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Johnny Embry

Johnny Embry

Apr 29, 2005

Johnny Delton Embry, age 73, formerly of Lewisburg, died Friday afternoon at his home in Estill Springs, Tennessee. Born in Rogersville, Alabama, Johnny was the son of the late Lucas and Cora May Embry. He was a factory worker, having worked at Heil Quaker and Teledyne, and a member of the church of Christ. He is survived by his...

Wade Rinehart

Wade Rinehart

Apr 11, 2005

Wade Andrew Rinehart, age 34 of Lewisburg, died Monday morning at his residence. Wade was born in Houston, TX and was self-employed with Primerica Financial Services. He attended the Lewisburg First Baptist Church and was an active Cub Scout leader with Lewisburg Pack 173. He is survived by his wife: Renee Rinehart; a son: Connor Mealer, both of Lewisburg;...

Sam Collins

Sam Collins

Apr 10, 2005

Mr. Sam C. Collins, age 86 of Lewisburg, died Sunday evening in Maury Regional Hospital. A native of Marshall County, he was a farmer, retired from Reliance Machine Shop, and a member of the Bluff Springs Church of Christ. He had also worked as a cheese maker for Marshall County Creamery. He is survived by his wife: Elizabeth Stinson...

Mary Sue ' 'Memaw Thompson

Mary Sue ' 'Memaw Thompson

Apr 7, 2005

Mrs. Mary Sue MeMaw Cummings Thompson, age 89 of Lewisburg, died Thursday morning in Marshall Medical Center. A native of the Talley Station Community, she was the daughter of the late John H. and Dixie Lee Callahan Cummings, a homemaker and a member of the Church St. Church of Christ. She was a child caregiver for many years, caring...

John Pope Paul, Ii

John Pope Paul, Ii

Apr 2, 2005

Karol Jzef Wojtyla, known as John Paul II since his October 1978 election to the papacy, was born in Wadowice, a small city 50 kilometres from Cracow, on May 18, 1920. He was the second of two sons born to Karol Wojtyla and Emilia Kaczorowska. His mother died in 1929. His eldest brother Edmund, a doctor, died in 1932...

Carroll Bryant

Carroll Bryant

Mar 31, 2005

Mr. Carroll M. Bryant, age 77 of Lewisburg, died Thursday in NHC-Oakwood Health Care. A native of Marshall County, he was the son of the late William S. and Elvie Mai Higgs Bryant, and retired from Teledyne of Lewisburg. He served his country as a member of the United States Army. He is survived by a son: Billy Bryant;...

Leonard Malone

Leonard Malone

Mar 28, 2005

Mr. Leonard Clayton Scoot Malone, Sr., age 80 of Belfast, died Monday evening at his residence. Scoot was a native of Lincoln County, son of the late Rufus C. and Clara Prosser Malone, retired from Heil-Quaker Corporation and a member of Parkview Baptist Church. He served his country during World War II in the United States Navy. He is...

Billy Wilkerson

Billy Wilkerson

Mar 26, 2005

Mr. Billy P. Wilkerson, age 78 of Old Hickory, died Saturday evening at his residence. A native of Marshall County, he was the son of the late Eugene and Louella Parks Wilkerson, and an electrical estimator for Hardin Electric. He served his country during World War II in the United States Navy, and was a 32nd Degree Mason and...

Frank Boyd

Frank Boyd

Mar 24, 2005

Mr. Frank R. Boyd, age 90 of Lewisburg, died Thursday morning at his McKendrie Village residence. A native of Marshall Co, he was the son of the late Maud P. and Vessie Stephens Boyd. He was a retired manager with Coca-Cola of Lewisburg, and a member of the Lewisburg First Methodist Church. Mr. Boyd is survived by his wife...

Nadean Barrom

Nadean Barrom

Mar 23, 2005

Mrs. Nadean Barrom, age 73 of Cornersville, died Wednesday morning in Marshall Medical Center. A native of Lincoln Co, she was the daughter of the late Willard and Dillie Sue Crane Davis, a housewife and caretaker, and a member of the Belfast Baptist Church. She is survived by two sons: James E. Griffis of Tyler, TX and Donald W....

