DEATHS/FUNERALS
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■ Max Chandler
Max Edward Chandler, age 76, of
Limestone, TN, passed away on Tuesday,
May 27, 2014, at
Johnson
City
Medical Center.
He was a native
of Unicoi County
and a son of the
late Emerson and
Bertha Chandler.
He was a farmer
and loved fishing.
Max
was
a
member
of
Max Chandler
Fishery Church of
the Nazarene,
Erwin, TN.
In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by wife, Brenda Chandler;
son, Terry Lee Chandler; and a son-inlaw, Danny Lee Ray.
Max has left behind to cherish his
memories: Daughter: Lisa Chandler
Ray, of Limestone, TN; Granddaughter:
Brianna Lee Baker Ray, of Limestone,
TN; Grandson: Jacob Vance Ray, of
Limestone, TN.
A visitation period to share memories
and offer support to the family of Max
Edward Chandler will be held on Friday,
June 6, 2014, at Valley Funeral Home
from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM.
A committal service will be held at
11:00 AM Saturday, June 7, 2014, in
New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery.
Reverend Bill Ponder will officiate.
Those who will be attending will meet at
New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery by
10:50 AM on Saturday. Active pallbearers will be Curtis Laws, Jimmy
Gurtery, Joseph Silvers, Devin Darnell,
Lynn Bowens and Danny Landers.
Honorary pallbearer will be Gary Lee
Willis.
Condolences and memories may be
shared with the family and viewed at
www.valleyfuneralhome.net.
These arrangements are made especially for the family and friends of Max
Chandler through Valley Funeral Home,
1085 N. Main Ave, Erwin. 423-7439187
■ Ewing Robert
Livesay
KINGSPORT — Ewing Robert Livesay,
86, of Kingsport, went to be with the
Lord peacefully
on Monday, June
2, 2014, surrounded
by
family.
A graveside service will be held
on Thursday at
11:00 a.m. at
East
Lawn
Memorial Park.
Military Rites will
Ewing Robert
be conducted by
Livesay
American Legion
Posts 3/265.
Honorary pallbearers will be the
Pleasant View Baptist Church, men’s
Sunday school class.
Memorial contributions can be made
to Pleasant View Baptist Church, 2101
Stadium Drive, Kingsport, TN 37664.
Please visit www.hamlettdobson.com
to leave an online condolence for the
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Regional Deaths
■ Burl Baker, 86, Wise, Va.
■ Basil Beverly, 91, Kingsport
■ Norma Madeline Bowlin,
89, Kingsport
■ Wilma Sue Carroll Cannon,
85, Bristol
■ Oscar H. Christian, 77, Gate
City, Va.
■ Carl E. Culbertson, 89,
Nickelsville, Va.
■ Michael A. Fugarino, 54,
Kingsport
■ Otis Gillenwater, 90,
Kingsport
■ Herman Hollie Greer, 70,
Surgoinsville
■ Willie Mary Jane Hale, 101,
Castlewood, Va.
■ Sue E. Quillen Hall,
Kingsport
■ Mary Jane Taylor Hensley,
64, Church Hill
■ Rick Jones, 56, Rogersville
■ Paul D. Layne, 59,
Rogersville
■ Nicholas Taliaferro Massie,
33, Kingsport
■ Gene Ogle, 65, Rogersville
■ Sam Livingston Pearson,
89, Kingsport
■ Esther Robbins, 90, Keokee,
Va.
■ James Alan Shelton, 53,
Church Hill
■ Cephas Sloan Sr., Kingsport
■ Steven Everette Willis, 41,
Smyrna, Ga.
These obituaries can be viewed in
today’s edition of the Kingsport TimesNews and online at www.timesnews.net.
family.
Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes,
Kingsport, is serving the family of Ewing
Robert Livesay.
■ Diane McDonald
BLUFF CITY — Mrs. Diane McDonald,
56, Bluff City, passed away Saturday,
May 31, 2014.
Arrangements are incomplete at this
time.
Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home and
Cremation Services, 753-3821
■ Hazel Rice
Mrs. Hazel Donaldson Rice, 84,
Johnson City, passed away Tuesday,
June 4, 2014, in
the
Select
Specialty Hospital
in Bristol.
Hazel was born
in Louisville, GA,
and was the
daughter of the
late Hazel and
Dee Donaldson.
She attended
Shorter College in
Hazel Rice
Rome, GA, and
graduated from
ETSU in 1975.
Hazel worked as a substitute teacher
in the Johnson City school system
before her retirement.
