BRUCE ESTES HORNE Ph.D.

HORNE, BRUCE ESTES, PhD - 61, died Thursday evening, May 22, 2014, at his home in Knoxville, of a heart attack. Born in Bristol, Tennessee, in 1953, Bruce lived there until he moved to Knoxville in 2003. Bruce graduated from Bristol High School in 1969, Tusculum College 1988, Norwich University in Vermont where he earned his masters degree, and in 1997 from Walden University where he earned his PhD. He also attended Graham Bible College. His passions were first to his loyal dog, Royal (his boy), that of riding his Triumph Café Racer bike, and he did ride it fast, and finishing his restoration of his 1964 Galaxy 500 hardtop automobile. He described himself as an avid patriot, a Tennessean, and an NRA member. He started a new congregation, Church of God Knoxville Tennessee, in January where he poured his heart and soul into. He was a presenter on The World Tomorrow broadcast, preaching the second coming of Jesus Christ and Bible Prophecy, and can still be seen on Sundays and Wednesdays. He enjoyed his teaching career, which turned from the brick and mortar institutions of which he taught at several colleges to teaching online out of his home. He had done that for the past 11 years. His true passion was to preach the love of Jesus and the Kingdom to come in his second coming. Bruce was a gifted musician who played the trumpet, piano, autoharp, and about anything else he wanted to. Bruce was preceded in death by his parents; mother, Claire Evelyn Horne; and his father Emory Estes Horne; his maternal grandparents, Herschel Clay Boyd and Kate Merriman Boyd, both of Waynesboro; and two uncles, Eugene Clay Boyd and James Peyton Boyd Sr., both of Bristol. Survivors include Bruce's wife, Janet Grant Horne of Knoxville; his step daughter, Lori Ann Willson of Knoxville; his step granddaughter, Julie Ann Craft, who called him Pops, of Knoxville; his uncle, Robert Herschel Boyd of Duncanville, Texas; great aunt, Virginia (Tootsie) Fielder Hobbs of Waynesville, Tennessee; cousins, Mary Inman Boyd Geiger and her husband, Dr. Jim Geiger, of Bristol, James Peyton Boyd Jr. of Abingdon, Virginia, cousins, Cynthia Fielder Diamond of Shawnee, Kansas; Virginia Dodge Fielder of Boone, North Carolina, David Harris Diamond of Merriman, Kansas. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 27, at Highland Memorial Funeral Home, 5315 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919, with funeral services to follow. Joe Smith, Bob Howard, David Diamond, Virginia Dodge Fielder, honorary speakers and Reinhard Klett officiating. Family and friends will gather at the Boyd/Horne family plot at Historic East Hill Cemetery in Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia, for graveside service at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 28. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Church of God Knoxville Tennessee, 448 N. Cedar Bluff Road, Suite 207, Knoxville, TN 37923. Highland Memorial Funeral Home (865) 588-0567