Tankersley, Jerry Clayton, of Estill Springs, passed this life on
Saturday, August 18th, 2018 at Tennova Healthcare Harton at the age of
75. Mr. Tankersley was born in Tracy City to the late Clayton and Lena
May Scott Tankersley. During his life he worked as a machinist for
Lindsay Wire and as well as Eaton Corporation and Carrier from which he
retired. Mr. Tankersley was a member of the Sheet Metal Workers and the
National Rifle Association. In addition to his parents, he was preceded
in death by his wife, Melvina Tankersley; and two brothers, Ralph and
Dick Dyer. Mr. Tankersley is survived by two daughters, Tammy Cronan and
her husband Daryl of Estill Springs, and Sherry Watson and her husband
Richard of Coolville, Ohio; two sons, Brian Tankersley and his wife
Andrea of Lewisburg and David Tankersley of Estill Springs; one
step-daughter, Sheila Stone and her husband Eddie of Tullahoma; 16
grandchildren, Erin, Summer and Ashely Fuss, Chelsea Cronan, Allie Faxon,
Noah, Jacob, Jordan and John Krantz, Duncan, Connor and Sarah Watson,
Mollie and Alex Tankersley, Shawna Lawrence, and Misty Lane; and six
great-grandchildren, Karah, Christopher, Olivia, Taryn, Tristan and Jade.
Visitation for Mr. Tankersley will be held on Tuesday, August 21st, 2018
from 5:00-8:00pm at Kilgore Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held
on Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018 at 1:00pm in the Kilgore Funeral Home
Chapel with Sharon Austell officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill
Memorial Gardens. For those who wish, in lieu of flowers, the family asks
that donations be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box
840692, Dallas, Texas 75284-0692.
Kilgore Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Pascal Clayton Shelton

Son of former South Jackson principle Paschal Shelton Sr. and Sarah Wynn
Gonce Shelton, and born in Beechgrove, TN, Pascal Shelton Jr. was a
lifelong resident of Tullahoma. As a youth he earned his pilot’s license
and flew solo in a Piper Cub at the age of sixteen in Murfreesboro. After
graduating from Tullahoma High School in 1948, Pat went on to join the
National Guard pistol division and won the Best Shooter Award for
Cookeville. Paschal was also an outspoken advocate of anti-war efforts and
vocally in favor of gun regulation. After the National Guard he earned his
BS in Mechanical Engineering at Tennessee Tech and enjoyed a 28+ year
career at Arnold Engineering Air Force Base where he was a wind tunnel test
expert. Paschal’s main hobby was rebuilding foreign car engines. He owned
and ran a VW and foreign car repair shop in the mid-70’s through the early
80’s. He married former Coffee County Commissioner Beverly Josephine Blake
in 1958, and after a 52 year marriage he was widowed in 2010. Paschal is
survived by his daughter Dr. Allison Josephine Shelton Gunne, her husband
Walter Gunne, grandchild Sarah (Blake) Josephine Bauer and her partner
Julie Nelson, and his best buddy Oscar the dachshund. Pascal was a lifetime
member of the Democratic Party, and more recently a member of the local
L-Club. Donations in memory of Paschal can be made to the Southern Poverty
Law Center.

Visitation will be held at Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home On Thursday August
23rd from noon-2pm followed by a secular service and burial at Shelton
Cemetery in Beechgrove, TN.

Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.