Hazel was an active member of
Watauga Avenue Presbyterian Church
and was an elder in the church for many
years. She volunteered at the Hands
On! Museum and the Gray Fossil
Museum. She also participated in
Questors Book Club, Johnson City Junior
Service League and several bridge
clubs.
Hazel was very dedicated to her
family, friends and community. She was
a very faithful friend and will be greatly
missed by all who knew her.
In addition to her parents, she was
preceded in death by her husband,
Bailey Rice; and son, Steve Rice.
She is survived by: four children,
Devereux Rice and his wife, Tina,
Kingsport, Martha Shaw and her husband, Jan, Kingsport, Sam Rice and
Sandy Klopfenstein, Jacksonville, FL,
and Susanne Poythress and her husband, Kevin, Raleigh, NC; 13 grandchildren, Melissa Rice and her husband,
Casey Dreier, Pasadena, CA, Sam Rice,
Anchorage, AK, Jason Murray and his
wife, Emma, Seattle, WA, Rachel Murray,
Orlando, FL, Megan Murray, Kingsport,
Bailey, Taylor and Austin Poythress,
Raleigh, NC, Dallas and Amy King,
Kingsport, Tim Shaw and his wife,
Sharon, Maryland, Courtney Shaw,
Greensboro, NC, and Katelyn Shaw,
Kingsport; four great grandchildren,
Jackson Gillis, Kingsport, Tristan Powell,
Maryland, Kai Marshall, Greensboro,
NC, and Abby Shaw, Maryland; one
brother, Sam Donaldson and his wife,
Anne, Atlanta, GA; and many wonderful
nieces, nephews, and friends.
The family of Hazel Donaldson Rice
will receive friends from 6 PM to 8 PM
Thursday, June 5, 2014, in Morris-Baker
Funeral Home.
The committal service will be conducted at 11:45 AM Friday, June 6,
2014, in Monte Vista Memorial Park.
A memorial service will follow at 1 PM
Friday at Watauga Avenue Presbyterian
Church. George L. Rolling, Pastor will
officiate. Family and friends are
requested to meet at the cemetery for
the committal service and meet at the
church for the memorial service.
For those who wish, memorials may
be made to Watauga Avenue
Presbyterian Church, 610 East Watauga
Ave., Johnson City, TN 37601. (423)
926-7942
Memories and condolences may be
sent to the Rice family via www.morrisbaker.com.
Morris-Baker Funeral Home and
Cremation Services, 2001 Oakland
Avenue, Johnson City, is serving the
Rice family. (423) 282-1521
OBITUARY POLICY
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Funeral Homes and there is a
charge for their publication. To
submit an obituary for publication, please contact the arranging
funeral home. For more information, call the Johnson City Press
classified advertising department, 722-0509.
■ Delores Louise
Thornberry
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Delores Louise
Thornberry, age 85, of Asheville, N.C.,
went home to
receive her heavenly reward on
June 2, 2014, surrounded by family
members at her
residence
following a long illness.
Delores loved
her Lord and
Savior
Jesus
Delores Louise
Christ. Her pasThornberry
sion for music,
both vocal and playing the piano, was
an inspiration for her family and
friends.
She was born in Johnson City,
Tennessee, later relocating to Asheville,
N.C., with her husband and children.
She was the daughter of the late
Monnie Gobble Pickel and Blaine Henry
Pickel. In addition to her parents, she is
preceded in death by sister, Charlotte
Dean of Knoxville, Tennessee; and
brother, Fred Pickel, of Johnson City,
Tennessee.
She graduated from Science Hill High
School in Johnson City, Tennessee, and
later graduated from Tennessee
Weslyan College (TWC) in Athens,
Tennessee. During her tenure as a student at TWC she majored in voice and
won the title of Miss TWC Beauty
Pageant.
She was a member of Skyland United
Methodist Church and had been a very
active member in the choir, Sunday
School class and the Women’s Circle.
She was an avid reader, enjoyed
playing tennis, gardening and the outdoors. She and her husband were supportive of many charities and local
agencies in time of need.
In addition to her parents, she leaves
behind to cherish her memory, her husband, James Robert Sr.; son, Rob
Thornberry Jr. and wife, Debra; daughter,
Teresa Peterson and husband, Stan;
grandchildren included are grandson,
Taylor Lovell, and granddaughter,
Megan Brooks; brothers, Lee Roy Pickel
and wife, Mildred, Jimmy Pickel and
wife, Jean of Johnson City, Tennessee,
George Pickel and wife, Pat, of Farragut,
Tennessee; sister, Janice Burgess and
husband, Jim Fields, of Raleigh, N.C.
