Frances Nettles Bare

Published 8:41 am Thursday, December 31, 2015

Mrs. Frances Nettles Bare, 86, of Elizabethton, Tenn., passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2015, at Hermitage Health Care, Elizabethton, following a brief illness.
A native of Beaufort, S.C., she was the daughter of the late Willie and Anna Youmano Nettles.
Mrs. Bare was a homemaker and an active member of Oak Street Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ervin B. Bare; a sister, Claire Jager; and a half brother, Ford Nettles.
Those left to cherish her memory include two sons, Stanley Bare and wife Lisa, Jonesborough, Tenn., and Terry Bare and wife Mary Lynn, Hopkins, S.C.; two grandchildren, Allen Bare and Emily Bare, both of Jonesborough, Tenn.; two half sisters, Elaine and Vera; and a half brother, Jack. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
A service to honor the life of Mrs. Frances Nettles Bare will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday, January 2, in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral and Cremation Services with Dr. Kenneth Jordan and Rev. Garry Edwards officiating. Interment will follow the funeral service at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, January 1, or at the residence at other times. Those who prefer memorials in lieu of flowers may make donations to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, P.O. Box 650309, Dallas, TX 75265-0309 or to Oak Street Baptist Church, 804 Oak Street, Elizabethton, TN 37643. Online condolences may be sent to the family and viewed by visiting our website at www.hathawaypercy.com.
Hathaway-Percy Funeral and Cremation Services is serving the Bare family. Office (423) 543-5544.