Page 2A, Johnson City Press Thursday, March 18, 2004 The Rev. Virgel Booher PINEY FLATS Reverend Virgel Franklin Booher, age 77 of Piney Flats, died March 15, 2004 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was Sullivan County native and the son of the late Baxter and Edith Kautz Booher. Reverend The Rev. Virgel Booher was a Booher WWII Army Veteran.
He received degrees from Duke Divinity School and Emory University. He was a member of the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church, having served in the ministry 45 years before retiring in 1990. He served churches in the Abingdon, Kingsport, Morristown, and Johnson City districts. He continued to serve as visitation minister and Pastor Emeritus at Edgefield United Methodist Church until his death. Reverend Booher was an avid camper and member of the local WIT camping club.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Reverend Richard Booher. Reverend Booher is survived by his wife, Ruth Fenner Booher; one son, Charles "Chuck" Booher, Bristol, TN; one daughter, Kim Booher Kelley and her husband, Chad, Piney Flats; one grandson; three granddaughters; three great grandchildren; one great great grandchild; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services for Reverend Booher will be conducted at 2 PM Thursday, March 18, 2004 at Edgefield United Methodist Church, Piney Flats. Reverend Homer Roller, Reverend Estel Williams and Reverend James Henry will officiate. Burial will follow in Edgefield Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Jim Berry, Robert Kelley, Cecil McGlamery, Jim Oliver, Herman Payne, Lowell Simmons, Bill Smith and John Smith. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Mountain Empire Travelers Camping Club and the ministers and spouses of the Holston Conference of United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends from 6-9 PM Wednesday at MorrisBaker Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, the family suggest memorial contributions be made to Edgefield United Methodist Church, Building Fund, Carrie Mellows, 249 Warren Road, Piney Flats, TN 37686. TN.
Online condolences may be sent through www.morrisbaker.com. Morris-Baker Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 2001 Oakland Johnson City, TN 37601 (423- 282-1521) is serving the family. Bobby Cox HANOVER, Ind. Mr. Bobby G.
Cox, 62, of Hanover, IN, formerly of Johnson City, passed away Monday, March 15, 2004 in Madison, Indiana. A memorial service will be conducted at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, March 21, 2004, at the Tacoma Church of God in Johnson City. Arrangements were entrusted to the Morgan-Webster-Nay Funeral Home in Madison. Online condolences LOTTERIES Tennessee WEDNESDAY Cash 3: 2-6-5 LOTTERY (two, six, five) TENNESSEE www.tnlottery.com Virginia WEDNESDAY DAY DRAWING Pick 3: 4-5-8 (four, five eight) Pick 4: 3-8-3-0 (three, eight, three, zero) Cash 5: 7-10-18-22-26 (seven, ten, eighteen, twenty-two, twenty-six) TUESDAY NIGHT DRAWING Pick 3: 8-6-3 (eight, six, three) Pick 4: 3-5-2-4 (three, five, two, four) Cash 5: 8-14-22-27-34 (eight, fourteen, twenty-two, twenty-seven, thirty-four) Mega Millions: Mega Ball: 52 (three, twenty-eight, forty-five, forty-nine, fifty-one Mega Ball: fifty-two) www.virginialottery.com The Johnson City Press strives for accuracy in all its reports.
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Robert Hughes Jr. BRISTOL Robert Avery Hughes age 82, 4519 Island Bristol, TN, formerly of 457 Austin Springs died Tuesday, March 16, 2004, at the Wellmont Hospice House. Mr. Hughes was a Washington County native and a son of the late Robert Avery Hughes Sr. and Lillie Mae Hoilman Hughes.
He was truck driver for Mason Dixon for over 20 years. Mr. Hughes was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by two brothers. Survivors include one daughter, Cindy Thurlow, Bristol, TN; two stepdaughters, Sheila Russell, KS, and Sandra Nied, Tampa, FL; one step-son, Lloyd J.
