View This Video Tribute Gladys H. Absher, age 87, 490 W. Holy Hill Road, Mountain City, Tennessee passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 in the Mountain City Care Center. She was the daughter of the late William McKinley and Hattie Gail Johnson Henson. Gladys was a member of First Christian Church in Mountain City, TN. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charlie Absher; daughter, Betty Absher; granddaughter, Renee Greene; great granddaughter, Shenna Morefield; and four sisters and two brothers.
Survivors include: four daughters: Pauline Hensley and husband John of Bluff City, TN; Beulah Grindstaff and husband Larry and Charlotte Brown and husband R. E., all of Butler, TN; and Phyllis Greene and husband Gary of Mountain City, TN; one sister: Mae Neal of Blountville, TN; three brothers: Otis Henson and wife Wileyette of Hampton, TN; Kemp Henson and wife Hilda and Ray Henson and wife Jean, all of Mountain City, TN; ten grandchildren; fifteen great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services for Gladys Henson Absher will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 16, 2010 from the First Christian Church with Ministers Buddy Zuercher, Dwayne Dickson and Ken Caswell officiating. Graveside service and interment will follow the service in Wilson Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Johnny Hollaway, David Hollaway, Roger Gentry, Larry Henson, Gary Henson, Ronnie Henson, Donnie Henson and Bo Henson. Honorary pallbearers will be elders and deacons of First Christian Church. The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Friday, January 15, 2010 from First Christian Church.
At other times friends may call at the residence, 490 W. Holy Hill Road, Mountain City, TN, at any time.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Johnson County Rescue Squad, 203 Vandilla Street, Mountain City, TN 37683.
Hux~Lipford~Teague Funeral Home and Cremations Services is proud to be serving the Gladys Absher family.