Hatley

Wiley married Emily Catharine Greene about 1865. Emily was born on 11 Jul 1847 in , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina; died on 16 Mar 1912 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Whitehead Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married Ulysses Grant (Doll) Bunton on 27 Feb 1887. Ulysses was born on 30 Sep 1863 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 27 Feb 1887. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Fannie E. Davenport about 1896 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Fannie (daughter of William Davenport and Nancy Jane Dugger) was born about 1883; died on 15 Apr 1969 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Whitehead Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ellen married Wiley Charlton Church on 24 Jul 1908 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Wiley (son of Martin Wilburn Church and Nancy Lucinda McBride) was born on 28 Jul 1877 in , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina; died on 1 Sep 1966 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Happy Valley Memorial Park, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Etta Gregg about 1912 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Etta (daughter of Columbus M. Gragg and Nancy Cordelia Anderson) was born about 1891 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died about 1967 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Bunton Cemetery, , Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"The Tomahawk," Wednesday, August 21, 1968
Mrs. Pearl Potter, 74, Route 2, Butler, died in Johnson City Memorial Hospital Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. following a three-week illness.
She was a native of Johnson County and was the daughter of the late U.S. and Matty Hatley Bunton.
She was a member of the Meadowview Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, W.M. Potter; two daughters, Mrs. Dana Bowman, Route 6, Johnson City, and Mrs. Louis Hicks, Route 2, Hampton; four sons, Rev. Russell, Route 6, Elizabethton, Ree, Route 2, Hampton, Bernard, Hickory N.C., and Claye, Route 2; two sisters, Mrs. Avery Harman and Mrs. Thomas Campbell, both of Route 1, Elizabethton; two brothers, Spencer Bunton, Flint, Mich. and Samuel Bunton, Route 2; 18 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren and a step-granddaughter.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday at 2:30 p.m. from the Meadowview Baptist Church. Rev. Richard Jones, Rev. Keen Roark, and Rev. Reece Harris officiated. The church choir was in charge of music. Burial was in Buntontown Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Lloyd Dugger, Eddie Miller, Chauncey Norris, J.D. Evans, Raymond Campbell, Tommy Conway, Jack Campbell, James Andrews, and Pete Miller.

Pearl married William Millard Potter about 1916 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. William (son of Daniel D. Potter and Ida C. Greenwell) was born in Dec 1894 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Julie married Avery Martin Harmon on 5 Feb 1916 in , Avery County, North Carolina, . Avery (son of Samuel Lafayette Harmon and Elizabeth Ann "Betsy Ann" Church) was born on 8 Apr 1893 in , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina; died in Aug 1986 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Bunton Cemetery, , Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Frank Bunton was a deputy with the Johnson County, Tennessee Sheriffs Office for six years. He was shot and died in the line of duty.
Frank Bunton was originally buried (1936) in Sugar Grove Cemetery #59-16, however, when the project of Watauga Lake was started by Tenn. Valley Authority, several of the cemeteries in that area had to be moved because they would flooded, affected by wave action or have no access to the cemetery. Some were moved to other locations but Franks was re-located (1947) to another section (#5) in Sugar Grove.

Frank married Gladys Pearl Burton on 29 Oct 1925 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Gladys (daughter of Millard Scott Burton and Rebecca Dugger) was born on 6 Mar 1910 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 9 May 1956 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Sugar Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, , Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thomas B. "Tom" Campbell. Thomas (son of George W. Campbell and Mary Naomi Finney) was born about 1906 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Bunton, Spencer C. – 2226 Corunna Rd., age 70, died Tuesday, September 29, 1981, at McLaren General Hospital. Funeral services will be held 3 pm Friday at Brown Funeral Home, 1616 Davidson Rd., Rev. Carl Petty and Rev. Jimmy Pickens officiating. Interment in Flint Memorial Part. Mr. Bunton was Born in Butler, Tenn., July 14, 1911, and had lived in Flint since 1954. He was a member of West Side Baptist Church and was a retired carpenter. Surviving are wife Margie; 5 sons, Dallas, Ulis, Frank, Jack and Jimmie, all of Flint; daughter, Daisy Silket of Barberton, Ohio; 11 grandchildren; 1 great-granddaughter, sister Mrs. Tom (Esther) Campbell of Elizabethton, Tenn.; several nieces, nephews, other relatives.

