Charles Warren Pritchard

Mr. Charles Warren Pritchard, age 80, of Roan Mountain, TN passed away Friday, March 10, 2017 at his residence. A native of Avery County, NC he was the son of the late James Riley and Mildred Shell Pritchard. Mr. Pritchard was the owner of a hardwood lumber business. He had worked previously at Bemberg Corporation and had also owned a Trucking Company in Texas. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran having entered in Texas and then serving at March Air Force Base in Riverside, CA and was sent to Okinawa. He was a member of Heaton First Christian Church and was a member of the Captain Lynn H. Folsom V.F.W. Post 2166. He enjoyed learning of the local history of our area and loved feeding the deer.In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Bonnie Ramer Pritchard and a sister, Elizabeth Brock. Those left to cherish his memory include a son, Warren Pritchard, Johnson City; four daughters, Christina Pritchard Click, Kingsport, Anita Whitson, Gray, Chanon Pritchard, Clarkesville, GA and Julie Jackson, Alvin, TX; eleven grandchildren, Jerrod Pritchard, Whitney Pritchard, Landon Estep, Christopher Estep, Brittany Whitson, Justin Whitson, Kayla Sutton, Kendall Countryman, Kersi Countryman, Dustin Talley and Zowie Talley; five great-grandchildren, Briana Pritchard, Cydnee Estep, Shane Hunter, Mallory Sutton and Arabella Talley; three brothers, John Dean Pritchard, Mt. Airy, GA, James Pritchard, Quitman, TX and Barry Pritchard, Johnson City and three sisters, Cynthia Kay Pritchard, Rowlett, TX, Joyce Franklin, Johnson City and Deborah Stites, Owensboro, KY. Several nieces and nephews also survive. A service to honor the life of Mr. Charles Warren Pritchard will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, March 16, 2017 in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral and Cremation Services with Mr. Paul Cole, minister officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1:00 – 2:00 P.M. on Thursday prior to the service. Interment will follow the funeral service in Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be Jerrod Pritchard, Justin Whitson, Christopher Estep, Landon Estep, Brian Whitson, Warren Pritchard and Kendall Countryman. Honorary pallbearers will be Charlie Jameson and Jim Hicks.Read Obituary