Obituary Published on Saturday, November 7, 2009

Ford English - ROAN MOUNTAIN

ROAN MOUNTAIN – Ford English, age 85, 111 Spring Valley Dr., Roan Mountain, passed away peacefully Friday, November 6, 2009, at Johnson City Medical Center Hospital.

He was a native of Avery County, NC, and a son of the late Jess and Mary Beam English. Mr. English was a carpenter who enjoyed going up on Roan Mountain to spend time.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Sue King English; one daughter: Ada Gobble; six brothers: Clarence and June English, Bakersville, NC, Claude and Jack English, Spruce Pine, NC, Wade English, Salisbury, NC, and Cecil English, Roan Mountain; and two sisters Ellen Sechrist and Bell Turner, both of Salisbury, NC.

Mr. English is survived by two grandchildren: Priscilla (P.J.) Stout and husband, Alan, Chyanne Gobble, all of Elizabethton; one grandson: Weston Stout; one brother: Stuart English, Shawsville, VA; one sister, Georgia Godbey, Avery County, NC; and one nephew: Randy English, Roan Mountain.

The funeral service for Mr. English will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, November 8th, in the Tetrick Funeral Home Rhododendron Chapel with Rev. Randy English and Rev. John Henry McCoury officiating.

Interment will follow in the Johnson-Roanview Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. Honorary pallbearers will be his nephews.

The family will receive friends from 1 until 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel prior to the service.

Those who prefer memorials in lieu of flowers may make donations to Lupus Foundation of America, 4004 Hillsboro Rd. Suite 216-B, Nashville, TN 37215.

Condolences may be sent to the family electronically by visiting www.tetrickfuneralhome.com and signing the guestbook or by fax to 542-9499.

Tetrick Funeral Home, Roan Mountain, is serving the family. Obituary line: 543-4917. Office: 772-3928.