Mr. Freeland Roy “Peg” Terrill, Sr. age 88 of Sewanee, Tennessee passed away Friday, August 3, 2012, at Sheltering Arms in Palmer.
Mr. Terrill was born October 6, 1923 in Sewanee, a son of the late James Madison Terrill and Rachel O’Dear Kelly, he was the youngest brother of Claude E. “Crook”, Arthur Lee, J D “Peck”, Donald Preston, Charles Hayden, Walter Mitchell “Crip”, James Edward “Cotton” and Richard Ernest “Zeke” Terrill.
Mr. Terrill was preceded in death by his wife, Irene Elizabeth “Babe” Terrill and had worked many years as an electrician & plumber at The University of the South. He was a U.S. Navy, WW II veteran, he loved sports, especially baseball and horses.
Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Tana and Jim Lowrie of Monteagle; son and daughter-in-law, Freeland R. Terrill, Jr. and Denise of Sewanee; grandchildren, Trina Rose, Scotty Coker, Leah Jackson and Ryan Lowrie; great-grandchildren, Tyler Rose, Kobe Coker, Savannah Green, Kylie Coker and Braden Jackson; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Monday in the funeral home chapel with Reverend Mickey Henley officiating.
Burial will be in Eastern Star Cemetery with full military honors provided by Sequatchie Valley Honor Guard.
The family will receive friends Sunday 3-7 P.M. at the funeral home.
Arrangements are by Cumberland Funeral Home, Monteagle, Tennessee.