Peggy S. Guffey
July 17, 2016
Date of Service: July 20, 2016
Interment Location: Laurels Section
Peggy S. Rutledge Guffey, age 71, of Elizabethton, peacefully went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, July 17, 2016 from her residence. Born and raised in Bluff City, she had lived most of her life in Elizabethton. She was the daughter of the late Gilbert P. and Carrie Oliver Rutledge. She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Diane Guffey in 1986; her husband of 39 years, Dean H. Guffey in 2004; a brother, Don Rutledge in 2012; and a sister, Carol Campbell in 2013.
Peggy was a graduate of Bluff City High School, Bristol Commercial College and Draughan’s Junior College, where she graduated with a 4.0 graduate average. After raising two children, she went back to school to get a degree in Executive Secretarial. Then she became the secretary/ office manager for Johnson City’s branch of Shenandoah Life Insurance Company. After her husband changed careers from Chemical Engineer to being a teacher, she sought and found employment as a teacher’s assistant, so she would be off during the summer months. She retired from Elizabethton City School System as a teacher’s assistant at East Side Elementary School, after her husband’s death. Peggy was a member of Grace Baptist Church, where she was very active as long as her health allowed. She was a member of WMU. She worked in the Bed Babies and with the Team Kid’s Ministry at Lynnwood/ Lynn Ridge Apartments.
Those left to cherish her memory include a son, David Guffey and wife Renita, of Johnson City; three sisters and their husbands, Jennelle and Clayton Gross, of Bristol, Evelyn and Ed Fields, of Bristol, and Annette and Mike Chase, Arkansas; one brother, Chris and wife Bobbie, of Blountville; and one sister-in-law, Kay Rutledge, of Bluff City. Several nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews and cousins, along with her special friends, Pat, Steve, Laura Presnell and Wayne and Loretta Peeks, also survive.
A graveside service to honor the life of Peggy S. Rutledge Guffey will be conducted at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at Happy Valley Memorial Park with Rev. Travis Tyler, officiating. Honorary pallbearers will be Wayne Peeks, Harold Smith, Steve Presnell, Don Ross, Steve Vannoy and David Ferguson. Those wishing to attend the graveside service are asked to meet at the cemetery at 10:50 AM on Wednesday.
Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.tetrickfuneralhome.com and signing the guest book. Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton is serving the Guffey family. Office 423 542-2232, Obituary line 543-4917.
