Edward Guinn

September 30, 1937 - January 26, 2022

Edward Guinn, age 84, of Elizabethton, Tennessee went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 from the Johnson City Medical Center. Edward was born in Carter County, Tennessee to the late Claude and Rachel Puckett Guinn. In addition to his parents, Edward was also preceded in death by his sister, Lucille Ownby; and his brothers Tom (Audrey) Pucket, L.D. (Ruby) Guinn, and Mack Guinn. Edward had worked in construction for various employers including the TPI Corporation for 10 years. He was a member of Southside Freewill Baptist Church and was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. Those left to cherish Edward’s memory include his loving and devoted wife of 62 ½ years, Eula ‘Dean’ Guinn of the home; his son, Steve (Jannie) Guinn of Elizabethton; his granddaughters, Margo (Robert) Davenport of Knoxville, Tennesee, Monica (Darien) Hamm of Bristol Tennessee, and Megan Guinn of Knoxville, Tennessee; a great granddaughter, Paisley Davenport of Knoxville, Tennessee; his sisters, Flo “Pauline” McKinney of Elizabethton, his twin sister, Erma Steven of Elizabethton, Louise (Carmen) Whitehead of Elizabethton, Rose (Gordon) Lewis of Elizabethton; and his sisters-in-law, Pauline Ahrens of Elizabethton and Wanda Morgan of Martinsville, VA. Several nieces and nephews as well as his special friends, Lester Julian, Dewey and Scharee Hill, Jack and Karen Presnell also survive. A service to celebrate the life of Edward Guinn will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Sunday, January 30, 2022 in the Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home Elizabethton with Pastor Jeremy Burleson and Pastor Steve Burleson officiating. The family will receive friends from 12:30 PM until 2:00 PM in the funeral home chapel prior to the service on Sunday or at the residence at anytime. The graveside service will follow in the George Mottern Cemetery in Watauga. Active pallbearers will be Darien Hamm, Robert Davenport, Chris Childers, Lester Julian, Freddy Julian, Gordon Lewis, Keith Lowe, Jack Presnell, Doug Colbaugh and Rick Renfro. Honorary pallbearers will be Bobby Collins, Jackie Collins, Jeff Lewis, Terry Whitehead, Carmen Whitehead, Michael Whitehead, Steve Burleson, Dawson Fair, Dewey Hill and Reverend Bobby Stout. The family would like to especially thank the nurses on 2700 ICU at Johnson City Medical Center and their family, friends and church family for their love and support. Online condolences and memories of Edward may be made at https://www.tetrickfuneralhome.com/. The Guinn family has been entrusted to Tetrick Funeral Home, 211 North Riverside Drive, Elizabethton, TN 37644.