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Marion was born on April 21, 1924 and passed away on Sunday, December 16, 2018. Marion was a resident of Onancock, Virginia at the time of passing. She graduated from Pleasantville HS in 1941 and went on to earn her Bachelor's of Education degree from Maryville College in Maryville, TN. A Memorial Service will be held at Commonwealth Senior Living (formerly, The Hermitage, 23610 North Street, Onancock, VA on February 2, 2019 at 2:00 p.m., with The Reverends Berkley Ford and Robert Fletcher officiating. Donations may be made to: Riverside Shore Hospice P.O. Box 616, Onley VA 23418 http://riversidehospice.org/ Memorial Service at the Commonwealth Senior Living (Hermitage) at 2:00 PM on February 2, 2019. Memorial contributions may be made to Riverside Shore Hospice, P.O. Box 615, Onley, VA 23418.

After a long illness, Carol McCutcheon Bayless passed away on 23 August 2016. She was born in 1924, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. At three she moved to the country town of Pittstown, New Jersey. The next year she began her schooling in a one-room schoolhouse where she continued until the age of twelve. At thirteen she began high school at Flemington High School. She graduated four years later at the age of sixteen. She matriculated to Maryville College in Tennessee where she majored in math and graduated summa cum laude in 1945. In 1946 she married Robert W. Bayless, a first lieutenant Marine Corps pilot. For sixty-seven years Carol was a professional mother; she had three children. In 1961, she undertook a new career, math teacher. With her profound understanding of math and of children, she became a master teacher and tutor, teaching for a total of thirty-three years (32 years at Palm Beach Day School) and tutoring for fifty-five years. She is predeceased by her husband, and her son, Hugh Wallace Bayless. She is survived by her son, Robert V. Bayless (Alice), and her daughter, Barbara Bayless Close (Thomas); by four grandchildren: Julia Close (Pete Gallogly), Bob Close (Staci), Felix Monell, and Robert Bayless; and five great-grandchildren: Ayden, Benjamin, and Cade Gallogly, and Sean and Devin Close. A memorial service will be celebrated on Sunday, 11 September, at 2:00PM, at Palm Beach Day Academy, 241 Seaview Avenue, Palm Beach. Rather than flowers, please donate to Palm Beach Day Academy (designate Carol Bayless on memo) where an appropriate memorial will be established.

Verneda Bayless, age 87, a resident of Belen, passed away on Friday, June 25, 2010.

Matilda Pearl Housch Benton passed away Monday, April 4, 2016. She was 91. Born in Chickamauga, GA on June 27, 1924, Mrs. Benton was the daughter of the late Walter Matthew and Pearl Cunningham Housch. She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Thomas F. Benton, two sisters Marion Housch Hutcheson and Florence Housch Lukeman, and two brothers, Max Housch and Edison Housch.Growing up in Chickamauga, Matilda graduated Gordon Lee High School. She attended Maryville College, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Home Economics. Accepting a job in Jackson County as the County Home Demonstration Agent and 4-H advisor, she moved to Jefferson in 1947, where she met and later married Thomas Frazer Benton in 1949.Thomas and Matilda lived in Commerce the rest of their lives. Matilda was a homemaker in their early years and then later worked with her husband at the JB Hardman Insurance Agency and the Commerce Building & Loan, later Athens Federal. She was a licensed insurance agent. Mrs. Benton was an active member of the First United Methodist Church of Commerce for over 60 years. She served as president of the United Methodist Women, Chairman of Worship and Membership Chairman. She served 30 continuous years on the Administrative Board. She was a member of the Church choir, Circle 2 (Hannah), Saints Alive, Alter Guild and Prayer & Care. She was also an active member in Pine Tree Garden Club for over 30 years, where she served as Secretary and Treasurer. She played an active role in their many gardening and nursing home projects.Matilda was an avid supporter of Girl Scouts, USA. She was a local troop leader and volunteer for 20 years. She instilled the Girl Scout motto, Be Prepared. in all her children; her three daughters received the First Class Honor Badge during her tenure. She served on the State Council and received the Thanks Award, the highest award given to volunteer adult leadership. In addition to her camping and outdoor activities, Matilda had many hobbies. She was an accomplished seamstress and baker. She also enjoyed playing the piano. She loved spending time with her family, cooking many a Sunday dinner for all to enjoy. She always looked forward to the annual family beach vacation, where she developed her video camera hobby, much to her family’s dismay. She was a competitive player of many card and board games and loved jigsaw puzzles. At 71, she joined the hospital fitness center, where she spent her mornings walking the treadmill and rowing. In later years, she enjoyed long rides, feeding the ducks and became an ardent bird watcher. Mrs. Benton is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Tommy and Karen Benton of Jefferson, daughter and son-in-law Kathleen and Jimmy Hooper of Maysville, daughter and son-in-law Matilda and Robert Wangerien of Sandy, UT and daughter Elizabeth Benton of Commerce; five grandchildren, LeighAnn Benton Allison, Thomas Housch Benton, Jr., Frances Hooper Whitlock, Wyatt Benton Hooper and John Wesley Terrell; six step-grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The Housch-Benton family would like to thank her long-time caregivers, Judy Hicks, Heyward Barnett and Dorothy Haggard for all the love and support they gave to Miss Matilda and her entire family.

