CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Fred Thomas Gouge, 5 Apr 2002
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Fred T. Gouge

   Fred Thomas Gouge, 81, Kingston, Tenn., died Friday, April 5, 2002, in the 
James H. Quillen VA Medical Center.
   A Carter County native, he was a son of the late Frank and Lena Rainbolt 
Gouge. Mr. Gouge was preceded in death by a son, Troy Gouge, two brothers 
and one sister.
   He was a retired mechanic from Sherwood Chevrolet. He had served in the 
U.S. Navy. He was of the Baptist faith.
   Survivors include his wife, Gay Bowers Gouge, Elizabethton, two 
daughters and sons-in-law, Sandra Ann and Donny Belcher, Greeneville, and 
Mary Ellen and Tim Bowers, Elizabethton, one son, Freddie Allen Gouge, 
Kingston, Tenn., one brother, Ralph Gouge, Elizabethton, three sisters, 
Helen Carrier, Novella Williams, and Barbara Berry, all of Elizabethton, 
three grandchildren, Rhonda Cardwell, Thomas Gwyn and Travis Massey, two 
great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
   Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
   
   GOUGE -- Funeral services for Fred Thomas Gouge, 81, Kingston, who died 
Friday, were conducted at 8 p.m. Saturday in Memorial Funeral Chapel, with the 
Rev. Brent Seals officiating. Graveside service and interment will be at 2 
p.m. Sunday in the Wilson Cemetery. Active pallbearers, who are requested to 
assemble at the funeral home at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, will be Thomas Gwyn, Troy 
Blevins, Howell Lyons, Barry Carrier, Walter S. Carrier and Brian Gouge. The 
family received friends from 6-8 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home. Friends 
may also call at the residence of the brother, Ralph Gouge, 228 Steel Bridge 
Rd., Elizabethton. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 
1:30 p.m. Sunday to go to the cemetery.
Condolences may be e-mailed to mfc@chartertn.net. Memorial Funeral Chapel 
is in charge of arrangements.