Staff

Charlie Bowman
Assistant Manager
Charlie Bowman is a native of Greeneville, Tennessee, and attended Walters State College before receiving his B.B.A. Degree from East Tennessee State University and his B.A. in Funeral Service from Central State University in Edmond, Oklahoma. Charlie is a member of the Elizabethton Rotary Club and is married to Lynnea Kerley Bowman, who teaches Seventh Grade Language Arts at T.A. Dugger School in Elizabethton, and is the father of two sons, Trevor and Logan, and a daughter, Rachel. The Bowmans are members of the Calvary Baptist Church.

Paul Dailey
Funeral Director
Paul Dailey is a licensed funeral director and embalmer, and is a resident of Elizabethton, Tennessee. He is a graduate of Happy Valley High School and a 1997 graduate of Mid-America College of Funeral Service of Jeffersonville, Indiana. He is a member of the Elizabethton Kiwanis Club. Paul is married to Lora Stutzman Dailey, and is the father of two sons, Mitchell and Matthew, both students at Westside Elementary School.

Terry Cole
Administrative Assistant
Terry has worked for Heritage Family Funeral Services since 1995, and in 2000 became the administrative assistant for Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home. She has an Associate Degree from E.T.S.U. in Secretarial Science. Terry has three children and two granddaughters. She is active in her church, Unaka Baptist, where she serves as a children’s Sunday school teacher, children’s church assistant, and children’s committee member.

Earlene Blevins
Office Assistant
Earlene started her career as the office manager of Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home in Elizabethton in the mid 1950’s. Earlene is a native of Johnson County and graduated from the Butler Academy. She retired from full time work in May 2000, but helps Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home and Tetrick- Bluff City Chapel as a part-time associate.

Don Friesland
Funeral Assistant
Don was born in Sullivan County and educated in the Bluff City school system. He retired from Tennessee Eastman after 32 years as a chemical operator. Don serves as a part-time associate for Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home and Tetrick Funeral Home’s Bluff City Chapel. He is married to the former Marie Stanfield and has one daughter. Don and his wife are members of the Chinquapin Grove Baptist Church.

L.D. Guinn
Funeral Assistant
L. D. is a native of Carter County, TN, and currently resides in Elizabethton. He retired from Flowers Baking Co. in 2001 with 26 years of service as a local delivery person. L.D and his wife Ruby Birchfield have a son, Randy, a daughter, Julie and five grandchildren. He is a member and deacon of Southside F.W.B. Church in Elizabethton

Deborah Reeves
Advanced Funeral Planning Counselor
Deborah Reeves is a native of Shady Valley, Tennessee. She is a 1979 graduate of Johnson County High School and is also a graduate of Milligan College with a B.S. degree in Business Administration. Deborah has one daughter and son-in-law, Bridget and John Jeter of Phenix City, Alabama, and one grandson, Larenzo Jeter. Deborah has been with Heritage Family Funeral Services since 1999.

David Hale
Advanced Funeral Planning Counselor
David Hale lives in Elizabethton with his wife, Becky, who is a teacher in the Elizabethton City School System. He is a graduate of Carson Newman College, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Eastern Kentucky University. David is a licensed insurance agent in Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia, with extensive training and experience in estate planning and insurance products. David and Becky are members of First United Methodist Church in Elizabethton, where David serves as Director of the Chancel Choir and Becky is the organist.