William “Bill” Mance Nowlin
An employee of the Carrier Corporation, a Vietnam veteran in the U.S. Marine Corps and a member of the African American Episcopal Church, he was the some of Fred Leslie and Lera Curtis Nowlin.
He is survived by his mother, Lera Mae Nowlin of McMinnville; daughters, Tiffany Nowlin and Angel Nowlin, both of Georgia; sons, Todd McCree of Connecticut, Keith Martin of McMinnville and Jemond Smith of Old Hickory; several grandchildren; sisters, Freddie Nowlin, Joyce Nowlin and Phyllis K. Nowlin, all of McMinnville; brothers, Charles Nowlin of Nashville, James Nowlin of Florida and Steve Nowlin of South Carolina; friend, Judy High of Texas; uncle, William Curtis of Cleveland, Ohio; aunt, Georgia Mae Curtis of Murfreesboro; and a host of nieces, great-nieces and nephews, cousins and friends.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at High’s Chapel with Daniel Hayes, Paul Tramel and Eugene Collier officiating. Burial and military graveside rites will follow at Gardens of Memory. Visitation will be held after 5 p.m. tomorrow and a wake will be held from 1 p.m. until the time of the service Friday.
High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) April 7, 2004