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- SISSON, BEULAH MARIE - age 98, a resident of the Coalfield community,passed away Monday, May 1, 2006 at the NHC Healthcare Center in OakRidge. She was born July 30, 1907 in Petros, Tennessee and was a lifelong resident of the area. Mrs. Sisson was a faithful member ofPleasant Grove Baptist Church & was very active in the Bertha SundaySchool class. She was co-founder and Past Vice President of CoalfieldSenior Citizen Club & was very active as long as her health permitted.Beulah had a great love for people. Her family & friends were veryspecial to her. She always looked forward to each visit and treasuredspending time with each one who came by, whether family, churchfriends or someone she had never met. She loved quilting & crorochetingin her spare time while she was able. Preceded in death by herhusband, William David Sisson; two sons, William David Sisson, Jr.,Ronnie Lynn Sisson; parents, Harry & Tilda Mullins White; brothers,Roy & Ed White. Survivors: children, Ruth Huddleston of Coalfield,Warren Sisson & wife, Janice of Oak Ridge, Harry Sisson & wife,Marilyn of Marietta, GA, Wendell Quinton Sisson of Marietta, GA, PerrySisson & wife, Penney of Cohutta, GA; daughter-in-law, Patsy Sisson ofOak Ridge; grandchildren, Lanny Huddleston & wife, Cherrie, KarenMayes & husband, Dean, Lois Edmonds & husband, Daniel, Kim Sisson &wife, Karen, Reggie Sisson, Danny Sisson, Jeffrey Sisson & wife,Barbara, Mike Sisson & wife, Lisa, Amber Sisson, Mark Sisson & wife,Fran, Tony Sisson, Mylissa Buttram & husband, Ray;great-grandchildren, Julia Funk & husband, Eric, Jennifer Whitten &husband, Charles, Tara Wilson, Loren Huddleston, Misty Hasty &husband, Neil, Sunshine Naramore & husband, Curtis, Hope Mayes,Katharine Mayes, Erika Edmonds, Grant & Dustin Sisson, MycyleMcConnehey & wife, Annie, Natalie Craze, Christin Hensley & husband,Matt, Erica Sisson, Samantha Sisson, Haley Sisson, Jeanna Sisson,Taylor Savors; great-great-grandchildren, Sydney Funk, Katlin Whitten,Emily Whitten, Luke Hasty, Annabelle Hasty, Liam Hensley, GavinHensley, Diana McConnehey, Marshall McConnehey; several nieces,nephews and extended family members; special nieces, Betty Justice,Dorothy Hall & husband, Luke; spepecial nephew, James Sisson; specialfriends, Preacher Mack Smith & wife, Pat, David Lindsay & wife, Ann,Joe Teague & wife, Karen, Bobbie Hill, Nancy Braski, Eva Dean Sampsel,Dwight & Jackie Maston, Louise Crowe, Dorothy Grider, Dr. JoelPerkersonon; friends at the Coalfield Senior Citizen Center, Nancy Byrge& husband, Lonnie; the Youth Department of Mt. Carmel PresbyterianChurch. Mrs. Sisson's family wishes to extend special thanks to Dr.Joel Perkerson, the fifth floor nurses, ICU nursees & staff at theMethodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge. They also wish to thank all thestaff & physicians at the NHC Healthcare Center in Oak Ridge for alltheir care during her stay there. The family will receive friends 6:00- 8:00 pm, Wednesday, May 3, 2006 at Pleasant Grove Baptist Churchwith funeral service following at 8:00 pm, at the church with Rev.Mack Smith, Rev. Neil Hasty & Rev. Todd Hardin officiating. Gravesideservice will be held 11:00 am, Thursday at the Estes Cemetery inCoalfield. Sharp Funeral Home of Oliver Springs in charge of all thearrangements. [Knoxville News Sentinel]
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