91, entered the larger life on Friday, March 28, 2014. Mary was the wife of the late Donald F. Black; and the daughter of Paul W. Curtis Sr. and Ruth Teas Curtis. Mary attended the Girls Preparatory School, following in the footsteps of her mother, Ruth Teas, who had been the very first graduate of the school, and then graduated from Chattanooga City High School in 1941. She earned a B.S. degree from Maryville College in Maryville, Tenn., and completed her M.A. in early childhood education at The University of Tennessee at Knoxville. She was in the first group of teachers in the founding of the Head Start program. For nearly 40 years she taught kindergarten and first grade in the Chattanooga City Schools and Hamilton County Schools, retiring in 1988 as a teacher at the former Elbert Long School, now CSLA. Mary was a lifelong member of Grace Episcopal Church. At the time of her passing was the oldest living member of the parish and had been present at the installation of five of the six Rectors that have served Grace Church. She also had a great interest in continuing the genealogical research begun by her mother, and was a member of The Colonial Dames of the XVIIth Century, Daughters of the American Revolution, The Magna Carta Society and Pioneer Families of Indiana. She is survived by her four children, Ruth (Bill) LeBlanc, of Baton Rouge, La., Paul (Kathy) Black, of Chattanooga, Robert (Carol) Black, of Kingston Springs, Tenn., and Phil (Susan) Black, of Mountain Brook Ala.; six grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, her sister, R. Elizabeth Curtis Phillips; her brothers, Paul W. Curtis Jr., and John W. Curtis; and two grandchildren, James Chisholm LeBlanc, and Lucy Bennett Black A Celebration of her life will be at Grace Episcopal Church, at 2 p.m. on Saturday April 5, with the Rev. Susan J. Butler, officiating. Interment will follow immediately after the service in the Grace Memorial Garden. The family will be receiving friends at the church prior to the service, from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in Marys name be made to The Grace Church Book of Remembrance. And a special “Thank You!!!” to the staff and nurses at Standifer Place for their love and care. Visit www.heritagefh.com to share words of comfort to the family.

Una Evelyn Black passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2017. Born September 24, 1920, she was the daughter of Charles and Anna Jean Easter, Loudon, Tennessee. Una attended Maryville College, then Peabody College and served in the US Navy during World War II. She was a member of Northside Presbyterian Church and had served as deacon and as a Presbyterian Women officer and Circle member. She was a charter member of Stuart Heights Garden Club and a decades-long election worker for Stuart Heights precinct. Una was a reader, gardener and bird watcher. She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister and three brothers. She was the widow of the late James Elworth Black. Una is survived by her two daughters and sons-in-law, Linda and Paul Robertson and Brenda and Jim Hooper, granddaughter, Evelyn Elise Hooper, nieces and nephews. A graveside service was held on Monday, January 30, 2017 at Chattanooga National Cemetery. A reception followed at Northside Presbyterian Church. Memorial contributions can be made to the Book of Remembrance, Northside Presbyterian Church, 923 Mississippi Avenue, Chattanooga, TN 37405. Arrangements are held by the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory and Florist, 5401 Highway 153, Hixson, TN 37343. Please share your thoughts and memories at www.chattanooganorthchapel.com

Edward F. Burkhart passed away on December 16, 2007.

