Reverend Dallas James Hartley Sr.

Published 4:27 pm Monday, May 6, 2019

Reverend Dallas James Hartley Sr., 79, of Johnson City, went home to be with the Lord at Johnson City Medical Center on Saturday, May 4, 2019. He was a native of Mountain City, Tenn., and 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; and one sister, Maude Munsey.
Dallas was a veteran of the United States National Guard. He 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, and Melissa Sheets and her husband Billy of Elizabethton; 21 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Charlie Hartley of Johnson City and Luther Hartley of Johnson City; and three sisters, Helen Odom of Johnson City, Ivalee Copas of Johnson City and 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 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, 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, from 5 until 7 p.m. A graveside service will follow the 2 p.m. service on Wednesday, 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 and Kalway Heaton. Honorary pallbearers are as follows: Seth Tolley, Drake Hartley, Tyler Blevins, Jesse Hartley, Ender Draper, Ethan Heaton and Phoenix Hartley. Online condolences may be shared with the family on our website, www.tetrickfuneralhome.com.
Rev. Hartley Sr. and his family are in the care of Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton. Office: (423) 542-2232. Service Information Line: (423) 543-4917.