Obit: Ruth Lurlene Davis Pearson
Ruth Lurlene Davis Pearson, 85, Rogersville, Hawkins Co
TN, b. July 16, 1921 Livingston, Overton Co TN, lived in
Wartburg, TN while she was young, d. Tuesday, May 8, 2007,
at Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, Sullivan Co,
TN, after a brief illness.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Lawrence Chism
Davis and Katherine Beatrice Price Davis; brothers,
Lawrence C. Davis, Jr., Thomas (Jack) Davis, Robert H.
Davis; and her sisters, Virginia G. Davis Haynes and
Margaret L. Davis Arnold.Her husband, William (Bill)
Pearson, Jr., passed away in 1981.
Surviving her are her sister, Gladys Davis Garrett
(Creed), Knoxville, TN; her five children, William C.
(Bill) Pearson, III, Stephen Douglas (Doug) Pearson,
Carolyn (Adelaide) Pearson Copeland, David Kevin Pearson,
and Darran Eric Pearson, all of Rogersville TN; daughters-
in-law, Julia R. Pearson (Bill), Lisa B. Pearson, Karen
Pearson (David), and Lola Pearson (Darran); sisters-in-
law, June Davis (Lawrence) and Jane Davis (Jack);
grandchildren, William C. (Neil) Pearson, IV, Amy J.
Pearson Ruffner (Rory), Ellen L. Pearson, Andrew T. (Andy)
Pearson, Samuel J. (Sam) Pearson, Angela R. Copeland
Johnson (Geoff), Bobby J. Copeland (Melissa, "Sam"),
Keegan A. Pearson, Spencer L. Pearson, Kayla E. Pearson,
Katherine (Erica) Pearson; and one great-grandchild, Brice
Copeland; several nieces and nephews, special friends and
neighbors.
Pallbearers: Neil Pearson, Bobby Copeland, Keegan Pearson,
Andy Pearson, Ryan Strozier and Geoff Johnson.
Friends and family to be recieved at her residence and
Colboch-Price Funeral Home, 5 to 7 p.m. May 10, 2007.
Funeral services will follow at 7 p.m. in the funeral home
chapel. Entombment to be held 11 a.m. Friday, May 11,
2007, at the Highland Mausoleum in Rogersville.
Colboch-Price Funeral Home, Rogersville TN is serving the
family. http://www.colbochpricefh.com/http://www.colbochpricefh.com/