Horace Carr Moncrief Jr was born on June 11, 1941 in Gallatin, Tennessee, the son of Horace Carr Moncrief Sr (19151985) and Elaine (England) Moncrief (1921-2016).
At the age of 11, the family moved to Columbia, where he attended Columbia High School, studied engineering at the University of Tennessee at Nashville and served in the US Navy.
He was married about 1965 to Vicki Ford.
Horace began his 37-year career with Union Carbide Carbon Products Division in Columbia, which lead to various technical positions in Yabacao, Puerto; Calais, France; Pamplona, Spain (where he ran with the bulls); Clarksville, Tennessee; Geneva, Switzerland; Cleveland, Ohio and again in Clarksville, which was his home for more than 20 years.
He was a member of Madison Street United Methodist Church, and he loved the game of golf and enjoyed volunteering with the young golfers in Clarksville. He served as the JV Golf Coach at Clarksville High School and as a board member of both the Clarksville Junior Golf Tour and the Craig Rudolph Memorial Golf Tournament.
Still in Clarksville, Horace was 77 years old when he passed away on January 27, 2019.
Preceded in death by his parents, he was survived by his wife, two married daughters, four grandchildren, two married sisters, two married brothers and many nieces and nephews.
Celebration of Life Services were held at the chapel of Neal-Tarpley-Parchman Funeral Home, and burial was in Crestview Memorial Gardens in Gallatin.
Original obituary in The Leaf Chronicle on January 29, 2019
Horace Carr Moncrief Jr was born on June 11, 1941 in Gallatin, Tennessee, the son of Horace Carr Moncrief Sr (19151985) and Elaine (England) Moncrief (1921-2016).
At the age of 11, the family moved to Columbia, where he attended Columbia High School, studied engineering at the University of Tennessee at Nashville and served in the US Navy.
He was married about 1965 to Vicki Ford.
Horace began his 37-year career with Union Carbide Carbon Products Division in Columbia, which lead to various technical positions in Yabacao, Puerto; Calais, France; Pamplona, Spain (where he ran with the bulls); Clarksville, Tennessee; Geneva, Switzerland; Cleveland, Ohio and again in Clarksville, which was his home for more than 20 years.
He was a member of Madison Street United Methodist Church, and he loved the game of golf and enjoyed volunteering with the young golfers in Clarksville. He served as the JV Golf Coach at Clarksville High School and as a board member of both the Clarksville Junior Golf Tour and the Craig Rudolph Memorial Golf Tournament.
Still in Clarksville, Horace was 77 years old when he passed away on January 27, 2019.
Preceded in death by his parents, he was survived by his wife, two married daughters, four grandchildren, two married sisters, two married brothers and many nieces and nephews.
Celebration of Life Services were held at the chapel of Neal-Tarpley-Parchman Funeral Home, and burial was in Crestview Memorial Gardens in Gallatin.
Original obituary in The Leaf Chronicle on January 29, 2019
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