2 JOHNSON CITY Deaths SAMUEL O. PICKERING KINGSPORT Samuel O. Pickering, 88, 1905 Knob Creek Road, No. 20, Johnson City, died Wednesday, June 7, 2000, at Holston Valley Medical Center. Mr.
Pickering was a native of Washington County and had lived roost of his life in Johnson City Elizabethton. He was a son of the late Samuel H. and Lucy Sheets Pickering. He was a World War II veteran, having served with the 28th Calvary Reconnaissance. Mr.
Pickering, retired from North American Rayon Corp. as a sheet metal mechanic. He was a Baptist. Pickering was preceded in death by two sisters. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Smith Pickering; one son, Samuel O.
Pickering Johnson City; one daughter, Marcella Daughtery, Jonesboro, four grandchildren, Brian Daughtery, Stockbridge, Dalon Pickering and Hera Pickering, both of Kingsport, and Cindy Dixon, Riverdale, one niece; and one nephew. Morris-Baker (282-1521) MRS. MAUDE A. TITTLE Mrs. Maude A.
Tittle, 88, 415 E. Main Jonesborough, died Wednesday, June 7, 2000, at Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Tittle was a native of Greene County and had lived in Washington County most of her life. She was a daughter of the late Charles A.
and Laura B. Collette Collins. She was a member of First Christian Church, Jonesborough. Mrs. Tittle was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Tittle in 1964; one son, Ray Tittle; one daughter, Pauline Carpenter; and two sisters, Blanche Stokes and Clara Williams.
Survivors include one son, Charles Leonard Tittle, Kingsport; four grandchildren, Butch Carpenter, Johnson City, Allen Tittle, Kingsport, Richard Tittle, California, and Debra Caldwell, Greenville, S.C.; and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Woodall-Anderson (928-2101) MRS. NANCY AH. COLLINS ELIZABETHTON Mrs. Nancy Ann Hamilton Collins, 64, 174 Hamilton Road, died Wednesday, June 7, 2000, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital.
Mrs. Collins was a native of Carter County and a daughter of Charles Dale and Inez Heaton Hamilton, Elizabethton. She was a 1954 graduate of Elizabethton High School. Mrs. Collins was a member of Siam Baptist Church.
Survivors, in addition to her parents, include her husband, Luther L. Collins; one daughter, Teresa Inez Hampton, Brunswick, Maine: one son, Teddy Luther Collins, Elizabethton; two brothers, Bill Hamilton and Ted Hamilton, both of Elizabethton; two grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Memorial, Elizabethton (543- 3839) MRS. DOROTHY P. THEOBALD Mrs.
Dorothy P. Theobald, 81, 2018 Sherwood Drive, died Monday, June 5, 2000, at NHC HealthCare after a brief illness. Mrs. Theobald was a native of Shelbyville, and a daughter of the late John Reinholt and Nora Callahan Haehl. She retired as a registered nurse, specializing in pediatrics.
She had been employed by Barthlemew County Hospital, Columbus, for 31 years, retiring in 1984. Mrs. Theobald was a member of Hopwood Christian Church, Milligan College. She was preceded in death by her husband, Russell Lowell Theobald, in 1961. Survivors include one son, Doug Theobald, Johnson City; one daughter, Marietsa Atkinson, Newton, one sister, Alma Rigdon, Waldron, four grandchildren, Douglas Theobald Carrie Theobald, Rachel Atkinson and Benjamin Atkinson; and several nieces and nephews.
Dillow-Taylor, Jonesborough (753-3821) MRS. ALICE J. GILLIAM KOKOMO, Ind. Mrs. Alice J.
Gilliam, 90, 429 Lincoln Road, died Wednesday, May 31, 2000, at Windsor Estates Nursing Home. Mrs. Gilliam was a native of Washington County, and a CORRECTIONS A man involved in a domestic dispute at 139 Westin. Parc Tuesday night was not stabbed as earlier reported. The Johnson City Press strives for accuracy in all its reports.
