Charles Warren Pritchard

Published 4:42 pm Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Charles Warren Pritchard, 80, of Roan Mountain, Tenn., passed away Friday, March 10, 2017, at his residence. A native of Avery County, N.C., he was the son of the late James Riley and Mildred Shell Pritchard.
Mr. Pritchard was the owner of a hardwood lumber business. He had worked previously at Bemberg Corporation and had also owned a trucking company in Texas. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran, having entered in Texas and then serving at March Air Force Base in Riverside, Calif., and was sent to Okinawa.
Mr. Pritchard was a member of Heaton First Christian Church and a member of the Captain Lynn H. Folsom V.F.W. Post #2166. He enjoyed learning of the local history of our area and loved feeding the deer.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Bonnie Ramer Pritchard, and a sister, Elizabeth Brock.
Those left to cherish his memory include a son, Warren Pritchard, Johnson City; four daughters, Christina Pritchard Click, Kingsport, Anita Whitson, Gray, Channon Pritchard, Hollywood, Ga., and Julie Jackson, Alvin, Texas; 11 grandchildren, Jerrod Pritchard, Whitney Pritchard, Landon Estep, Christopher Estep, Brittany Whitson, Justin Whitson, Kayla Sutton, Kendall Countryman, Kersi Countryman, Dustin Talley and Zowie Talley; five great-grandchildren, Briana Pritchard, Cydnee Estep, Shane Hunter, Mallory Sutton and Arabella Talley; three brothers, John Dean Pritchard, Mt. Airy, Ga., James Pritchard, Quitman, Texas, and Barry Pritchard, Johnson City; and three sisters, Cynthia Kay Pritchard, Rowlett, Texas, Joyce Franklin, Johnson City, and Deborah Stites, Owensboro, Ky. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
A service to honor the life of Charles Warren Pritchard will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 16, in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral and Cremation Services with Mr. Paul Cole, minister, officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1 until 2 p.m. Thursday, prior to the service. Interment will follow the funeral service at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be Jerrod Pritchard, Justin Whitson, Christopher Estep, Landon Estep, Brian Whitson and Warren Pritchard. Honorary pallbearers will be Charlie Jameson and Jim Hicks. 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 Pritchard family. Office (423) 543-5544.