Ora Jessie Pearson

Ora Jessie Pearson obituary, Rogersville, TN

Ora Jessie Pearson

Ora Pearson Obituary

Published by Colboch - Price Funeral Home - Rogersville from Oct. 21 to Oct. 22, 2015.
Ora Jessie Pearson, 93, of Rogersville, passed away Monday, Oct. 19, 2015 at Wellmont Hawkins County Hospital after a long illness.

She was a homemaker, wife, mother and grandmother. She was an excellent cook and seamstress and will be greatly missed by family and friends.

She was a member of Stone Mountain Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Mack Pearson; son, Ernest Pearson; brother, Donald Hobert Buttry.

Surviving are her children, Floyd Pearson and wife, Peggy of Rogersville, Joan Eidson and husband, Leonard of Bulls Gap; four grandchildren, Judge Alex Pearson and wife, Laura of Rogersville, Adam Pearson and wife, Meredith of Christiansburg, Virginia, Christy Seal and husband, Elvis of Bulls Gap and Brad Eidson of Bulls Gap; two great-grandchildren, Madelyn Pearson and Ragan Seal.

The family would like to say a special thank you to all her caregivers through the years.

Visitation with the family will be Wednesday, Oct. 21 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Colboch-Price Funeral Home with funeral services to follow at 7 p.m. with the Rev. Rex Cole officiating.

Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 22 in Highland Cemetery.

Arrangements by Colboch-Price Funeral Home, Rogersville.


This obituary was originally published in the Citizen Tribune.

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