Loren M. Lawhorn, 82, of Oak Ridge, died Monday, March 7, 2005, at his home.
The son of McKager and Isabel Crabtree Lawhorn, he was born on June 30, 1922, and grew up in Rugby.
He loved to tell stories, especially about residents living in Rugby whom he knew and loved as he grew up there. He was a graduate of Sunbright High School in Sunbright; he received a bachelor's degree from Tennessee Polytechnical Institute in Cookeville and earned a master's degree from George Peabody College in Nashville.
He taught in the one-room school in Rugby for one year and was principal at the Sunbright High School from 1949 until 1953. He was a member of New Faith Masonic Lodge No. 76 in Sunbright, for more than 50 years. He served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific theater during World War II. He worked in Oak Ridge during the 1940s and again in 1953 until his retirement from Martin Marietta in 1985.
He was an active member and deacon of Central Baptist Church in Oak Ridge. He had been very involved with the senior groups of the church, the JJ Choir and Go-Getters. He served many years as a Sunday school teacher working with many different age groups.
He was preceded in death by his parents, McKager and Isabel Lawhorn; two brothers, Theodore and Hiram Lawhorn; and a sister Dora Lawhorn Gregory.
He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Azilee Pate Lawhorn; and his four children, Edward Barry Lawhorn and wife, Karen, of Richmond, Va.; Donald Wayne Lawhorn and wife, Carolyn, of Knoxville; Susan Lawhorn Willoughby and husband, Mickey, of Knoxville; and John Michael Lawhorn and wife, Eva, of Knoxville.
He was very proud of his 12 grandchildren, Andrew Clay Lawhorn, Trent Edward Lawhorn, Joseph Chapman Lawhorn, Amanda Pate Lawhorn, Thomas McKager Lawhorn, Pamela Elaine Willoughby, Amy Willoughby Bowman, Mark Everett Willoughby, Dale Logan Lawhorn, Wade Michael Lawhorn, Kane Alec Lawhorn and Blake David Lawhorn. He also leaves a brother, Harry Hammond, and wife, Colleen, of Haywood, Calif., and many nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 10, 2005, at Central Baptist Church with the Rev. Bobby Mullins and the Rev. Bob Gray officiating. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Oak Ridge Memorial Park.
The family asks that any memorials be in the form of contributions to the TV Ministry of Central Baptist Church, 130 Providence Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at the church.
Weatherford Mortuary is handling the arrangements, and an on-line guest book can be signed at www.weatherfordmortuary.com
The son of McKager and Isabel Crabtree Lawhorn, he was born on June 30, 1922, and grew up in Rugby.
He loved to tell stories, especially about residents living in Rugby whom he knew and loved as he grew up there. He was a graduate of Sunbright High School in Sunbright; he received a bachelor's degree from Tennessee Polytechnical Institute in Cookeville and earned a master's degree from George Peabody College in Nashville.
He taught in the one-room school in Rugby for one year and was principal at the Sunbright High School from 1949 until 1953. He was a member of New Faith Masonic Lodge No. 76 in Sunbright, for more than 50 years. He served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific theater during World War II. He worked in Oak Ridge during the 1940s and again in 1953 until his retirement from Martin Marietta in 1985.
He was an active member and deacon of Central Baptist Church in Oak Ridge. He had been very involved with the senior groups of the church, the JJ Choir and Go-Getters. He served many years as a Sunday school teacher working with many different age groups.
He was preceded in death by his parents, McKager and Isabel Lawhorn; two brothers, Theodore and Hiram Lawhorn; and a sister Dora Lawhorn Gregory.
He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Azilee Pate Lawhorn; and his four children, Edward Barry Lawhorn and wife, Karen, of Richmond, Va.; Donald Wayne Lawhorn and wife, Carolyn, of Knoxville; Susan Lawhorn Willoughby and husband, Mickey, of Knoxville; and John Michael Lawhorn and wife, Eva, of Knoxville.
He was very proud of his 12 grandchildren, Andrew Clay Lawhorn, Trent Edward Lawhorn, Joseph Chapman Lawhorn, Amanda Pate Lawhorn, Thomas McKager Lawhorn, Pamela Elaine Willoughby, Amy Willoughby Bowman, Mark Everett Willoughby, Dale Logan Lawhorn, Wade Michael Lawhorn, Kane Alec Lawhorn and Blake David Lawhorn. He also leaves a brother, Harry Hammond, and wife, Colleen, of Haywood, Calif., and many nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 10, 2005, at Central Baptist Church with the Rev. Bobby Mullins and the Rev. Bob Gray officiating. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Oak Ridge Memorial Park.
The family asks that any memorials be in the form of contributions to the TV Ministry of Central Baptist Church, 130 Providence Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at the church.
Weatherford Mortuary is handling the arrangements, and an on-line guest book can be signed at www.weatherfordmortuary.com
Loren M. Lawhorn, 82, of Oak Ridge, died Monday, March 7, 2005, at his home.
