Reverend R. B. Bewley of Tullahoma passed this life on Wednesday, July
19, 2017 at NHC Healthcare at the age of 87. Rev. Bewley was born in
Lynch, KY to the late Ralph Daniel and Lona Creech Bewley. Rev. Bewley
began preaching at the age of 14, and continued to do so throughout his
entire life. He preached for many years at the Vine Street Church of God
in Tullahoma. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by one
sister, Louise Walker; and one brother R. C. Lipton. Rev. Bewley is
survived by his beloved wife, Sarah Lorene Bewley of Tullahoma; one
daughter, Mary Frances Grogan of Tullahoma; three sons, Richard Bewley
and his wife Tina of Tullahoma, Ken Bewley and his wife Judy of
Elizabethton, TN, and Darrell Bewley and his wife Phyllis of Chattanooga,
TN; four brothers, Bob, Jackie, Don, and J.R. Bewley; two sisters, Betty
Jones, and Patsy Walker; nine grandchildren, Steven, Jamie, Chris, Dusty,
Jacob, Jody, Missy, Brandon, and Stacy; and 23 great-grandchildren.
Visitation for Rev. Bewley held on Friday, July 21st, 2017 at Kilgore
Funeral Home from 5:00-8:00pm. Funeral Services took place Saturday,
July 22nd at 1:00pm at the Vine Street Church of God in Tullahoma with
Bishop Mitchell Corder, Rev. Roland Sharp, and Rev. Jody Bewley
officiating. Burial followed at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens.
Kilgore Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements