OBITUARIES

Sean Whaley

Sean Whaley

Jun 13, 2003

Sean Dewene Whaley, age 35 of Lewisburg, died Friday, June 13, 2003, in Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. Born in Wincester, TN, Sean was raised in Lewisburg and was the son of Buddy and Wanda Oliver Whaley of Lewisburg. He graduated from Marshall County High School in 1985. Sean loved sports: football, baseball, and NASCAR, and was...

Lillie Bowden Gillespie

Lillie Bowden Gillespie

Jun 5, 2003

Mrs. Lillie Sandra Bowden Gillespie, age 60, died Thursday in Panama City Beach, FL. A native of Marshall County, she was a homemaker and member of the First Presbyterian Church. She was preceded in death by her father,Stanley Bowden and a son, John H. Jack Gillespie, V. She is survived by her mother: Frances Helton Bowden of Farmington; son:...

Leonard Blackwell

Leonard Blackwell

May 20, 2003

Mr. Leonard Blackwell, age 87 of Lewisburg, died Tuesday morning, May 20, 2003 in Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. Mr. Blackwell was born in Giles County in 1916 to John and Mazie Darnell Blackwell. He was a retired truck driver, current owner of Blackwell Sales & Tires in Shelbyville, and a member of the Baptist church. He was preceded...

James Gilliam

James Gilliam

May 13, 2003

Mr. James Ralph Gilliam, age 88 of Lewisburg, died Tuesday morning, May 13, 2003 in St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. Mr. Gilliam was born May 18, 1914 to James O. and Mattie Dark Gilliam, and was raised in the Nashville area. He served as a Master Technical Sergeant during World War II in the United States Marines. Following duty...

Matthew ' 'Mac Scoggins, Sr

Matthew ' 'Mac Scoggins, Sr

May 11, 2003

Mr. Matthew M. Mac Scoggins, Sr., age 83, died Sunday afternoon at his Lynnville residence following a brief illness. Services celebrating Macs life will be conducted Tuesday at 10:00 AM from the chapel of Bills McGaugh Funeral Home, officiated by Rev. Perry McCall and Bro. Ronnie Thomas. Burial will follow in Lone Oak Cemetery. Survivors include his wife of...

Maurice Lout

Maurice Lout

May 8, 2003

Maurice Lout, age 70, died Thursday morning at his home in Chapel Hill. A native of Center, TX, Maurice was the son of the late J. D. & Lorraine Lout. He retired with 43 years of service in the oil fields in and around Houston, TX. In June of 1988, he married Rosemary Love Lout, who survives. In addition...

Mary Hoffman

Mary Hoffman

May 1, 2003

Mrs. Mary Hale Hooten Hoffman, age 82 of Mobile, AL, died Thursday morning in Providence Hospital in Mobile. A native of Clinton, IL, Mrs. Hoffman was raised in the Lewisburg area. She was the daughter of the late William and Clemmie Powell Hale, and a member of the church of Christ. She was employed for many years with Eureka-Williams...

Harriet England

Harriet England

Apr 22, 2003

Mrs. Harriet Lee England, age 95 of Lewisburg, died Tuesday morning in NHC-Oakwood. On May 14, 1907, Harriet Lee Ford was the first of twelve children born to John Garfield and Anna Elizabeth Davis Ford in Hartford, TN. Young Harriet received her RN certification from Davidson County Hospital in Nashville and committed her life to nursing at Vanderbilt, Davidson...

Ruth Beech

Ruth Beech

Apr 14, 2003

Mrs. Ruth Van Horn Beech, age 73 of Lewisburg, died Monday morning in Atlantic Beach, Florida, follwoing a battle with cancer. She was born in Woodward, Oklahoma to the late late Archie Glenn and Clelia Lowe VanHorn. Mrs. Beech attended Middle Tennessee State University, and received her bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland. She taught reading to adults...

Mary Evelyn Blackwell

Mary Evelyn Blackwell

Apr 10, 2003

Mary Evelyn Blackwell, age 75 of Lewisburg, died Thursday evening in Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. A native of Lincoln County, TN, she was the daughter of the late James Thomas and Allemai Cowan Smith, a homemaker, member of the First Baptist Church of Lewisburg, and widow of Leslie Blackwell, who preceded her in death in 1989. She is...