The family would like to extend a
special “Thank You” to Hospice and
Memorial Mission Hospital’s professional staff and support personnel for
the care and their compassion for
Delores during her time of illness.
A private family service will be held at
Morris-Baker Funeral Home North
Chapel in Johnson City, Tennessee,
Friday, June 6, 2014, at 2:00 PM.
A procession will be leaving the
funeral home at 2:45 PM to Monte
Vista Memorial Park Cemetery for graveside committal service. Pastor Keith
Turman officiating.
Memories and condolences may be
shared with the Thornberry family via
www.morrisbaker.com.
Morris-Baker Funeral Home and
Cremation Services, 2001 E. Oakland
Ave., Johnson City, is serving the
Thornberry family. (423) 282-1521
■ Shirley Dean Tipton
Shirley Dean Tipton, 78, of Gray,
Tennessee, passed away Tuesday, June
3, 2014, at the
Johnson
City
Medical Center in
Johnson
City,
Tennessee.
She was a
native
of
Washington
County and the
daughter of the
late Floyd and
Shirley Dean Tipton Anna Mae Stout
Tyree.
She was of
Baptist faith.
Shirley enjoyed following the Atlanta
Braves baseball team, the beach and
loved her children and grandchildren
very much.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by: husband, Wiley
Tipton; sister, Eula Mae Tyree Chancellor;
sister, Betty Tyree Harrison; brother,
Cecil Tyree.
Survivors include: son, Wiley Richard
Tipton (wife, Anita) of Friendsville, TN;
son, Scotty Joe Tipton (wife, Beth), of
Gray, TN; son, Tony Ray Tipton (wife,
Lee), of Gray, TN; son, Eric Todd Tipton
(wife, Angie), of Piney Flats, TN; daughter,
Kellie Lynn Grizzle (husband, Mike), of
Bristol, TN; thirteen grandchildren; three
great grandchildren.
The family of Shirley Dean Tipton will
receive friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00
PM Friday, June 6, 2014, in the MorrisBaker North Chapel.
The funeral service will follow at 8:00
PM with the Pastor Brian Holloway officiating. Pallbearers will be family mem-
GUN
bers.
Family and friends are asked to meet
at the funeral home Saturday, June 7,
2014 by 10:30 AM to go in procession
to the Monte Vista Memorial Park for
11:00 AM graveside committal service.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of
America, 322 Eighth Ave., New York, NY
10001.
Memories and condolences may be
shared with the Tipton family via www.
morrisbaker.com.
Morris-Baker Funeral Home and
Cremation Services, 2001 E. Oakland
Ave., Johnson City, is serving the Tipton
family. (423) 282-1521
Last original
Code Talker
dies at age 93
■ Dokie Nelson Guy
Townsend
By FELICIA FONSECA
BUTLER — Dokie Nelson Guy
Townsend, 82, 4897 Highway 321,
Butler, formerly of
Elizabethton,
passed
away
Tuesday, June 3,
2014, at her residence.
A native of
Carter County,
she
was
a
daughter of the
late Alex and Clara
Dokie Nelson Guy Clemons Ward.
She was a homeTownsend
maker. She was a
member of Hopson Chapel Free Will
Baptist Church but attended Little
Mountain Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was
preceded in death by three husbands:
Homer Nelson, Charlie Guy and Dennis
Townsend; and her sisters: Louise
Millsaps and Patsy Tester; and one
brother: Herman Ward.
Survivors include a daughter: Ruby
Faye Proffitt, of the home; A Son: Homer
Allen Nelson and his wife, Faye Snowden
Nelson,
Elizabethton;
Three
Grandchildren: Johnny Nelson, Michael
Guy and Amanda Graybeal; Her Great
Grandchildren: Blake Scott Graybeal,
David Colton Graybeal and McKala
Radcliffe; A Sister: Sally Hudson,
Elizabethton; Her Brothers: Rev. Jack
Ward, Chandler, North Carolina, and Ed
Ward, Johnson City; Several Nieces &
Nephews; Her special friend: Ruby
Whitehead.
Funeral Services will be conducted at
8 p.m. Friday in Memorial Funeral
Chapel with the Rev. Jack Ward officiating.
Graveside Service and Interment will
be at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 7, 2014,
in the Tri-Cities Memorial Gardens,
Blountville. Music will be provided by
Jeff Millsaps. Active Pallbearers, who
are requested to assemble at the
funeral home at 10:15 a.m. Saturday,
will be: Michael Guy, Johnny Nelson, Joe
Tester, Leon Guy, Danny Ward and
David Graybeal.