Family/Spouse: Margie Marie Cable. Margie (daughter of Jordan Phillips Cable and Ida Jane Dugger) was born on 23 Oct 1914 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 29 Apr 2009 in Genesee County, , , Michigan; was buried in Flint Memorial Park, , Genesee County, Michagan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Roxie Mae Pierce about 1924 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Roxie was born on 11 Aug 1902 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 15 Sep 1974 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Whitehead Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Wiley married Eliza Fay Isaacs on 8 Nov 1931 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee. Eliza was born about 1911 in , Giles County, Tennessee, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gordie married Christine Mary Birchfield about 1946. Christine (daughter of William Grant Birchfield and Bertha Irick) was born on 24 Oct 1920 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 25 May 2004 in Unicoi County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Walnut Mountain Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mr. Church was a native of Carter County and had lived in Unicoi County since 11936. He was a son of the late Iley C. "W.C." and Ellen Catharine Bunton Church.
He was a Clinchfield Railroad inspector before retiring in 1975 after 52 years of service.

He was a member of the Buffalo Valley Christian Church and a member of the Unicoi Masonic Lodge No. 681 F&AM.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, June Ellen Potter Church; two brothers, Luther Church and Gordie Church; and one sister, Della Church Arney.

Survivors include his wife, Addie McGuire Church; two sons, David D. and David H. Church; one daughter, Blanca Church Miller.
Source- The Erwin Record, January 14, 1998

Howard married June Ellen Potter on 31 Aug 1930 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. June (daughter of Peter Hamilton "Ham" Potter and Zady Ann Andrews) was born on 20 May 1909 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died in Jul 1984 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Roselawn Memorial Park, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Howard married Addie Mae McGuire about 1985. Addie (daughter of Henry Jacob McGuire and Della Jane Walsh) was born on 21 Sep 1907 in , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina; died on 12 Mar 1998 in , Avery County, North Carolina, ; was buried in Beech Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery, , Avery County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Luther married Myrtle Hardin about 1934 in , Avery County, North Carolina, . Myrtle was born on 28 Dec 1915 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 22 Jan 2006 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Hardin Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Della married Earnest Earl Arney about 1934 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Earnest (son of James David Arney and Alice Dugger) was born on 26 Jan 1911 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 29 Jun 1994 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Happy Valley Memorial Park, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Nell (Net) Church, formerly of Treadway Street in Elizabethton, died at the John Reed Home in Limestone on February 19, 2007. Nell was the sixth child of Eldran Catherine Bunton Church and Wiley Charlton Church of the Poga Community in Carter County, Tennessee. Nell wanted it known that she was delivered by Aunt Ann Trivette, a midwife, for twenty-five cents on a cold day, December 10, 1920; but that she had tried to warm the hearts of all she knew, and that she tried to make her life count and be worth all she could. She worked at the local rayon plants for forty years and two of those years she kept her aged parents in the home, made a garden and mowed the yard, canned garden products and kept up the home on Treadway Street. Claiming kin to everyone she could brought great joy to Nell Church; in truth, she probably was blood kin to half of Carter County before the TVA brought new blood. She was descended from about fifty lines from NC and TN, among which were the Buntons, Duggers, Greenes, Hatleys, Harmons, McBrides, Trivettes and Church families. Though Nell never married, she leaves twenty-two nieces and nephews, many great-nieces and nephews and thousands of cousins. Nell was preceded in death by brothers and sisters: Howard, Stella, Luther, Della, Gordie, Doris and Ray. Only Chester Allen of the home place in Poga survives. Funeral service for Nell (Net) Church will be conducted from Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home on Thursday, February 22, 2007 at 11:00 A.M. with burial to follow in Happy Valley Memorial Park near her parents and sisters. Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday, February 21, from 8:00 A.M. until 5:00 P.M. and on Thursday, February 22, from 8:00 A.M. until the service. Cousin Martha Query will give the family memorial, Rev. Jim Hawk, pastor of Doe River Baptist Church will conduct the funeral service and music will be provided by the Beech Mountain Baptist Church Singers. Organ music will be provided throughout the service. Honorary pallbearers will be the members of Doe River Baptist Church.

