Marion Montgomery Jr.

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. Online condolences may be made at www.davesculbertsonfuneralhome.com. Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Marion Montgomery Jr.

June 11, 1938 - August 29, 2016