Larry Shoun

Larry Dean Shoun, 69, Butler, passed away Friday, January 18, 2019 in the Sycamore Shoals Hospital.    He was born Born July 16, 1949 in Mountain City.   Larry was a graduate of Hampton High School in 1968 and attended Less-McRae College in Banner Elk where he played on the Football team.  He was owner/operator of Shoun Lumber Company in Butler.  He was a member of the Butler Ruritan Club where he had served as President.  Larry loved his communities of Johnson & Carter County; he supported local schools in their sports program and supported several organizations.  He loved to deliver hams to shut ins. He was a member and Deacon of Cobbs Creek Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his father George C.  Shoun who died August 22, 2008.

        Survivors include his wife of 43 years: Deana Grindstaff Shoun.  His Children: John Shoun & wife Amanda, Butler, Jill Shoun Hughes & husband Bryan, Johnson City, Katie Shoun Harrell & husband John, Butler and Kelly Shoun, Butler.  Five Grandchildren: Conor Burleson, Carson Burleson, Chamis Harrell, Londry Hughes and Laynee Hughes.  His Mother: Irene Laws Shoun, Butler.  His Sister: Linda Shoun Grindstaff & husband Benny, Mountain City.  Several nieces & nephews.   His adopted family Hiro & Hortencia Buenfil, His brother-in-law: Jerry Grindstaff.  His dogs: Bugger & Chewy.

   A Service to Celebrate the Life of Larry Dean Shoun will be conducted at 6 p.m. Wednesday in Memorial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Larry Kennedy and Rev. Terry Richardson officiating.  Graveside Service and Interment will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, January 24, 2019 in Butler Memorial Cemetery with the Rev. Dan Wood and Rev. Gary Roe officiating.  Music will be provided by Christy Malone. Active Pallbearers who are requested to assemble at the cemetery at 10:50 a.m. Thursday will be: John Harrell, Bryan Hughes, John Burleson, Tony Deloach, Tom Kyte, Tim Laws, Rico Buenfil, Bill Shoun, Jason Clawson and Eddie Clawson.  In lieu of flowers memorials may be made in memory of Larry to the East Tennessee Kidney Foundation, P.O. Box 22072, Knoxville, Tenn. 37933 or the American Heart Association, 208 Sunset Drive, Suite 356, and Johnson City, Tenn. 37604.  The family will receive friends from 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home.  Family and friends will assemble at the cemetery at 10:50 A.M. Thursday.

Condolences may be sent to the family at our web-site www.memorialfcelizabethton.com.

     Memorial Funeral Chapel of Elizabethton, Tennessee is serving the Shoun family