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MARYVILLE — Doris Church Campbell, 81, of Maryville,
passed away at Blount Memorial Hospital due to
complications of pneummonia. She was a beloved wife, mother sister and grandmother who went to be with the
Lord on Friday, March 4, 2005. Mrs. Campbell retired
from Levi Strauss in 1989, then volunteered as a Vitra
Tax Preparer and also tutored in an adult literarcy program.
Mrs. Campbell was preceded in death by her husband, Carroll R. Campbell; a son, Carroll Ray Campbell, her
father and mother, Wiley C and Ellen B Church; three
brothers, Howard, Gordie and Luther; two sisters, Stella
Church and Della Arney; and two cousins, Asa and Dwight
Bunton.
Survivors include a son and a daughter-in-law, Lynn and Vickie Campbell, Maryville; a daughter and son-in-law,
Sharon and Terry Patton, Knoxville; a daughter, Denise Valentine, Maryville; grandchildren and their spouses, Emily Valentine, Shawn Campbell, Nathan Patton, and his wife Kaylon, Daniel Patton, Kendra Patton, Dwight Campbell and his wife Wendy, Adam Campbell and Amanda Campbell, a
great-granddaughter, Maggie Leigh Campbell "bright-eyes"; a sister, Nell Church, Elizabethton; two brothers and
sisters-in-law, Ray and Mary Church, Maryville, Allen and Margery Church, Butler; a cousin, Martha B. Query, Unicoi; two sisters-in-laws, Myrtle Church, Erwin, and Norma Campbell, Cleveland, Ohio; three brothers and sister-in-law, Jack & Normal Campbell, Butler, Joe and Marge Campbell, Hampton, Jim and Mary Campbell, Butler and special friends, Donna Standridge and Lisa Reynolds "Floch".

Funeral services for Mrs. Campbell will be conducted at 4
p.m. Sunday, March 6, at Miller Funeral Home, Magnolia
Chapel, with Rev. Tommy Patterson officiating.

Dorris married Carroll Reese Campbell about 1945. Carroll (son of John Frank Campbell and Rosa Caroline Ward) was born on 28 Dec 1921 in Carter County Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee; died on 2 Jan 1983 in Blount County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Happy Valley Memorial Park, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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U. Raymond "Ray" Church, 81, 324 H. Heaton Road, Elizabethton, died
Thursday, October 12, 2006, in the Veterans Hospital, Asheville, North
Carolina, after an extended illness.

A native, of Avery County, N.C., he was a son of the late Wiley Charlton &
Ellen Kathrine Bunton Church. Mr. Church had lived in Kalamazoo, Michigan, for
42 years before returning to Elizabethton in 2002. He was a retired Salesman.
Mr. Church served in the United States Navy during World War II and the United
States Air Force during the Korean Conflict.

He was preceded in death by three sisters: Della Arney, Dorothy Campbell
and Stella Church; and by three brothers: Luther, Howard and Gordie Church.
His hobbies were playing the guitar and writing poetry. He was a member of the
Beech Mountain Baptist Church.

Survivors include Four Daughters & Two Sons-in-law, Janet and Paul Grewe,
Tavernier, Fla., Carolyn and Rick Koole, Hudsonville, Mich., Jennifer K.
Church and Courtney Church, both of Kalamazoo, Mich.; one brother and sister-
in-law, Allen and Margie Church, Butler; one sister, Nell Church,
Elizabethton; 10 grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted at 4 p.m. Sunday in Memorial Funeral
Chapel, with Pastor Rick Koole and Pastor Dennis Church officiating. Graveside
service and interment will be at 11 a.m. Monday in the National Cemetery,
Mountain Home. Music will be provided by his niece, Denise Valentine, and
nephew, Dwight Campbell. Military honors and pallbearers will be provided by
the Tennessee National Guard. Honorary pallbearers will be his grandchildren.