Davis, Johnson City; two sisters, Edna Warren, Bristol, TN, and Ruth West, Kingsport; five grandchildren; several nieces. The graveside funeral service for Mr. Hughes will be conducted Saturday, March 20, 2004, at 1:00 PM in Monte Vista Memorial Park with Rev. Jeff Seeger officiating. Pallbearers will be selected from family and friends.
The family will receive friends Saturday from 11:00 AM until 12:30 PM in the East Chapel of the Appalachian Funeral Home. Condolences may be made online at www.appalachianfuneralhome.com. Appalachian Funeral Home Cremation Services, 800 Watauga is serving the Hughes family. Living Memorial AFH Bruce Lewis Bruce William Lewis, 74, of 2306 Indian Ridge Road, Johnson City, died unexpectedly Monday, March 15, 2004, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital. He was a native of Carter County but had lived most of his life in Johnson City.
He was a son of the late John and Nora Presley Lewis. He was also preceded in death by three brothers, Earl, John, and Clarence Lewis; and two sisters, Edith Buck and Mildred Little. He was retired from Rainbo Bakery and an active member of the King Springs Church of Christ, where he served as a deacon and an elder. He was much loved and will be deeply missed by his wife, Louise Lewis; two sons, Bruce W. Lewis, Jr.
and his wife Carolyn, of Johnson City, and Scott Lewis, of Johnson City; two daughters, Pam Lewis, Janet Birchfield and her husband, Danny, all of Gray; six grandchildren, Kellie Ricker, Helen and Kevin Wistine, Pam Nunley, Angel and Bridgette Lewis, all of Johnson City; one great granddaughter, Kenzie Nunley; two brothers, Herbert Lewis, of Lamar, and George W. Lewis, of Carter County; 3 sisters, Ruth Neatherly, of Johnson City, Alma Brown and her husband Leo, of Chuckey, and Virginia Booth and her husband Bill, of Johnson City; several nieces and nephews, a special niece, Debbie Maddox, of Carter County; and many friends in Christ. Funeral services were conducted at 8:00 PM Wednesday from the MorrisBaker South Chapel. Bill Manuel, Pastor, officiated. Graveside services will be conducted Thursday, 10:00 AM, from Happy Valley Memorial Park where family and friends will meet for services.
Pallbearers will be Bill Carter, Norman Simerly, Brandon Maddox, Herbert Lewis Gary Lewis, Tommy Little and Danny Birchfield. The family received friends at the funeral home from 6:00 until 8:00 PM Wednesday. For those who wish, the family suggests memorial contributions be made to King Springs Church of Christ, 1502 King Springs Road, Johnson City, TN 37601. Online condolences may be sent to the family via www.morrisbaker.com. Arrangements by Morris-Baker Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 2001 Oakland Avenue, Johnson City, TN.
I June Lovegrove Mrs. June Anderson Lovegrove, 76, Jonesborough, TN went to be with the Lord Tuesday, March 16, 2004 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Washington County and a daughter of Emma Lee Dickeson Anderson, Jonesborough, and the late Jacob Anderson. She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Judy Hopson, and a brother, Don Anderson. Imagine Your Stone In This Setting Plat.
18 14K Semi Mounts 7 G.LA Goldsmiths Jewelry 27 Yrs. of Experience 1904 Knob Creek Road 282-5510 Mrs. Lovegrove was a member of McCarty United Methodist Church, where she was an active choir member and treasurer of the McCarty United June Lovegrove Methodist Church Women's Society. She retired. from Greene' Valley Developmental Center after 27 years of employment.
She was also a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Surviving in addition to her mother: her husband of 57 years, James R. Lovegrove, of the home, a son Richard Lovegrove, Jonesborough; a daughter and son in law Renee and Scott Thompson; 4 grandchildren, Amber Hopson, Knoxville, Emil Thompson, Emily Thompson and Spence Thompson, all of Limestone; a sister and brother in law, Pat and Gene Puckett, Burlington, NC; a sister in law, Mildred Lovegrove, Jonesborough; 2 aunts, Ruby Broyles and Ruby Dickeson, both Jonesborough; 3 nieces. Funeral services for Mrs. June Anderson Lovegrove will be conducted 2:00 PM Friday, March 19,2004, at McCarty United Methodist Church in Jonesborough with Rev.
