Charlie Griffis
Oct 17, 2002
Mr. Griffis died Thursday evening in St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. A resident of Columbia, he was a member of the Parkview Baptist Church of Lewisburg and served his country in World War II with the United States Navy. He was formerly employed with Lewisburg Casting Company and Durango Boot Company. He was the son of the late Judson...
Whitfield Bryant, Jr
Oct 10, 2002
Mr. Bryant died Thursday morning at his residence. Mr. Bryant was a life-long resident of the Mooresville Community of Marshall County, son of the late Whitfield Alexander Bryant Sr. and Elizabeth McCrory Bryant, a farmer, and a member and former deacon of the Friendship Baptist Church in Culleoka. Mr. Bryant also loved to cook and make candy for his...
Willard Glenn
Sep 27, 2002
Marshall County native, 'Preacher' Glenn, died Friday in NHC-Lewisburg. Born in the Belfast area of Marshall county 1907, he was the son of the late Hugh and Nellie Whitsett Glenn. He was a member and Elder Emeritus of the Union Presbyterian Church of Belfast, a former director of the Bank of Belfast, and a past member and president of...
Clyde Conwell
Sep 26, 2002
Mr. Conwell died at his residence in Greenbrier, TN. He was a farmer for 75 years in the Marshall County area, son of the late Albert J. and Sarah Susan Crabtree Conwell, and a member of the New Hope United Methodist Church. On July 23, 1931, he married the former Josephine Oliver. To the union were born a son:...
James Orr
Sep 14, 2002
Mr. Orr died Saturday evening at University Hospital in Cincinnati, OH. He was the son of the late James Howard and Gladys Fagan Orr, retired from Bordens with 50 years of service, a veteran of the United States Navy, and a member of the Summit Church of Christ in Alexandria, KY. Pete is survived by his wife, June Musgrave...
John Mitchell
Sep 4, 2002
Mr. Mitchell died Wednesday afternoon in NHC-Lewisburg. A native of Giles Co TN, he was the son of the late William Herschel and Ethel Tucker Mitchell, a retired carpenter with Brindley Company, a farmer, and a member of the Cornersville Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by his wife, Christine Mitchell in Nov. 2000, a son, Danny...
Elizabeth Rose Moore
Sep 1, 2002
Mrs. Moore died peacefully Sunday afternoon in her Village Manor residence, surrounded by her family. She was the daughter of Frank and Belle Kearney Edwards, a member of St. John Catholic Church, and a registered nurse. After completing her trianing at St. Thomas Hospital School of Nursing, she chose family over career, dedicating her life to raising her nine...
Miriam Moon
Aug 27, 2002
Mrs. Moon died Tuesday evening in Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Horace Riggs and Katherine Gordon Harwell, a homemaker, and a member of the First United Methodist Church of Lewisburg. She was a member of the Robert Lewis Chapter of the DAR, the Marshall County Art Guild, and the Marshall County Study Club....
Violet Harrison Bradford
Aug 26, 2002
Mrs. Bradford died Monday in St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. She was the daughter of the late James Owen and Katie Vera Collins Harrison and a member of the Richland Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the Spring Place Community of Marshall County. Following graduation from Cornersville High School, Mrs. Bradford worked as a nurse, and then with Cosmolab, where she...
Joe Hudson
Aug 24, 2002
Mr. Hudson died Saturday afternoon in Marshall Medical Center. A native of Lincoln county, he was the son of the late William F. and Bena Barnes Hudson, self-employed carpenter, and a member of the First Baptist Church of Lewisburg, where he had served as a deacon. He also served his country in the United States Army during World War...
Hardin Gillespie
Aug 17, 2002
Mr. Gillespie died Saturday morning at his Nashville residence. Memorials may be made to the Woodbine Methodist Church or charity of your choice. A native of the Berlin Community, he was the son of the late John Henry & Ida Mai Gillespie, a member of the Woodbine Methodist Church, and retired after 43 years as a Marketing Manager for...
David Fry
Jul 30, 2002
Mr. Fry died peacefully, Tuesday morning in Marshall Medical Center. He was the son of the late Fletcher and Jessie Ivy Fry and the widower of Dorothy Woodward Fry, who preceded him in April, 2000. He was a member of the Church Street Church of Christ, Woodmen of the World, and retired from United Shoe Machinery Corporation. Survivors include...
Sylvia Edwards
Jul 25, 2002
Sylvia Gail Blalock Edwards died Thursday in Williamson Medical Center. She was the dauther of the late Enoch Ethridge Blalock and the late Mary Lucille Blalock Jett, and employed by Eaton Corporation of Shelbyville. Gail is survived by her sons: Troy Debbie Edwards Rockwall, NC and Tony Betsy Edwards Shelbyville; 3 brothers: Charles Blalock and Douglas Blalock Lewisburg, Joe...
James Shook
Jul 10, 2002
Mr. Shook died Wednesday morning in Maury Regional Hospital, Columbia, TN. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Florence, AL where he was raised. He served his country in WWII in the United States Army, First Cavalry Division, and in the U S Air Force following the war. He retired from the Lewisburg Fire Department, and spent some...
Ruth Chisholm
Jul 2, 2002
Mrs. Chisholm died Tuesday morning in NHC-Oakwood. A native of Maury Co, TN, she was a homemaker, member of the Baptist Church, and widow of Leslie O. Chisholm. She is survived by a brother: Flem Cheatham Shawnee, KS and nieces & nephews.
Joe Rufus Knowis
Jun 20, 2002
With his family at his side, former Lewisburg City Councilman Joe Rufus Knowis, age 89, died peacefully Thursday evening in Marshall Medical Center. He was born in Marshall county in 1913 to Samuel 'Bud' Knowis and Mattie Phifer Knowis. He was a Past President, Vice President, and Secretary of the original Lewisburg Kiwanis Club, and a well known car...
Clara Adams
Jun 20, 2002
Mrs. Adams died Thursday evening in Maury Regional Hospital. She was the daughter of the late John & Carrie Cook Harris, and a homemaker, and was preceded in death by a sister: Margaret Cook. Survivors include two sons: Jerry Adams and Ronnie Adams Lewisburg, a brother: Alvis Harris Wheel, sisters: Virginia Stephenson Wheel, Gladys Crowell Wheel, Silvia Pugh and...
Mary Owen
Jun 17, 2002
Mrs. Owen died Monday morning in NHC-Oakwood in Lewisburg. She was the daughter of David and Mary nee Stevenson Dickerson, and a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Lewisburg. Mrs. Owen began her education at Dickinson College, and received her bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and her Masters from University of Tennessee, Nashville Campus. She was...
Jordan Curtis-Cannon
Jun 16, 2002
Jordan loved life. He was a member of the JAAA 7-8 Cardinals, playing 2nd and short, training as a pitcher. He loved baseball, camping, fishing and wrestling. And how he loved to dance! He just completed the first grade in Ms. Berman's class at Stockbridge Elementary. He is survived by his mother: Wende Jo Curtis Stockbridge, GA; father: Robert...
George Childress
Jun 14, 2002
A well-known local businessman, Mr. Childress was the son of the late James Wesley & Beedie Putman Childress. He was a member of the Church of God, and former owner of the Belfast Rock Company. On May 28, 1938, he married the former Edith Dunn. To that union they had seven children: George E Childress Lewisburg, James Marion Childress...
