Vennia Cornett

Vennia Eggers Cornett, age 92 of 1178 Eggers Branch Road of Trade, Tennessee past away on Wednesday evening November 18, 2009 and went home to meet her Lord and Saviour from the Sycamore Shoals Hospital in Elizabethton, Tennessee.

 

Mrs. Cornett was a member of Mountain City Church of Christ. She enjoyed crossword puzzles, canning, sewing, enjoyed Hardees morning crowds.

 

      She was preceded in death by:  her daughter , Charlotte Jenkins;  her parents, Millard and Nelia

      Main Eggers; Four sisters: Alice Bumgardner, Inez Miller, Lola Wilson, and Mae Cornett. Two

     brothers: Taft Eggers and Stacy Eggers.

 

She is survived by her husband, Bill Cornett of 63 years. Two sons:  Douglas Cornett and wife Deborah, Mountain City, Tennessee and Dennis Cornett and wife Lea of Hampton, Tennessee. One brother:  Millard Eggers, Jr, of Pennsylvania. Seven grandchildren: Billy Jack Jenkins, Mountain City, Tennessee; Michelle Whisman and Michael Jenkins of Kennett Square, PA; Lee Cornett and Justin Cornett of Mountain City, Tennessee; Derek Cornett, Bluff City, Tennessee and Tony Payne Elizabethton, Tennessee. Eleven great-grandchildren: Amanda Whisman, Brandon Whisman; Heath Jenkins, Jessie Jenkins; Kaleb Lee Cornett, Lindsey Grace Cornett, Andrew Josiah Cornett; Steven Cornett, Abigail Grace Cornett; Taylor Brook Payne and Ashley Grace Payne. One great-great grandchild: Alexander Jenkins.

 

Special friends: Pauline Cornett, Pearl Thomas and Ann Dowell.

 

Pallbearers: Billy Jack Jenkins, Michael Jenkins, Lee Cornett, Heath Jenkins, Jessie Jenkins, Justin Cornett, Derek Cornett, Tony Payne and Kaleb Cornett.

 

Honorary Pallbearers: Jerry Cornett, Mike Cornett and Randy Cornett.

 

Funeral services for Mrs. Vennia will be held on Saturday, November 21, 2009 from the East Side Memory Chapel of the Hux~Lipford~Teague Funeral Home with Reverend Derek Cornett and Reverend Tommy Johnson to officiate.

 

The family will receive friends from Noon until 2:00 p.m. prior to the funeral service.

 

Graveside services and interment will follow at the Reece cemetery in Trade, TN.

 

 

 

The family will receive friends at the residence 1178 Eggers Branch Road of Trade, Tennessee at anytime.  In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Reece Cemetery in care of: Robert (Buddy) Wills, 903 Harbin Hill Road, Mountain City, Tennessee 37683

On line condolences may be sent to and viewed through our website: www. huxlipfordteaguefh.com

 

Hux~Lipford~Teague Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Mountain City, Tennessee is honored to be serving the family of Mrs. Vennia Eggers Cornett.