Bill Rhines and Rev. Dan Theiben officiating. Interment will follow in the McCarty Cemetery. Pallbearers will be family and friends. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8:30 PM Thursday, March 18, 2004 and other times at the home of her mother.
Memorial donations may be made to the McCarty Methodist Church Cemetery Association, James Rice, 1705 Highway 81 South, Jonesborough, TN 37659. Condolences may be sent to the Lovegrove family online at www.dillow-taylor.com. Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home Cremation Services, Jonesborough, TN Rex McQueen ELIZABETHTON Mr. Rex Preston McQueen, 80, 112 South Watauga Avenue, Elizabethton, TN died Tuesday, March 16, 2004 in the James H. Quillen V.A.
Medical Center following a brief illness. A native of Butler, TN, he Rex McQueen was the son of Rex McQueen the late Andrew and Rose Hopkins McQueen. He was retired from the V.A.as a nursing assistant and was of the Baptist faith. was a U.S. Navy veteran.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Howard McQueen and Jack McQueen; and one sister, Doris Gilbert. Survivors include his wife, Marie Pearson McQueen, of the home; a daughter and son-in-law, Patricia and John Ward, Watauga, TN; a brother, Harold McQueen, Knoxville, TN; a granddaughter, Kimberly Ward, Elizabethton, TN; a great-grandson, Brandon Ward, Watauga, TN; and a great-granddaughter, Alexis Buhro, Elizabethton, TN. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral service for Mr. Rex Preston McQueen will be conducted at 7 P.M.
Friday, March 19, 2004, in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home with Rev. Douglas Ranshaw officiating. Music will be under the direction of Mrs. Carolyn Estep, organist. Graveside service and interment will be conducted at 11 A.M.
Saturday, March 20, 2004 in the Sugar Grove Baptist Church Cemetery The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-7 P.M. on Friday. Everyone will meet at the cemetery at 10:50 A.M. on Saturday. Online condolences may be sent to the family through our Web site at www.hathawaypercy.com.
Arrangements are under the direction of Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home. Ruth Roller BLOUNTVILLE Ruth Bolton Roller, 72, Blountville, formerly of Columbus, Indiana, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, March 16, 2004, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Ruth Roller Ruth Roller Born in Jackson County, Indiana, she had made her home in Blountville for the last 51 years. Ruth retired after 25 years as co-owner of Airport Gift Shop. She attended Wheeler United Methodist Church in Blountville.
She was a beloved wife and mother and loved her job, spending time with her family, traveling, quilting and collecting dolls, Roseville Pottery and Hummels. Her parents, Ralph H. and Grace Marling Bolton, and brother, Forrest M. Bolton (2001), preceded her in death. Surviving are her husband of 52 years, Frank Roller, of the home; a daughter and special son-in-law, Debbie Roller Carver and Don Carver, Church Hill; a son, Marvin Roller, of the home; a sister and brother-in-law, Gladys and Virgil Hedrick, Columbus, Indiana; three sisters-in-law, Joyce Bolton, Columbus, Indiana, Mary Etta Bowlin, Gray, TN, Zetta Barnes, Blountville; a brother-in-law, Jim Roller and wife, Aileen, Kingsport; special friend, Dana Moore, Nashville; and several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours are 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Thursday at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes, Kingsport Chapel. Funeral services will be conducted at 7:00 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home chapel with Dr. Roy Lester and Rev.
Stuart Albee officiating. Graveside services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Friday at Tri-Cities Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be Ralph Bolton, Rex Bolton, Andy Whipker, Wendell McClellan, Wallace McClellan and Sam Berry. Honorary pallbearers will be Charlie Rankins, Jim Roller and Virgil Hedrick.
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But the president was only taking advantage of a multibillion dollar hole in Kerry's health care plan: It costs as much as $900 billion, but Kerry has not explained how he would pay for it. From The Associated Press Johnson City Press Vol. 84 -No. 219 Published Daily and Sunday by Johnson City Publishing Corporation, Boone Street at Main and Market, Johnson City, TN. 37604.
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