Notes:

Allen Chester Church, 90, of the Poga Community in Butler, Tenn., went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, August 14, 2019, at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. Allen was born in Avery County, N.C., to the late Wiley and Ellen Bunton Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one son, Randy Church; one daughter, Carol Church; four brothers, Howard Church, Gordie Church, Luther Church and Ray Church; and four sisters, Nell Church, Della Church Arney, Dot Church Campbell and Stella Church.
Allen was a kind, humble and loving man, always ready with a friendly smile and a kind word for everyone he met Allen was many things to many people — a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend. A gentleman whose presence will be missed tremendously by his community.
Allen retired as a Carter County school bus driver, where for many years he "adopted children and their families" throughout the Poga, Elk Mills and Little Milligan area. He, along with his beloved wife Margery, also worked and farmed the land where they lived. Allen was a devout member of Beech Mountain Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon and was the church clerk for many years. As most did in the community, Allen developed a love for fishing and hiking in his beautiful mountains and in later years, he enjoyed puzzle books.
Those left to cherish Allen's many wonderful memories include his devoted and loving wife, Margery Stout Church, of the home; his son, Michael Church of Johnson City, Tenn.; his daughter, Sherry Church Lewis of Wilmington, N.C.; four grandchildren, Stephanie Lewis, Miranda Lewis Wulf and husband Shawn, India Lewis and Chase Lewis, all of Wilmington, N.C.; two great-grandchildren; two brothers-in-law, William Stout Jr. of Butler, Tenn., and Don Stout of Florida; and one sister-in-law, Dorothy Stout of Florida. Several nieces, nephews and a multitude of friends and neighbors also survive.
A visitation to remember Allen will be conducted from 3 until 5 p.m. Sunday, August 18, in the Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton. A graveside service to honor the life of Allen Chester Church will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday, August 19, in the Mountain Home National Cemetery with Pastor Dennis Church officiating. Active pallbearers will be members of the Honor Guard and family and friends. Honorary pallbearers will be Evan Plummer and Gary Guy.


A Life Lived: Allen Church was a favorite school bus driver of Little Milligan students

By Rozella Hardin
Published 8:26 am Wednesday, August 28, 2019

We all are blank slates when we arrive on this earth. It's what we do in our lifetime that counts.

Allen C. Church's roots were in the Poga Community, where he spent his entire life except for two years that he served in the U.S. Navy during the 1950s. Allen died August 14 at the age of 90.

He was a farmer and school bus driver. That's how he made his living, but there was much more to the man than his life's work. Almost everyone who came in contact with Allen Church came away with the same thoughts — humble, kind, gentle, and long-suffering. Yes, Allen Church possessed all these traits and much more.

For 30 years or more, Allen drove a school bus for the Carter County School System in the Poga, Elk Mills and Little Milligan Communities. He delivered school children to and from Little Milligan School and Hampton High School. His wife, Margery, worked as an aide for many years at Little Milligan School. "They were both salt-of-the-earth people, just good Godly people, who were good not only to the kids, but everyone they came in contact with," said J.R. Campbell, Principal at Little Milligan Elementary School.

"In all the years that I knew him, when I was a student and later as an educator, I never knew Mr. Church to raise his voice. He was very mild-mannered. The kids respected him, and he did a great service to our school and was a credit to our community," Campbell added.

Church lived on the Tennessee-North Carolina line in Poga at his family's homeplace. He was the youngest of nine children and the last surviving one. He and Margery had four children, two of whom died as infants. A son, Michael, lives in Johnson City, and a daughter, Sherry, in Wilmington, N.C.

At the time of his death, Allen and Margery had been married 66 years. She, too, is 90 years old. According to Michael, his father was taking care of his parents, both of whom had health problems, when he went to Margery's home to inquire if she would come and help with his mother, who had suffered a stroke. Margery agreed to do so, and after a two-year courtship, she agreed to become Allen's wife.

"My dad loved to farm. For many years he raised tobacco as well as beans for the bean market in Mountain City. He also grew a vegetable garden and enjoyed hunting ginseng. In his spare time he liked to hunt and fish and in later years went on hiking trips with Michael."

His pastor, Dennis Church at Beech Mountain Baptist Church, recalls Allen prided himself on growing vegetables, especially tomatoes. "He always grew some big tomatoes," said Pastor Church.

"Allen was an A-1 person. He was faithful to the church, and had served as both a deacon and church clerk. The church was an important part of Allen's life. As a Christian, deacon, school bus driver, Allen Church impacted a lot of lives. He was among the kindest and most giving people I've ever known and I was proud to have him as a friend and to have been his pastor," said the preacher.

Many residents of the Little Milligan Community, who rode Church's school bus, became life-long friends with him. "He was a mentor to many of the students," said the secretary at Little Milligan School.

In addition to farming and driving a school bus, Allen was also a good handyman. His son recalls that Allen was an apprentice electrician and helped wire many of the homes in the Poga area when electricity came to the area. "He could learn and do about anything," said Michael.

