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Obituary Published on Saturday, November 7, 2009
Barbara Blevins - JOHNSON CITY
Barbara Joan Pickering Blevins, 70, 606 Pardee Street, Johnson City, passed away Thursday, November 5, 2009, in the Johnson City Medical Center.
Ms. Blevins was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late John and Olive Stout Pickering. In addition to her parents, one daughter, Ruby Blevins, also preceded her in death.
She was a member of the King Springs Baptist Church.
Survivors include: two sons, James Ellis and his wife, Marsha, of Johnson City, and Robert Blevins, of Johnson City; four daughters, Tommie Sue Metcalf and her husband, Timothy, of Johnson City, Lisa Dawn Barnett and her husband, Jeffery, of Jonesborough, Michelle Tolley, of Johnson City, and Amy Brown and her husband, Phillip, of Mooresburg, TN; one brother, Glenn Pickering and his wife, Judy, of Jonesborough; three sisters, Tonya Barnett and her husband, Donald, of Telford, Dolores Williams and her husband, Lloyd, of Bluff City, and Julia Patricia Taylor, of Elizabethton; several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
On November 5, 2009, our Heavenly Father came to give an angel her wings to fly home. She was the greatest blessing anyone could ever ask for. She spent her entire life devoted to raising her children and helping others. She knew no such thing as a stranger. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother, sister and friend. We will miss you each and every day until we meet again. We hold you close in our hearts. We know that you will continue watching over us. May peace and happiness be yours now.
The funeral service for Ms. Blevins will be conducted at 2 PM Saturday, November 7, 2009, in the Morris-Baker South Chapel. Rev. Bob Edmonds will officiate.
The graveside committal service will follow in the Monte Vista Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. The family will receive friends from 12 to 2 PM prior to the service.
Memories and condolences may be sent to the Blevins family via www.morrisbaker.com.
Morris-Baker Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 2001 Oakland Avenue, Johnson City, is serving the Blevins family. (423) 282-1521