Obituary Report for August 7, 2002

John A. Driver, 79
McMinnville resident and DeKalb County native John A. Driver, 79, died Aug. 4 at NHC Healthcare after an extended illness.

A retired employee of Rockford Textile Mills and a member of Madison Street Baptist Church, he was the son of the late John and Martha Belle Fisher Driver; and was preceded in death by his sister, Francis Parsley.

He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Marie Morton Driver; daughter and son-in-law, Billie Faye and Richard Vaughn of Minor Hill; sister, Modena Driver of McMinnville; brother, Joe Driver of San Antonio, Texas; grandchildren, John, Ashley, Robert and Holly Vaughn, all of Minor Hill; several nieces and nephews.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. today at McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Carl Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Faulkner Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until time of service today at McMinnville Funeral Home.

McMinnville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Aug. 7, 2002

Linda Fay Dyer George, 60
Quebeck resident and Warren County native Linda Fay Dyer George, 60, died Aug. 5 at Alive Hospice in Nashville after a short illness.

A homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ, she is survived by her parents, Dola Argo Boyd and Jessie Eugene Boyd, both of Quebeck; daughters and sons-in-law, Mary Kathy and Jeff Swallows of Quebeck, Teresa and Rodney Pelham of McMinnville; grandchildren, Stephen and Dakota Swallows and Cody Bottoms; special friends, Kenny Denise Bottoms and Kim Rigsby; several aunts, uncles and cousins.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Love-Cantrell & Cope Funeral Home Chapel with Brian Underwood officiating. Burial will follow at Shellsford Cemetery. Visitation will be held from noon until 2 p.m. Thursday at Love-Cantrell & Cope.

Love-Cantrell & Cope Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Aug. 7, 2002

Louis Lakatos, 87
McMinnville resident and Wharton, N.J., native Louis Lakatos, 87, died Aug. 3 at River Park Hospital after an extended illness.

An engineering technician at Picatinny Arsenal in Rockaway, N.J., until his retirement in 1972 and a member of the First Presbyterian Church, he served his country in the U.S. Air Force in World War II and was a crew chief and flight engineer on B-24 and B-17 bombers. He was a past commander and life member of American Legion Post 245 in Lake Hopatcong, N.J., and a member 40/8, NARFE.

The son of Stephen and Rose Zekan Lakatos; he is survived by his wife, Ravanell M. Lakatos; daughters, Louise Jones and Ruth Kell, both of McMinnville; grandchildren, Kristine Tanner, Tennille Kell Stanton, Amber Kell Crouch and Michael Jones, all of McMinnville, and Michele Gobbell of Hermitage; six great-grandchildren; brother, John Lakatos of Rockaway; sister, Rose Big of Boston, Mass.; several nieces and nephews.

Services were held Tuesday at High’s Chapel with burial following at Whorton Springs Cemetery in DeKalb County with Chaplain Col. Sidney Leak officiating. Military graveside rites administered by VFW Post 5064 and American Legion Post 173.

High Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Aug. 7, 2002

J. Lynn Molloy
Signal Mountain resident J. Lynn Molloy died Aug. 2.

A former federal alcohol tax and prohibition agent, a member of the Church of Christ and a co-owner of a dry cleaning company in Chattanooga, he played end with the McMinnville High School all-state football team in 1928. A World War II veteran, he was a military police guard escort of German prisoners of war.

He is survived by daughter, Janie Huntley; son, Dr. Ronnie Molloy; grandchildren, Brooke and David Whitfield, all of Chattanooga; brothers, Bob Molloy and Ed Molloy of McMinnville, Laddie Molloy of Gloster, Ms., and T.B. Molloy of St. Pete, Fla.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Lotus Moss Molloy; father, J. Logan Molloy; mother, Fleda Lowry Molloy; sisters, Donnie Ray, Lillian Roach and Louise Gross; and brothers, Harry Sutton, Emmet and Hillard Rayden.

Services were held Sunday at Chattanooga Funeral Home North Chapel with burial following at Chattanooga Memorial Park.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Aug. 7, 2002

James Dewey Whitman, 63
McMinnville resident and Warren County native James Dewey Whitman, 63, died Aug. 5 at Raintree Manor after an extended illness.

A commercial truck driver and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of Dean and Clara Lee Muncey Whitman Sr.; and was preceded in death by sister, Gertrude Neal; and brother, Carl Whitman.

He is survived by daughters, Angelia Madewell of McMinnville and Michelle Mason of Rock Island; grandchildren, Cale and Hannah Madewell of McMinnville, and Dillon Mason of Rock Island; sisters, Georgia Turosky of McMinnville, Sue Manis of Painesville, Ohio, Mary Smith of Rock Island, Christine Turner of Smyrna and Linda Gooch of Centertown; and brothers, Howard and Dean Whitman Jr. of McMinnville.

Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Riverside Cemetery with Titus Ward officiating.

High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Aug. 7, 2002