Horace V. Curry, Sr.

MR. HORACE VENTON CURRY, SR.- Age 79, Of Chattanooga (formerly of Kingsport), Tennessee passed away Monday, August 17, 2015. He was born July 6, 1936 in Glasgow, Kentucky, a graduate of Kentucky School of Mortuary Science, and employed by Franklin Strickland and Hardwick and Sons Funeral Homes, Chattanooga.

 

He was a member of the Tennessee Funeral Director’s Mortician Association and other local associations.

 

His parents, Green Venton and Susie Burberich Curry, preceded him in death.

 

He is survived by his children, daughters, Gwen (Tyrone) Evans and Coletta (Clarence) Holcomb; son, Horace Venton (Kimberly) Curry, Jr.; brother, A. Frazier (Carla) Curry; four grandsons, two great grandchildren; one niece; one great nephew; a host of other relatives and friends.

 

Homegoing Service will be held Friday, August 21, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. at Union Hill Baptist Church with Pastor Samuel Jackson, Rev. Jimmy Ingram, Eulogist, and other ministers officiating.

 

His remains will lie in state at the church from 5:00 P.M. until the funeral hour. Interment, Highland Cemetery.

 

Please share your thoughts and memories of Mr. Horace Curry, Sr. atwww.willisfuneralhomedalton.com. Arrangements by Willis Funeral Home, Inc., Dalton, Georgia.

Mrs. Beulah M. Banner

Let your light so shine before men, they may see your good works and glorify your Father, which is in Heaven.

KINGSPORT — Beulah Mardean Banner, 91, Kingsport, died on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at Holston Manor. She was born Beulah Jefferson to Callie and Thomas Jefferson on February 26, 1924 in Pickens County, Alabama. She moved to Kingsport in 1953 where she took up cleaning houses.

Beulah was a member of Central Baptist Church and served on the Usher Board for many years.

Beulah was a God fearing woman with a lot of love in her heart. There was never a time when you wouldn’t see kids at her home, everyonewas welcome. We are not mourning her death, we are truly celebrating her life because she was a light in our path.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John Banner; son, James Lee Mullins; and sisters, Mary Edna Greene and Annette Jamison. 

   She leaves to cherish her memory, two sisters, Marie Jefferson and Helen Legrone; brother-in-law, J.C. Jamison; three grandchildren, Curtis, Angela and Aaron Hutcherson; and a host of nieces, nephews, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, as well as friends that will miss her.

The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 6-7:00 pm at Central Baptist Church. The funeral service will follow with Rev. Richardo Dorcean and Rev. Charles Hawkins officiating.

The graveside service will be conducted on Thursday at 10:00 am at Mountain Home National Cemetery.

Please visit www.hamlettdobson.com to leave an online condolence for the family.

Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes, Kingsport is serving the family of Beulah Mardean Banner.