Reverend Dallas James Hartley, Sr., age 79, of Johnson City, went home to be with the Lord at the Johnson City Medical Center, on Saturday, May 4, 2019. He was a native of Mountain City, Tennessee and was a son of the late Thomas and Berthie Jenkins Hartley. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his first wife, his first love, Frances Louise Hartley: two daughters, Cindy Hartley and Tammy Sue Harrell; a great granddaughter, Serenity Dawn Guinn; three brothers, Paul, Clyde and Carl Hartley; one sister, Maude Munsey.
Dallas was a veteran of the United States National Guard and was a member of Full Gospel Holiness Church, and was the founder of Living by Faith Church, Elizabethton. His true love was spreading the word of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He loved to spend time with his family and enjoyed tending to his yard.
Those left to cherish his memory include, his wife, Barbara Hartley, Elizabethton; four children, Karen Bailey, and her husband Rick, of Elizabethton, Dallas Hartley, Jr., of Elizabethton, Michael Hartley, and his wife Kimberly, of Elizabethton, Melissa Sheets, and her husband Billy, of Elizabethton; twenty one grandchildren; sixteen great grandchildren; three great great grandchildren; two brothers, Charlie Hartley, of Johnson City, Luther Hartley, of Johnson City; three sisters, Helen Odom, of Johnson City, Ivalee Copas, of Johnson City, Ruby Beckett, of Johnson City; several nieces and nephews also survive. A service to honor the life of Reverend Dallas James Hartley, Sr. will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, May 08, 2019 in the Chapel of Peace, Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, with Reverend Robert Keller, officiating. Music will be under the direction of Brandon Harrell and Randall Gentry.
The family will receive friends in the Chapel of Peace, Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton on Tuesday, May 7, 2019 from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. A graveside service will follow the 2:00 PM service on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 leaving from Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, going in Procession to Buckles Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be, Cody Hartley, Zachary Tolley, Gavin Tolley, Billy Rose, Brandon Harrell, Houston Hartley, Kalway Heaton. Honorary pallbearers are as follows, Seth Tolley, Drake Hartley, Tyler Blevins, Jesse Hartley, Ender Draper, Ethan Heaton, Phoenix Hartley.
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Hartley, Sr. and his family are in the care of Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, office 423-542-2232, service line information 423-543-4917. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Rev. Dallas James Hartley Sr. please visit our Sympathy Store.
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