2A, Johnson City Press Thursday, December 14, 2006 DEAT Roy Adams Jr. Roy Earl Adams age 84, 179 Lakeview Gray, passed away Monday, December 11, 2006, in the Life Care Center of Gray. He was a native of Washington County and was a son of the late Roy Adams and Sadie Slaughter Adams. He was a member of Gray United Methodist Church, he served in the United States Navy, and retired as the claims director of Mason Dixon Truck Lines. Survivors include his wife, Vivian Barnes Adams; one son, David Adams; two grandchildren, Derek and Monica Adams, both of Gray; a special brotherin-law, David Barnes, of Gray; several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends al Wednesday evening from 6-8 p.m. in the Gray Funeral Home. Chapel. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. in the Gray United Methodist Church with Rev.
Ramon Torres, Rev. Samuel Siebo and Pastor Andy Barnes officiating. Interment will be held in the Gray Cemetery immediately following services. Pallbearers will be family, friends, and neighbors. Honorary will be volunteers and the pro shop staff of Warriors Path Golf Course.
Gray Funeral Home is serving the Adams family. 423-477-3171 or 239- 6622 I Roy Armentrout Roy 0. "Rudd" Armentrout, 90, Fall Branch, passed away Tuesday, December 12, 2006, at his home following a lengthy illness. Born in Limestone, TN, he had resided his entire life in Washington County, TN. Mr.
Armentrout was a veteran of World War II, having served with the U.S. Army, and was retired from Armstrong Construction Company in Kingsport. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Ora Casteel; his three brothers; and two sisters. Surviving are his wife, Reba Armentrout, Fall Branch; one son, Steve Armentrout, Fall Branch; one daughter, Joyce Philpott, Marietta, GA; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; special nephew, Paul Armentrout, of the Bowmantown community; and several other nieces and nephews. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m.
Thursday at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, Fall Branch. Services will follow at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Fall Branch Chapel with Pastor Lester Morelock, Chaplain Bob Gibson and Rev. Gaither Townsend officiating. Graveside services will be conducted at 10 a.m.
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Winfield Arnold Winfield Perry Arnold, 75, of Gray, TN, went home to be with the Lord at 4:20 Sunday (December 10, 2006) at Greystone Healthcare Center following an extended illness. Calling hours will be held Thursday, December 14, 2006, from Winfield Arnold p.m. at East Lawn Funeral Home and at others hours at 163 Dove Lane in Gray and 306 Chesterfield Drive in Kingsport. A celebration of his homecoming will be conducted on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in East Lawn Funeral Home chapel with the Rev.
Lawrence Wolfe officiating. Burial will follow in Tri-Cities Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be Larry Arnold, Jerry Arnold, Henry Fox, Ronnie Norton, Cody Norton, Gail Arnold and Ronnie Hall. East Lawn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mary Butcher Mary Butcher Mary Butcher Mary Russell DeVault Butcher, 92, died Monday, December 11, 2006, at her home in Johnson City.
Mrs. Butcher had also resided in Bristol, TN, and Leesburg, TN. She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward Martha Fain DeVault; and her husband of Mary Butcher fifty years, James Nolden Butcher. She was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Churches in Bristol and Leesburg. Mrs.
Butcher's interest in the history of Washington County ranged from her activity in the State of Franklin DAR to opening her home, the DeVault Tavern, to tour groups and historical organizations, including the Governor's School. Survivors include a sister and brother-in-law, Jane Casto Ramsey, of Abingdon, VA; two children, Martha B. Crowe, of the home, and Jim Butcher and wife, Lynn, of Bristol, TN; four granddaughters, Elizabeth and Maggie Crowe, both of Johnson City, Cassie Peters, Mechanicsville, VA, and Jamie Butcher, Princeton, NJ; and one great grandson, Noah Thomas Peters, Mechanicsville, VA. The family will receive friends from p.m. Thursday, December 14, 2006, at Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home.
Graveside services will follow at Fairview Cemetery in Leesburg with Dr. David Wadsworth officiating. Those who prefer memorials in lieu of flowers are encouraged to make donations to the memorial fund of their choice. Condolences may be sent to the Butcher family online at www.dillowtaylor.com. Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home Cremation Services, Jonesborough, 753-3821 I Betty Cloud Betty Cloud Betty Jane (Ford) Cloud, of Gray, went to be with the Lord on December 9th, 2006.
