2A, Johnson City Press Wednesday, June 30, 2004 Jacob Francisco Jacob Luis Francisco, age 6, 2121 Sinking Creek Road, Johnson City, died Tuesday, June 29, 2004, at the Johnson City Medical Center: Jacob was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City and a son of William Louis and Juanita Victoria Gallegos Jacob Francisco Francisco, of the home. He attended Cherokee Elementary School. His maternal grandmother, Rosa Vargas, preceded Jacob in death. In addition to his parents, Jacob is survived by: his brother, Joshua Miguel Francisco, of the home; paternal grandparents, William B. and Marilyn Francisco, of Byrdstown, TN; maternal grandfather, Sixto Gallegos, of Milagro, Ecuador; three uncles, Carlos Gallegos, Danbury, CT, Manuel Gallegos, Milagro, Ecuador, and Sixto Gallegos, Johnson City; five aunts, Annette Irwin, Lansing, MI, Carmen Buenano, Elisa Chacon, Sarita Gallegos and Patricia Reynoso, all of Milagro, Ecuador; cousins, Brittany and Courtney Irwin, Lansing, MI, Christopher Gallegos, of Johnson City, and numerous additional cousins in Ecuador.
The family of Jacob Francisco will receive friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Thursday at Morris-Baker. A Mass of Resurrection for Jacob will be conducted 11:00 AM Friday at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Father Christian Mathis will officiate. For those who wish, the family requests that memorials be made to the Lois Joy Galler Foundation for Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, 734 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, NY 11747.
The family wishes to extend special thanks to the physicians and staff of the Pediatric of the Johnson City Medical Center. Condolences may be sent to the family via www.morrisbaker.com. Morris-Baker Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Oakland Avenue, Johnson City, is serving the family. (423) 282-1521 I Helen Erwin ERWIN Mrs. Helen Wallace Erwin, age 95, Erwin Health Care Center, formerly of 312 New Erwin, passed away Tuesday, June 29, 2004, at the Center following an extended illness.
Mrs. Erwin was a Knoxville, native, having lived in Narrows, West Virginia, before moving to Erwin in 1950. She was a daughter of the late C.E. Nellie Clark Birchfield. Mrs.
Erwin was homemaker. She was of the Methodist faith. Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Herbert F. Wallace her second husband, Dennis Erwin; and two sons, Herbert F.Wallace Jr. and Clark Wallace.
Survivors include: Three Granddaughters Two Gr Law: Shereen Wallace and Lisa Danny Webb, all of Erwin, Marlo Sam LaPorte, Elizabethton; Two Great Grandchildren: Katie LaPorte and Drew LaPorte, Both of Elizabethton. At her request Mrs. Erwin will be cremated and a private memorial service will be held at a later date. Erwin Memorial Funeral Home, 1015 N. Main Erwin, is in charge of the arrangements, 743-1390.
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Lawrence Hale Mr. Lawrence Jessee Hale, age 57, 4887 N. Roan, Gray, died Tuesday, June 29,2004, at the Johnson City Medical Center: Mr. Hale was a Washington County native and son of Pauline Hale, Johnson City, and the late Bill Hale. He attended Cedar Creek Baptist Church.
Mr. Hale was a roofer. In addition to his mother, survivors include his wife, Nancy Annette White Hale, of the home; six daughters, Carolyn Hale, Johnson City, Barbara Widner, Elizabethton, Debra Jones, Johnson City, Sonja Barker, Limestone, Brandy Hale, Boones Creek, and Rebecca Chambers, Limestone; three sons, Donnie White, Kingsport, Howard Morrell, Gray, and Eddie Archer, Bristol; one brother, jimmy Hale, Boones Creek; one sister, Mary Hammons, Johnson City; father mother-in-law, Luther Margie Gobble, Bluff City, several grandchildren, greatgrandchildren and nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home Cremation Services, Jonesborough, 753- 3821 Maxie Mullins Maxie Nelle Hawkins Mullins, age 80, passed away Sunday, June 27, 2004, at Johnson City Medical Center Hospital.
