Mary Frances Brumley
(August 7, 1922 - March 24, 2017)
Mary Frances Brumley, age 94, of the Glenwood Community in Greene County, TN, passed away at Little Creek Sanitarium in Knoxville, TN, on March 24, 2017.
She was born August 7, 1922, in Sevierville, TN.
Her family moved back to Greeneville, TN, when she was four years old. Frances grew up during the Great Depression and attended Tusculum College. As a young adult in Greeneville, she was employed as an assistant manager of Sears and in the jewelry department of Brown's Furniture Store. In 1943, she married Hershel Orval Hamblin of Danville, VA. Hershel was an Army Air Force staff sergeant in World War II and was a radio operator on a B24 Liberator bomber. During a bombing raid over Berlin, the crew was forced to parachute from their badly damaged plane. They were captured by Luftwaffe personnel and were executed. Frances married Billy Frank Brumley on January 29, 1949. Billy was in the furniture business for 41 years and retired as manager of Brown's Furniture and Jewelry in 1972. A World War II veteran, he was assigned to the 1st Cavalry, 7th Division, and was in the final group of cavalrymen to receive their training on horseback. He was hit by a Japanese hand grenade on Los Negros, a small island in the Admiralty Islands. After spending several months in an Army hospital in Australia, Billy was honorably discharged in 1945. In 1949, Billy and Frances built their home on the Brumley family farm in the Glenwood Community of Greene County. Frances was a homemaker throughout their 49 years of marriage. After Billy's death in 1998, Frances continued to live on the farm until 2012, when she moved to Manorhouse Assisted Living in Knoxville.
Frances was an avid reader and supported the Greeneville-Greene County Public Library throughout her life. She developed a keen interest in family genealogy in the 1970s and spent countless hours corresponding and researching her family history, including the George,McAfee, Rambo, Brumley and Bowers lineages. Her greatest achievement in genealogy occurred after many years of dedicated work when she co-authored and published The George History 1752-1979. This book contains many stories taken from conversations Frances had with her father; the last taking place the day before his death. In 1986, Frances and Billy Brumley spent many days documenting inscriptions on all tombstones and grave markers in the Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Their work was recorded in the book, Timber Ridge Church, A Two Hundred Year Heritage of Presbyterian Faith, 1786-1986. Frances was a member of Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church for 62 years.
Frances was preceded in death by her father, Earl Morey George; her mother, Bessie Anne McAfee George; and her husbands, Hershel Orval Hamblin and Billy Frank Brumley.
She is survived by her sister, Betty Ruth George Keller of Knoxville, TN; her daughter, Carol Anne Brumley McGlothin and husband Michael Steven McGlothin of Knoxville, TN; her son, Dr. David Earl Brumley and wife Rebecca Williams Brumley of Franklin, TN; her grandchildren, William Patrick McGlothin of Knoxville, TN; Kevin Michael McGlothin and wife Jenny McGlothin of Knoxville, TN; Briley Elizabeth Blazo and husband Dr. Jordan Blazo of Ruston, LA; Bethany White and husband Robbie White of Knoxville, TN; and her great-grandchildren, Anna Holton McGlothin and Graham Michael McGlothin of Knoxville, TN.
The family will receive friends at Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church, 80 Timber Ridge Road, Greeneville, TN, on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, from 11:00 AM until Noon, with funeral services following at Noon; Rev. Dr. Brian Wyatt officiating. The graveside service will take place at Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery immediately after the funeral service.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church, Greeneville-Greene County Public Library, and T. Elmer Cox Historical and Genealogical Library.
Doughty-Stevens Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
(August 7, 1922 - March 24, 2017)
Mary Frances Brumley, age 94, of the Glenwood Community in Greene County, TN, passed away at Little Creek Sanitarium in Knoxville, TN, on March 24, 2017.
She was born August 7, 1922, in Sevierville, TN.
Her family moved back to Greeneville, TN, when she was four years old. Frances grew up during the Great Depression and attended Tusculum College. As a young adult in Greeneville, she was employed as an assistant manager of Sears and in the jewelry department of Brown's Furniture Store. In 1943, she married Hershel Orval Hamblin of Danville, VA. Hershel was an Army Air Force staff sergeant in World War II and was a radio operator on a B24 Liberator bomber. During a bombing raid over Berlin, the crew was forced to parachute from their badly damaged plane. They were captured by Luftwaffe personnel and were executed. Frances married Billy Frank Brumley on January 29, 1949. Billy was in the furniture business for 41 years and retired as manager of Brown's Furniture and Jewelry in 1972. A World War II veteran, he was assigned to the 1st Cavalry, 7th Division, and was in the final group of cavalrymen to receive their training on horseback. He was hit by a Japanese hand grenade on Los Negros, a small island in the Admiralty Islands. After spending several months in an Army hospital in Australia, Billy was honorably discharged in 1945. In 1949, Billy and Frances built their home on the Brumley family farm in the Glenwood Community of Greene County. Frances was a homemaker throughout their 49 years of marriage. After Billy's death in 1998, Frances continued to live on the farm until 2012, when she moved to Manorhouse Assisted Living in Knoxville.
