Mary Helen Crouch, 78

Born on Oct. 21, 1928 in Marietta, Ga., she was a retired educator with the Maury County School System and member of Highland Park Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School. Mrs. Crouch was preceded in death by parents, Joseph Uriah and Ethel May Akins; husband, Brown Crouch; daughter, Susan Crouch Hickman; sisters, Eurika May and Sarah Pearl; and brothers, John Robert and James Kenneth Akins.

Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, David and Teresa Crouch of Tracy City; brother, Joseph Franklin Akins of Rockingham, N.C.; grandson, John Fuller of Tullahoma; great-grandchildren, Brandon Crouch and Natasha Fuller; and special friends, Georgia McCaleb and Lee Dillehay of Columbia.

Graveside services were conducted Wednesday at Viola Cemetery with David Crouch officiating.

McMinnville Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.