Helen K. Jeter, 81

McMinnville resident and Appalachia, Va., native Helen K. Jeter, 81, died June 12 at her home after an extended illness.

The co-owner of Handy Rental Center and a member of First United Methodist Church, she was the daughter of Oscar Mitchell and Ruth Graybill Kern.

She is survived by her husband, Herman David Jeter III; daughter, Sandy Tolliver of Johnson City; son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Dennis K. and Debbie Jeter of McMinnville; brother and sister-in-law, Ross and Jean Kern of Kingsport; sisters and brothers-in-law, Evelyn Long, Bonnie and Walter Miller, all of Kingsport; grandchildren, Hilary Erin and Graham Kern Jeter, Richard Wade Hubbard, Dana Denise Griffin and her husband, Bill, Jamie Elizabeth Hubbard and Jonathan Ashley Jerrell.; and great-grandchild, Gabe Griffin.

Services will be held at 3 p.m. today at East Lawn Chapel in Kingsport with Rev. Robert Case officiating. Burial will follow at East Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. today at East Lawn Chapel.

High Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) June 15, 2005