Obituary Report for October 30, 2002
Otto Hillis, 80
aRock Island resident and Sequatchie County native Otto Hillis, 80, died Oct. 28 at River Park Hospital.
A retired nurseryman and the former operator of a rolling store, he was a member of Cumberland Chapel Freewill Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and was a U.S. Navy veteran.
The son of Russ and Jessie Tetters Hillis, he is survived by his wife, Etoile Yates Hillis; daughters, Patricia McCormack and Valeta Dunlap, both of Rocky River, and Joanna Roberts of McMinnville; son, Danny Hillis of Rocky River; grandchildren, Steve McCormack, Tammy Roberts, Tina Hennessee, Ashley, Mary Beth and Adam Dunlap, Jessica and Jacob Hillis; great-grandchildren, Nikki, Mariah and Micah McCormack, Lauren and Brandon Hennessee; and brother, Ralph Hillis of McMinnville.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. today at High’s Chapel with Dennis Deweese officiating. Burial will follow at Crain Hill Cemetery in Van Buren County. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. until time of service today at High’s.
High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Oct. 30, 2002
Flavius Lee Rose, 85
McMinnville resident formerly of Mount Dora, Fla., Flavius Lee Rose, 85, died Oct. 29 at River Park Hospital after a brief illness.
A retired teacher in Florida, a Soddy Daisy native and a member of Central Church of Christ, he was the son of Hugh Albert and Hattie Gann Rose; and was preceded in death by daughter, Jillene Smith.
He is survived by his wife, Naomi Rose; daughters, Judith Roney of McMinnville, Juliet Ingram of Nashville and Janita Stuart of New Zealand; sons, Don Rose of Nashville and Jon Rose of Memphis; stepdaughters, Laura Salz of New Jersey and Caroline Melton of Michigan; stepson, Edward Melton of Michigan; 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
There will be no services at High’s.
High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Oct., 30, 2002
Lester H. Crawley, 83
Manchester resident and McMinnville native Lester H. Crawley, 83, died Oct. 28 at Harton Regional Medical Center.
A sheet metal worker, the president of the Manchester area senior citizens organization, a U.S. Army veteran and a member of Pocahontas Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Robert and Elatia Ensey Crawley.
He is survived by his wife, Lillian F. Crawley; children and their spouses, Doris Elane and Charles Pope, Grace and Cecil Nabors, James and Diane Crawley, Mary and Jerry Ellington, all of Conyers, Ga.; step-grandchildren, Jerry J. Tucker of Manchester, Larry and Jimmy Medley of California; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Coffee County Funeral Home Chapel with Ken Chambers officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. View Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1 to 9 p.m. today at Coffee Funeral Home.
Coffee County Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Oct. 30, 2002