Mary Alice Gobble, 85, Johnson City, passed away Sunday, September 27, 2015 in the Sycamore Shoals Hospital. Born July 28, 1930 in Warrior, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Early & Bessie Honaker Combs. She had lived a number of years in Tennessee. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Gobble was a member of the Eastern Gate Free Will Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband: Clarence Gobble, a daughter: Patsy Holder and two sons: Michael & Eddie Gobble.
Survivors include Six Daughters: Kathy West & husband Donald, Kay Curtiss and husband Scott, Barbara Hartley and husband Dallas, and Lori Gobble all of Johnson City, Donna Morgan and husband Roger, Elizabethton and Sandy Bowser and husband David, Jonesborough. Four Sons: Allen Gobble, Bo Gobble and wife Brandy, Ronnie Gobble and wife Robin all of Johnson City and Kenny Gobble and wife Gretchen, Hickory, North Carolina. 21 Grandchildren, 27 Great Grandchildren. Her Brother: Junior Combs of Ohio. Her sisters: Betty Bates of Georgia and Anna Whaley of Ohio. Several nieces & nephews.
Funeral Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Memorial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Dave Morgan and Rev. Charlie Church officiating. Graveside Service and Interment will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, September 30, 2015 in the Gobble Family Cemetery. Active Pallbearers who are requested to assemble at the funeral home at 12:20 p.m. Wednesday will be: Bo Gobble, Ronnie Gobble, Kenny Gobble, Allen Gobble, Roger Morton and David Bowser. Honorary Pallbearers will be: Dallas Hartley, Donald West, Rick Norris and Tommy Hyatt. The family would like to express a special "Thank You" to her daughter and care giver Lori and her daughters-in-law: Brandy, Robin and Gretchen, the Staff of Sycamore Shoals Hospital, the staff of Mountain States Hospice and members of the Eastern Gate Free Will Baptist Church for all the love and care she received. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home. Friends may also visit with the family at the residence of a daughter & son-in-law: Kathy & Donald West. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 12:20 a.m. Wednesday to go to the cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at our web site www.memorialfcelizabethton.com.
Memorial Funeral Chapel, 212 N. Main Street, Elizabethton is serving the Gobble family