Val Weatherford

Valerie L. “Val” Weatherford, 48, of Elizabethton, TN (formerly of Frisco, TX) passed away Wednesday, August 15, 2012, at Greystone Health Care Center, Blountville, TN, following a five month battle with brain cancer. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, she was the daughter of Kenneth Stewart Northrop, Dallas, TX, and the late Barbara Anne Tasker Northrop. She had lived in Elizabethton the past eleven years and had been employed by Eastman Chemical Company since 2004, where she was a Sr. Executive Administrative Assistant. Val was always ready and willing to lend a hand to her co-workers, friends and acquaintances – she also had a passion for gardening and possessed a keen eye for color, texture and space in both decorating and landscaping. In addition to her father, survivors include her husband of twenty-eight years, Mike Weatherford, of the home; a brother, Randy Northrop and wife Becky, Garland, TX; a sister, Sheryl Adamcik, Carrollton, TX; her in-laws, Dick and Ouida Knapp, Red Oak, TX and Marion and Shirley Weatherford, Lee’s Summit, MO. She is also survived by several aunts, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews and many dear friends who supported her during her illness. A Celebration of Life Service for Val will be conducted at 6:30 P.M. Monday, August 27, 2012 in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral and Cremation Services, Elizabethton, TN. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4:30-6:30 P.M. on Monday, August 27, prior to the service. The family requests that in lieu of flowers donations may be made to CaringBridge, Donation Processing Center, P.O. Box 6032, Albert Lea, MN 56007-6632, The National Brain Tumor Society, 124 Watertown Street, Suite 2D, Watertown, MA 02472 or to Feeding America, P. O. Box 96749, Washington, D.C. 20090-6749.Read Obituary