CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Dana R. Holtsclaw, 3 May 2001
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Dana R. Holtsclaw

   "Dana Ray" Holtsclaw, 73, Old Jonesboro Road, Bristol, Tenn., died Thursday, May 3, 2001, at the Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center. 
   He was preceded in death by his mother, Ethel Holtsclaw and his father, 
Weaver Holtsclaw, Roan Mountain, Tenn.; brothers, Orville Holtsclaw, Voyd 
Holtsclaw, and Conley Holtsclaw; and a half-sister, Norma Rea Street, Roan 
Mountain, Tenn.
   He was married to Mildred Trent Holtsclaw on May 3, 1954. He was a native 
of Roan Mountain, Tenn., and a well-known bluegrass DJ in Bristol. He worked 
at several radio stations: WCYB, WKYE and WBBI, and was presently working at 
WOPI. He retired in 1990 from Raytheon Corp. after 32 years. He February 2001, 
he was honored by the Birthplace of Country Music Alliance as a Major 
Contributor to Bluegrass/Country Music. 
   He was of the Baptist faith.
   Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Mildred Trent Holtsclaw; two sons 
and daughter-in-law, Kenneth and Judy Holtsclaw, Morristown, Tenn.; and Eddie 
Holtsclaw, Bristol, Tenn.; two daughters, Wilma Cox, Bluff City, Tenn.; and 
Brenda Holtsclaw, Kingsport, Tenn.; two grandsons, Jeremy Holtsclaw and Lance 
Holtsclaw, Morristown, Tenn.; two granddaughters, Amber Cox, Fresno, Calif.; 
and Andrea Cox, Virginia Beach, Va.; one great-granddaughter, Madison 
Holtsclaw, Morristown, Tenn.; three sisters, Verna Hughes, Onza Johnson and 
Beulah Hughes, all of Roan Mountain, Tenn.; one brother, Carmon Holtsclaw, 
Roan Mountain, Tenn.; and one half-sister, Renalee Whitehead, Roan Mountain, 
Tenn.
   Weaver Funeral Home, 423-968-2111, 630 Locust Street, Bristol, Tenn., is in 
charge of arrangements.
   
   HOLTSCLAW -- Funeral services for "Dana Ray" Holtsclaw, 73, Old Jonesboro 
Rd, Bristol, Tenn., who died Thursday, were conducted at 8 p.m. Saturday in 
the Weaver Funeral Home Chapel, with the Revs. Lyons Smith and Bob Emmert 
officiating.  The committal will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Eastern 
Heights Cemetery. Pallbearers will be George DeVault, Mac Blevins, Larry 
Gorley, Dennis Wenk, Gary Holtsclaw and Jackie Vance. The family received 
friends from 5-7:45 p.m. Saturday at the Weaver Funeral Home. "If Everyone 
Loved Bluegrass Music like 'Dana Ray' did, The World Would be Great to Live 
In." Weaver Funeral Home, 423-968-2111, 630 Locust Street, Bristol, Tenn., is 
in charge of arrangements.