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Ms. Patricia Kay Blocker, age 70 years of Manchester, formerly of Nashville, passed away on January 24, 2022, at Unity Medical Center in Manchester after an extended illness.  

Ms. Kay was born on December 19, 1951, to the late John Henry and Hazel Gertrude Quillin Blocker in Fort Worth, TX. She had a master’s degree in science, specializing in blood banking, and she was employed at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as a medical technologist. Ms. Kay had many interests in life, including photography and collecting wildlife black and white prints, especially from the artist, Ansel Adams and Charles Farce’; collection of music from all genres, including the Nashville Symphony; and travelling. Ms. Kay chartered the Sherlock Holmes Club “The Nashville Scholars of the Three Pipe Problem” in 1979 and it is still active today. But Ms. Kay’s greatest joy came from raising grand champion Welsh Corgis, which includes her little companions, “Murphy” and “Zoey”, who survive her. 

In addition to her parents, Ms. Kay is preceded in death by one brother-in-law, Jerry Henley. She is survived by her loving family, sisters, Mary Henley, Martha Henley (Ray); brother, John Blocker, Jr. (Naomi); nieces and nephews, Scarlett Henley, Daniel Henley (Brandy), Mark Henley (Mindy), Melissa Todd (Scott), and Jessica Blocker; great nieces and nephews, Olivia and Harper Henley, Bodey and Olley Todd, Emma, Cara, and Maddie Henley, Hayley Sparkman, and Kenzie Wegner; several cousins and a host of friends. 

A Celebration of Life in memory of Ms. Kay will be held at a later date. 

Manchester Funeral Home is honored to serve the Blocker family. 

George Arthur Ruch passed from his earthly constraints into his Heavenly
home surrounded by his loving family on January 25, 2022.  Born June 12,
1942 to the late Charles Arthur and Stella Fraley Ruch.  Arthur was raised
in the Broadview community and attended Bethel United Methodist Church. He
was self-employed for many years in the building trades, worked for the
Franklin County Highway Department, and then went back to school to get his
teaching certificate, where he taught building trades and cabinet-making at
Franklin County High School for several years. Arthur retired multiple
times from various other positions, but the one he found in his later years
was surely his favorite. He loved growing a garden and with Betty’s (and
some of his grandchildren’s) assistance turned that into a profit-making
venture and ran Ruch’s Produce for his last few years, retiring for good in
August of 2021.

     Arthur is preceded in death by his parents, his sisters Mary Cates and
Martha Starnes, and mother- and father-in-law law James Lewis and Zethel
Short.  He is survived by his loving and loyal spouse of 58 years Betty
Short Ruch, his children Art and Stacie Ruch, Holly and Jeremy Davison, his
grandchildren Shelby and Austin Ruch-Teegarden, Tad Ruch, Kassidy Davison
and Cameron Hannah, Kross Davison,  Kaydee Jae Davison, and a special
grandchild in Heaven.  He is also survived by many cousins, nieces, and
nephews.  A celebration of Arthur’s life will be held Saturday, January 29,
2022 at Bethel United Methodist Church in Winchester, Tennessee at 3:00pm,
with visitation beginning at 1:00pm.

Online condolences may be made at www.davesculbertsonfuneralhome.com.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Gregory Paul Luna passed away suddenly on Jan. 25, 2022 in Tullahoma, Tenn. after a swift illness. Greg was born on Dec. 2, 1951 in Birmingham, Ala. to Dorothy Brown and Paul Thomas Luna and graduated from Banks High School in 1970. Those who knew him as a kid describe him as an “outstanding football, basketball and track star” who was voted both “most attractive” and “Mr. Banks High” by his classmates. After many scholarship offers, he decided to retire from sports to study at his beloved Auburn University, where he traded athletics for life as an ATO. He kept up with many childhood friends and fraternity brothers, who referred to him as “Tic” (short for Lunatic), until his passing. Greg later obtained his bachelor’s degree in accounting from The University of Alabama at Birmingham, then worked as chief financial officer for a healthcare company. In 1978, he met Tullahoma native Jean Housholder through work; they were married at her parents Bill and Doris Housholder’s house the following year before moving out to San Francisco. After four years as CFO for the western division of Hertz in California, Greg and Jeanie moved back east to her hometown of Tullahoma, where Greg went to work for his father-in-law at Housholder Artman, PLLC, the firm Bill founded in 1955. He went on to become managing partner, serving clients big and small across the southeast for 34 years, until a stroke in 2016 forced him into early retirement. Even with limited communication abilities as a byproduct of the stroke, he never forgot a face, a name, a client or his financial history. Greg was a huge part of the success of Tower Community Bank, Citizens Bank & Trust, and the various other entities where he served as a shareholder or board member. Most importantly, he was a father and grandfather. He coached his daughters’ various sporting teams when they were young and never missed a tennis match or basketball or softball game. He fortunately lived long enough to become the favorite of his grandchildren Charlotte, 3, and Mac, 1, who dubbed him “Shasha.” Greg is survived by his wife, Jeanie; his daughters Kristin Luna (Scott van Velsor) and Kari Clarey (Josh); his grandchildren Charlotte and Mac Clarey; his sister Donna Reed (Mike); and many nieces and nephews, each of whom he positively adored. The family asks any donations in Greg’s memory be made to Coffee County 501(c)(3) Redemption Underdog Freedom Fund, redeemdogs.com or 223 Lumley Stand Rd., Manchester, Tenn., 37355.

Kilgore Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.