The family would like to express a
special “Thank You” to Dr. Sheryl Pack
and Staff, The Staff of Mountain States
Home Care and Mandy Ward, Latoya
Perry and Penny Whitehead.
The family will receive friends from 6
to 8 p.m. Friday in the funeral home.
Friends may also visit with the family at
her residence. Family and friends will
assemble at the funeral home at 10:15
a.m. Saturday to go to the cemetery.
Condolences may be emailed to
[email protected].
Memorial Funeral Chapel is serving
the Townsend family.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The language he once was punished for
speaking in school became
Chester Nez’s primary weapon in
World War II.
Before hundreds of men from
the Navajo Nation became Code
Talkers, Nez and 28 others were
recruited to develop a code based
on the then-unwritten Navajo language. Locked in a room for 13
weeks, they came up with an initial glossary of more than 200
terms using Navajo words for red
soil, war chief, braided hair and
hummingbird, for example, and
an alphabet.
Nez never tired of telling the
story to highlight his pride in
having served his country and
stress the importance of preserving the Navajo language. The
93-year-old died Wednesday
morning of kidney failure with
plenty of appearances still scheduled, said Judith Avila, who helped
Nez publish his memoirs. He was
the last of the original group of 29
Navajo Code Talkers.
“It’s one of the greatest parts of
history that we used our own native
language during World War II,”
Nez told The Associated Press in
2009. “We’re very proud of it.”
Navajo President Ben Shelly
ordered flags lowered across
the reservation in honor of Nez
from sunrise today to sunset
Sunday.
Nez was in 10th grade when he
lied about his age to enlist in the
U.S. Marine Corps not knowing
he would become part of an elite
group of Code Talkers. He wondered whether the code would
work since the Japanese were
skilled code breakers.
Few non-Navajos spoke the
Navajo language, and even those
who did couldn’t decipher the
code. It proved impenetrable. The
Navajos trained in radio communications were walking copies of
it. Each message read aloud by a
Code Talker immediately was
destroyed.
“The Japanese did everything
in their power to break the code
but they never did,” Nez said in
the AP interview.
Nez grew up speaking only
Navajo in Two Wells, New Mexico,
on the eastern side of the Navajo
Nation. He gained English as a
second language while attending
boarding school, where he had his
mouth washed out with soap for
speaking Navajo.
When a Marine recruiter came
looking for young Navajos who
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were fluent in Navajo and English
to serve in World War II, Nez said
he told his roommate “let’s try it
out.” The dress uniforms caught
his attention, too.
“They were so pretty,” Nez
said.
About 250 Navajos showed up
at Fort Defiance, then a U.S.
Army base. But only 29 were
selected to join the first all-Native
American unit of Marines. They
were inducted in May 1942 and
became the 382nd Platoon tasked
with developing the code. At the
time, Navajos weren’t even
allowed to vote.
After World War II, Nez volunteered to serve two more years
during the Korean War. He retired
in 1974 after a 25-year career as a
painter at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Albuquerque. His artwork
featuring 12 Navajo holy people
was on display at the hospital.
For years, Nez’s family and
friends knew only that he fought
the Japanese during World War II.
Nez was eager to tell his family
more about his role as a Code
Talker, Avila said, but he couldn’t.
Their mission wasn’t declassified
until 1968.
The accolades came much later.
The original group received
Congressional Gold Medals in
2001 and Nez often joked about
pawning his. He measured the
accuracy
of
the
movie
“Windtalkers,” based on the Code
Talkers that came out the following year, at 78 percent and
said the Navajo spoken by Adam
Beach was hard to understand
but “he tried his best.”
Code Talkers have appeared on
television and at parades and they
are routinely asked to speak to
veterans groups and students.
They are celebrated on the Navajo
Nation with a tribal holiday.
Nez threw the opening pitch at
a 2004 Major League Baseball
game and offered a blessing for
the presidential campaign of John
Kerry. In 2012, he received a
bachelor’s degree from the
University of Kansas, where he
abandoned his studies in fine arts
decades ago after tuition assistance he received for his military
service ran out.
U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin
Heinrich, and Rep. Ben Ray
Lujan, of New Mexico, praised
Nez for his bravery and service
to the United States in a statement Wednesday. The Code
Talkers took part in every assault
the Marines conducted in the
Pacific, sending thousands of
messages without error on
Japanese troop movements and
battlefield tactics.
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Net sales for the entire Jack
Daniel’s brand increased 8 percent for the full year, excluding
currency swings, the company
said. Jack Daniel’s Tennessee
Honey crossed the 1 million case
milestone during the year, it said.
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