“Tis very sweet to look into the fair and open face of heaven.” – John Keats Joyce Lorraine Christianson was born December 15th, 1923 in Atlanta, Georgia to Ben and Rowena Odom. She passed away peacefully, with family by her side, on August 19th, 2015 in Mount Vernon, Washington, of congestive heart failure, at the age of 91. Joyce was a wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, elementary school teacher and lifelong adventurer. She graduated from the University of Georgia, where she was a member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority and received her Masters from Oglethorpe University in preparation for her teaching career. Her first teaching job took her to a sugar plantation in Hilo, Territory of Hawaii in 1948. She moved to Seattle in 1949 to teach kindergarten and first grade at McDonald School near Greenlake. Joyce joined a Christian singles group, the Campbell Club, at University Christian Church where she met her future husband, Lyle Christianson, also a Seattle school teacher. They married on March 28th, 1953. In 1960 they settled their growing family in the Maple Leaf neighborhood in North Seattle. Lyle passed away of cancer in 1972. Joyce was very proud of the four wonderful children they had together, always encouraging them throughout their lives. She was always the loudest supporter in the stands for their school sports and her school teacher voice carried for blocks at dinner time- “diiiinner”! And she never lost her soft southern accent even after 66 years in the Pacific Northwest. After Lyle’s death, Joyce renewed her teaching career retiring from University Heights Elementary in 1987. Joyce never remarried. How do you follow the husband who wrote to her “You are the most wonderful person I know, or have known; The loveliest to gaze on, The most enjoyable to be with, The most perfect to love”. Joyce was a lifelong adventurer; teaching English in China, traveling to Israel, Russia, South America, Turkey, and Europe. She loved to dance and was a master at playing bridge, her favorite pastime up to the end of her life. She will be missed by her bridge playing friends but now they will have a chance to win! She moved to La Conner, Washington, 3 years ago to be near family, where she helped her son’s business, Christianson’s Nursery, for over 20 years. Her boundless energy and enthusiasm for life will be missed by all who knew her. Joyce’s life was filled with so many changes; growing up on Peachtree Hills Avenue in the segregated south and living long enough to see Barack Obama as President, watching silent movies, growing up during the Great Depression, reaching adulthood in WW2, and having a president from Georgia, Jimmy Carter (the first democrat she voted for!) Oh! What a life! Joyce is survived by her younger sister, Jacqueline Nelson, brother-in-law Glen Christianson, sister-in-law Marge Christianson, and her children: Judy Christianson (Ann), Carl Christianson (Kim), John Christianson (Toni), and Karen Christianson (Heidi). Grandchildren James Christianson (Rhiannan), Ann Feaster (Bill), Daniel Marty, Allyson McCormick (Bryan), Emma Christianson and great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and dear friends. Joyce was a member of the University Presbyterian Church for over 50 years, upon moving to La Conner, she joined the La Conner United Methodist Church. She was certain in her belief in God and Jesus Christ as her Savior. She loved her church family. She did not fear death and was certain of her place in heaven. Memorial donations may be made to La Conner United Methodist Church or KCTS 9 Public Television. We would like to thank The Bridge at Mount Vernon for their compassionate care in Joyce’s final weeks. Joyce’s final resting place will be with her husband at Evergreen-Washelli in Seattle, Washington.

91, of New Franklin, Ohio died Monday, August 17th. She was born November 1, 1923 in Genoa, Ohio to the late Joseph and Muriel (Longenecker) Weber. Muriel was a Chemical Analyst at Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., a member of Northwest Stark Senior Center and High Point Christian Church (old Clinton 1st Church of Christ). In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Royal Clark and one brother. She is survived by her sisters, Fannie Mae Heimlich ’53 of Attica, Ohio and Lauramae Cutler ’44 of New Jersey; nieces, Debbie (Carl) Nelson of Mount Gilead, Ohio and Marie; nephew, Clifford Heimlich.