Frances was an avid reader and supported the Greeneville-Greene County Public Library throughout her life. She developed a keen interest in family genealogy in the 1970s and spent countless hours corresponding and researching her family history, including the George,McAfee, Rambo, Brumley and Bowers lineages. Her greatest achievement in genealogy occurred after many years of dedicated work when she co-authored and published The George History 1752-1979. This book contains many stories taken from conversations Frances had with her father; the last taking place the day before his death. In 1986, Frances and Billy Brumley spent many days documenting inscriptions on all tombstones and grave markers in the Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Their work was recorded in the book, Timber Ridge Church, A Two Hundred Year Heritage of Presbyterian Faith, 1786-1986. Frances was a member of Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church for 62 years.
Frances was preceded in death by her father, Earl Morey George; her mother, Bessie Anne McAfee George; and her husbands, Hershel Orval Hamblin and Billy Frank Brumley.
She is survived by her sister, Betty Ruth George Keller of Knoxville, TN; her daughter, Carol Anne Brumley McGlothin and husband Michael Steven McGlothin of Knoxville, TN; her son, Dr. David Earl Brumley and wife Rebecca Williams Brumley of Franklin, TN; her grandchildren, William Patrick McGlothin of Knoxville, TN; Kevin Michael McGlothin and wife Jenny McGlothin of Knoxville, TN; Briley Elizabeth Blazo and husband Dr. Jordan Blazo of Ruston, LA; Bethany White and husband Robbie White of Knoxville, TN; and her great-grandchildren, Anna Holton McGlothin and Graham Michael McGlothin of Knoxville, TN.
The family will receive friends at Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church, 80 Timber Ridge Road, Greeneville, TN, on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, from 11:00 AM until Noon, with funeral services following at Noon; Rev. Dr. Brian Wyatt officiating. The graveside service will take place at Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery immediately after the funeral service.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church, Greeneville-Greene County Public Library, and T. Elmer Cox Historical and Genealogical Library.
Doughty-Stevens Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Mary Frances Brumley
(August 7, 1922 - March 24, 2017)
Mary Frances Brumley, age 94, of the Glenwood Community in Greene County, TN, passed away at Little Creek Sanitarium in Knoxville, TN, on March 24, 2017.
She was born August 7, 1922, in Sevierville, TN.
Her family moved back to Greeneville, TN, when she was four years old. Frances grew up during the Great Depression and attended Tusculum College. As a young adult in Greeneville, she was employed as an assistant manager of Sears and in the jewelry department of Brown's Furniture Store. In 1943, she married Hershel Orval Hamblin of Danville, VA. Hershel was an Army Air Force staff sergeant in World War II and was a radio operator on a B24 Liberator bomber. During a bombing raid over Berlin, the crew was forced to parachute from their badly damaged plane. They were captured by Luftwaffe personnel and were executed. Frances married Billy Frank Brumley on January 29, 1949. Billy was in the furniture business for 41 years and retired as manager of Brown's Furniture and Jewelry in 1972. A World War II veteran, he was assigned to the 1st Cavalry, 7th Division, and was in the final group of cavalrymen to receive their training on horseback. He was hit by a Japanese hand grenade on Los Negros, a small island in the Admiralty Islands. After spending several months in an Army hospital in Australia, Billy was honorably discharged in 1945. In 1949, Billy and Frances built their home on the Brumley family farm in the Glenwood Community of Greene County. Frances was a homemaker throughout their 49 years of marriage. After Billy's death in 1998, Frances continued to live on the farm until 2012, when she moved to Manorhouse Assisted Living in Knoxville.
Frances was an avid reader and supported the Greeneville-Greene County Public Library throughout her life. She developed a keen interest in family genealogy in the 1970s and spent countless hours corresponding and researching her family history, including the George,McAfee, Rambo, Brumley and Bowers lineages. Her greatest achievement in genealogy occurred after many years of dedicated work when she co-authored and published The George History 1752-1979. This book contains many stories taken from conversations Frances had with her father; the last taking place the day before his death. In 1986, Frances and Billy Brumley spent many days documenting inscriptions on all tombstones and grave markers in the Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Their work was recorded in the book, Timber Ridge Church, A Two Hundred Year Heritage of Presbyterian Faith, 1786-1986. Frances was a member of Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church for 62 years.
