Carrie Belle Cole

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PINEY FLATS - Carrie Belle Cole Mellons, 96, of Piney Flats, passed away Saturday, January 7, 2023, at The Waters of Bristol.

She was born in Piney Flats in 1926 and resided there most of her life.

She was an excellent gardener and crocheter, making Christmas tree ornaments and prayer shawls. Carrie was a faithful member of Edgefield United Methodist Church and a member of the Ladies Bible Class and the Women’s Society. She was retired from North Side Elementary School where she was the cafeteria manager.

Carrie was preceded in death by her parents Pansy (Goforth) and Elbert Cole as well as her husband, George H. Mellons; brothers, George Cole, Earl Cole; granddaughter, Lori Elliott; sons-in-law, Sam Elliott and David Wilkinson.

She is survived by daughters; Janet Elliott, Pansy Wilkinson and Dolores Chapman and her husband Rome Chapman; grandchildren, Christy PeterPaul, Brian Chapman and his wife Heather and Adam Chapman and his wife Emily ; great-granddaughters, Emily Hall, Ambria Turner and Krisalyn Elliott; great grandson, Joseph PeterPaul.

The family of Carrie Belle Cole Mellons will receive friends from 12:30 to 2:15 PM Wednesday, January 11, 2023, in the Edgefield United Methodist Church. The funeral service will follow at 2:30 PM with Pastor Estel Williams and Pastor Mike Berry officiating. The graveside committal service will follow in the Edgefield United Methodist Church Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Brian Chapman, Adam Chapman, Mike Berry, Bill Smith, Johnny Smith and Javelle Turner. Honorary pallbearers will be Rome Chapman, Bob Hudson and John Weaver.

Carrie married George Henry Mellons on 7 Dec 1946 in Sullivan County, , , Tennessee. George (son of Thomas Clifton Mellons and Effie Herron) was born on 22 Sep 1923 in Hawkins County, , , Tennessee; died on 2 Dec 1980 in Sullivan County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Edgefield UMC Cemetery, , Sullivan County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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ELLIZABETHTON - Lori Amber Elliott, age 40, of Elizabethton, TN passed away Thursday, March 12, 2020 at her residence.

She was born in Johnson City, TN and was the daughter of Janet Mellons Elliott, Piney Flats, TN and the late Samuel Harold Elliott Jr. She was an employee of Associated Pain Specialists in Gray and she was a member of Edgefield United Methodist Church in Piney Flats. Lori loved her daughters and was very devoted to them.

Those left to cherish her memory include her mother, Janet Mellons Elliott, Piney Flats, TN; two daughters, Ambria Elizabeth Turner and Krisalyn Samea Elliott, both of the home; a sister, Christy PeterPaul and husband Nicholas, Johnson City, TN; a niece, Emily Hall and a nephew, Joseph PeterPaul, both of Johnson City; her grandmother, Carrie Mellons, Piney Flats, TN and two aunts, Pansy Wilkinson and Dolores Chapman and husband Rome, all of Piney Flats, TN. Several cousins also survive.

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A funeral service to honor the life of Lori Amber Elliott will be conducted at 7:00 P.M. Monday, March 16, 2020 in the Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton with Rev. Estel Williams officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday from 6:00 – 7:00 P.M. prior to the funeral service or at the residence of her mother at any time.

A private graveside service will be held in the Edgefield United Methodist Church Cemetery.