Bobby Ray Sheets

Published 4:28 pm Monday, July 24, 2017

Bobby Ray Sheets, 60, went with the Lord on Sunday, July 23, 2017. Born November 16, 1956 he was the son of the late James and Gilda Sheets. Bobby was also preceded in death by his brother, James E. Sheets; two brothers-in-law; and several nieces and nephews.
Those left to cherish Bobby’s memory include his wife, Jerrie, of the home; children, Nicholas and Tristian, of the home, Shannon Blevins and husband Jack of Elizabethton, Tenn., Tia Rowry of North Charleston, N.C., and Daniell Johnson and husband Anthony of Wise, Va.; grandchildren, Lilly and Raven Copper and Emilee and Jackson Blevins of Elizabethton, Tenn., Keaton Gray of Wise, Va., Janyea Rowry of South Carolina, and Sage Sheets, of the home; siblings, Bill Sheets and wife Elaine, Marie Elliott, Roger Sheets, Garice and Robert Tester, all of Hampton, and Rose Ann Sheets of Elizabethton; several nieces and nephews; four sisters-in-law and one brother-in-law; and special friends, Deb Lewis, Jerry and Rita Coller and Sarina Potter.
The family will gather to greet friends from 6 p.m. until a memorial service at 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 26, at Pearces Chapel Free Will Baptist Church, Hampton, Tenn., with Preacher Steve Waycaster officiating. Memories and condolences may be shared and viewed online at www.mtnempirecbs.com.
Mountain Empire Cremation & Burial Services, 125 E. Jackson Blvd., Suite 3, Jonesborough, TN 37659, 423-547-0379, is honored to serve the Sheets family.