She was born in and had spent most of her life in Washington County, TN. Mrs. Mullins was retired from North Electric and was a daughter of the late Della Graham Hawkins and George Hawkins. She was a member of Grace Freewill Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Charles "Kay" Mullins; 2 sisters, Ruth Poff and Elgalee Hartman; and brother, Grover Hawkins.
Mrs. Mullins is survived by daughter, Faye Chance, of Johnson City, 4 sons, Allen Hawkins and wife, Elizabeth, and Randy Mullins and wife, Brenda, all of Johnson City, Gene Mullins and wife, Linda, and Jerry Mullins and wife, Cheryl, all of Jonesborough; 2 sisters, Thelma Depriest, of Carter and Raye Lloyd; brother, Raymond Hawkins, of Erwin; 12 grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be the Men of Grace Freewill Baptist Church. The family will receive friends Tuesday evening, June 29, 6-8 p.m., in the Gray Funeral Home Chapel. Services will be held at 8 p.m.
with Rev Curtis Hurt and Rev. Talmadge Brown officiating. Graveside services will be held Wednesday at 11. am. in the Fairview Cemetery.
The family wishes to express a special thank you to nurse Becky Gentry, in I.C.U., for her kindness and care to Mrs. Mullins. E-mail condolences may be sent to the Mullins family to Gray Funeral Home is serving the Mullins family. 477-3171 or 239-6622. Bunnie Stallard BIG STONE GAP, Va.
Bunnie R. Stallard, 89, died Monday, June 28, 2004, following a lengthy illness. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Harley T. Stallard; and two infant children. Mrs.
Stallard was a retired elementary school teacher and a talented seamstress. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Big Stone Gap and of the Northside Baptist Church, Dade City, FL. Surviving are sons, Harley T. Stallard of Hartville, TN, Robert Stallard, of Christiansburg, VA, Michael Stallard, of Sacramento, CA, and Larry Stallard, of Mt. Sterling, KY; daughters, Anita Dorton, of Jonesborough, TN, Nancy Wampler, of Big Stone Gap, and Addie Crawley, of Catawba, VA; 13 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Stallard is also survived by sisters, Butis Bledsoe, of Brooksville, FL, and Kasel Westbrook, of Dade City, FL; and a brother, Vermland Robinette, of Brooksville, FL. Family will receive friends from 6-8 PM Friday at Holding Funeral Home in Big Stone Gap. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 AM Saturday in the Holding Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Robert officiating, Burial will follow in Powell Valley Memorial Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Activities Department, Grace Healthcare and Rehab Center, 600 Wallen Abingdon, VA 24210, Attn: Violet Moore. Holding Funeral Home, Big Stone Gap, VA, is in charge. Gary Spears HUBERT, N.C. Gary Steven Spears, 56, of Hubert, died June 28, Shape Up! Slim Down! Come to Phenteramine TN's Best Weight Loss CALL NOW! (24 423-543-1883 423-737-3300 helpful message 2004, at his residence. A memorial service will be held Thursday, July 1, 2004, at 3:00 PM at Jones Funeral Home Chapel in Jacksonville.
Mr. Spears was a lifetime member of the Gary Spears DAV of Jacksonville. Before retiring from the USMC as a Master Sergeant, he served 3 tours in Vietnam. He is survived by his wife, Sharon Burke Spears, of the home; son, Eric Steven Spears and his wife, Jessica, of Fall Branch, TN; grandson, Corey Steven Spears, of Fall Branch, TN; mother-in-law, Mae Burke, of Fall Branch, TN; and several cousins. The family will receive friends Thursday following the service at 3:30 PM until 5:00 PM.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Hubert Fire Department, P.O. Box 57, Hubert, NC 28539. Internet condolences may be sent to the family at Arrangements are by Jones Funeral Home in Jacksonville. Gilbert Stout ELIZABETHTON Gilbert H. Stout, 82, 118 Ridgewood Lane, Elizabethton, went home to be with his Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and his loving wife of 60 years, whom he missed so much, on the 29th day of June 2004, at the James H.
