Harold Starnes
September 13, 1926 — November 29, 2007
Harold Starnes
Harold Edward Starnes, 81, passed away Thursday, November 29, 2007, at his residence in Starnes Bluff, Ft. Blackmore, Virginia.
He was born September 13, 1926, in Appalachia, Virginia. Harold served in the U. S. Navy as a radarman on the USS Tennessee from 1944 to 1946. He attended King College and Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science and then worked as a mortician and Funeral Director from 1949 to 1971. He worked as a Millwright from 1971 to 1996 with the last fourteen years at the Y-12 plant in Oak Ridge. Harold was a life member of the VFW and served as a Commander of Post #5266 in Morristown where he was also part of the Honor Guard. He won the All American Post Commander Service Award and then served as the Commander of the First Tennessee District in 1986 and 1987. He was a proud member of the Republican Party serving as Chairman of the Fifth District for six years. He was a member of the Starnes Triennial Association and served as Association Secretary for several years. Harold attended Starnes Bluff United Methodist Church.
Preceding him in death were his parents, Samuel Henry Starnes and Bessie Mowell Starnes; and a sister, Mildred Ann Starnes Hoyle.
Surviving are his wife, Betty Ricker Elliott Starnes, Ft. Blackmore; one son, Dwight E. Starnes and his wife, Karen, Chattanooga, TN; one sister, Wanda Louise ?Tennie? Moscoe, Palm Harbor, Florida; two brothers, Samuel Ray Starnes and wife, Bettye, Salt Lake City, Utah and Thomas Lee Starnes and wife, Sharon, Radford, VA; several nieces and nephews; stepchildren, Patti and Charles White, Steve and Martha Elliott, Jerry and Carla Elliott, Kathy and Clifford Davidson, Emmett and Shirley Elliott; and several step-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. Sunday at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes, Kingsport, with funeral services at 2:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Pastor Marshall Tipton and Rev. Billy J. Carter will officiate. Burial will follow at Holston View Cemetery with military rites by VFW Post #5266 Honor Guard of Morristown, Tennessee. The Color Guard will serve as pallbearers.
He was born September 13, 1926, in Appalachia, Virginia. Harold served in the U. S. Navy as a radarman on the USS Tennessee from 1944 to 1946. He attended King College and Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science and then worked as a mortician and Funeral Director from 1949 to 1971. He worked as a Millwright from 1971 to 1996 with the last fourteen years at the Y-12 plant in Oak Ridge. Harold was a life member of the VFW and served as a Commander of Post #5266 in Morristown where he was also part of the Honor Guard. He won the All American Post Commander Service Award and then served as the Commander of the First Tennessee District in 1986 and 1987. He was a proud member of the Republican Party serving as Chairman of the Fifth District for six years. He was a member of the Starnes Triennial Association and served as Association Secretary for several years. Harold attended Starnes Bluff United Methodist Church.
Preceding him in death were his parents, Samuel Henry Starnes and Bessie Mowell Starnes; and a sister, Mildred Ann Starnes Hoyle.
Surviving are his wife, Betty Ricker Elliott Starnes, Ft. Blackmore; one son, Dwight E. Starnes and his wife, Karen, Chattanooga, TN; one sister, Wanda Louise ?Tennie? Moscoe, Palm Harbor, Florida; two brothers, Samuel Ray Starnes and wife, Bettye, Salt Lake City, Utah and Thomas Lee Starnes and wife, Sharon, Radford, VA; several nieces and nephews; stepchildren, Patti and Charles White, Steve and Martha Elliott, Jerry and Carla Elliott, Kathy and Clifford Davidson, Emmett and Shirley Elliott; and several step-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. Sunday at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes, Kingsport, with funeral services at 2:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Pastor Marshall Tipton and Rev. Billy J. Carter will officiate. Burial will follow at Holston View Cemetery with military rites by VFW Post #5266 Honor Guard of Morristown, Tennessee. The Color Guard will serve as pallbearers.
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