Imogene Ethel Everett Cobb 95, of Maryville, TN died Friday, October 11, 2019, at Asbury Place. She was a graduate of Maryville College, having worked her way through college in the Maid Shop. She was married to James W. Cobb, Sr. for 67 wonderful years and has one loving son, James William Cobb, Jr. and his wife Catherine Cobb. She is survived by her son, James W. Cobb, Jr. and wife Catherine (Caylor) Cobb; sisters, Iva Faye (Everett) Davis, and Joyce (Everett) Goss, and many loving nieces and nephews. She was preceded by her husband, James W. Cobb, Sr., parents, Moses M. and Rosetta Everett; sisters, Hazel Ivey, Blanche Black, Lorene Bell, and brother, Wood N. Everett. She was a faithful member of Monte Vista Baptist Church since June 15, 1966 and loved her Sunday School Class and church. Friends will be receive 4:00-6:00 PM Monday, October 14, 2019 at McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home. Funeral services will begin 6:00 PM in the Chapel, Rev. Bob Dalton officiating. Family and friends will meet at 1:00 PM Tuesday at Grandview Cemetery for the interment, In lieu of flowers, the family request donations be sent to: St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, 501 St Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Special thanks to the nurses at Shannondale that helped with her, Asbury Place for the care that they gave her and her nieces, Diane and Gayle.

left this life on December 11, 2013. She was born July 28, 1922 in Washington, D.C., the only child of Wanda Simon Pleyl and Joseph Pleyl. Her childhood during the 1920s and 1930s was spent in the Northeast as her parents pursued work, living in Bloomsbury and Hackensack, N.J. and often spending summers in Gloucester, Massachusetts. High school years were in Providence, Rhode Island, and then she attended Maryville College in Maryville, Tennessee. After graduating with a B.A. In Psychology in 1945, she went to work in Knoxville, TN at Graystone Church as the director of Religious Education. There she met her future husband, Horace Hunter Coburn, on a church sponsored hike near Oak Ridge, where Horace was working. After her father’s death in 1945, she returned to Providence, R.I. to be with her mother. Hope worked as a social worker for the next two years. Hope and Horace stayed in touch, marrying on December 24, 1947 in Providence. She joined him in Champaign/Urbana, Illinois, where Horace was in graduate school at the University of Illinois. She worked in the Family Service office there until their first child, Lynn Louise Coburn, was born. In 1950, Horace got a teaching position starting in the fall at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, so they left Illinois. That summer, she and six month old Lynn stayed in the basement of her father-in-law’s home in Columbus, Ohio while Horace worked in Pittsburgh for the Westinghouse Corporation. In September of 1950, Horace began teaching at Moravian College. Due to the Korean War, the teaching position lasted only one year and Horace and Hope decided he should return to school to pursue his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. In May of 1951, a second daughter, Carol Ann Coburn, was born and the next month Horace left for Philadelphia. For the next two years Horace was in Philadelphia and Hope remained in Bethlehem with the two small girls and her mother. Hope managed the family and the house, taking in roomers/boarders to supplement the family’s income. The family came to New Mexico in 1954, when Horace obtained a position at the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. In 1955, a third child, James Hunter Coburn, was born. Hope earned her master’s degree in education some years later and taught for many years at Central, Mesilla Park, and Fairacres Elementary schools. In 1974, Hope and Horace took in foster daughter, Marilyn Webb, beginning a long and loving relationship that continues with Marilyn’s family today. Hope loved to travel and over the years traveled with various family members to many places in the US, Mexico, Costa Rica, Europe, Great Britain, Japan, China, New Zealand, and Australia. As an early member of SERVAS, an international hosting organization to promote peace through understanding, she and Horace both hosted international travelers and stayed with local people in the countries they visited. She was always very active in her church, here in Las Cruces: initially First Presbyterian and later First Christian Church (Disciples). She worked to support people here through organizations like Christian Day Nursery, El Caldito, and Habitat for Humanity. She was a kind, giving, warmhearted, gentle, but oh so strong, soul. She was patient, committed, and very loving. Her family was very important to her. She had many wonderful friends. She loved flowers, nature, music, and beautiful things. She was funny and had a delightful laugh. She was preceded in death by her parents and a granddaughter, Katherine Hope Welch. She is survived by her husband of sixty-five years, Horace H. Coburn; two daughters, Lynn L. Coburn, Carol A. Coburn (John Welch); one son, James H. Coburn; one foster daughter, Marilyn Gonzales (Frank); three grandchildren, Cecily R. LaFeir (Ron), Amelia E. Zarate (Oscar Esteban), Nora Simone Welch; three foster grandchildren, Virginia Dunn (Zach), Chris Brown, and Gabriel Gonzales; two great grandchildren, Aelia Bernay Zarate and Oscar David Zarate; and four foster grandchildren, Reese Riedel, Josh Dunn, Madison Brown, and Layla Panthaki.