Margaret Hodge

Margaret Hodge

Apr 2, 2003

Mrs. Margaret E. Hodge, age 76, a resident of Garden Terrace in Douglasville, GA, died Wednesday morning in the Wellstar-Douglas Hospital in Douglasville. Mrs. Hodge was a Lewisburg native, daughter of the late John and Lena Beth Little Davis, a homemaker, and member of the Baptist church. She is survived by two sons: Jack L. Martin of Douglasville, GA,...

Charles Lewis

Charles Lewis

Mar 27, 2003

Charles Edward 'Chuck' Lewis, age 40, died Thursday in Nashville. A native of Fairfield, CA, Chuck was a 1980 graduate of Bartlett TN High School and worked as a cable intaller. He was preceded in death by his father, Samuel Edward Lewis, and a half-sister, Janice Lewis. Chuck is survived by his wife: Jennifer Lewis; and a son: Daniel...

John Kinser

John Kinser

Mar 19, 2003

Mr. John Raymond Kinser, age 57 of Lewisburg, died Wednesday evening in the VA Medical Center in Nashville. A native of Orlando, FL, John was raised in East Tennessee. He was a 1963 graduate of Oak Ridge High School in Oak Ridge, TN, and received his Masters degree in Industrial Management from Northeastern State University. Following his military service...

Russell Mars

Russell Mars

Mar 15, 2003

Mr. Russell R. Mars, age 77 of Petersburg, died Saturday in NHC-Oakwood. Mr. Mars was a native of Pine Grove, PA, and the son of the late Claude R. and Myrtle Kantner Mars. He was a truck driver and member of the Baptist church. He was also a veteran of World War II and a life member of the...

George Hazlett

George Hazlett

Mar 13, 2003

Mr. George Thomas Hazlett, age 75 of Lewisburg, died Thursday evening in Marshall Medical Center. Mr. Hazlett was a native of Marshall County, son of the late Arthur Lee and Sallie Williams Hazlett, and retired from Genesco Corporation and the Marshall County Highway Department. He is survived by his wife: Mattie L. Hazlett; two daughters: Nancy Fagan and Emily...

Mrs. Porter Crawley

Mrs. Porter Crawley

Mar 8, 2003

Mrs. Porter Duncan Crawley, age 93 of Lewisburg, left to be with her Lord on Saturday, March 08, 2003, in NHC-Oakwood. In death, she joins two husbands: James Rufus Sims and Walter Crawley, and her sisters: Eudy Johnson and Alfred Duncan. Mrs. Crawley was a native of the Caney Springs Community of Marshall County, born in 1909 to Morgan...

Oma Williams

Oma Williams

Mar 4, 2003

Mrs. Oma R. Williams, age 94 of Lewisburg, died Tuesday evening in NHC-Oakwood. Mrs. Williams was born in Bedford County in 1909. She was the oldest and last of the six children of Fred and Eula Bearden Reed, a housewife, and a member of the East Commerce Baptist Church. She was a past member of the Lewisburg Home Demonstration...

Dan Short

Dan Short

Mar 2, 2003

Dan William Short, age 76 of Lewisburg, died Sunday morning in Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. Mr. Short was a native of the Spring Place Community of Marshall County, son of the late Marvin and Iris Dyer Short, and retired from the United States Postal Service with 37 years of service. He was a member of the Hardin Chapel...

Clara Harwell

Clara Harwell

Mar 2, 2003

Mrs. Clara Ayers Harwell, age 68 of Columbia, died Sunday in Maury Regional Hospital. Mrs. Harwell was a native of Marshall County, daughter of the late J. W. and Beulah Umbles Ayers, a homemaker, and a member of the Berea Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband: Norman Harwell in 1996; a great-grandchild: Breonna Walls and...

Margaret Barton

Margaret Barton

Feb 17, 2003

Mrs. Barton died Monday morning in the White Cliff Nursing Home in Greenville, PA. She was born in Chapel Hill, TN on September 21, 1914 to Richard Watson and Emily McRory Brooks. She was a graduate of Forest High School in Chapel Hill, and Andrew Jackson Business College in Nashville, TN. She was the Executive Secretary at Heil-Quaker Corporation...

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