Jasper E. Hope, 87, of Blue Springs Parkway, died Tuesday morning at Laughlin Memorial Hospital after a brief illness.
Mr. Hope retired from North American Philips after 29 years of service, having started to work for the company when it was Magnavox.
He was a member of Mount Vernon United Methodist Church.
Those close to him knew Mr. Hope as a loving father, and grandfather, and as one who was a kind and loving friend to all.
He was the widower of Margaret Hankins Hope, his wife of 55 years, and a son of the late John and Virginia Hope.
Survivors include two sons and a daughter-in-law: Lanny Hope of the home and Billy and Norma Jean Hope of Greeneville; two daughters and a son-in-law: Carolyn Helton of Bean Station and Mary and Charles Kite of Bulls Gap; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a brother: William J. Hope of Greeneville; two sisters-in-law and three brothers-in-law: Ralph Hankins and Delores (Hankins) and Lawrence Southerland, all of Greeneville, and Marilyn (Hankins) and Lewis Powell of Church Hill; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by two brothers: Edgar Hope and Ross Hope; and a sister: Velva Harmon.
The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today at Doughty-Stevens Funeral Home.
The funeral service will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Doughty-Stevens Chapel with interment in GreeneLawn Memory Gardens. The Rev. Lowell Gammon and the Rev. Vernon Parkins will officiate.
Family members will be pallbearers
Mr. Hope retired from North American Philips after 29 years of service, having started to work for the company when it was Magnavox.
He was a member of Mount Vernon United Methodist Church.
Those close to him knew Mr. Hope as a loving father, and grandfather, and as one who was a kind and loving friend to all.
He was the widower of Margaret Hankins Hope, his wife of 55 years, and a son of the late John and Virginia Hope.
Survivors include two sons and a daughter-in-law: Lanny Hope of the home and Billy and Norma Jean Hope of Greeneville; two daughters and a son-in-law: Carolyn Helton of Bean Station and Mary and Charles Kite of Bulls Gap; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a brother: William J. Hope of Greeneville; two sisters-in-law and three brothers-in-law: Ralph Hankins and Delores (Hankins) and Lawrence Southerland, all of Greeneville, and Marilyn (Hankins) and Lewis Powell of Church Hill; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by two brothers: Edgar Hope and Ross Hope; and a sister: Velva Harmon.
The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today at Doughty-Stevens Funeral Home.
The funeral service will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Doughty-Stevens Chapel with interment in GreeneLawn Memory Gardens. The Rev. Lowell Gammon and the Rev. Vernon Parkins will officiate.
Family members will be pallbearers
Jasper E. Hope, 87, of Blue Springs Parkway, died Tuesday morning at Laughlin Memorial Hospital after a brief illness.
Mr. Hope retired from North American Philips after 29 years of service, having started to work for the company when it was Magnavox.
He was a member of Mount Vernon United Methodist Church.
Those close to him knew Mr. Hope as a loving father, and grandfather, and as one who was a kind and loving friend to all.
He was the widower of Margaret Hankins Hope, his wife of 55 years, and a son of the late John and Virginia Hope.
Survivors include two sons and a daughter-in-law: Lanny Hope of the home and Billy and Norma Jean Hope of Greeneville; two daughters and a son-in-law: Carolyn Helton of Bean Station and Mary and Charles Kite of Bulls Gap; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a brother: William J. Hope of Greeneville; two sisters-in-law and three brothers-in-law: Ralph Hankins and Delores (Hankins) and Lawrence Southerland, all of Greeneville, and Marilyn (Hankins) and Lewis Powell of Church Hill; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by two brothers: Edgar Hope and Ross Hope; and a sister: Velva Harmon.
The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today at Doughty-Stevens Funeral Home.
The funeral service will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Doughty-Stevens Chapel with interment in GreeneLawn Memory Gardens. The Rev. Lowell Gammon and the Rev. Vernon Parkins will officiate.
Family members will be pallbearers
Mr. Hope retired from North American Philips after 29 years of service, having started to work for the company when it was Magnavox.
He was a member of Mount Vernon United Methodist Church.
Those close to him knew Mr. Hope as a loving father, and grandfather, and as one who was a kind and loving friend to all.
He was the widower of Margaret Hankins Hope, his wife of 55 years, and a son of the late John and Virginia Hope.
Survivors include two sons and a daughter-in-law: Lanny Hope of the home and Billy and Norma Jean Hope of Greeneville; two daughters and a son-in-law: Carolyn Helton of Bean Station and Mary and Charles Kite of Bulls Gap; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a brother: William J. Hope of Greeneville; two sisters-in-law and three brothers-in-law: Ralph Hankins and Delores (Hankins) and Lawrence Southerland, all of Greeneville, and Marilyn (Hankins) and Lewis Powell of Church Hill; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by two brothers: Edgar Hope and Ross Hope; and a sister: Velva Harmon.
The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today at Doughty-Stevens Funeral Home.
The funeral service will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Doughty-Stevens Chapel with interment in GreeneLawn Memory Gardens. The Rev. Lowell Gammon and the Rev. Vernon Parkins will officiate.
Family members will be pallbearers
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