Gladys Roark Hanna

Gladys Roark Hanna, age 82, of 184 Old Noah Snyder Road, Mountain City, TN passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2009 in Sycamore Shoals Hospital, Elizabethton, TN. She was a daughter of the late Noel Roark and Bessie Osborne Roark. Gladys attended Mountain City Church of God. She was a former employee of the Johnson County Welcome Center, Johnson County Public Library and Johnson County Senior Citizens Center. Her hobbies included quilting, ceramics, and gardening – she loved the outdoors.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Roland “Buck” Hanna, Jr., in 2001 and one son, Ronald Hanna.

 

Survivors include: two daughters: Nancy Hanna of Mountain City, TN and Patricia Ann Geoghegan of Greenwood, DE; two sons: Daniel Hanna, Sr. of Beckley, WV and Wayne Hanna of Coolridge, WV; two sisters: Pauline Pennington and Lois Presnell, both of Mountain City, TN; six brothers: William Roark, Rev. Spencer Roark, Gene Roark, all of Mountain City, TN; Thomas Roark of Jonesborough, TN; Coy Roark and J.R. Roark, both of Creston, NC; nine grandchildren, thirteen great grandchildren; special friends: Patty Clark and Florence Wilcox, both of Mountain City, TN and several nieces and nephews.

 

Funeral services for Gladys Roark Hanna will be conducted at 7:00 p.m. Friday, August 21, 2009 from the Charles B. Hux Memorial Chapel of Hux-Lipford Funeral Home with Pastor Danny Cox officiating. Graveside service and interment will be at 10:00 a.m. Monday, August 24, 2009 in Mountain Home Cemetery, Johnson City, TN. The family will receive friends from 6:00-7:00 p.m. Friday prior to the funeral service.

 

At other times friends may call at the residence, 184 Old Noah Snyder Road, Mountain City, TN.

 

Online condolences may be sent to the family and viewed through our website at www.hux-lipford.com.

 

Arrangements for the Hanna family are in the care of Hux-Lipford Funeral Home.