Terry N. Elmore

January 9, 2012 

NATURAL BRIDGE, N.Y.  —  Terry N. Elmore, 34, of 5609 Lewisburg Road, died Sunday, Jan. 8, in Watertown.

Born Feb. 21, 1977, in Elkhart, Ind., the son of the late Marlin L. and Ruth A. Hoffman Elmore, he attended schools in Indiana where he excelled in wresting and later at Carthage Central where he participated in football, swimming and track and field. He attended JCC and was on the soccer team. 

While living in Indiana he worked maintenance in a senior citizen building and was a self-employed carpenter. Terry returned to Carthage and worked construction on several projects on Fort Drum, including the airport and at Ithaca College.

Surviving are a son, Nazareth N. Elmore, Carthage; his mother and step-father, Ruth and Deward Barrier, Natural Bridge; a sister, Tanya Overton, Carthage; two brothers, Robert Elmore, Hamilton, Ohio, and Jason Overton, Castorland; a step sister, Lana Barrier of Nashville, Tenn.; his maternal grandfather, Charles Hoffman Sr., Carthage; a step-grandmother, Euin Barrier, Harrisburg, Ark.; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, at Bezanilla-McGraw Funeral Home with the Rev. Edward Roggie officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Carthage. Calling hours will be 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, at the funeral home. 

Information provided by Bezanilla-McGraw Funeral Home and Newzjunky, Watertown, N.Y.