Readers who notice factual errors in the newspaper should contact City Editor Brad Jolly, Night Editor Robert Pierce or Managing Sports Editor Kelly Hodge. The Telephone Number is 929-3111. PRESS, Thursday, June 8, 2000 Funerals Area briefs daughter of the late George and Delia Martin Fink. She was a homemaker. Mrs.
Gilliam was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Gilliam 1979; one son, John Garney Fink; four brothers; and three sisters. Survivors include one son, Herman Fink, Kokomo; two sisters, Flora Roark and Carrie Fink, both of Johnson City, five grandchildren, Bartley Fink, David Fink, Allen Fink, Debbie Simon and Jason Fink, all of Kokomo; nine great-grandchildren; and twc great-great-grandchildren. Ellers, Kokomo, Ind. (765-457- 6644) KENNETH E. LAWING CHESTER, S.C.
Kenneth Edward Lawing, 51, 144 Broken Limb Road, Rutherfordton, N.C., died here Tuesday, June 6, 2000, as the result of a motorcycle accident. Survivors include his wife, Shirley Hall Norris Lawing; five sons, Kenneth Lawing, Todd Lawing and Jerry Norris, all of South Carolina, and Joshua Lawing and Tommy Norris, both of North Carolina; several brothers and sisters; and six grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. McKinney-Landreth, Cliffside, N.C. (828-657-6322) MRS.
REBECCA S. HARRIS Rt. Mrs. Harris, 88, 4, Box 360, Bean Station, died Tuesday, June 6, 2000, at Morristown Hamblen Hospital. Mrs.
Harris was a native of Unicoi County and had lived in Bean Station since 1955. She was a daughter of the late Noal and Emaline Blankenship Shook. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Harris was a member of Flag Pond Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by two sons, J.W. Harris and Doyle Harris; two brothers, J.B. Shook and Jim Shook; and one sister, Berlin Shook. Survivors include her husband, Joe Harris; one son, Jerry Harris, Bean Station; two daughters, Norma Trent, Morristown, and Dorothy Booher, Ft. Myers, two brothers, Gus Shook Erwin, and Charles Shook, Flag Pond; one sister, Mossie Fox, Candler, N.C.; seven grandchil.
dren; 10 great -grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Ledford, Erwin (743-1380 or 928-4595) GILES SNEAD Giles Snead, 92, died Wednesday, June 7, 2000, at Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Snead was a lifelong resident of Russell County, before moving to live with his granddaughter in Jonesborough two years ago. He was a son of the late Fullen and Kate Snead.
He was a farmer and coal miner. Mr. Snead was preceded in death by his wife, Ethel H. Snead; three sons, Tivis Snead, Guy Snead and Robert Snead; one daughter, Florine Hess; and 20 brothers and sisters. Survivors include one son, Frazier Snead, Lebanon, four grandchildren, Teresa Hess Compton, Jonesborough; Mrs.
Sherry Armbrister, Dublin, Jennifer Shrader, Lebanon, and Sean Snead, Rosedale, and four great-grandchildren. Lebanon, Lebanon, Va. (540- 889-1212) MILDRED H. MIZE Mildred H. Mize, 78, Lakebridge Health Care Center, formerly of 304 Woodbriar Drive, died Wednesday, June 7, 2000, at Johnson City Medical Center.
Ms. Mize was a native of Fannin County, Ga. and had lived in Johnson City since 1951. She was a daughter of the late James N. and Senia Standridge Hyde.
She retired as owner of Mize Farm and Garden Supply Inc. Ms. Mize was involved in local PTAs and Teen Town. She was a member of Central Baptist Church, where she had been active in the church nursery and vacation Bible schools. Survivors include three daughters, Terry Palmer, Lexington, and Helen Wagner and Amy Mize, both of Johnson City; five sisters, Barb Petty and Leo Hyde, both of Knoxvilie, Helen Mosley, Blue Ridge, Lenarue Babb, Marietta, and Gladys Seeley, Macon, six grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Morris-Paker (282-1521) Prisoner indicted The Associated Press NASHVILLE An inmate at the Turney Center was indicted Wednesday on murder charges in the 1999 strangulation of a woman who disappeared while washing clothes at a laundromat. Tommy J. Jones, 35, was indicted in the death of Christine Ullman, 31, at the time of her death. She was reported missing Jan. 4, 1999.
