CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Mary Ann "Maw" Peters Simerly, 8 Oct 2003
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Mary Simerly

Mary Ann "Maw" Peters Simerly, 103, died peacefully at 
Hermitage Health Center on Wednesday, October 8, 2003 
surrounded by her family and caregivers.
A native of Hampton, she was the daughter of the late Bill 
and Angie Markland Peters.
Mary Ann was preceded in death by her husband, Will Simerly 
in 1979; three sons, James, Bobby, and Joe; a son-in-law, 
Brown Smith, and one grandson, Mike. 
She had lived most of her life in Carter County except for 
13-15 years spent in the mining camps of West Virginia. 
Prior to moving to Hermitage Health Center, she had made her 
home with her daughter, Wilma, and her family, in the Hampton/
Rittertown Community.
Mary Ann was a member of Rittertown Baptist Church, Hampton.
She was the oldest resident at Hermitage Health Center, where 
she had made her home for the past two years. Her presence was 
seen and felt by all who entered there. Mary Ann was also the 
oldest participant in the American Cancer Society's Relay for 
Life 2003.
She is survived by three daughters and two sons-in-law, Wilma 
and Bob Hill, and Elsie and Vaughn Fritts, of Hampton, and 
Helen Smith of Hermitage Health Center; four grandsons, Boyd 
Smith, of Chesapeake, Va.; Richard Smith, of Hampton; James 
Fritts, of Elizabethton, and Bobby Taylor, of Umatilla, Fla.; 
four granddaughters, Connie Potter, of Elizabethton; Margaret 
Hicks, of Hampton; Donna Teague, of Butler, and Reba Shreve, 
of Matthews, N.C.; one step granddaughter, Missy Brooks, of 
Hampton, and one step grandson, Jamie Hill, of Elizabethton; 
15 great grandchildren, Danny Smith, of Elizabethton; Patrick 
Smith, of Virginia Beach, Va.; Brian Hicks, of Hampton; Jamie 
Lewis, of Johnson City; Courtney Smith, of Johnson City; Teresa 
Monroe, Billy Paul and Missy Taylor, of Chespeake, Va.; Eddie 
and Lucas Teague, of Butler; Robbie Fritts, of Hampton; Christopher 
and Whitney Shreve, of Matthews, N.C.; two step great grandchildren, 
Brady Hill, of Hampton and Madison Hill, of Elizabethton; eight 
great great grandchildren, Lucas Teague, Haley Smith, John Thomas 
"JT" and Lily Painter, Bryson Hicks, David Taylor, Tabitha 
Theirjung and Helen Monroe; one nephew, Clarence Willis, of 
Hampton; three nieces, Murl Darnell, of Oceana, W.Va.; Edna Setzer, 
of Cleveland, Ohio, and Margaret Pauley, of Prescott, Ariz.
Funeral services for Mary Simerly will be conducted at 3 p.m. 
Saturday, October 11, 2003 in Memorial Funeral Chapel with the 
family's leadership and pastor Tommy Haynes assisting. Interment 
will follow in the Rittertown Baptist Church Cemetery. Active 
pallbearers will be grandsons, Richard Smith, Boyd Smith, James 
Fritts, Bobby Taylor, and great grandsons, Danny Smith, Patrick 
Smith, Brian Hicks, Robbie Fritts, Eddie Teague, Billy Paul Taylor 
and Kevin Taylor. Honorary pallbearers will be Clarence Willis, 
Glen Potter, Mack Hicks, Greg Shreve, Danny Teague, John Painter, 
Andy Lewis, Brian Monroe, the staff and caregivers of Hermitage 
Health Center, Mary Nell Colbert, Connie Tolley Robers, Karen 
Fisher and the many others who had the opportunity to share their 
life with Mary Ann "Maw" Simerly. The family will receive friends 
from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home. Friends may also 
call at the residence of a daughter and son-in-law, Wilma and Bob 
Hill, 146 Arwood Hill Rd., Hampton. Condolences may be e-mailed 
to the Simerly family at mfc@chartertn.net. Memorial Funeral 
Chapel is in charge of arrangements. 


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