Marion Montgomery Jr., 78, a resident of Tullahoma, TN passed this life
peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Monday, August 29, 2016 at
his home. Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday, September 1, 2016
at 2 PM at the Calvary Apostolic Church of Jesus, 151 Parham Blvd,
Tullahoma, TN. with Bro. Joe Hill officiating. Burial will follow at
Maplewood Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Wednesday, August
31, 2016 from 5 – 9 PM at the church.
Mr. Montgomery, a native of Tullahoma, was the son of the late Francis
Marion and Mae O. Lawson Montgomery. He was a U S Navy veteran serving as
a communications technician from 1955 until his retirement in November
1974. While stationed in Winter Harbor, Maine, he meet his future wife,
Maybelle Norwood of Bar Harbor, Maine and they were married after dating
for two weeks. This marriage lasted for over 57 years. After retiring from
the Navy, he also was employed by Applied Machine Technology and Schmiede
Corporation and also did consulting. Mr. Montgomery was a member of the
Calvary Apostolic Church of Jesus and enjoyed bowling and fishing. He most
of all loved his family and was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather
and great grandfather.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers,
Frank, Eugene and Harold Wayne Montgomery and four sisters, Bessie Lee
Lawson, Atoma Lorene Sons, Frances Dow and Annie Lou Montgomery.
Mr. Montgomery is survived by his wife, Maybelle Montgomery of Tullahoma;
two sons, Timothy Montgomery and his wife, Louann of Bloomington, IN and
Gary Montgomery and his wife, Carol Ann of Tullahoma; four daughters,
Sherri Lightner and her husband, Johnny of Mulberry, Susan Sims and her
husband, Eddie of Manchester, Denise Pollock and her husband, Mike of
Athens, TN and Joleen Raby and her husband, Adam of Tullahoma; twenty two
grandchildren; twenty five great grandchildren; one great great grandchild
on the way and several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations will be accepted in his honor to the
Marion Montgomery Jr. fund at Traders Bank.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.