Elizabeth Hawk Corum, 91, died Saturday morning, December 3, 2005, at NHC Healthcare Center in Johnson City, where she had lived for three and a half years.
Elizabeth grew up in the Fordtown community, having been born on July 5, 1914. She was always very active in her church and led many people to Christ through her Bible teaching and her life example. She had a love of music and sung with a quartet for several years. Elizabeth was well known for her outgoing personality, wit and smile. She was involved in community activities and PTA for many years.
Elizabeth was preceded in death by her parents, George and Florence Kitzmiller Hawk She was the last survivor of seventeen children with many, many nieces and nephews surviving. Elizabeth married Paul E. Corum in 1936. He died in 1995. They had two daughters, Paula Keys, from Gray, and Julia Hall and husband, Jerry, of Kingsport. Their three grandchildren were a great source of pride, Jerome Hall and wife, Melanie, Jason Hall and wife, Lindsay and Rachel Keys Myers and husband, Bill. They in turn gave Elizabeth nine great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends and celebrate her life on Monday from 6-8 p.m. at Hamlett-Dobson, Kingsport. Services will be conducted on Tuesday, December 6, at 10:30 a.m. at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Frank Proffitt officiating. Burial will follow at Tri-Cities Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be Jerry Hall, Jerome Hall, Jason Hall, Bill Myers, Larry Hawk and David Guinn.
Elizabeth grew up in the Fordtown community, having been born on July 5, 1914. She was always very active in her church and led many people to Christ through her Bible teaching and her life example. She had a love of music and sung with a quartet for several years. Elizabeth was well known for her outgoing personality, wit and smile. She was involved in community activities and PTA for many years.
Elizabeth was preceded in death by her parents, George and Florence Kitzmiller Hawk She was the last survivor of seventeen children with many, many nieces and nephews surviving. Elizabeth married Paul E. Corum in 1936. He died in 1995. They had two daughters, Paula Keys, from Gray, and Julia Hall and husband, Jerry, of Kingsport. Their three grandchildren were a great source of pride, Jerome Hall and wife, Melanie, Jason Hall and wife, Lindsay and Rachel Keys Myers and husband, Bill. They in turn gave Elizabeth nine great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends and celebrate her life on Monday from 6-8 p.m. at Hamlett-Dobson, Kingsport. Services will be conducted on Tuesday, December 6, at 10:30 a.m. at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Frank Proffitt officiating. Burial will follow at Tri-Cities Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be Jerry Hall, Jerome Hall, Jason Hall, Bill Myers, Larry Hawk and David Guinn.
Elizabeth Hawk Corum, 91, died Saturday morning, December 3, 2005, at NHC Healthcare Center in Johnson City, where she had lived for three and a half years.
Elizabeth grew up in the Fordtown community, having been born on July 5, 1914. She was always very active in her church and led many people to Christ through her Bible teaching and her life example. She had a love of music and sung with a quartet for several years. Elizabeth was well known for her outgoing personality, wit and smile. She was involved in community activities and PTA for many years.
Elizabeth was preceded in death by her parents, George and Florence Kitzmiller Hawk She was the last survivor of seventeen children with many, many nieces and nephews surviving. Elizabeth married Paul E. Corum in 1936. He died in 1995. They had two daughters, Paula Keys, from Gray, and Julia Hall and husband, Jerry, of Kingsport. Their three grandchildren were a great source of pride, Jerome Hall and wife, Melanie, Jason Hall and wife, Lindsay and Rachel Keys Myers and husband, Bill. They in turn gave Elizabeth nine great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends and celebrate her life on Monday from 6-8 p.m. at Hamlett-Dobson, Kingsport. Services will be conducted on Tuesday, December 6, at 10:30 a.m. at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Frank Proffitt officiating. Burial will follow at Tri-Cities Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be Jerry Hall, Jerome Hall, Jason Hall, Bill Myers, Larry Hawk and David Guinn.
Elizabeth grew up in the Fordtown community, having been born on July 5, 1914. She was always very active in her church and led many people to Christ through her Bible teaching and her life example. She had a love of music and sung with a quartet for several years. Elizabeth was well known for her outgoing personality, wit and smile. She was involved in community activities and PTA for many years.
Elizabeth was preceded in death by her parents, George and Florence Kitzmiller Hawk She was the last survivor of seventeen children with many, many nieces and nephews surviving. Elizabeth married Paul E. Corum in 1936. He died in 1995. They had two daughters, Paula Keys, from Gray, and Julia Hall and husband, Jerry, of Kingsport. Their three grandchildren were a great source of pride, Jerome Hall and wife, Melanie, Jason Hall and wife, Lindsay and Rachel Keys Myers and husband, Bill. They in turn gave Elizabeth nine great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends and celebrate her life on Monday from 6-8 p.m. at Hamlett-Dobson, Kingsport. Services will be conducted on Tuesday, December 6, at 10:30 a.m. at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Frank Proffitt officiating. Burial will follow at Tri-Cities Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be Jerry Hall, Jerome Hall, Jason Hall, Bill Myers, Larry Hawk and David Guinn.
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