Her body was found two months later on the side of a creek in Cheatham County. Graveside services for Alice J. Gilliam will be conducted at Friday at Memorial Park Cemetery with Pastor Herman Gorham officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army. Ellers Mortuary, Inc.
is in charge of arrangements. ELLERS MORTUARY INC. Kokomo, IN Alice J. Gilliam MORRIS-BAKER FUNERAL HOME Mildred H. Mize Graveside services for Mildred H.
Mize, 78, Lakebridge Health Care Center, formerly of 304 Woodbriar Drive, Johnson City, who died Wednesday, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday from the Monte Vista Burial Park. The Rev. H. Wayne Hunter will officiate.
Those attending. services are asked to meet at MorrisBaker by 9:45 a.m. to go in procession to the cemetery. Pallbearers are Ken Lowe, Tony Shipley, Todd Stone, Lloyd Kinley, Butch Carmichel and David Warren. The family requests, in lieu of flowers, those who desire may make memorial contributions to The Alzheimer's Association, N.E.
TN Chapter, 207 N. Boone Johnson City, Tenn. 37601. Survivors include three daughters, Terry Palmer, Lexington, a former reporter with the Johnson City Press, and Helen Wagner and Amy Mize, both of Johnson City; six grandchildren, Glen, Andrew and Derek Palmer, all of Lexington, Justin and Katie Wagner and Ashley Sell, all of Johnson City. Sisters include Barb Petty and Leo Hyde, both of Knoxville, Helen Mosley, Blue Ridge, Lenarue Babb, Marietta, and Gladys Seeley, Macon, several nieces and nephews also survive.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m. Thursday. Arrangements are by MorrisBaker, 2001 Oakland Johnson City. WOODALL-ANDERSON FUNERAL HOME Mrs. Maude A.
Tittle Funeral services for Mrs. Maude A. Tittle, 88, 415 Main Jonesborough, who died Wednesday, will be conducted at 8 p.m. Friday in the Woodall-Anderson Funeral Home chapel. The Rev.
Harold Jones will officiate. Family and friends will meet at 11 a.m. Saturday in Monte Vista Burial Park for the graveside service. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday from 6-8 p.m. prior to the services.
Survivors include one son, Charles Leonard Tittle and daughter-in-law, Doris Tittle, Kingsport; son-in-law, Grady Carpenter, Johnson City; grandson, Butch Carpenter and his wife, Brenda, Johnson City. WoodallAnderson Funeral Home, 108 W. Watauga Johnson City, is in charge of arrangements. DILLOW-TAYLOR FUNERAL HOME Jonesborough Mrs. Dorothy P.
Theobald Memorial services for Mrs. Dorothy P. Theobald will be conducted at Thursday, June 8, 2000 at the Appalachian Christian Village Chapel with Dr. Henry Hill and Chaplain Debbie Shields officiating. Funeral services for Mrs.
Theobald will be conducted Friday, June 9, 2000 at Glen E. George and Son Funeral Home chapel in Shelbyville, IN with Dr. Russ Blowers officiating. Interment will be Saturday, June 10, 2000 at the Bennett Cemetery in Shelby Co. (Union Township)IN.
Pallbearers will be Mike Theobald, Tony Theobald, Phil Theobald, Danny Haehl, Nathan Haehl, Paul Haehl, Gary Theobald and Bryan Haehl. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8pm. Friday, June 9, 2000 at the funeral home prior to the funeral service. Memorial contributions may be made to the Dorothy Theobald Memorial Fund, Appalachian Christian Village, 2012 Sherwood Drive, Johnson City, TN 37601. Dillow- Taylor Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
MEMORIAL FUNERAL CHAPEL Elizabethton Mrs. Nancy A.H. Collins Funeral services for Nancy Ann Hamilton Collins, 64, 174 Hamilton Road, Elizabethton, who died Wednesday, will be conducted at 8 p.m. Friday in Memorial Funeral Chapel with Rev. Jack Roddy and Mr.