Katherine Garvin Culver passed away from this life on October 13, 2018. She was a resident of Lawrence, Kansas.

Mary Noblit Dewees passed away on May 28, 2018.

DiStefano, Dorothy, born September 19, 1923 went to be with the Lord on June 19, 2013. Dorothy was the beloved wife of Carmelo DiStefano and the much loved mother of Hank VanSant (Janet VanSant), Chris (David Gritzmacher), Margie (Bruce Smith). Dorothy had seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Dorothy was born and raised in Eddington, PA and was a lifelong resident of Boca Raton. In her professional life she was a grade school teacher. Dorothy will be remembered by her generosity toward family, her churches, and community.

Bette Kennedy Dubel passed away on December 7, 1993.

Virginia Gates Figueredo passed away May 26, 2022. She was born at home in the Township of Yorkville, Illinois November 6, 1923 to Albert and Genevieve Gates. Graduated from high school in 1941 and attended Maryville College, Maryville, Tennessee where she earned a BA and in 1973, she earned a Master’s Degree from Pepperdine University. She became an elementary school teacher and taught for 2 years in Aurora, Illinois, and moved to Southern California and taught in Pomona, Redondo Beach and Torrance retiring at 55. During that same time she and Bob raised four children. She then spent 3 years selling real estate before moving to Caldwell, Idaho, and a small farm in 1982. In 2002 she moved into town and later moved to Grass Valley, California before moving to Florence, Oregon.

Virginia is survived by her sons Tony and Albert Figueredo, her daughter Beth Klinghardt, nine grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren as well as many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by the love of her life and husband Robert (Bob) Figueredo, son James Figueredo, and three great grandchildren.

J. Edward Gates , Maryville College class of 1945, died on December, 24, 2015. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 1989-1990 Fulbright Senior Professor, Institute for English Studies, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Federal Republic of Germany. 1977-1989 Professor of English, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana. 1970-1977 Associate Professor of English, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana. 1969-1970 Visiting Professor of Lexicography, Centre for Linguistic Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 1968-1970 Research Associate, Centre for Linguistic Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Work on a dictionary of linguistic terminology under H.A. Gleason, Jr. 1964-1967 Research Assistant, Hartford Seminary Foundation, Hartford, Connecticut. Work on a dictionary of linguistic terminology under H.A. Gleason, Jr. 1964-1965 Adjunct Instructor in Psycholinguistics, University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut. 1962-1965 Linguistic Consultant, Dictionary of Idioms for the Deaf, American School for the Deaf, West Hartford, Connecticut; oversaw the content of the dictionary. 1956-1962 Assistant Editor, G. & C. Merriam Company, Springfield, Massachusetts; general editing on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, religious editing on Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary and Webster’s New Secondary School Dictionary. 1949-1952 Teacher of English as a Foreign Language, Gerard Institute, Sidon, Lebanon. 1945-1946 U.S. Naval Reserve; service aboard the U.S.S. Currituck (AV-7); discharged as Seaman First Class. EDUCATION 1968 Ph.D. in Linguistics, Hartford Seminary Foundation, Hartford, Connecticut. Dissertation: An Analysis of the Lexicographic Resources Used by American Biblical Scholars Today. 1953-1956 Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; completed course requirements for a Ph.D. in the History and Philosophy of Religion, with special attention to religious language. 1953 S.T.M., Harvard University; concentration in Theology and Ethics. 1949 B.D., Yale University; in Teaching and Research in Religion, with a major in Christian Ethics. 1945 B.A., Maryville College, Maryville, Tennessee; with honors in English. PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT Membership: Linguistic Society of America (not current), Indiana Council of Teachers of English (not current), Modern Language Association (not current), American Dialect Society, Dictionary Society of North America, European Association for Lexicography. Offices: Dictionary Society of North America: President 1975-1977, 1997-1999

