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The Tennessean 20A SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 POLLY DUFF Madison, AL CONNOR JOHN GAWALUCK Boulder, CO W'V'Sa Connor Tohn Polly Pate Duff passed away on Friday, May 2, 2014. Polly was born on May 18, 1924 in Gaines-boro, TN to the late Irby Bue Pate and Vivian Cooper Pate. After living in Ft. Worth, TX, Charlotte, NC and Nashville during her youth, she graduated from Jackson County High School in 1944. Gawaluck, age 20 of Boulder, CO and Nashville, died Sunday, April 27, 2014 at his Boulder residence.

Connor was a student at the University of Colorado, Boulder and a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. Connor was born in Denver on July 9, 1993 to John Thomas Gawaluck and Lorelee Ann Ratliff STERLING BENSON HUNT Fort Collins, CO Sterling Benson Hunt, born August 13, 1920, lived through the great transition from land-bound rural society to urban mobile society, and embodied many of the changes that went with it. Raised on a tobacco farm near Pleasant View, TN, he worked the land with mules, sometimes breaking ground never before plowed. He hauled water to the house from a nearby spring. His childhood home was heated only by fireplaces, and he remembered the introduction of electricity, indoor plumbing, and the first telephone service to that home.

Sterling left the farm in pursuit of higher education at Tennessee Polytechnic Institute (TPI) in Cookeville, TN. World War II interrupted his education, and he served in the Army Air Corps as a B-25 bomber pilot in the South Pacific theater of operations until the war ended. During pilot training, he married Bonnie Hix. After the war, Sterling returned to TPI and finished his degree in Civil Engineering. He started working for Southern Railway, and raised three boys with Bonnie, all of whom graduated from The Georgia Institute of Technology.

Sterling retired from the railroad in 1982 and lived in Atlanta, GA until he moved to Ft. Collins, CO in 2007 to be closer to his two grandchildren. He was good with numbers, cleaver with words, and an innovative problem solver. He bore his mental and physical decline with grace and good humor, invariably a favorite with all his caregivers and neighbors. Even in his very last years, he would quote lines of poetry studied in the one-room schoolhouse of his youth.

He will be remembered by those who knew him for his positive attitude and willingness to be part of a solution rather than a burden to anyone around him. Gawaluck. He attended Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, TN and was currently studying Business Finance Accounting at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Connor enjoyed the outdoors; fishing, cycling, tennis and golf. He cherished the time he spent with the brotherhood of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity and Montgomery Bell Academy.

Connor is survived by his parents, John and Lorelee of Nashville, TN; grandparents, Sophia Gawaluck and Jane Ratliff; brother, Greylon Gawaluck of Wake Forest University, NC; and sister, Isabella Gawaluck of Nashville, TN. Contributions: Adventure Science Center, 800 Fort Negley Nashville, TN 37203 The Boys and Girls Club of America bgca.orgmeetourpartnersPagesPhiKappaPsi.aspx Polly was the long-time owner of Rich-Schwartz Beauty Salon on West End Avenue in Nashville. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Truman Bold Duff of Nashville, and her sister, Ann Pate Hopkins of Gainesboro. She is survived by her son, Gill Cooper Duff and his wife Martha Brothers Duff of Darien, CT, and by her daughter, Patricia Duff Mitchell and companion Huey Carter Hamilton of Madison, AL. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Joseph Pate Mitchell of Troy, AL, Douglas Neal Mitchell of Birmingham, AL, Lola Cooper Brothers Duff of Darien, CT and Franklin, TN, and by her step-grandchildren, Brock Willis Daly Jr.

of Franklin, TN, John Claiborne Daly of Atlanta, GA, and Grace Cunningham Daly of New York, NY, as well as devoted friends Sarah Jane Boyd and Judy Norment of Nashville. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 5, 2014 at Harpeth Hills Memorial Gardens in Nashville. Harpeth Hills Funeral Home (615) 646-9292, harpethhills.com Jt CHRISTOPHER JONES Brentwood, TN BARBARA ENGELBERG Nashville, TN PAT KEITH Smitlwille, TN Age 77. Funeral Sunday 2 p.m.

at Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, (615) 597-5275. DONNA L0UNDS Nunnelly, TN Visitation Sunday p.m., McDonald Funeral Home, graveside 2 p.m. at Charles Nickell. McDonald F.H., (931) 729-3561. SUSIE MATHENEY Monterey, TN Services Tuesday 1 p.m.

at Horner Funeral Home. www.hhhfunerals.com Christopher Neal Jones, age 38, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, May 1, 2014 at his family's Brentwood, TN home. Born in Charlotte, NC and spent most of his life in the Nashville area. He is a graduate of Brentwood High School and went on to attend Middle Tennessee State University. All who that Barbara Engelberg, age 93 of Nashville, TN, died on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at Woodcrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Nashville, TN.

