- BOSTIC, BERTIE JENKINS - 81, passed away at her home in Clinton on January 30, 2010. She was a faithful member of First Baptist Church, Clinton. She was born in Middlesboro, Kentucky, and lived many of her early years in Fonde. She had a joyous, winsome, caring personality and was a beloved mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She was a graduate of Cumberland College, Williamsburg, Kentucky, and Union College, Barbourville, Kentucky. She also studied at the University of Tennessee. After teaching for several years in Campbell County, she taught at the Daniel Arthur Rehabilitation Center in Oak Ridge for twenty-seven years. When special education students were mainstreamed and the Center was closed, she taught special education students at Lake City Elementary School until she retired in 1993. She had a great love for music which she shared with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She enjoyed many special friendships with her XYZ singing group from First Baptist Church. She was a teacher and friend to all. Preceded in death by husband of 58 years, Paul Eugene Bostic, Sr.; parents, Vida and Arlie Jenkins; sister, Gladys Jenkins Hensley; and brother Arlie Gene Jenkins. Survived by daughters Cheryl Bostic Scarboro of Augusta, Georgia; and Jo Ellen Bostic Emert of Norris; son Paul "Jenks" Bostic and wife Dudley of Andersonville; granddaughters, Jenky Bostic Walker and husband Daniel of Lenoir City; Mollie Bostic Farrar and husband Zack of Clinton; Katherine Emert of Norris; grandsons, Cristofer Scarboro and wife Jill of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania; Sean Paul Scarboro and wife Elena of Augusta, Georgia; Brandon Emert of Knoxville; great-granddaughters, Raleigh Jack Walker and Delaney Jane Walker; Macye Jane and Bertie Grace Farrar; Frannie Scarboro; and Vera Scarboro; great-grandson Rumi Scarboro; sisters, Henrietta Jenkins of Jefferson City; Ruth Jenkins Friar of Karns; Elizabeth Jenkins Breazeale and husband, Earl, of Louisville, Tennessee; and Joyce Jenkins Nicely and husband, Bill, of Powell; sisters-in-law Martha Bostic Dosset of Lafollette; Helen Bostic Slater of Ohio; Melba Greer of Clinton; brother-in-law Poe Bostic of Lafollette; and many nieces and nephews. Her Grandsons and grandsons-in-law will serve as pallbearers. Her granddaughters will serve as honorary pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 5:00-7:00 pm, Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at First Baptist Church in Clinton. The funeral service will begin at 7:00 pm with Rev. Stan Elliott officiating. Interment at 10:00 am, Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. Holley-Gamble Funeral Home, Clinton, will handle all arrangements. Memorials may be sent to First Baptist Church, Clinton.
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1928 - 2010 (82 years)
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