Quillen VA Gilbert Stout Medical Center. Now they are together again forever, and they will never have to part again. Dad was a loving father and grandpa and great Grandpa. He loved his God, and his family so much. He was an active church member.
He set a wonderful example for us to follow. We loved dad with all our heart and we will miss him terribly, but he's with mom again, and happy now, for he missed her so much. A native of Butler, Tennessee, he was a son of the late Abraham and Linnie Pardue Stout. He was a retired employee of North American Rayon Corporation. Mr.
Stout was a Veteran of World War I1, serving in the U.S. Army in the Soloman Islands. He was a member of the Roan Street Free Will Baptist Church. He helped found the Valley Forge House of Prayer and served as a Deacon there for many years. He was preceded in death by seven brothers and sisters, fifteen halfbrothers and sisters and his wife, Aness Imogene Stout on April 2, 2004.
Survivors include Two Daughters and One Son-in-law: Barbara Phyllis Mac Grindstaff and Marion Jane Stout, all of Elizabethton: Three Sons Daughters-in-law; Larry Gilbert and Pat Stout, Elizabethton, Gary Mason Helen Stout, Watauga, William Thomas Vivian Stout, Kingsport; 10 Grandchildren and 10 GreatGrandchildren. Funeral Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Thursday in Memorial Funeral Chapel with Pastor Gary Perkins and Pastor Rick Price officiating Graveside Service and Interment will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the National Cemetery, Mountain Home. The Montgomery Family will provide the music.
Pallbearers will be family and friends. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home. Friends may also call at his residence. V.FE.W.
Post 2166 will conduct Military Graveside Honors. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 10:15 a.m. Friday to go to the cemetery. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge. Charles Tilley Charles L.
Tilley, 86, of Sundale Road, died Tuesday, June 29, 2004, in James H. Quillen VA Medical Center in Mountain Home. A native of Yancey County, NC, he was a son of the late Thomas and Nellie Bennett Tilley. He was a World War I1 Army Veteran and a retired motel owner and operator. Surviving are his wife: Effie Renfro Tilley; 2 daughters: Linda Ward and husband, Joe, of Texarkana, Texas, and Dianna Howell, of Jonesborough; a son: Ivan Tilley, of Johnson City; 3 grandchildren: Deborah Farmer, of Texarkana, Amy Ervin, of Jonesborough, and Jennifer Rhew, of Chicago, Illinois; and 5 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Thursday in the Chapel of Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home, Burnsville, NC. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery at Horton Hill. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. HAVE YOUR HEARING TESTED Call Dr. Daniel R.
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But the loophole allows them to receive Social Security benefits if their last day of work before retirement is in a job covered by Social Security. School districts around the state helped teachers out by hiring them to work janitorial or maintenance jobs for just a day. The loophole ends today. Junior high school principal Margie Nancarrow said she wanted to spend at least two more years at her school in suburban Dallas, but the benefits were too tempting at a time of soaring costs for health insurance and prescription drugs. "I'm not wanting to do anything extravagant," said Nancarrow, who spent her last day before retirement moving furniture.
"I just want to live a modest lifestyle and take care of myself and not be a burden on anyone else." The loophole allows teachers to double-dip into retirement benefits and collect both their state pension and Social Security money. By doing the janitor work, they become eligible to receive Social Security spousal benefits equal to one-half of their spouse's monthly Social Security check. For Margie Nancarrow worked one day as a janitor to be able to double dip in retirement. instance, if a teacher's husband receives $1,000 a month from Social Security, she would get $500 while also receiving a monthly pension check. Congress changed the law in February after auditors estimated that the loophole could cost the Social Security system $450 million.
Auditors also reported that one-fourth of all Texas public education retirees, or 3,521 people, had used the loophole in 2002. Use of the loophole appears to be on the rise this year as well. The Teacher Retirement System of Texas processed 35 percent more retirements from September through May than it did in the previous year's period. The loophole's use has been most extensively documented in Texas, but there are about 2,300 state and local retirement plans nationwide. Some of those employees could have used the loophole, auditors said.
