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William McKinley Seales, 79

McMinnville resident and Wheatland, Wyoming native William McKinley Seales, 79, died Jan. 14 at Tennessee State Veterans Home in Murfreesboro after an extended illness.

A retired architect with the U.S. State Department and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War, he was the son of William McKinley and Iva Mae Hoy Seales; and was preceded in death by brother, Eugene Seales.

He is survived by his wife, Susan Fletcher Seales; daughter, Martha Murray of Houston, Texas; sons, William McKinley Seales of Joplin, Mo., John Seales of Gulf Breeze, Fla., and Stephen Seales of McMinnville; stepdaughter, Tatiana Stewart of Alpharetta, Ga.; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and brothers, John Seales of Knoxville and Charles Seales of Cave Creek, Ariz.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at High’s Chapel with Wayne Cantrell officiating. Burial will follow at Arlington National Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 3 to 9 p.m. today and 10 a.m. until time of service Monday at High’s. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.

High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Jan. 16, 2005

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