The son of McKager and Isabel Crabtree Lawhorn, he was born on June 30, 1922, and grew up in Rugby.
He loved to tell stories, especially about residents living in Rugby whom he knew and loved as he grew up there. He was a graduate of Sunbright High School in Sunbright; he received a bachelor's degree from Tennessee Polytechnical Institute in Cookeville and earned a master's degree from George Peabody College in Nashville.
He taught in the one-room school in Rugby for one year and was principal at the Sunbright High School from 1949 until 1953. He was a member of New Faith Masonic Lodge No. 76 in Sunbright, for more than 50 years. He served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific theater during World War II. He worked in Oak Ridge during the 1940s and again in 1953 until his retirement from Martin Marietta in 1985.
He was an active member and deacon of Central Baptist Church in Oak Ridge. He had been very involved with the senior groups of the church, the JJ Choir and Go-Getters. He served many years as a Sunday school teacher working with many different age groups.
He was preceded in death by his parents, McKager and Isabel Lawhorn; two brothers, Theodore and Hiram Lawhorn; and a sister Dora Lawhorn Gregory.
He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Azilee Pate Lawhorn; and his four children, Edward Barry Lawhorn and wife, Karen, of Richmond, Va.; Donald Wayne Lawhorn and wife, Carolyn, of Knoxville; Susan Lawhorn Willoughby and husband, Mickey, of Knoxville; and John Michael Lawhorn and wife, Eva, of Knoxville.
He was very proud of his 12 grandchildren, Andrew Clay Lawhorn, Trent Edward Lawhorn, Joseph Chapman Lawhorn, Amanda Pate Lawhorn, Thomas McKager Lawhorn, Pamela Elaine Willoughby, Amy Willoughby Bowman, Mark Everett Willoughby, Dale Logan Lawhorn, Wade Michael Lawhorn, Kane Alec Lawhorn and Blake David Lawhorn. He also leaves a brother, Harry Hammond, and wife, Colleen, of Haywood, Calif., and many nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 10, 2005, at Central Baptist Church with the Rev. Bobby Mullins and the Rev. Bob Gray officiating. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Oak Ridge Memorial Park.
The family asks that any memorials be in the form of contributions to the TV Ministry of Central Baptist Church, 130 Providence Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at the church.
Weatherford Mortuary is handling the arrangements, and an on-line guest book can be signed at www.weatherfordmortuary.com
The son of McKager and Isabel Crabtree Lawhorn, he was born on June 30, 1922, and grew up in Rugby.
He loved to tell stories, especially about residents living in Rugby whom he knew and loved as he grew up there. He was a graduate of Sunbright High School in Sunbright; he received a bachelor's degree from Tennessee Polytechnical Institute in Cookeville and earned a master's degree from George Peabody College in Nashville.
He taught in the one-room school in Rugby for one year and was principal at the Sunbright High School from 1949 until 1953. He was a member of New Faith Masonic Lodge No. 76 in Sunbright, for more than 50 years. He served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific theater during World War II. He worked in Oak Ridge during the 1940s and again in 1953 until his retirement from Martin Marietta in 1985.
He was an active member and deacon of Central Baptist Church in Oak Ridge. He had been very involved with the senior groups of the church, the JJ Choir and Go-Getters. He served many years as a Sunday school teacher working with many different age groups.
He was preceded in death by his parents, McKager and Isabel Lawhorn; two brothers, Theodore and Hiram Lawhorn; and a sister Dora Lawhorn Gregory.
He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Azilee Pate Lawhorn; and his four children, Edward Barry Lawhorn and wife, Karen, of Richmond, Va.; Donald Wayne Lawhorn and wife, Carolyn, of Knoxville; Susan Lawhorn Willoughby and husband, Mickey, of Knoxville; and John Michael Lawhorn and wife, Eva, of Knoxville.
He was very proud of his 12 grandchildren, Andrew Clay Lawhorn, Trent Edward Lawhorn, Joseph Chapman Lawhorn, Amanda Pate Lawhorn, Thomas McKager Lawhorn, Pamela Elaine Willoughby, Amy Willoughby Bowman, Mark Everett Willoughby, Dale Logan Lawhorn, Wade Michael Lawhorn, Kane Alec Lawhorn and Blake David Lawhorn. He also leaves a brother, Harry Hammond, and wife, Colleen, of Haywood, Calif., and many nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 10, 2005, at Central Baptist Church with the Rev. Bobby Mullins and the Rev. Bob Gray officiating. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Oak Ridge Memorial Park.
The family asks that any memorials be in the form of contributions to the TV Ministry of Central Baptist Church, 130 Providence Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at the church.
Weatherford Mortuary is handling the arrangements, and an on-line guest book can be signed at www.weatherfordmortuary.com
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