Martha Dean Hall, 99, of White Pine, passed away May 19, 2022.  She is preceded in death by her husband John Harold Hall, her parents, Rev. Walter M. Dean and Mattie St. John Dean, sister, Kathryn Dean and brother and sister-in-law, Walter and Anne Dean, and her son, John Robert Hall.  She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Karen and Bill Price of White Pine, and daughter-in-law, Louise Ruch, of Mount Pleasant, SC.  She had six grandchildren:  Greg (Michelle), David (Laura), Kevin, Connie (Karl), Tonja (Paul), and Traci.  She had seven great-grandchildren:  Lily, Parker, Kendall, Ava, Lizzie, Kaley, and Kate.  She is also survived by her nieces and nephews:  Dee (Janis) Hall, Susie (Mike) Anderson, Steve (Margaret) Dean, Doug (Kim) Dean, and Kristen Dean (Brent) Grossmann.

Born in Atlanta, GA, while her father was in seminary, Martha and her family moved about every four years as a MPK (Methodist Preacher’s Kid) to several locations in Tennessee and Virginia.  One of these moves happened during her senior year of high school where she graduated from Mosheim High School.  She attended and graduated from Maryville College after which she taught at Bulls Gap HS for two years.  During this time, she and her good friend Eleanor’s brother, John Hall, who was serving in the Navy during World War II, started a long-distance courtship through writing numerous letters to each other.  After the war, they were married on June 15,1947 and lived in Powell and Gatlinburg until they bought a farm in White Pine.  Martha worked hard as a wife and mother, helping her husband on the farm and taking care of their two children.  She was always involved in whatever activities her children were doing, serving as a Girl Scout leader during this time.  Martha loved to work in her yard and garden, growing vegetables and beautiful flowers.  She loved to sew and made almost all of her own and her daughter’s clothes.

Martha was a member of First United Methodist Church of White Pine for over 70 years, serving on many committees and other duties of the church.  She shared her talent of music by playing the organ and piano for church for several years, singing in the choir, and playing the piano for Sunday School and Bible School children to sing.  She was an active member of the United Methodist Women’s unit for as many years as she was able.  Widowed at the age of 43, Martha continued to help and take an active interest in her two teenagers.  Once they both “left the nest” for work or college, she went back to work as a first-grade teacher for 13 years at Talbott Elementary School.  “Mrs. Hall” loved working with young children and helping them learn to read.  She especially enjoyed playing the piano and teaching them new songs.  After retirement she spent her days working in her yard and helping to raise her three grandsons who lived next door.  She lived alone until the age of 95, when several falls and health issues led her to live at Jefferson Park at Dandridge.  The family would like to thank all of her caregivers there for the loving care and attention she received.

HARVIE, Peggy (Case) passed away April 29, 2020. She was born June 29, 1925 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Mrs. Harvie attended Montreat High School and Junior College and Maryville College. She graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1948 with a BS in Nursing. Mrs. Harvie resigned as Instructor at Department of Pediatrics Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1949 to accept appointment as a medical missionary of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A in Western India the next year. She served as Director of the Wanless Mission Hospital, School of Nursing in Miraj, India. She returned to Teachers College, Columbia University earning an MA in Nursing Education in 1956. She returned to Miraj in 1957, and later worked supporting The Alice Home in Kolhapur. The family returned to the U.S.A. in 1972. Mrs. Harvie worked for the Maryland State Department of Health until retiring to Dunedin, FL. Their family was among the last to journey to India and back via ocean liner. They also toured the Holy Lands and many Mediterranean countries. She was predeceased by her husband of 55 years, fellow Presbyterian missionary, Robert W. Harvie, Sr. She is warmly remembered by friends, fellow missionaries, students, colleagues, and three children, Robert Jr., John and Anne and two grandchildren. Due to COVID19 pandemic, a celebration of Mrs. Harvie’s life will be scheduled at a future date.