Josephine Conwell

Josephine Conwell

Mar 22, 2005

Mrs. Josephine Oliver Conwell, age 93, died Tuesday morning in Northcrest Medical Center in Springfield, TN. Mrs. Conwell was preceded in death by her husband of 72 years: Clyde J. Conwell in 2002, a daughter: Carolyn Conwell Lee in 1999; and 8 brothers and sisters. She is survived by a son: Wendell Conwell of Goodlettsville; a granddaughter: Jeannie Gulley...

Gertrude Baxter

Gertrude Baxter

Mar 22, 2005

Mrs. Gertrude Cheeves Baxter, age 89, died Tuesday morning in NHC-Lewisburg. A native of Marshall County, she was the daughter of the late Claude L. and Julie Ethel Jett Cheeves, retired Dietary Manager with the former Lewisburg Community Hospital, and a member of the Bethbirei Presbyterian Church. She is survived by two sons: Ronald Lee Baxter of Alexandria, TN...

Margaret Simons

Margaret Simons

Mar 4, 2005

Margaret Diane Simons, age 58 of Mt. Pleasant, died Friday evening in Maury Regional Hospital. Diane was the daughter of the late Basel and Hazel Boyle Simons. She was retired from the General Accounting Office in Washington, DC, and was a member of the Church of Christ. She is survived by a sister & brother-in-law: Donna and Ed Campbell;...

Florence Garrett

Florence Garrett

Feb 28, 2005

Florence Barton Garrett, age 85 of Lewisburg, died Monday in Marshall Medical Center. Mrs. Garrett was the youngest and last surviving child of William Thomas and Ellen Wood Barton. She was born in the Diana Community of Giles County and had been a member of the Church St. Church of Christ. Following high school, she trained locally to become...

John Laws Wallace, Iii

John Laws Wallace, Iii

Feb 25, 2005

John Laws Wallace III, age 46, died Friday at his residence. Born in Marshall County, he was one of three children to John L. and Joanne Sharp Wallace. He was self-employed and a member of the Lewisburg First Methodist Church. Laws is survived by his wife: Charlotte Cobb Wallace of Lewisburg; two children: Hart Armstrong of Atlanta, GA and...

Roy Murrell

Roy Murrell

Feb 18, 2005

Roy Edward Murrell, age 78 of Lewisburg, died Friday afternoon in Marshall Medical Center. The Lawrence Co native was the son of the late Calvin Taylor and Mary Dooley Murrell. He had been a self employed construction worker until his health failed, and more recently had been a custodian in the Marshall County Court House. He was a veteran...

Mary Shelton

Mary Shelton

Feb 15, 2005

Mary Boyd Shelton, age 65 of Rogersville, AL, died Tuesday morning in Maury Regional Hospital. Mary was a native of Lewisburg. She attended the University of Mississippi and MTSU, retired from the Marshall County Board of Education and was a bookkeeper for Sundrop. She is survived by her parents: Frank and Angelena Moore Boyd of Lewisburg; her husband of...

Elizabeth Bowers

Elizabeth Bowers

Feb 15, 2005

Mrs. Elizabeth Neely Libby Bowers, age 87, died Tuesday evening in Blount Memorial Hospital in Maryville, TN. Mrs. Bowers was a native of Belfast, daughter of the late Ross Walton and Flora Craig Neely, a homemaker, and member of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She was preceded in death by her husband; Ewen Bowers in 1978; a sister: Jane...

Kenneth Lee

Kenneth Lee

Feb 15, 2005

Kenneth Bradley Lee, age 51 of the Verona Community of Marshall County, died suddenly Tuesday morning in Marshall Medical Center following a heart attack. Ken was the son of the late Marvin Lee and Mrs. Wanda Nicely Gavette. He was a paramedic with the Hickman County EMS and longtime owner of Frontier Taxidermy in Verona. He is survived by...

Robert Luna

Robert Luna

Feb 12, 2005

Robert Luna, age 67 died Saturday in Marshall Medical Center. A native of Lincoln County, he was the son of the late Frank and Sara Pitts Luna. He was employed by the Marshall County Highway Department as an equipment operator, and a member of the Emmanuel church of Christ. He is survived by his wife: Maxine Luna; a son:...

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