Some argue that school employees are taking advantage of the system. "The fact that something is technically legal doesn't make it appropriate or ethical," said David John, a research fellow with the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank. "A teacher is supposedly instilling in my children a sense of responsibility and a sense of worth, and you don't see that when you sneak around a rule and find a cute exception." Nancarrow paid the Lindale Independent School District $350 to move furniture in a library so the carpet could be cleaned. She was among 3,500 school workers temporarily employed by the district. She resigned from the Richardson district on June 25 and retired Tuesday after one day of work in Lindale.
Under the new law, teachers will have to work their last five years in a job that pays into Social Security to receive their full spousal benefits. From The Associated Press Grenade found in crying man's car I Device did not contain primer, bomb squad finds. By BEN INGRAM Press Staff Writer ELIZABETHTON A Piney Flats man who police found early Tuesday sitting on the hood of his car crying was found to be sitting on something much more explosive a grenade. After being called to investigate a suspicious person at Burgie Drug Store, 1000 W. Elizabethton police found William Puckett, 21, 447 Bay Hill Drive, Piney Flats, sitting on his car crying.
Puckett told officers he was crying because a friend of his was driving while intoxicated and that he had just lost another friend who was driving under the same conditions. Puckett was given a field sobriety test and officers found he, too, was intoxicated. Puckett was arrested and as officers were conducting an inventory of his car they found the grenade. The grenade still contained the retainer clip and pin. The Johnson City Bomb Squad was called to the scene and upon dismantling the grenade discovered it contained what appeared to be explosive material inside.
The grenade, however, did not contain a primer. Puckett told officers he was a member of the East Tennessee State University ROTC program and that the grenade was a "dummy" grenade. The grenade was determined to be an improvised explosive device. Other items found in the car included a bag of smokless powder like that found i in the grenade, an empty box of blank ammuntion and a 2001 Science Hill High School Yearbook. The yearbook contained several statements by Puckett's classmates referring to his fondness for blowing things up.
Puckett was charged with public intoxication, possession of explosive components and possession of prohibited weapons. He is scheduled to appear in Sessions Court on July 12 at 9 a.m. Woman pleads guilty to arson Eight-year term to include stay at rehabilitation site. By JIM WOZNIAK Press Staff Writer A Johnson City woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to arson and defrauding her insurance company in a 2002 fire at her Johnson City residence. Mary B.
McNeil, 41, 902 Ashley E-9-85, pleaded guilty in Washington County Criminal Court after agreeing to an eight-year sentence that will include about a nine-month stay at a drug rehabilitation facility in Memphis. She has served 17 months in jail, which Judge Lynn Brown applied to her sentence on unrelated bad check charges. Prosecutors contended McNeil set a fire at a former residence, 111 W. Chestnut on Oct. 25, 2002.
Assistant District Attorney General Janet Vest Hardin said she had witnesses who were told McNeil and James Scott White, whose case is still pending, intended to burn down the house and that she had removed important keepsakes in advance. McNeil denied the allegations and said her 11-year-old son told TRI-COUNTY MEDICAL OSTOMY SUPPLIES, INC. Ostomy Supplies By All Leading Manufacturers. Registered Nurse Enterostomal Therapist On Staff James Odom, R.N., E. Owner 1904 Knob Creek Rd.
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She pleaded guilty to trying to collect more than $60,000 from her insurance carrier. White, 21, Johnson City, is charged with aggravated arson, but McNeil told Hardin that he had nothing to do with the fire. Pratt and Hardin also said Come Meet a Friendly Face At the Friendliest Bank In Town! See me about our $99 closing cost special! MEMBER Archer State Franklin SAVINGS BANK KINGSPORT Center Street 240-2100 Heights JOHNSON CITY Kati Strat 926-3 Walnut Street 401-4350 Browns Mall Rested 854-2150 drugs played a role in McNeil's life and the fire and were a reason why the prosecution agreed to a lighter sentence. McNeil said that was not the case. Johnson City Press Vol.
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