Stories from Monday, April 13, 2020

Mr. Harold Blalock, 92, of Lewisburg, TN, died Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in Columbia, TN. He was a son of the late Mart Calvin and Virginia Johnson Blalock who lived in the Hardison Mill community of Maury County. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife, Joy Ann Short Blalock, who died in 2009...

Gwendolyn Lucile Rota, 83, succumbed to complications related to COVID-19 on Sunday, April 5, 2020, at Sumner Regional Medical Center. Gwen was born in Pittsburgh, PA, July 22, 1936. She was married upon her high school graduation, and in 1969, she, her husband and four children moved to Lewisburg, TN where they joined the parish of St. ...

Mrs. Hettie McKinney, 86, of Lewisburg, TN, died Thursday, April 9, 2020, in Hermitage, TN. Mrs. McKinney was born in Marshall County and was preceded in death by her father, Riley Cecil Harrison and mother, Bertie Blalock Harrison Luppens. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert William “Bob” McKinney, who died in 2006. She was a homemaker and retired from East Tennessee Natural Gas Company in Belfast, TN...

Lora Johnson, 91, of the Berlin community in Lewisburg, TN died Saturday, April 11, 2020, at NHC Lewisburg. Mrs. Johnson was born in Summertown, TN on April 26, 1928, to the late Calvin Lester Staggs and the late Mattie Caroline Hendrix Staggs. She was a dairy farmer and homemaker. She loved her flowers and gardening...

Edith Bills McClelland, 90, widow of William Thomas (Tom) McClelland, died March 30, 2020, in Lexington, KY. She was born in 1929 in Lewisburg, TN to the late Harold and Emalene Warwick Bills. Mrs. McClelland was a long-standing member of Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Lexington...

Mrs. Julia Dean Woodward, 90, of Lewisburg, died Friday, April 10, 2020, at NHC-Maury. She was a native of Marshall County, the daughter of the late Esmond and Julia Glenn Willis. She was a retired school teacher and member of the Farmington Church of Christ...

Mrs. Ruth Elizabeth Matney Scott, 95, of Chapel Hill, TN, died Sunday, April 12, 2020, in Columbia, TN. Mrs. Scott was born in Marshall County and was a daughter of the late Albert Lee and Grace Curtis Matney. She was a member of Chapel Hill United Methodist Church and very active in the Chapel Hill Senior Citizens Center. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Scott was also preceded in death by a son, Frankie Scott and a granddaughter, Brandie Scott...