"He was a good daddy to me and my sister. What I remember about him was his patience, the hard worker that he was, and his kindness and love. He taught us what was right and encouraged us to work at what suited us. He was good to my mother and to everyone he came in contact with. I never ever seen him lose his temper," said Michael.

Allen Church lived right on the state line. "I'm just glad he wasn't born a few feet over in North Carolina. We could not have called him our own," said Campbell.

Allen Church's slate may have been empty when he came into this world, but he had packed a lot of living in his 90 years, and when he died, his slate was full of accounts of good deeds and kind words attributed to him by former students, neighbors, and friends.

"He showed us how to live," said Pastor Dennis Church.

Allen married Margery Gladys Stout on 25 Dec 1952 in , Carter County, Tennessee, . Margery (daughter of William Haskell Stout and Lona Marie Andes) was born about 1929 in , , Tennessee, ; died on 14 Feb 2023 in , Carter County, Tennessee, ; was buried in Mountain Home Veterans Hospital, Washington County, Tennessee, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Rev. Russell Millard Potter, 91, Elizabethton, went home to be with his Lord Saturday, December 8, 2012, in the Ivy Hall Nursing Home.

Born March 31, 1921, in Carter County, Tennessee, he was a son of the late William Millard and Pearl Bunton Potter. He was preceded in death by his wife: Hazel Trivette Potter; his father-in-law: Linzy Trivette; a daughter-in-law: Linda McKeehan Potter; Three sisters: Velta Potter, Donnis Hicks, Danford Bowman; and four brothers: Kyle, Bernard, Clay and Ree Potter.

He was a member of the Meadowview Baptist Church. Rev. Potter gave his life to Christ at a young age and joined his family's home church, Meadowview Baptist Church in Buntontown, Tn. In 1942, at the age of 21 he was ordained into the Baptist Ministry at Elk River Baptist Church.

His ministry spanned for 70 years until his death on December 8, 2012, at Ivy Hall Nursing Home. Ivy Hall was a place that was dear to his heart, having ministered there for 51 years, as well as Hillview, Hermitage and Life Care Center of Elizabethton.

Rev. Potter had pastored several churches in the area, his first church, Dividing Ridge Baptist Church, Walnut Mountain Baptist Church, Dyson Grove Baptist Church, Fish Springs Baptist Church, Walnut Grove Baptist Church, Pleasant Valley Baptist Church and at his death was pastor and founder of Long Hollow Baptist Church.

Rev. Potter conducted the "Old Time Gospel Hour," his radio Ministry of more than 40 years which was heard on WBEJ, WIDD, Pan American Broadcast in Africa and Currently on WZAP in Bristol.

He was educated at Elk Mills High School, Watauga Academy and East Tennessee State College. He taught school in the Johnson and Carter County School Systems. He was owner of Potter and Potter Evergreen Co. and a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II.

Survivors include a son: Aaron M. Potter; and Two Daughters: Janet Peters and husband, Ed, Lavonia Austin and husband, Raymond; Two Granddaughters: Mariana Robinson and husband, David, and Wendy Gifford and husband, Mike; Two Grandsons: Dan Potter, Scott Sams and wife, Kim; Two Great Granddaughters: Kaeli Sams and Brittany Robinson; Two Great Grandsons: Jordan and Triston Gifford; Four Step Great Grandchildren: Haley Gifford, Savanna Blevins, Colby Britt and Steven Austin; Special Cousin: Mable Snavely. Three Sisters-In-Law: Dawn (Jackie) Peters, Rose Mowry and Diane Garland.

Funeral Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, December 11, 2012, in the Meadowview Baptist Church with the Rev. Richard Jones, Rev. Mark Potter and Rev. Ray Greene officiating.

