Jettie Iris (Poplin) Burcham

Jettie Iris Burcham, age 105, of Nashville, TN, died Friday, April 18, 2014 at the Green Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Wilkes County, NC, on November 11, 1908 and moved with her parents and siblings to a farm in Harford County, MD, around 1919. She is survived by her three sons: Arthur and his wife, Eleanor, of Nashville, TN; Stephen and his wife, Betty, of Dandridge, TN; James and his wife, Rose Ann, of Upper Marlboro, MD; one daughter, Rosalie Holbrook and her husband, Kenneth, of Havre de Grace, MD; eight granddaughters, four grandsons, fourteen great-grandchildren; one great-great granddaughter; several nephews and nieces. Iris was preceded in death by her husband of 71 years, Rev. R. Walter Burcham; two sons, Robert W. Burcham, Jr. and John Dobbins Burcham; her parents, Sam and Jettie Poplin; four brothers and seven sisters. In lieu of flowers, the family encourages gifts to the Walter and Iris Burcham Scholarship Fund for students of church-related vocations in care of the Development Office, Carson-Newman College, Attn: Phyllis Turner, Jefferson City, TN  37760. A memorial service will be held Friday, April 25, 2014, 10 AM, at the Conowingo Baptist Church of Conowingo, MD. Interment will be private. Arrangements By Lee A. Patterson & Son Funeral Home, P.A., Perryville, MD