Noah Neal Danley was born February 12, 1923 in Iron City, Tennessee, the youngest of three children of Prince Henry Danley and Ollie (Moore) Danley.
He graduated from Lawrence County High School in 1941 and then was employed with the Tennessee Highway Department, before volunteering for the US Army in 1942. He participated in the invasion of France and also served in Belgium and Germany until November 1945.
Upon his return to the US he graduated in 1948 from Cumberland University School of Law at Lebanon, Tennessee and in 1969 was awarded a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the Cumberland School of Law of Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama.
Noah reentered the Army and served in occupied Japan as a legal officer, then returned to Germany for two tours as an Artillery officer in the late 1950s. He retired from the US Army Reserve as a Captain 1983. After his active Army service, he rejoined the Tennessee Department of Transportation, retiring as Chief of Acquisitions, Right of Way in 1985.
He married in 1951 to Jean Elizabeth Wilburn and settled in Centerville, Tennessee in 1964, and lived there until moving to assisted living in Memphis in 2013.
A life-long member of the Baptist church, he served as teacher, Sunday School superintendent, Deacon and Trustee for many decades. And before moving to Memphis, he and Jean were members of Fairfield Baptist Church in Centerville. Noah was also a member of the Masonic Lodge for over 70 years and a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars since 1945.
Noah was 94 years old when he passed away on March 22, 2017 at The Arbors at South Breeze in Memphis.
Survivors included his wife; two married sons and four grandchildren.
Funeral Services were held at McDonald Funeral Home in Centerville, and burial was in O A Kirk cemetery at Linden.
Original obituary in The Tennessean on March 26, 2017
He graduated from Lawrence County High School in 1941 and then was employed with the Tennessee Highway Department, before volunteering for the US Army in 1942. He participated in the invasion of France and also served in Belgium and Germany until November 1945.
Upon his return to the US he graduated in 1948 from Cumberland University School of Law at Lebanon, Tennessee and in 1969 was awarded a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the Cumberland School of Law of Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama.
Noah reentered the Army and served in occupied Japan as a legal officer, then returned to Germany for two tours as an Artillery officer in the late 1950s. He retired from the US Army Reserve as a Captain 1983. After his active Army service, he rejoined the Tennessee Department of Transportation, retiring as Chief of Acquisitions, Right of Way in 1985.
He married in 1951 to Jean Elizabeth Wilburn and settled in Centerville, Tennessee in 1964, and lived there until moving to assisted living in Memphis in 2013.
A life-long member of the Baptist church, he served as teacher, Sunday School superintendent, Deacon and Trustee for many decades. And before moving to Memphis, he and Jean were members of Fairfield Baptist Church in Centerville. Noah was also a member of the Masonic Lodge for over 70 years and a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars since 1945.
Noah was 94 years old when he passed away on March 22, 2017 at The Arbors at South Breeze in Memphis.
Survivors included his wife; two married sons and four grandchildren.
Funeral Services were held at McDonald Funeral Home in Centerville, and burial was in O A Kirk cemetery at Linden.
Original obituary in The Tennessean on March 26, 2017
Noah Neal Danley was born February 12, 1923 in Iron City, Tennessee, the youngest of three children of Prince Henry Danley and Ollie (Moore) Danley.
He graduated from Lawrence County High School in 1941 and then was employed with the Tennessee Highway Department, before volunteering for the US Army in 1942. He participated in the invasion of France and also served in Belgium and Germany until November 1945.
Upon his return to the US he graduated in 1948 from Cumberland University School of Law at Lebanon, Tennessee and in 1969 was awarded a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the Cumberland School of Law of Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama.
Noah reentered the Army and served in occupied Japan as a legal officer, then returned to Germany for two tours as an Artillery officer in the late 1950s. He retired from the US Army Reserve as a Captain 1983. After his active Army service, he rejoined the Tennessee Department of Transportation, retiring as Chief of Acquisitions, Right of Way in 1985.
He married in 1951 to Jean Elizabeth Wilburn and settled in Centerville, Tennessee in 1964, and lived there until moving to assisted living in Memphis in 2013.
A life-long member of the Baptist church, he served as teacher, Sunday School superintendent, Deacon and Trustee for many decades. And before moving to Memphis, he and Jean were members of Fairfield Baptist Church in Centerville. Noah was also a member of the Masonic Lodge for over 70 years and a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars since 1945.
Noah was 94 years old when he passed away on March 22, 2017 at The Arbors at South Breeze in Memphis.
Survivors included his wife; two married sons and four grandchildren.
Funeral Services were held at McDonald Funeral Home in Centerville, and burial was in O A Kirk cemetery at Linden.
Original obituary in The Tennessean on March 26, 2017
He graduated from Lawrence County High School in 1941 and then was employed with the Tennessee Highway Department, before volunteering for the US Army in 1942. He participated in the invasion of France and also served in Belgium and Germany until November 1945.
Upon his return to the US he graduated in 1948 from Cumberland University School of Law at Lebanon, Tennessee and in 1969 was awarded a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the Cumberland School of Law of Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama.
Noah reentered the Army and served in occupied Japan as a legal officer, then returned to Germany for two tours as an Artillery officer in the late 1950s. He retired from the US Army Reserve as a Captain 1983. After his active Army service, he rejoined the Tennessee Department of Transportation, retiring as Chief of Acquisitions, Right of Way in 1985.
He married in 1951 to Jean Elizabeth Wilburn and settled in Centerville, Tennessee in 1964, and lived there until moving to assisted living in Memphis in 2013.
A life-long member of the Baptist church, he served as teacher, Sunday School superintendent, Deacon and Trustee for many decades. And before moving to Memphis, he and Jean were members of Fairfield Baptist Church in Centerville. Noah was also a member of the Masonic Lodge for over 70 years and a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars since 1945.
Noah was 94 years old when he passed away on March 22, 2017 at The Arbors at South Breeze in Memphis.
Survivors included his wife; two married sons and four grandchildren.
Funeral Services were held at McDonald Funeral Home in Centerville, and burial was in O A Kirk cemetery at Linden.
Original obituary in The Tennessean on March 26, 2017
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