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Cornelia Ledbetter Heath, 101, formerly of Elizabethton,
TN, passed away Saturday, January 03, 2009 at the Holston
Manor Nursing Home in Kingsport, Sullivan Co TN. A native
of Rome, GA, born June 6, 1907, she was a daughter of the
late Rev. Samuel Byrd Ledbetter and Mrs. Emma Napier
Ledbetter.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by
her husband, W. E. Heath, Sr.; two sons, William Heath,
Jr. and John Heath; and three sisters, Elizabeth Brannan,
Caroline Herbig, and Katherine Doyle Pettit.
Survivors include her daughter, Roslyn LaDuke and husband,
Rev. Kenneth LaDuke; two daughters-in-law, Diana Heath and
Beverly Heath; one brother, Samuel Ledbetter; and six
grandchildren, William Heath III and wife, Sharon, Susan
Eaker and husband, Jim, Michael Morris and wife, Ginnie,
Jon Morris, Andy Heath, and Ryan Heath; fourteen great-
grandchildren; and two step-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Heath graduated from Columbia University in New York
City and studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. She was a
retired teacher. She loved her church, First Presbyterian
of Elizabethton, and was involved in many of its activities.
Mrs. Heath served as a hospital volunteer for 20 years
until age 98.
The funeral service for Mrs. Cornelia Heath will be
conducted at 7 p.m., Tuesday, January 6, 2009, in the
Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home with Rev.
John Shuck officiating. Music will be under the direction
of Mr. David Arney.
The family will receive friends Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
prior to the service in the funeral home chapel.
Friends and family are asked to meet at the funeral home
at 10:15 a.m., Wednesday to travel together in procession
to the cemetery.
The graveside service and interment will be conducted at
11 a.m., Wednesday, January 7, 2009 in the Happy Valley
Memorial Park.
Active pallbearers will be Gary Barrigar, Joe Alexander,
Jim Wilson, Charles Faust, Kyle Hart, and Jim Miller.
Honorary pallbearers are her many special friends.
For those who desire, memorials may be made in lieu of
flowers, to the First Presbyterian Church, 119 West F Street,
Elizabethton, TN 37643.
Online condolences and memories may be shared with the
family and viewed by visiting
http://www.hathawaypercy.com
Arrangements for the Heath family have been entrusted to
Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home, Elizabethton, TN.
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