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Hattie DeBord Obituary

CHURCH HILL – Hattie Christine DeBord, 87, fell asleep in Jesus's arms on Friday, April 21, 2023.

Christine was a lifelong resident of Hawkins County and attended Old Union Methodist Church. She was a devoted wife, loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. Christine was a long faithful Christian servant.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne DeBord; daughter, Deborah DeBord Stiltner; parents, Chris and Georgie Seal Hilton; brothers, Tom, Carl, Jack and Billy Hilton; grandsons, Todd and Brandon Allmon; 2 infant grandchildren.

Christine is survived by her sons, Johnny DeBord (Susan) and Robert DeBord (Rita); son-in-law, Randall Stiltner; grandsons, Joseph DeBord (fiancé Erica Lee) and Adam Stiltner; great-granddaughters, Sierra Allmon, Myah Miller, and Parker Burrill; great-grandsons, Bentley and Braylenn Miller, Jaden and Lucas Allmon; brother, Frank Hilton (Dorothy); several nieces and nephews.

A visitation will be held from 12:00 – 2:00 PM on Thursday, April 27, 2023, at Johnson-Arrowood Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM in the funeral home chapel. The burial will follow at Church Hill Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be family and friends.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to a charity of your choice in her memory.

To leave an online message for the DeBord family, please visit us at www.johnsonarrowood.com

Johnson-Arrowood Funeral Home of Church Hill is honored to serve the DeBord family.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Kingsport Times-News from Apr. 24 to Apr. 25, 2023.

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Johnson-Arrowood Funeral Home

320 Grandview Street PO Box 205, Church Hill, TN 37642

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27

Funeral service

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Johnson-Arrowood Funeral Home

320 Grandview Street PO Box 205, Church Hill, TN 37642

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