Interment will follow in the Bunton Family Cemetery. Music will be provided by the Meadowview Baptist Church Choir and the Pilgrims Journey. Active Pallbearers, who are requested to assemble at the church at 1:50 p.m. Tuesday, will be: Scott Sams, David Robinson, Dale Potter, Mike Potter, Ed Peters, David Sneyd, Mike Gifford, Jordan Gifford and Jackie Peters. Honorary Pallbearers will be: Rev. Jerry Honeycutt; Rev. Tommy Parlier; Rev. Charlie Trivette; Rev. Bobby Stout; Rev. Jack Jones; Rev. Ken Houser; Rev. Robbie Osborne; Rev. Paul Crowe; Rev. Billy Merritt; Rev. Bobby Merritt; Rev. Lloyd Potter; Rev. Jerry Clawson; Rev. Sherrill Nave; Rev. Daryl Holly; Mr. Gerald Holly, Minister; Dave Rollin; Victor Deloach; J.C. Campbell; Charles VonCannon; Stuart Blackburn; Jimmy Anderson; Bill Forbes; Duane Forbes; Daryl Greer; Larry McKinney; Vernon Vines; Brownlow Vines; John Lewis; Raymond Campbell; JR Bunton; Elbert Cable; Delmas Bunton; Roy Livingston; Clay Atwood; Ronnie Trivette; Jim Moss; and Bob Trivette.

The family would like to express a special "Thank You" to Judy Deloach and the Staff of Ivy Hall Nursing Home, Dr. Jonathan Bremer, Dr. Aimie Elliott and Dr. Anna Broome.

Russell married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Johnson County News, Mountain City, Thursday, April 20, 1950 page 1. SGT. HARMON TO BE BURIED ON JUNE 17.
The body of Staff Sergeant NELSON OMAR HARMON of the Butler section, who was killed in action over the Baltic Sea on Oct. 10, 1943, has been returned for burial.
Funeral has been set for 2 o'clock Saturday, June 17, at Buntontown Baptist Church, with Rev. John Hagaman of Zionville, N.C., Rev. Dayton Jones and Rev. J. Roby Stout officiating. Burial will be in Bunton Cemetery with military honors accorded by the local color guard and firing squad.
The body was moved to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Avery HARMON, at Carderview on Thursday from Elizabethton. The body of the 26 year-old sergeant at the time of his death, was found in February of this year, about six and a half years after he had been reported missing in action over the Batlic sea. He had been stationed at Leige, Germany.
Sgt. Harmon formerly resided near the old town of Butler, and was educated at Butler and Blackstone, Va. He entered the air corps Dec 9, 1941, and as a bombardier, had completed 18 missions. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, Air Medal, Purple Heart, and Oak Leaf Cluster. Harmon was a member of the Episcopal Church at Rochchester, N.Y.
Besides his parents, survivors include four brothers, Allen of Valley Forge; Norman of the army, Bobby Ray and Billy Joe of Carderview; three sisters, Mrs. Kermit CABLE, Eunice and Betty HARMON, all of Carderview; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Sam HARMON of Shell Creek; and the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. U. S. BUNTON of Hampton.

Respectfully ..... Nelson did "not" receive the Medal of Honor .... He was not found on any listing for that medal during the war.

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Buried:
Johnson County News, Thursday, Dec. 27, 1945
Funeral services for MRS. DONNIS MACEL DUGGER, 26, Elizabethton, who died Sunday at 6:15 p.m. in a Elizabethton hospital following an illness of a monty, was held at the Meadowview Baptist Church Wednesday at 2 p.m. Officiating ministers were Rev. Roby Stout, Rev. Daton Jones and Rev. Russell Potter.
Survivors are her husband, Willard DUGGER, two sons, Bobbie Ray and Willard Allen Dugger; her parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Avery HARMON, Butler; four brothers, Allen HARMON, Elizabethton, Norman, Bobbie and Billy HARMON, all of Butler.
Mrs. Dugger was a member of the Meadowview Baptist Church.