Greg Key, Minister, officiating. Graveside service and interment will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Bowers Cemetery. Billy Anderson will provide the music. Active pallbearers, who are requested to assemble at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m.
Saturday, will be Jeff Hamilton, Jimmy Hamilton, Steve Heaton, Bob Collins, Bobby Elliott, Joseph Oliver, Bobby Collins and David H. Hampton. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Stephen May, Dr. A.
Robert Blacky, Dayton Jones, employees of Mapes Piano String Co. and the nursing staff, 3rd floor of Sycamore Shoals Hospital. A special thanks to her caregiver, Blanche Bagby. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Friday in the funeral home.
Friends may also call at the residence of her brother and sisterin-law, Bill and Evelyn Hamilton, 134 S.J. Oliver Loop, Elizabethton. To those who prefer, memorials may be made in memory of Mrs. Collins to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, P.O. Box 566, Knoxville, Tenn.
37901. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. Saturday to go to the cemetery. Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. LEBANON FUNERAL HOME Lebanon, Va.
Giles Snead Funeral services for Giles Snead will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in the Lebanon Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Harless Hess officiating. Burial will follow in the Russell Memorial Cemetery. Pallbearers will be John Richard Snead, Edgar Jones, Ralph Snead, James Snead, Bill Snead, D.C.
Snead, Larry Snead, Michael Honaker and Trigg Fields. Honorary pallbearers Dr. Gene McCoskey, Dr. Michael Grosserode, Mike Grumka and Gary Jackson. The family will receive friends from 6-9 p.m.
Thursday at Lebanon Funeral Home. Lebanon Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. LEDFORD FUNERAL HOME Erwin Mrs. Rebecca S. Harris Funeral services for Mrs.
Rebecca Shook Harris, 88, Rt. 4, Box 360, Bean Station, who died Tuesday, June 6, 2000, will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday from the Ledford Funeral Home chapel. The Revs. Reece Harris, Jim Ellis and Cecil Fox will officiate.
Music will be provided by Pam Jones and Inez Chandler. Graveside services and interment will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in the Upper Higgins Creek Cemetery, Flag Pond. Coy Lee Harris, Charles Harris, Lonnie Harris, Marvin Clonce, Frank Carter, Doug Shook, Travis Jackson and Aaron Guinn will serve as pallbearers and are requested to assemble at the funeral home by 7:30 p.m. Thursday and at the cemetery by 12:30 p.m.
Friday, The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Other survivors include a special friend, Ella Hightower, Bean Station; a son-in-law, Aaron Trent; a sister-in-law, Mae Shook; and a brotherin-law, the Rev. Cecil Fox. Ledford Funeral Home, 720 Ohio Erwin, is in charge of funeral arrangements.
COLBOCH-PRICE FUNERAL HOME Rogersvitle Matthew Daniel Tipton Matthew Daniel Tipton, beloved son of Danny E. and Kathy K. Tipton, went to be with the Lord Thursday, June 1, 2000. A memorial service will be held in his honor 0. Christ Fellowship Church in Kingsport off Tuesday, June 13, 2000 at the 0 0 0 1-181.
All friends and family are invited to come celebrate Matthew's life and graduation. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Matthew Daniel Tipton Memorial Foundation, First Community Bank, 809 West Main Street, Rogersville, TN 37857. For more information, you may contact the family by calling 3 423-349-2227 in Kingsport, TN. Colboch-Price Funeral Home, Main Street, Rogersville, TN is in charge of the arrangements. Budget, means to fund it approved by state Senate By Tom Sharp Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE A divided state Senate on Wednesday approved an expansive budget plan and the tax increases to fund it, setting up a conference committee of House and Senate members to work out differences in their budget plans.
The Senate version of the budget was approved by a vote of 23-8 nearly hours into the debate. It funds most of Gov. Don Sundquist's proposed $18.2 billion budget request, and goes further in some areas. In addition to raising $300 million in new taxes, it obligates $202 million in tobacco settlement money the state hopes to get in the fiscal year beginning July 1. Some Senators tried to use the tobacco money to either pay for current expenses or reduce the tax increase, but failed on a series of close votes.