She was born on December 28, 1946. She was a daughter of Warren and Florence Ford, of Gray. She was an active member of Cedar Creek Baptist Church. Betty Cloud She was a loving mother, daughter and sister. She especially loved her granddaughter, Ava.
She was a 1964 graduate of Boones Creek School. She worked at East TN in Kingsport. She is survived by a daughter, Tracy Cloud Bailey and her husband, Donald; one son, Brandon Cloud; sister, Linda Ford; grandchild, Ava Bailey; and several cousins. Funeral services will be conducted at 7 p.m. on Thursday, December 14, at Cedar Creek Baptist Church, 262 Cedar Creek Gray.
Burial will be on Friday, December 15, in the Gray Cemetery at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers please make donations to Cedar Creek Baptist Church Mission Fund, 262 Cedar Creek Gray, TN 37615. Note to florists, please deliver flowers to the church. Pallbearers will be family and friends. Gray Funeral Home is serving the Happy Holidays Diamond in a Pearl Goldsmiths Jewelry Over 33 years of experience 1904 Knob Creek Road Landmark Village 282-5510 Hours: Mon-Fri Sat www.dempseysgoldsmiths.com Lucy Hall KINGSPORT Lucy Z.
Hall, 91, Fordtown community, passed away at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday (December 12, 2006) at the home where she was born. Mrs. Hall was a member of Fordtown Baptist Church and a member of the Southern Highland Guild. She was preceded in death by her husband, G.B.
Hall; a grandson, Eric Fitzgerald; son-in-law, Harold Fitzgerald; seven brothers; and four sisters. Surviving are two daughters, Phyllis Fitzgerald, Gray, Majana Crowe and husband, Lynn, Colonial Heights; one son, Jim Hall and wife, June, Fordtown; three granddaughters, Angie Stinson, Tammy Arnold and Sabrina Kirk; and four greatgrandchildren, Katie Arnold, Jimmy Arnold, Hannah Fitzgerald and Lucy Stinson. Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday (December 15, 2006) at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, Kingsport or any time at the residence. Services will be conducted at 11 a.m.
Saturday (December 16, 2006) at Fordtown Baptist Church Rev. Bryan Moore and Rev. Frank Proffitt offi-' ciating. Burial will follow at the Ponds Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Bob Arnold, David Stinson, Gary Gott, Irvin Hall, Norman Mitchell, Cecil Tester and Roy Crussell.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Pond Cemetery Trust, 695 Fordtown Road, Kingsport, TN 37663. Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, Kingsport, is serving the family of Mrs. Hall. Marle Metcalf Marie Metcalf, 70, of 522 Care Lane, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 7, 2006. Mrs.
Metcalf was born in Kingsport, but lived most of her life in Johnson City. She loved singing and witnessing for the Lord. She also loved sewing. She was preceded in death by her parents, Julia Ann Williams Smith and William Bartley Smith; a twin brother, Carl Smith; two sisters, Margie Gates and Betty Royston. She is survived by one daughter, Alma Metcalf; five sons, Randy Smith, Ed Rahm, Carl Metcalf, Timmy Metcalf and Howie Metcalf; sisters, Joyce Casteel and Mildred Smith; two si sistersin-law, Louise Metcalf and Faye Miles; several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
She loved raising her grandchild, Charles Anthony Bowers. A Memorial Service will be held on Sunday, December 17, 2006, at 7:00 P.M. at Souls Harbor Pentecostal Church, 1342 Milligan Hwy. Betty Jean Robinson will officiate. It was Mrs.
Metcalf's wish for her body to be donated to the Quillen College of Medicine Courtesy of Tetrick Funeral Cremation Services, 3001 Peoples Street, Johnson City, TN, 37615. 423-610-7171, www.tetrickfuneralhome.com I Selma Mowbray Selma "Tootie" Cox Mowbray, 73, 103 Dyer Johnson City, died Tuesday, December 12, 2006, at the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital. Mrs. Mowbray was a native of Telford, and was a daughter of the late Arthur M. and Flora Church Cox.
