OBITUARIES

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...

Gwendolyn Alberts

Gwendolyn Alberts

Feb 9, 2003

Gwen died Sunday morning in Maury Regional Hospital in Columbia following a brief battle with cancer. A native of Williamson County, she was employed with Haley Industries in Franklin, and a member of the 7th Day Adventist Church. Gwen is survived by her parents: John W. Demumbran, Jr. of Linden, TN and Shirley Goins Wise of Franklin; her husband:...

Joe Robinson

Joe Robinson

Feb 8, 2003

Mr. Robinson died Saturday evening in Williamson Medical Center in Franklin. A native of Giles Co., TN, he was the son of the late Frank and Emma Adams Robinson, a World War II veteran, and retired from the United States Postal Service after 39 years of service. He is survived by one brother: Howard Robinson of Lewisburg, several nieces...

Jay Rev. Perry

Jay Rev. Perry

Feb 6, 2003

Rev. Perry died Thursday afternoon in St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. The following was written by Rev. Perry some ten years ago: ~~ I was born Nov. 9, 1912 on Hampton Creek, Roan Mountain, Tennessee. During my boyhood, my family and I attended Sunday School and Worship Services in the Hampton Creek Elementary School Building each Sunday afternoon. Those...

Vernon Adams

Vernon Adams

Feb 5, 2003

Vernon W. Adams died Wednesday at his Triune home. He was the son of the late Henry Virgil and Minnie Floyd Davis Adams, a farmer, and a member of the Baptist church. He is survived by a brother: Billy Wayne Adams; and a sister: Margie Adams Tyree, both of Lewisburg; and three half-brothers: Wade, William, and David Adams, all...

Madison Lentz

Madison Lentz

Feb 5, 2003

Madison Nicole Lentz, infant daughter of Charles Thomas and Michelle Callahan Lentz, died Wednesday in Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. In addition to her parents Chuck and Michelle, she is survived by her grandparents: Joe M. Callahan of Lewisburg and Peggy Lentz of Shelbyville; and two half-sisters: Chasity and Kimberly Lentz of Nashville. She was preceded in death...

Lillian Cooper

Lillian Cooper

Jan 24, 2003

Mrs. Cooper died Friday evening in Marshall Medical Center. A native of Marshall County, she was a homemaker and a member of the Methodist Church. She is survived by a son: Paul Wiles Lewisburg; sister: Martha Wiles Memphis; grandchildren: Amy Richardson, Will Wiles, and Jeremy Wiles; and a great-grandchild: McKinley Richardson. With Rev. Claude McMillion officiating, services will be...

Barbara Tepedino

Barbara Tepedino

Jan 16, 2003

Mrs. Tepedino died Thursday evening in Marshall Medical Center in Lewisburg. From an early age, she was loving refered to as 'Cookie.' Her life became defined by her love of travel, reading, and trying her hand at writing. Described by her children as a fabulous cook, her most treasured hours were entertaining her friends and family. Cookie received her...

Frank Houston, Jr

Frank Houston, Jr

Jan 7, 2003

Retired banker Frank B. Houston, Jr., age 99, died Tuesday morning in Whitesburg Gardens in Huntsville. Born in Marshall County, Mr. Houston was the last of the nine children of Frank B. and Georgiana Brown Houston, Sr., and a member and elder of the Bethbirei Presbyterian Church. Early in his career he worked in the Marshall County Trustees Office,...

Tammy Campbell

Tammy Campbell

Dec 26, 2002

Having fought a brave battle, Tammy passed away Thursday afternoon at her residence. She was affiliated with the Baptist Church, and worked at several local factories through Ledford Employee Exchange. She is survived by her mother: Maggie Campbell Cobb and her boyfriend: Richard Hunt, both of Cornersville.

George Swesey, Jr

George Swesey, Jr

Dec 25, 2002

Mr. Swesey died Wednesday at the VA Hospital in Murfreesboro. He was a retired Teledyne employee, and member of the First United Methodist Church of Lewisburg. Active in the community, he was a 50 year member of the Dillahunty Lodge #112 Free and Accepted Masons, a member of the York Rite and Scottish Rite bodies. He was also a...

Nellie Upchurch

Nellie Upchurch

Dec 24, 2002

Mrs. Upchurch passed away Tuesday evening at her residence in Columbia. She was the daughter of the late William R. and Callie Nix Hill, the widow of Charles F. Upchurch, and a member of the church of Christ. When asked, her children stated 'she was a mother first and foremost who provided us a wonderful home.' She was a...

William Compton

William Compton

Dec 21, 2002

Mr. Compton died Saturday in Palatine, Illinois. He was the son of the late Kieffer and Mary Sanders Compton, retired with 34 years of service to the Coats & Clark Sales Corporation, and served his country in the Air Force National Guard. Survivors include his wife, Berit Knutsen Compton of Palatine, IL; three daughters, Candice Compton of Brentwood, TN,...

William Frank Leonard

William Frank Leonard

Dec 20, 2002

Mr. Leonard died Friday morning in NHC-Lewisburg. He was the son of the late Ceril and Lily Winford Leonard, a retired supervisor with 45 years of service to Faber-Castell Corporation, and a member of the Church St. Church of Christ in Lewisburg. He was preceded in death by his wife: Carnease Gipson Leonard; a daughter: Patricia Brown; and a...

Nona Jett

Nona Jett

Dec 16, 2002

Mrs. Jett died Monday morning in Marshall Medical Center in Lewisburg. She was the daughter of the late William David Williams and Lucindy Ashford Williams, a housewife, and a member of the Lewisburg Church of God. Survivors include her husband: Woodrow Jett Lewisburg, two sons: Robert Guy Bishop Greensboro, NC and William Henry Bishop Wolf Ford, NC, two sisters:...

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