After the Senate obligated all the tobacco money, the House voted to prevent any expenditure of that money this year. That means the matter will have to be resolved in the conference committee. The Senate budget plan is funded with an expansion of two existing taxes, which were approved by a vote of 18-11. The plan applies the Hall Income Tax to one-half of capital gains as reported on federal income tax returns. It expands the excise tax on business profits to include sole proprietorships, partnerships, professional services businesses, and owners of 1 percent or more of a corporation.
The spending plan would provide 6 percent pay raises to all teachers, in both K-12 and higher education, and raises of slightly greater than 6 percent to state employees. It provides a one-time $90 million shot for essential care hospitals in recognition of the burden they bear under the TennCare program, an increase of the governor's recommendation. It would also add $68.5 million to the state appropriation for TennCare. FRESH FOR SPRING Exterior PAINTING WALLPAPER 753-2642 Affordable Companies A division of Affordable Asphalt AFFORDABLE ASPHALT SEALING Industrial Grade Sealer FREE ESTIMATES per sq. ft.
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The body of the victim, Richard Oakley Hamilton of Grundy, was found Tuesday at his home. Authorities said Hamilton had multiple stab wounds to his chest. Police declined to speculate about a motive. Crouse said there was no indication of a robbery, and investigators do not believe the men knew each other. Greeneville to host June air show GREENEVILLE Aerobatic acts from across the country will gather at the County Municipal Airport on June 17 and 18 for the Warbird Airshow 2000.
Gates will open at 9 a.m. each day and the air show will begin after 12 p.m. Headlining will be the North American Aerobatic Team from Geiger, a formation acrobatic team flying the World War II North American Advanced Trainer (AT6). Parking will be available at the Five Rivers Electronic Innovations parking lot off Snapp Ferry Road. Tickets may be purchased at the parking lot, and free shuttle buses will deliver visitors to the gates for admission.
There will be no parking available at the airport for visitors, and the access road to the airport will be closed. Tickets are available at the Greene County partnership and at the Chambers of Commerce in Johnson City, Kingsport, Elizabethton and Bristol. Prices are: for adults and children 12 and older, $6 in advance, $7 at the gate; for a family ticket, including husband, wife and children 17 and under, $16 in advance, $18 at the gate; for children ages 6-12, seniors and veterans, $3 in advance, $4 at the gate. Veterans must provide proof of veteran status (such as a retired military identification card or membership card in the VFW, DAV or American Legion). more information, contact the Greene County Partnership at 638-4111.
Senate decides tobacco money to be held in trust The Associated Press NASHVILLE The state Senate on Wednesday agreed to create a trust fund for the $4.8 billion in tobacco settlement funds Tennessee is scheduled to receive over the next 25 years. The vote was 19-11 after nearly three hours of vigorous debate between Senators who wanted to keep at least some of the money available for annual appropriation and those who wanted to put it all into the trust fund. "I don't oppose the concept of providing money to help tobacco farmers transition to a new crop, but I do oppose the trust fund," said Sen. Ron Ramsey, R- Blountville. "Why should we tie our hands? People elect us to come down here and do what's right.
I don't oppose giving money back to the farmers, but there's no way I can vote for this." Sen. Tommy Haun, R- Greeneville, argued the money may never materialize in full. "It's going to take several years for these tobacco farmers to transition, and it'll take money to do You Could Be HEARING From Us. Call Dr. Daniel R.
Schumaier Assoc. Audiologists 207 E. Myrtle Ave. Johnson City 928-5771 that," he said. "May of us are afraid the money will stop before the transition period is over.
That's why it needs to go into a trust. Why would any prudent individual trust this money will come to us from an industry that everybody is trying to put out of business. The money's not going to be there." The bill leaves the $202 million already in escrow for the state unencumbered, so that it can be spent a at the Legislature's discretion this year. That money will be appropriated in the budget. The trust fund will be split into two pieces, with half of the money going to the benefit of tobacco farmers and their families until the amount in that fund reaches $540 million.
The other trust fund will be dedicated to health care. Johnson City Press ISSN 67-283 Vol. 80 No. 303 Published Daily and Sunday by Press Inc. at News Center, Boone Street at Main and Market, Johnson City, TN.
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