Joseph Harr

Joseph Haskell Harr BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. Joseph Haskell Harr, age 101, passed away Thursday, June 23, 2011, at Wexford House. Haskell retired from Tennessee Eastman Company in 1971 after a 40 year career in the chemical division. He then continued farming in the Indian Springs Community, where he raised cattle for over 80 years. Haskell was a member of The New Haven Lutheran Church until it closed and then the Immanuel Lutheran Church where he served on several committees over the years. He was a long-time committee member and strong supporter of the Roller Cemetery. He was preceded in death by parents, James E. and Martha Ann Wine Harr; wives, Minnie Barger Harr, Ruth Barger Harr and Lochiel Moody Harr; brothers, Henry David Harr, Grady Harr and James Robert Harr; sisters, Sarah Tomlinson, Hazel Simerly, Justine Netherland and Lenora Wood; step-son, Ed Barger and step-daughter, Delores Arant. Surviving are brothers, John Harr and Charles Harr, both of Kingsport, Tenn.; sisters, Pauline Templeton and Lola Mae Haney, both of Blountville; step-children, Carl Barger and wife, Nancy, Nelson Barger and wife, Valery, Rita Stone and husband, Charles and Phyllis Horton; step-daughter-in-law, Eula Barger Pendleton; sister-in-law, Catherine Harr; nieces and nephews, Helen Steadman and husband, Bill, Aileen Runion and husband, Tom, Harold Wayne Harr, Janice Snyder, Virginia Harr and husband, Dale, Kyle Tomlinson and wife, Nancy, Patricia Lux and husband, Anthony, James W. Harr and wife, Ann, Robert Harr, Douglas Harr and wife, Elizabeth, Howard David Harr and wife, Kaye, Eugene Harr and wife, Pam, Ann Carrier and husband, John, Mary Winegar and husband, Gary, Faye Fillers and husband, Buddy, Gary Haney and wife, Denise, Ronald Haney and wife, Vonda, Donald Haney and wife, Anna, Lynn Feagins and wife, Crystal and Glenn Feagins and wife, Kim. Visitation with the family will be Saturday, June 25, 2011, from 6-8 p.m. at East Lawn Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, June 26, 2011, at 2 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with Pastor Jenny Venable and the Rev. Gale Flanary. Burial will follow in East Lawn Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be David Wayne Harr, Harold Lee Harr, Lynn Feagins, Donald Haney, Gary Haney, Douglas Harr, James W. Harr and Eugene Harr. Memorial donations may be made to Immanuel Luthern Church, 1919 Central Heights Road, Blountville TN 37617 or to Roller Cemetery C/O Jewel Pendergrass, 5660 Hwy. 126, Blountville TN 37617. Please visit our website at www.eastlawnkingsport.com to leave a condolence to the Harr family. East Lawn Funeral Home and Memorial Park is honored to serve the Haskell Harr family.