Donnis married William Willard Dugger about 1938. William (son of George Washington Dugger and Eliza Jane Ratcliff) was born on 20 Jun 1917 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 19 May 1967 in Mason County, , , West Virginia; was buried in Monte Vista Memorial Park, , Washington County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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UNICOI - Martha Bunton Query, 88, of Unicoi, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, October 9, 2015 at the Unicoi County Hospital following a brief illness. She was born in Buntontown in 1927 to Frank and Pearl Burton Bunton. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Query of Maroa, IL and by her siblings, Scott Bunton, Asa Bunton, Lois Phyllis Bunton and Dwight Bunton. Mrs. Query taught school beginning in Puerto Rico in 1949 and continued to teach until 2007, substituting after retiring as a full-time teacher in 1984. She was active in church work, Daughters of the American Revolution and the National League of American Penwomen, as long as she was able. She a world traveler who enjoyed square dancing at the Johnson County Square Dancer's. She was of the Baptist Faith. She is survived by her sister, Elma Ruth Stanton, Butler; a brother, Raymond Bunton, Tallahassee, FL; two step-sons; several step-grandchildren; three nieces, Lois B. Shults-Davis, Unicoi; Cathy Alesa Bunton, Elizabethton; Debbie Bunton Mims, Woodbine, GA; three nephews, Scotty Jack Bunton, Elizabethton; Dean Bunton, Greg Bunton, as well as several cousins, great-nieces and great-nephews. A service to celebrate the life of Mrs. Query will be conducted on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 7:00 PM in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral and Cremation Services with her family officiating. The family will receive friends in the funeral home chapel from 5:30 - 7:00 PM on Tuesday prior to the service. A graveside service and interment service will be conducted on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 3:30 PM in Sugar Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Johnson County. Active pallbearers will be Kenneth Grant Shults, Joe Shults, Scott Shults, Mike Davis, Larry Nave and Scott Bunton. Honorary pallbearers will be her students and classmates. Those wishing to attend are asked to meet the family at the funeral home at 2:30 PM on Wednesday to go in procession to the cemetery.

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Mr. Asa Grant Bunton, 75, Cowan Town Road, Butler, TN died Wednesday, December 15, 2004 in the V.A. Medical Center, Salisbury, NC following a lengthy illness. A native of Johnson County, TN he was the son of the late Frank Conard and Pearl Burton Bunton.

He was a graduate of Elizabethton High School and Milligan College and received his Master's Degree from East Tennessee State University. He was a Chemistry and Physics Teacher and also worked in contracting and electrical construction. He was a member of Doe River Baptist Church and attended Valley Forge Freewill Baptist Church where he had served as Sunday School Superintendent and also taught the Men's Bible Class. He was a member of the American Chemical Society, the Sullivan County Republican Party and was a U.S. Army Veteran where he served in the Quarter Master Corp during the Korean Conflict.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Lois Phyllis Bunton and two brothers, Dwight Bunton and Scott Bunton. Survivors include two daughters, two sisters, a brother, three grandsons, a niece.

Funeral service for Mr. Asa Grant Bunton will be conducted at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, December 19, 2004 in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home with Rev. Randy Johnson officiating. Music will be provided by Mr. Jerry Barnett and Mr. K. G. Shults. Interment will follow the funeral service in the Sugar Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be grandsons, nephews, sons-in-law and a cousin. Honorary pallbearers will be the men of Valley Forge Freewill Baptist Church and of Doe River Baptist Church.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 2:00-3:00 P.M. on Sunday or at the residence of a daughter, Lois B. Shults-Davis, 314 Greenbriar Drive, Unicoi, TN at any time.

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AnnaMae Arnold, 80, 136 Arnold Ave., Elizabethton, died Monday,
November 1, 2004 at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a brief
illness.
A native of Johnson County, she had lived most of her life in Carter
County.

She was the daughter of the late Thomas B. and Esther Bunton Campbell.

She was a homemaker and attended Siam Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by a sister, Elsie Whitehead, and a brother,
Glen Campbell.

Survivors include her husband of 64 years of marriage, Rhudy Arnold;
three daughters and sons-in-law, Barbara and Bill Ballard, Roan Mountain;
Glenda and Lide Steadman, Aiken, S.C.; Diane and Dr. Jack Presnell,
Bluff City; four sons and daughters-in-law, Charles and Sue Arnold,
Paulina, La.; James and Ann Arnold, New Ellenton, S.C.; John and Jane
Arnold, Aiken, S.C.; Richard and Linda Arnold, Elizabethton; one brother
and sister-in-law, J.C. and Jeanette Campbell, Roan Mountian; one sister,
Wilma Lee, Jacksonville, Fla.; one sister-in-law, Betty Campbell,
Scottsboro, Ala.; 17 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; one great-
great-grandson; several nieces and nephews also survive.

The funeral service will be conducted at 8 p.m. Tuesday, November 2,
2004 at Tetrick Funeral Home Riverside Chapel with Rev. Jack Roddy
officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. in the
funeral home chapel on Tuesday prior to the funeral service, or friends
may call at the residence 136 Arnold Ave., Elizabethton, any time. The
graveside service and burial will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday,
November 3, 2004 at Roselawn Memory Gardens, Johnson City. Those who plan
to attend the graveside service are asked to meet at the funeral home
chapel at 10 a.m. on Wednesday to go in procession to the cemetery. Active
pallbearers will be Jim Lovelace, Benny Lovelace, Jeff Arnold, Neal Arnold,
Joey Ballard and Brett Arnold. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Jack Presnell,
Bill Ballard and Lide Steadman.