She had been employed as a drug store clerk. Mrs. Mowbray was of the Methodist faith. She was preceded in death by three brothers, Buster, C.M: and Ross Cox; and two sisters, lleene Broyles and Mary Mae Adams. Survivors include her husband, Eugene Mowbray; step-children, Eugene Mowbray of Largo, Florida, and Chad Mowbray, Tina Ashwell and Kim Simmons; all of Roanoke, Virginia; granddaughter and two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Shelby Webster and her husband, James, and Rosetta Hennigan; two very special friends, Jack and Erma Barker.
Mrs. Mowbray's request was to be cremated and there will be no official service. Condolences for the Mowbray family may be made online at www.appalachianfuneralhome.com. Appalachian Funeral Home Cremation Services, 800 Watauga is serving the Mowbray family. I Terry Pierce BUTLER Terry Hugh Pierce, 57,548 Piercetown Road, Butler, passed away Tuesday, December 12, 2006, in the Johnson City Medical Center.
A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Worley Grace Robinson Pierce. He was a member of the Piercetown Baptist Church. Mr. Pierce served in the United States Army during the Vietnam Era. Survivors include a son: Kevin Pierce, of the home; Three Sisters and Two Brothers-In-Law: Arbie Pierce, Mountain City, Ann Melvin Huyard and Kathy BIBLE SALE to OFF entire stock of Bibles open every day Vaughn Potter, all of Butler; One Niece: Christie Vines and her husband, Walter, of Butler; Several Uncles Aunts.
Graveside Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in the National Cemetery, Mountain Home, with the Rev. Harvey White officiating. Burial will follow the service. Active Pallbearers, who are requested to assemble at the funeral home at 10:15 a.m.
Friday, will be: Jerry Matherly, Jim Campbell, Bill Fletcher, Brian Rainbolt, Brian Morefield and James Walsh. Honorary Pallbearers will be: Randy Pierce, Larry Pierce, Hugh Pierce, Dennis Norris and J.C. Blake. Anyone wishing to visit may call at the home of a sister, Kathy Potter, 423 Pine Street, Butler. Military honors will be conducted at the Graveside by Captain Lynn H.
Folsom V.F.W. Post 2166. To those who prefer, memorials may be made to the Johnson County Cancer Support Group, Flo Bellamy, 3510 Highway 421 Mountain City, Tenn. 37683. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 10:15 a.m.
Friday to go to the cemetery. Online condolences to the Pierce family may be e-mailed to Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge. I Mary Vines Mrs. Mary F. Vines, age 94, Jonesborough, passed away Wednesday, December 13, 2006, at the Life Care Center of Elizabethton.
Mrs. Vines was a native of Washington County and daughter of the late John Wesley Mollie Ann Hurdt Booth. Ir. addition to her parents, Mrs. Vines was also preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Vines; and a son, Billy Joe Vines.
She was a member of Cherokee Baptist Church all of her life and served as the pianist for many years. Mrs. Vines was a Homemaker. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Ray Linda Vines, Erwin, and Jack Linda Vines, St. Louis, MO; one daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Vines, Jonesborough; eight grandchildren; and fourteen great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 16, 2006, at Cherokee Baptist Church with Pastor Lynn Hartsell officiating. Interment services will follow in Cherokee Cemetery, Pallbearers will be Deacons of Cherokee Baptist Church. The family will receive friends from p.m. Friday, December 15, 2006, at Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home.
Condolences may be sent to the Vines family online at www.dillowtaylor.com. Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home Cremation Services, Jonesborough, 753-3821 Virginia Whittemore Virginia Whittemore HAMPTON Virginia Carver Whittemore, 84, 375 Fiddlers Branch Road, Hampton, died Tuesday December 12, 2006, in the Sycamore Shoals Hospital. A native of Dickenson County, Virginia, she was. a daughter of the late David 0. and Virginia Whittemore Mary Katherine Rasnick Bise.