Livingston R. Hislop passed away September, 1975.

passed peacefully to her heavenly home on April 19, 2014. She was born August 24, 1921 in Friendsville, Tennessee to Troy Edward Walker and Ruth Boring Walker. Ms. Honaker was active in many community organizations and educational endeavors since she and her husband, Lombe Scott Honaker, Jr. moved to Johnson City in 1953. Ms. Honaker graduated from Maryville College and received her master’s degree from ETSU. She taught in Johnson City Schools for 30 years before retiring in 1986. She was an active member of the Washington County Retired Teachers’ Association, ETSU Retirees’ Association, Delta Kappa Gamma Society, and the Johnson City Monday Club. Dedication to family and church are highlights of her life. She was an active member of First Presbyterian Church including a leader of the Ann King Bible Class, member of the Chancel Choir for over 30 years, and Advisory Board for Campus Ministry. One of her greatest joys was volunteering at The River, the local mission of First Presbyterian Church. She is preceded in death by her parents and brother Edward Walker; her husband, Lombe Scott Honaker, Jr.; and an infant grandson Lombe Scott Honaker IV. Survivors include her children Julia Herwig and Scott Honaker, III (wife Barbie), four grandchildren Carl Herwig (wife Mary), Gretchen Dorman (husband Brad), Megan Honaker, and Miranda Honaker; and three great grand children, Walker Dorman, Ava Herwig, and Greyson Dorman. Other survivors include her brother Donald Walker (wife Hilda) and nieces and nephews.

The Rev. John “Jack” H. Houdeshel, 92, of Willow Valley Retirement Community, entered the Church Triumphant Saturday, November 21, 2015. Born in Baltimore, Md., he was the son of the late Chauncey and Naomi (Resh) Houdeshel. He was a graduate of Hyattsville (Md.) High School, and Maryville (Tenn.) College and went on to Princeton Seminary where he earned his Master of Divinity and Master of Theology degrees. He was ordained as a Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church, USA on November 25, 1949. While at Maryville, he met Mary Evelyn (Skip) Jamison and they were married July 12, 1947. They shared 53 years of marriage before her death on May 21, 2001. With his preaching and teaching skills and her musical skills, they served churches on the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana, the Havre De Grace Presbyterian Church (Md.), yoked Presbyterian churches in Ridgeway and New Haven, Ill., as associate for Christian Education at Second Presbyterian Church in Bloomington, Ill., as organizing pastor of the Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church in Joppatowne, Md., and Stewartstown Presbyterian Church, Stewartstown. In retirement, Jack served as interim pastor for numerous Presbyterian churches in southern Lancaster and York counties. In recent years he enjoyed being part of the fellowship at First Presbyterian Church in Lancaster. He was active in the work of the Presbyteries to which he belonged over the years including being Stated Clerk of the Baltimore Presbytery and serving in several committee positions. He particularly was interested in those preparing for the ministry and mentored numerous young people. Additionally he felt it was important to volunteer in the community and served as chaplain for numerous organizations and as a reader for the York Society of the Blind. He was gifted with musical ability and shared that from early church choir participation through the Maryville College Choir, Princeton Seminary Choir, choirs in the churches he served to recently singing with the Manor Choir at Willow Valley. Additionally he delighted in playing hymns on the piano daily in the Manor lobby after breakfast. He is survived by his four children, Ruth Rugh and her husband, Dave of Quilcene, Wash., Kathryn Barr and her husband, Carl of Stewartstown, Steven Houdeshel and his wife, Judy of Downingtown, and Betty Armstrong and her husband, Gunnar of Elkton, Md.; and eight grandchildren, Matthew Barr and his wife, Marcie, Katelyn Tobin and her husband, Pat, Kelsey and Christopher Houdeshel, and Caedmon, Dara, Brendan, and Tryg Armstrong. His brother and sister-in-law, Bill and Elaine Houdeshel of McAlisterville, also survive him as well as niece and nephew, Doris Watts and her husband, Ed, and Will Houdeshel and his wife, Tracey, and their families. In addition to his beloved wife, he was preceded in death by two of his grandchildren, David Barr and Cairn Rugh. A celebration of Jack’s life was held at First Presbyterian Church, 140 E. Orange St., Lancaster, on Sunday, November 29, 2015, at 4 p.m. A time of visitation was held from 3 p.m. until the time of service. Interment was in the Lost Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery in McAlisterville, at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be sent to Stewartstown Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 277, Stewartstown, PA 17363 designated for the Building Fund. To send an online condolence, please visit DeBordSnyder.com

