Gladys Thelma Brewer

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BAKERSVILLE - Gladys Brewer Masters, 96, of Bee Branch Road, died Wednesday, June 12, 2002, at Asbury Center in Johnson City, Tenn. She was born July 10, 1905, in Avery County to the late Roby Brewer and Hannah Sheppard Brewer. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Burnie Masters; sons, Jack and Lloyd Masters; daughter, Mary Lou Bartley; grandson, David Michael Bartley; sisters, Hazel B. Conley and Haskell B. Johnson; and brothers, Wesley, Ralph, Elbert, Howard, and Clinton Brewer. She was a homemaker and a member of Pleasant Grove Church of the Brethren. She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Nancy Lee and Lynn Taylor of Johnson City, Tenn., Billie Jo and Ernie Cross of Johnson City, Tenn., and Shelia and Bob Bullis of Bakersville; son, Charles B. Masters Jr. and wife, Teresa, of Macon, Ga.; son-in-law, J.D. Bartley of Mt. Airy; brother-in-law, Fred Masters and wife, Bertie, of Bakersville and Mooresville; 11 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and sisters, Ella Reynolds of Marion and Mildred Gilley of Newdale. The funeral services will be held at 8 p.m. Friday at Henline-Hughes Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Frank Herbert officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. prior to the services and at other times will be at the home of Shelia and Bob Bullis on Bee Branch. The graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Masters Cemetery on Bee Branch.

Gladys married Wiley Amos Dean on 12 Jan 1924 in , Avery County, North Carolina, . Wiley (son of William A. Dean and Martha Summerow) was born on 8 Oct 1904 in Mitchell County, , , North Carolina; died on 4 Feb 1925 in , Avery County, North Carolina, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gladys married Charles Burney Masters on 31 Jan 1927 in Washington County, , , Tennessee. Charles was born on 15 Aug 1901 in Mitchell County, , , North Carolina; died on 22 May 1982 in Mitchell County, , , North Carolina; was buried in Masters Cemetery, , Mitchell County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jack married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Erlene Street. Erlene was born about 1930; died about 1992 in Unicoi County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, , Unicoi County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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JOHNSON CITY - Billie Jo Masters Cross, age 87, of Johnson City, TN, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 16, 2021.
Jo was born on July 6, 1934, in Bakersville, NC, to the late Charles Burnie Masters and Gladys Brewer Masters.
She was a member of the Friendship Sunday School Class since 1964 at First United Methodist Church in Johnson City.
Jo married Ernest Chace Cross in 1958 and together they raised two daughters. First and foremost, Jo was a homemaker. She worked at Home Federal Savings and Loan until starting a family.
In addition to her parents, Jo was preceded in death by her siblings, Nancy Masters Taylor (Lynn), Mary Lou Masters Bartley (JD), Jack Masters (June), and Lloyd Masters (Erlene) and brother-in-law, Jay Lee Whitson.
Those left to cherish her memory include her husband of 63 years, Ernest C. Cross; children, Cyndi C. Stephenson (Joel) of Florence, AL and Cathy C. Graham (Scott) of Johnson City; grandchildren, Joel “Jay” Robert Stephenson IV (Sarahann) of Florence, Samuel Cross Stephenson (Kelsey) of Florence, Jonathan Chace Graham (Lainey) of Central, SC, and Jackson Scott Graham of Johnson City; great-grandchildren, Joel “Joe” R. Stephenson V, Gracie Jaymes Stephenson, Reece Samuel Stephenson, and Ellis Chace Graham; and siblings, Sheila Masters Bullis (Bob) of Bakersville and Charles B. Masters, Jr. of Macon, GA.

Billie married Ernest Chace Cross on 16 Aug 1958 in , Washington County, Tennessee, . Ernest (son of Ernest Childs Cross and Alice Brayton) was born on 6 May 1933 in , Sullivan County, Tennessee, ; died on 8 Aug 2022 in , Washington County, Tennessee, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]