Frances was preceded in death by her father, Earl Morey George; her mother, Bessie Anne McAfee George; and her husbands, Hershel Orval Hamblin and Billy Frank Brumley.
She is survived by her sister, Betty Ruth George Keller of Knoxville, TN; her daughter, Carol Anne Brumley McGlothin and husband Michael Steven McGlothin of Knoxville, TN; her son, Dr. David Earl Brumley and wife Rebecca Williams Brumley of Franklin, TN; her grandchildren, William Patrick McGlothin of Knoxville, TN; Kevin Michael McGlothin and wife Jenny McGlothin of Knoxville, TN; Briley Elizabeth Blazo and husband Dr. Jordan Blazo of Ruston, LA; Bethany White and husband Robbie White of Knoxville, TN; and her great-grandchildren, Anna Holton McGlothin and Graham Michael McGlothin of Knoxville, TN.
The family will receive friends at Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church, 80 Timber Ridge Road, Greeneville, TN, on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, from 11:00 AM until Noon, with funeral services following at Noon; Rev. Dr. Brian Wyatt officiating. The graveside service will take place at Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery immediately after the funeral service.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church, Greeneville-Greene County Public Library, and T. Elmer Cox Historical and Genealogical Library.
Doughty-Stevens Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
(August 7, 1922 - March 24, 2017)
Mary Frances Brumley, age 94, of the Glenwood Community in Greene County, TN, passed away at Little Creek Sanitarium in Knoxville, TN, on March 24, 2017.
She was born August 7, 1922, in Sevierville, TN.
Her family moved back to Greeneville, TN, when she was four years old. Frances grew up during the Great Depression and attended Tusculum College. As a young adult in Greeneville, she was employed as an assistant manager of Sears and in the jewelry department of Brown's Furniture Store. In 1943, she married Hershel Orval Hamblin of Danville, VA. Hershel was an Army Air Force staff sergeant in World War II and was a radio operator on a B24 Liberator bomber. During a bombing raid over Berlin, the crew was forced to parachute from their badly damaged plane. They were captured by Luftwaffe personnel and were executed. Frances married Billy Frank Brumley on January 29, 1949. Billy was in the furniture business for 41 years and retired as manager of Brown's Furniture and Jewelry in 1972. A World War II veteran, he was assigned to the 1st Cavalry, 7th Division, and was in the final group of cavalrymen to receive their training on horseback. He was hit by a Japanese hand grenade on Los Negros, a small island in the Admiralty Islands. After spending several months in an Army hospital in Australia, Billy was honorably discharged in 1945. In 1949, Billy and Frances built their home on the Brumley family farm in the Glenwood Community of Greene County. Frances was a homemaker throughout their 49 years of marriage. After Billy's death in 1998, Frances continued to live on the farm until 2012, when she moved to Manorhouse Assisted Living in Knoxville.
Frances was an avid reader and supported the Greeneville-Greene County Public Library throughout her life. She developed a keen interest in family genealogy in the 1970s and spent countless hours corresponding and researching her family history, including the George,McAfee, Rambo, Brumley and Bowers lineages. Her greatest achievement in genealogy occurred after many years of dedicated work when she co-authored and published The George History 1752-1979. This book contains many stories taken from conversations Frances had with her father; the last taking place the day before his death. In 1986, Frances and Billy Brumley spent many days documenting inscriptions on all tombstones and grave markers in the Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Their work was recorded in the book, Timber Ridge Church, A Two Hundred Year Heritage of Presbyterian Faith, 1786-1986. Frances was a member of Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church for 62 years.
Frances was preceded in death by her father, Earl Morey George; her mother, Bessie Anne McAfee George; and her husbands, Hershel Orval Hamblin and Billy Frank Brumley.
She is survived by her sister, Betty Ruth George Keller of Knoxville, TN; her daughter, Carol Anne Brumley McGlothin and husband Michael Steven McGlothin of Knoxville, TN; her son, Dr. David Earl Brumley and wife Rebecca Williams Brumley of Franklin, TN; her grandchildren, William Patrick McGlothin of Knoxville, TN; Kevin Michael McGlothin and wife Jenny McGlothin of Knoxville, TN; Briley Elizabeth Blazo and husband Dr. Jordan Blazo of Ruston, LA; Bethany White and husband Robbie White of Knoxville, TN; and her great-grandchildren, Anna Holton McGlothin and Graham Michael McGlothin of Knoxville, TN.
The family will receive friends at Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church, 80 Timber Ridge Road, Greeneville, TN, on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, from 11:00 AM until Noon, with funeral services following at Noon; Rev. Dr. Brian Wyatt officiating. The graveside service will take place at Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery immediately after the funeral service.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church, Greeneville-Greene County Public Library, and T. Elmer Cox Historical and Genealogical Library.
Doughty-Stevens Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
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