She had lived most of her life in Carter County. She was a member of the Fairview Free Will Baptist Church. Mrs. Whittemore was preceded in death by two husbands, Lawrence Carver, in 1980; and Otis Whittemore, in 2002; and by a son: Larry Carver, in 1963. Survivors include Two Daughters Sons-In-Law: Kathie Charles Clawson and Connie Jim Hyder, all of Elizabethton; One Granddaughter: Jennifer Lund and her husband, David, of Hampton; One Grandson: Shane Clawson and his wife, Tracie, of Hampton; Two Step-Great Grandchildren: Hannah Caleb Julian, with a Third expected in February; Two Sisters One Brother-In-Law: Josie Ray Tolley, Hampton, and Shirley Honeycutt, Hampton; Two Sisters-inLaw: June Bise, Hampton, and Roxie Hyder, Erwin; Four Nephews: David Tolley, Neil Honeycutt, Wayne Bise and Gary Bise; Five Nieces: Janet Conley, Lisa Hill, Rita Davis, Leslie Glass and Brenda Mullins; and Her Special Friends: Joe Bonnie Gouge, Hampton.
Funeral Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Thursday in Memorial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jerry Cannon and HAVE YOU HEARD? Call Dr. Daniel R. Schumaier Audiologists 106 E.
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Friday in' the Carver Cemetery, Hampton. Active Pallbearers, who are requested to assemble at the funeral home at 10: 15 a.m. Friday, will be: Neil Honeycutt, David Tolley, Gary Bise, Wayne Bise, Michael Clawson, David Allen Tolley, Jeff Tolley, Jamie Tolley and Michael Mullins. Honorary Pallbearers will be Dr. Jonathan Bremer, Dr.
Shoko Hansen, her family and Staff of Hermitage Health Care Facility, Joe Gouge, Ray Tolley, Employees of Sycamore Shoals Hospital and Dr. Paris. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home. Friends may also call at residence of Kathie Charles Clawson, 175 Bunker Hill Road, Elizabethton.
Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 10:15 a.m. Friday to go to the cemetery. Online condolences to the Whittemore family may be e-mailed to Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge. Antidepressants to receive new warning labels By ANDREW BRIDGES Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON Antidepressants increase the risk of suicidal behavior for people up to age 24, the government said Wednesday. It plans new warning labels, and says users of all ages should be closely monitored.
The label change proposed Wednesday would expand a warning now on the antidepressants that applies only to children and adolescents. The Food and Drug Administration presented its plan to update the drug labels. at a meeting of outside advisers on the issue. They endorsed the plan. The FDA also stressed that patients of all ages should continue to be carefully monitored for signs of suicidal tendencies when they are beginning treatment on the drugs.
Public reaction was split, with some saying the changes were overdue and others arguing they could keep drugs from those who need them. In emotional testimony illustrated at times by slides of family photos, relatives of suicide victims pleaded for the new warnings. Suzanne Gonzalez, shouting and in tears, goaded the panel to action, telling the experts that her 40-year-old husband who had been taking Paxil shot himself. "I wake up every morning thinking, 'Oh my God, he's dead. He is freaking Do you wake up and think, 'How many people are going to die today because I am doing Gonzalez asked.
Still, mental health experts worry that additional warnings could curtail use of the drugs and ultimately do more harm than good. Dr. John Mann, a Columbia University psychiatrist, suggested simply replacing the proposed expanded warnings with the recommendation that doctors more closely monitor their patients. "We can do more good by providing more treatment for depressed children and adults," Mann said. The FDA proposed the changes after completing a review that found use of the drugs may increase the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior among young adults 18 to 24, as well as among younger patients.
Psychiatrists testified Wednesday that the 2004 addition of a warning for children led to a falloff in antidepressant prescriptions being written for patients under 18 and an increase in suicides in that age group. Still, overall use of antidepressants continues to grow, with nearly 190 million prescriptions dispensed in the United States last year, according to IMS Health, a health care information company. That suggests doctors have placed more weight on the long-term benefits of the drugs than on any short-term risks, said Dr. Thomas Laughren, director of the FDA's division of psychiatry products. Expanding the "black box" or other warnings on the drugs could dissuade patients from seeking or starting treatment, mental health experts said.
They warned that people with untreated depression about half of those who suffer from the disease face an estimated 15 percent greater likelihood of death by suicide. The FDA recently completed a review of 372 involving about 100,000 and 11 antidepressants, including Lexapro, Zoloft, Prozac and Paxil. When the results were analyzed by age, it became clear there was an elevated though small and short-term risk for suicidal thoughts and behavior among adults 18 to 24, the FDA said in documents released ahead of Wednesday's meeting of its psychopharmacologic drugs advisory committee. Johnson City Press Vol. 87 No.
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