Ruth Berniece Dugger

Ruth Bernice Shell Dugger, 79, of Jonesborough, passed away on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at Lifecare Center in Elizabethton. She was a native of Avery County, NC but had been a resident of Carter County all of her life. Mrs. Dugger was a daughter of the late John Lewis Freeman and Mary Bishop Freeman. She was also preceded in death by two brothers Kenneth and H. C. Freeman and by three sisters Thelma Markwell, Edith Medley and Janelle Gouge. Survivors include; one daughter, Linda Davis of Jonesborough; one son, Jerry Shell, Sr. of Elizabethton; six sisters, Helen Quinn of Greer, SC, Carolyn Howell of Telford, Freda Freeman of Forest City, NC, Joyce Garland of Elizabethton, Kathy Hankle of Jonesborough and Joy Simmons of Elizabethton; several Grandchildren.Graveside services will be conducted at 1:00 pm Thursday, March15, 2012 from the Monte Vista Memorial Park. Rev. Justin Deacon will officiate. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. A procession will leave the funeral home for the cemetery at 12:45 pm on Thursday.