CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - John L. Stephens, 4 Oct 1999
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John L. Stephens
10/05/99 
   Mr. John L. Stephens, 81, 116 Malone Drive, Jonesborough, Tenn., died 
Monday, Oct. 4, 1999, at the Johnson City Medical Center.
   He was a native of Carter County and the son of the late William W. and 
Celia Belle Teague Stephens. He was also preceded in death by three brothers 
and five sisters.
   Mr. Stephens was an active member of the Fairview United Methodist Church 
and a member of the church choir. He was a member of the Rhea Lodge #47, 
Shriners-Jericho Temple and Leesburg Ruritan. He was a retired millwright. 
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in World War II.
   Survivors include his wife, Ruth Moyers Stephens of the home; one daughter 
Johna Farrar, Fall Branch, Tenn.; one son, Richard Stephens, Gray; two 
grandsons: Troy Stephens and Kyle Stephens, both of Gray; two sisters: 
Margaret Manning, Elizabethton; and Hazel VanHuss, Bedford Texas; and 
several nieces and nephews.
   Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home (753-0514), Jonesborough, is in charge of the 
arrangements

   STEPHENS — Funeral services for Mr. John L. Stephens, 81, 116 Malone 
Drive, Jonesborough, who died Monday, will be conducted at 8 p.m. Tuesday, 
Oct. 5, 1999, at the Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Virgil 
Booher and the Rev. Dale Jarrett officiating. Interment will be at 10 a.m. 
Wednesday, Oct. 6, 1999, in the Fairview Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Roy 
Campbell, Gilbert Ingle, Albert B. Rogers, Lawrence Smith, Albert D. Rogers, 
Jake Perkins, Jim Good and Rickey Deakins. Honorary pallbearars will be Tony 
Tipton, Don Gage, Sam Moffitt and all his millwright buddies, Joe Anderson, 
Ralph Fulkerson, Sr., Ralph Fulkerson, Jr., Alf Smith, Steve Lewis, Jim Ward, 
John White, Frank Payne and a special friend, Dr. James Mahoney. The family 
will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5, 1999. 
Memorial donations may be made to the Fairview United Methodist Church 
Building Fund, 878 Highway 81 North, Jonesborough, TN 37659; American Cancer 
Society, Northeast Office, 101 Fountain Place, Suite 1-E, Johnson City, TN 
37604; or Arthritis Foundation, 210 25th Avenue, North, Suite 523, Nashville, 
TN 37203. Survivors include his wife, Ruth Moyers Stephens of the home; one 
daughter Johna Farrar, Fall Branch, Tenn.; one son, Richard Stephens, Gray; 
two grandsons: Troy Stephens and Kyle Stephens, both of Gray; two sisters: 
Margaret Manning, Elizabethton; and Hazel VanHuss, Bedford Texas; and several 
nieces and nephews. Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home (753-0514), Jonesborough, is 
in charge of the arrangements.