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- [S83] Willis LaRue Funeral Home Records, (Cocke County, Tennessee).
John Elbert Barrett obituary
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 9 Jun 2011.
(Died June 6, 2011)
Mrs. Wanda Faye Barrett Rizzo, age 61, of Newport, went to be with the Lord and with her family on Monday June 6, 2011. She was a member of First Christian Church of Newport where she was president of “Come Join Us” class and active in Ladies Missionary Meetings. Mrs. Rizzo was also an active participant with Relay for Life.
She was employed as a teacher’s assistant at Newport Grammar School.
Mrs. Rizzo was preceded in death by her parents John and Ellen Conzatia Barrett, sisters Wilma Valentine, and Charlene Camiola.
She is survived by her husband John Rizzo, of the home, and their beloved dogs Buddy and Boomer, who were thought of as their children, daughters and sons-in-law Connie and Bud Goudey of Dresden, TN, and Melissa (Overholt) and Bob Dean of Newport, grandchildren Shanda Richards, Cyndal Hayes, both of Newport, Brooke Kirk of Clarksville, TN, Leslie Overholt, and Kirsten Overholt, great grandchildren Damien Hayes, Tatum and Drake Overholt, all of Newport. Sisters and brothers-in-law Jessie Lou and Billy Roberts of Newport and Nellie and Ben Brewer of Morristown, and Janice and Jack Rogers of Bristol, VA, brothers and sisters-in-law James “Red” and Joyce Barrett and Ronnie and Meschelyn Barrett, all of Newport. Additional survivors include a host of loving nieces, nephews, and friends, and her school and church families. Funeral service will be held 8:00 p.m. Thursday, June 9, 2011 at Costner-Maloy Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Martin Stump officiating.
Family and friends will meet at 9:00 a.m. Friday, June 10, 2011 at Costner-Maloy Funeral Home to go in procession to Big Hill Cemetery for the 10:00 interment.
The family will receive friends 6:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday at Costner-Maloy Funeral Home, prior to the service.
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