Anna married Rhudy Paul Arnold about 1940. Rhudy (son of John Ham Arnold and Ida Delia Lunceford) was born about 1910 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jack married Margaret Louise White on 9 Oct 1951 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Margaret was born on 11 May 1933 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 10 Jul 2022 in , Carter County, Tennessee, ; was buried in Whitehead Cemetery, Carter County, Tennessee, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thelma Irene Stanton, age 87, of Butler, Tennessee, went home to be with her Lord on Thursday, May 17, 2023, from the Johnson City Medical Center. She was born in Butler, Tennessee, to the late Wiley Thomas Hatley and Eliza Faye Isaacs Hatley on June 29, 1935.  Thelma loved being a homemaker.  She was a kind, loving, sweet, caring mother who loved her children and grandchildren.  She was always happy and always wanted to feed you. Thus, she loved gardening, canning and cooking.  Thelma loved talking to her friends and neighbors and was known to be fair and considerate to everyone.  Thelma was a member of Elk River Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Joseph Stanton; daughter, Judy Stanton; son, William Daryl Stanton; brothers, J.D. Hatley, William Thomas Hatley, Dave Hatley, Dewey Hatley, and sister, Gerd Hatley. Those left to cherish her memory are her sons, James Dennis Stanton (Carol) of Lenoir, NC; Michael Stanton (Myrna) of Marion, NC; Terry Stanton of Butler, Vern Stanton (Sherry) of Butler; three grandchildren, Adam Stanton of Morehead City, NC, Kala Macdowall (Luke) of Houston, TX and Joe Stanton, of Sugar Grove, NC; sister, Dean Garland of Butler and a brother, Jesse Carl Hatley of Mountain City. A funeral service to honor the life of Thelma will be held at 12:00 P.M. on Thursday, May 25, 2023, at Hathaway-Percy Funeral and Cremation Services, Elizabethton with Rev. Ray Greene officiating.  The family will receive friends between the hours of 11:00 A.M. and 12:00 P.M. prior to the service on Thursday.  Friends may also call at the home of Terry Stanton or Vern Stanton at any time. The graveside service and committal will follow at the Hatley Cemetery, Butler, following the service.  Pallbearers will be James Morfield, Kevin Hatley, Ernie Potters, and Randy Montgomery.  Honorary pallbearer is Opal Cable.

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

David W. Hatley, age 77, of Butler, Tennessee went home to be with the Lord in the early morning hours of Thursday, September 27, 2018. David was born in Carter County, TN on July 18, 1941, to the late Wiley Thomas Hatley and Eliza Fay Isaacs Hatley. In addition to his parents, David is also preceded in death by his loving wife of 47 years, Maybell Isaacs Hatley, two brothers, JD Hatley and Tom Hatley, and a sister Geraldine Hatley.

David was a carpenter by trade but was also active in the Elk Mills Fire Department for many years. David was a member of Elk River Baptist Church in Butler, TN.

Those left to cherish David's memory are his two sisters Thelma Stanton and Erlene "Dean" Garland of Butler, TN; two brothers, Bud Hatley of Mountain City, TN and Dewey Hatley of Butler, TN; two daughters Melissa and husband James Morefield of Butler, TN, Debbie and husband Steve Roark of Mountain City, TN; two sons Kevin and wife Glenda Hatley of Elizabethton, TN and David Hatley, Jr. of Ocala, FL; eleven grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, and special friend Ernie Potter of Butler, TN.

Pallbearers are Vern Stanton, Terry Stanton, Opal Cable, Ernie Potter, Steve Lewis, and Tommy Cable. Honorary Pallbearers are members of the Elk Mills Fire Dept and members of Elk River Baptist Church.

Visitation will be held from 2-3 pm on Saturday, September 29, 2018, in the Charles B. Hux Memorial Chapel with services to follow. James Richardson and Charles Cable will officiate the services. Internment will follow at Isaacs Cemetery in Doe Valley, TN.