Jane Short Hower, 92, of Elliottsburg died at 11:34 p.m., Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at the Pinnacle Health West Shore Hospital, Mechanicsburg. Born on June 30, 1923 in Oberlin, Dauphin County, she was a daughter of the late Samuel M. and Rachel (Brown) Short. On August 30, 1952, she married her late husband Donald S. Hower, Sr. with whom she was blessed to share nearly 41 years, of marriage before he preceded her in death on August 28, 1993. Surviving are her children, Theodore Bailey and his wife Robin, of Spokane, Wash., Donald S. Hower, Jr., of Elliottsburg, Stephen S. Hower and his wife Kathy, of Millerstown; a son-in-law Eric Stewart, of Columbia; a sister, May S. Lootens, of Aberdeen, MD; grandchildren, Eric Joseph Stewart and his wife Jennifer, of Lititz, Erin Jane Stewart, of Columbia, Elizabeth Suzanne Hower Maize, of Millerstown, Zack Bailey, of Washington; and three great grandchildren, Natasha Stewart, Hayley Stewart and Jalen Stewart . One daughter, Catherine Ann Stewart, two brothers, Dr. William Short, Dr. Robert Short and one sister, Mabel Garner, preceded her in death. She was a 1941 graduate of Port Royal High School, a 1945 graduate of Maryville College, TN and a 1950 graduate of Kutztown State College with a Masters degree in Library Science. She was also a member of the Centre Presbyterian Church, Loysville, where she held several positions, including elder, and adult bible class teacher for 50 years. In addition to teaching a knitting class, her other memberships include, The Pennsylvania State Retired Education Association, National Retired Education Association, Maryville College Alumni Association, the Perry County Literacy Council, where she served as former board member, volunteer and tutor. As well as serving as director, consultant and librarian for the Bloomfield Public Library. Her love of reading and writing was apparent having several articles published in a number of different magazines and having authored two books, “Seven Sisters of Our Faith” and “Stained Glass Windows of Centre Church”. During her career in education, she began teaching secondary English in Mifflin, Juniata and Perry Counties. During WW II she chose to aid in the war effort by taking a job as an expediter at the Mechanicsburg Naval and Supply Depot. Naval shipyards in New York and Norfolk, would send messages of needed parts for damaged ships. She then sent the information to manufacturers to deliver the much needed parts. If word was received that another ship had sustained worse damage the parts would be diverted to the latter ship. Later in 1986, she retired as the librarian of the West Perry High School. A memorial service was held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at the Centre Presbyterian Church, Loysville, with the Rev. William Hambright officiating. Interment was private in the adjoining church cemetery. There was no viewing; however, family received friends from 1 p.m. until the time of service, Tuesday at the church. Arrangements were entrusted to the Brown Funeral Homes, Inc., 100 Bridge St., Mifflintown. For those who desire memorial contributions in Mrs. Hower’s memory may be made to the Centre Presbyterian Church, 3912 Freeman Hollow Road, Loysville, PA 17047.

passed away May 10, 2012.

Carolyn Huber Justus, 94, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 18, 2016, in Nashville. A long time distinguished Knoxvillian, she had been living in Nashville for the last few years under the watchful eye of her son Billy. Born in 1922, she graduated from Knoxville High School and attended both Maryville College and the University of Tennessee. Carolyn was an active member of West Hills Baptist Church and had a very special interest in UT sports. She held her family as her greatest treasure, and they had always been her greatest joy. She was preceded in death by her beloved parents, Dorothy and Fred Huber; and by her loving husband of 50 years, Horace N. Justus, Jr. She is survived by her two wonderful sons, Billy Justus of Nashville and David Justus and wife Sally of Brenham, Texas; and two wonderful granddaughters, Dr. Carolyn Jane Justus and Stephanie Jo Justus. Following a private graveside service, receiving of friends was held at Rose Mortuary Mann Heritage Chapel Wednesday, November 23, 2016. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to West Hills Baptist Church, 409 Winston Rd., Knoxville, TN 37909. Arrangements provided Rose Mortuary Mann Heritage Chapel.