Emma (Elkins) Free

Emma Elkins Free, age 96, of Morristown, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 1, 2022. She was a member of Cherokee Hills Baptist Church. Emma loved gardening, crochet, and doing arts and crafts. She was a long-time caregiver at Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System and Regency Retirement Village. She loved her patients and they loved her. Emma was a kind, loving, and giving person to all that knew her. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harvey and America Dickerson Elkins; husband, Carroll E. Free; daughter, Carol Ann Jarnagin; son-in-law, Charles Jarnagin; nine brothers; and two sisters. She is survived by her daughter, Judy (James) Trobaugh; grandchildren, Richard (Leigha) Jarnagin, Karen (Jeff) Brooks, Brian Jarnagin, Suzanne (Sonny) Elkins, and Lorie (Nick) Diamond; and several great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. Special thanks to the staff of Amedisys Home Health and Avalon Hospice. The family will receive friends from 12 – 1 p.m. Tuesday, December 6th at Westside Chapel Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow at 1 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Hamblen Memory Gardens. Arrangements by Westside Chapel Funeral Home in Morristown.

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