Larry Joe Walsh, 73, of Butler, passed away unexpectedly Monday, May 27, 2019, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital. He was born February 27, 1946 in Butler to the late Roddie V. and Alice Green Walsh. He had lived his entire life in Carter County.
Larry was a 1964 graduate of Hampton High School and graduated from East Tennessee State College with a degree in Psychology. He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam Era. Larry was retired as a Social Worker with Children’s Service after 37 years of service.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three sisters, Gladys Evans, Eula Mae Main and Anna Ruth Campbell, and two brothers, James Riley Walsh and Earl Dayton Walsh.
Survivors include his wife of 45 years, Joyce Vines Walsh; his children, Wendy Tester and husband Jimmy Tester II, Elizabethton, Jamie Walsh, Chattanooga, and Sherry Walsh, Elizabethton; his grandchildren, Riley Tester, Makayla Walsh Anderson and Greyson Walsh; two brothers, Roddie Walsh Jr. of California and Bill Walsh, Butler; several nieces and nephews; his mother-in-law, Selma Vines, Fish Springs; and his four-legged baby Zoey.
It was his wish to be cremated and no services are planned. Friends may visit with his family at the residence of his mother-in-law, Selma Vines, Fish Springs.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is serving the Walsh family.