Nancy Louise Carrico

“You were my mother and my friend, which was unusual. Somehow our characters still blend: your wisdom and my will. I turned, and you were there for me; I spoke, you understood. I felt cared for, but also free; you loved, and I was good. I’m fortunate that I was born to someone just like you; I love you still. Though you are gone, you live in what I do.”Nancy Louise Carrico, age 73, 139 Don Wilson Lane, Elizabethton passed away Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a brief illness. A native of Carter County, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Beatrice Morris Carrico. Ms. Carrico retired from Leon Ferenbach Company. She was a member of Fellowship Community Church and was a member of the Elizabethton Senior Citizens.In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Clarence Carrico, Jr., Gerge Carrico and Lester Carrico and five sisters, Katrina Jaynes, Henrietta Eggers, Lois Grindstaff, Frenchie Russell and Katherine Carrico. Survivors include her son, Mark Carrico, Elizabethton; three brothers, Preston Carrico, Alan Carrico and Howell Carrico, all of Elizabethton and two sisters, Monice Lunceford and Annie Lue Guinn, both of Elizabethton; special niece, Jenny White, Johnson City; special nephew, Terry Guinn, Elizabethton and special great-nephews, Coty and Stone White. Several other nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews and special friends, Coleman Brown and Billie Jean Powell also survive.A service to celebrate the life of Nancy Louise Carrico will be conducted at 3:00 P.M. Saturday, May 31, 2014 in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral and Cremation Services with Mr. Rick Sweeney officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1:30 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. on Saturday prior to the funeral service. Interment will follow the funeral service on Saturday in the Carrico Family Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be selected from family and friends.Those who prefer memorials in lieu of flowers may make donations to the Alzheimer’s Association, Mid South Chapter, 207 N. Boone Street, Suite 1500, Johnson City, TN 37604.Read Obituary