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- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 19 Dec 2003.
Dawson Arnold Gregg obituary
- [S113] Manes Funeral Home, (http://www.manesfuneralhome.com), 3 Mar 2008.
(June 16, 1946 - March 3, 2008)
Arnold Gregg, age 61 of Parrottsville, passed away, Monday, March 3, 2008 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Knoxville.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Dawson and Debbie Gregg; brothers and sister, Andy Gregg, Ray Gregg and Betty Lou Gregg; granddaughter, Elisha Gregg; nieces, Karen Gregg Parks, Brandy Melton; and nephew, Chad Gregg.
He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Eva Mae Gregg; son, Richard Gregg and wife, Sherry of Parrottsville; daughters, Patricia Ellison (Sissy) and husband, Carl, of Newport, Misty (Shorty) Wills and husband, Kevin, of Parrottsville, Marta Buckner and husband, Ronald, of Newport; three grandchildren, Brooke Ellison, Charley Gregg and Gaige Buckner; brothers, J. H. Gregg and wife, Nora, of Parrottsville, Ray Gregg and Sharleen, Glenn Gregg; sisters, Sue Seaton and husband, Junior, Jane Ricker and husband, Dewey, Dot Melton and husband, Tommy, Edna Dixon and husband, Jerry, Brenda Ricker and husband, Wayne, Sally Brooks and husband, John, all of Greeneville; 20 nieces and nephews; two aunts, Ruth Gregg, of Parrottsville, Imo Jean McCurry, of Newport; three uncles, Johnny Sane, J. D. Sane and Bruce Gregg; special friends, Rick Peters, Bill Gregg, Bob Kirk and all of United Business Forms; and a host of other family and friends. Special thanks to all the doctors and staff at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Knoxville, TN.
Funeral services will be held 8:00 pm Thursday, March 6, 2008 in Manes Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Mike Jenkins officiating. Burial will be held 11:00 am Friday, March 7, 2008 in Blazer Cemetery. Pallbearers will be, Bill Gregg, Gary Gregg, Dale Gregg, Chris Ricker, Lynn Gregg and Tyler Boyd. The family will receive friends from 4-8 pm Thursday at Manes Funeral Home prior to the funeral services.
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 16 Nov 2008.
The family of the late Arnold Gregg Jr., who lost his battle with lung cancer and pneumonia on March 3, is asking "why" someone stole the only tangible memory remaining of the late mechanic.
Gregg's daughter, Patricia Ellison, told the Plain Talk recently that her father's pickup truck, a white, short wheelbase 1981 Chevrolet Silverado 4 X 4, was stolen from her mother's home off Parrottsville's Happy Hollow Road on Sept. 26.
Ellison's brother, Richard Gregg, who works nights at Bush's, sometimes drove the truck to work or washed it during late night hours. Around 2:30 a.m., Ellison's mother, Eva Gregg, reported hearing the vehicle crank and drive off toward Highway 340 at a high rate of speed. When Gregg noticed the pickup was missing the next morning, she contacted her son to ask if he had driven the vehicle to work. When he said he hadn't, Gregg reported the Chevrolet stolen to the Cocke County Sheriff's Department.
Although the monetary value of the pickup is $4,000, Ellison said money couldn't replace her father's truck. "You couldn't have replaced it, my dad built it," said Ellison, who noted the amount of work and pride her father had put into the vehicle. "This meant the world to us. As long as it was sitting there, he was there."
Ellison said that shortly after Gregg's first major chemotherapy treatment, he "went downhill." After Gregg spent nearly a week in the hospital, he began experiencing difficulty breathing. When Gregg passed away just three days into March, Ellison said, "The family was devastated."
Gregg's family isn't sure who took the pickup but Ellison said the thief/thieves took the time to remove a child's car seat from the vehicle and place it in front of the garage at her mother's house before driving off in the pickup. Ellison told the Plain Talk that anyone who saw the vehicle, immediately knew "that was Arnold's truck."
"They took something so precious to us and it meant nothing to them," said Ellison, who said the ordeal "brought every pain (of her father's passing) back. It was like burying him again."
Arnold's truck was found recently, however, it had been completely stripped of any usable or valuable parts.
Ellison, who, along with her family, has been saddened by the event, said if she could tell the individual(s) responsible for the theft anything, it would be, "You took something so precious from us we can never replace."
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