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JOHNSON CITY - Carroll Wayne Billheimer, 83, passed away peacefully on June 8th, 2021, in Johnson City, TN, surrounded by his wife, children, and grandchildren. Born August 9th, 1937 to Herbert and Jessie Billheimer, he had a wonderful childhood growing up in Elizabethton with countless friends to play with who went on to remain lifelong companions. It was in the 6th grade he met Jimmy Hardin; the two would go on to be best friends, one anotherâs Best Man, and at each otherâs side up until Carrollâs passing on Tuesday morning. Carroll managed two paper routes and performed small jobs helping others in the neighborhood from an early age. He graduated from Elizabethton High School in 1956. He lettered in baseball all four years and played on the football team. He continued cheering on the Cyclones through the duration of his life and onto the State Championships in 2019 and 2020. He attended Lincoln Memorial University on a baseball scholarship and attended East Tennesse
ELIZABETHTON â âThe Fruit Cake Manâ was memorialized during Tuesdayâs meeting of the Carter County Commission.
Nathaniel âTomâ McCloud earned his nickname by his long dedication to baking small batches of extremely high quality and tasty fruit cakes nearly every day of the year. The man who devoted so much of his later life to producing the traditional Christmas treat died at the age of 88 on Dec. 27, 2020, just two days after the holiday.
McCloud did not devote so much of his latter years to baking fruit cakes just for the purpose of satisfying a taste for an old family recipe. He did it as a means of raising money for charity. It began with attempting to boost the building fund for Unaka Baptist Church, where he was a deacon for many years.