Pat Arnold Burleson
December 3, 2019
Date of Service: December 21, 2019
Interment Location: Southview Section
Pat Arnold Burleson, Johnson City, died Tuesday, December 3, 2019, at Life Care Center of Gray, following an extended illness.
Pat was a native of Elizabethton and had been a resident of Johnson City since 1959. She was a daughter of the late A. J. and Eliza Stout Arnold.
Pat was a homemaker, but formerly worked as a secretary then licensed Insurance Agent with American National and Independent Life Insurance Companies. She was an ASL Interpreter for the deaf and worked with the Johnson City School System as well as various local churches.
Pat was a member of Boones Creek Bible Church, the Daughters of the American Revolution, a former member of the Women’s Republican Club and former Girl Scout Troop Leader.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James G. Burleson, in 2016, a grandson, Joshua Grant Ramsey, her brother, Delmas Arnold, three sisters, Velma Roberts, Geneva White and Frances Campbell.
Pat is survived by three children, Tom Burleson and wife Nancy, Kingsport, Jamie Burleson Harber and husband Walt, Johnson City, Cyndi Burleson Ramsey, Johnson City; one sister, Madelyn Jones, Elizabethton; two grandsons, John and James Burleson, Kingsport; several nieces and nephews.
The family would like to extend a very special “Thank You” to the nursing staff of Life Care Center of Gray for their loving care of Pat during her stay.
The funeral service will be conducted Saturday, December 21, 2019, at 12:00 noon, from the East Chapel of Appalachian Funeral Home, with Pastor Dale Cunningham, officiating. Special music will be provided by Lee Ann Davis, soloist. The graveside committal service will follow in Happy Valley Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends prior to the service Saturday from 11:00 – 12:00 in the East Parlor of the funeral home.
Those who prefer to make memorial contributions in lieu-of-flowers, please do so to Boones Creek Bible Church, 1528 Old Gray Station Rd., Johnson City, TN 37615.
Pat was a native of Elizabethton and had been a resident of Johnson City since 1959. She was a daughter of the late A. J. and Eliza Stout Arnold.
Pat was a homemaker, but formerly worked as a secretary then licensed Insurance Agent with American National and Independent Life Insurance Companies. She was an ASL Interpreter for the deaf and worked with the Johnson City School System as well as various local churches.
Pat was a member of Boones Creek Bible Church, the Daughters of the American Revolution, a former member of the Women’s Republican Club and former Girl Scout Troop Leader.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James G. Burleson, in 2016, a grandson, Joshua Grant Ramsey, her brother, Delmas Arnold, three sisters, Velma Roberts, Geneva White and Frances Campbell.
Pat is survived by three children, Tom Burleson and wife Nancy, Kingsport, Jamie Burleson Harber and husband Walt, Johnson City, Cyndi Burleson Ramsey, Johnson City; one sister, Madelyn Jones, Elizabethton; two grandsons, John and James Burleson, Kingsport; several nieces and nephews.
The family would like to extend a very special “Thank You” to the nursing staff of Life Care Center of Gray for their loving care of Pat during her stay.
The funeral service will be conducted Saturday, December 21, 2019, at 12:00 noon, from the East Chapel of Appalachian Funeral Home, with Pastor Dale Cunningham, officiating. Special music will be provided by Lee Ann Davis, soloist. The graveside committal service will follow in Happy Valley Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends prior to the service Saturday from 11:00 – 12:00 in the East Parlor of the funeral home.
Those who prefer to make memorial contributions in lieu-of-flowers, please do so to Boones Creek Bible Church, 1528 Old Gray Station Rd., Johnson City, TN 37615.