She was born in Paducah, KY to Dr. and Mrs. R.B. Morrow. She became an active member of the Granny White Church of Christ in 1998 after having been a long-time D0R0THYE HOPKINS Nashville, TN Dorothye B.

Hopkins, age 88 of Nashville, TN, passed away May 3, 2014. Preceded in death by her husband, WC. "Bill" Hopkins. Survived by her sons, Cecil (Brenda), Tom (Rene') Bob Hopkins; daughter, Mary Jane (Keith) Stem; sister, Martha Jane Redding; 10 grandchildren; 15 greatgrandchildren; numerous nieces nephews. Special thanks to the Staff of McKendree Village.

Visitation will be Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Phillips-Robinson Funeral Home, Old Hickory Chapel. A graveside service will be held at 2:30 p.m. at Hermitage Memorial Gardens.

Phillips-Robinson Funeral Home, Old Hickory Chapel, (615) 847-1010. best knew Chris would remember him as a friend, brother and tireless advocate for the underdog. Preceded in death by father, James E. Jones. Survived by mother, Carol Jones; brother, Michael Reed (Kristine) Jones, CA; sisters, Kimberly Lynn Jones of Brentwood and Kelly (Micah Gentry) Jones Gentry; niece, Elena Arevik Jones; as well as numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

A visitation will be held 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Williamson Memorial Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the ASPCA or the Nashville Humane Society. Williamson Memorial Funeral Home Cremation Services, (615) 794-2289. williamsonmemorial.com member of the West End Church of Christ in Nashville, TN.

Preceded in death by her parents; husband, J.K. Engelberg; brothers, Dr. C.G. Morrow of Benton, KY and Robert C. Morrow of Paducah, KY; and great-niece, Stacey Morrow Lockhart of Nashville, TN.

She was retired following almost 30 years with the Department of Defense in Washington, DC, ending her service in the immediate Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). She is survived by nieces, Judi Morrow Doty (George), Gilbertsville, KY, Shirley Morrow Moulton (Larry), White Bluff, TN, Marilyn Morrow Harris, Paducah, KY; nephews, Paul C. Morrow (Nancy), Benton, KY, Eric Engelberg (Lori), Germantown, MD, Kent Engelberg, Rockville, MD; sisters-in-law, Anna Morrow, Benton, KY and Virginia Engelberg, Rockville, MD. A graveside funeral service will be held on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. at Maplelawn Cemetery, Dale Jenkins of Spring Hill, TN officiating.

Interment will follow. Donations in her memory may be made to Disaster Relief, PO Box 111180, Nashville, TN 37222-1180. WILLIAM R. (HOSS) KENN0N Old Hickory, TN William R. (Hoss) Kennon.

December 23, 1925 May 2, 2014. Of Old Hickory, TN, formerly of Memphis Paris, TN. After nineteen months in military hospitals, the Navy sent Hoss Kennon home to die. The Navy and Army doctors who had been treating him finally admitted that they couldn't keep him alive any longer, and wanted him to be at home when the inevitable happened. The farm boy, who three summers earlier could jump into the saddle of a galloping horse without touching the stirrups, wasn't supposed to live another month.

His mother, Minnie Kennon, who already had her other three sons home safely from WWII, told them they were wrong. "I'm not about to in H0GE, JR. LAWRENCE R. Springfield, TN CATHERINE GREER Nashville, TN Lawrence R. Hoge, age 83 of Springfield, died Saturday, May 3, 2014 at NHC Healthcare in Springfield.

He was born December 7, 1930 in Nashville to the late Lawrence R. and Irene Wild Hoge, Sr. His wife, Katherine Summerville Hoge, and sister, Har-riette Stallings also preceded him in death. He was a member mm lose my baby now." So, the story goes, with the newspapers and the phone that she had available in April of 1945, she convinced a Navy doctor to tell a U.S. Senator to persuade a Navy Admiral to put a case of penicillin on an airplane and fly it from Washington, DC.

to Paris, TN. That penicillin, the first penicillin in Tennessee, and his mother's determination, saved Hoss's life. His recovery would still take another year. He would finish high school, marry the former LaRue Montgomery of McKenzie, TN, go back to work for the Department of Defense, and raise two sons and make sure they got through college and graduate school. Then, he would watch as his three grandchildren were born.

He retired from the Department of Defense after thirty-one years, volunteered as a driver for the Crippled and Burned Unit of the Shriners Hospitals, carrying hundreds of children to the Shriner's burn unit in Galveston, TX, and the Crippled Children's Hospital in Louisville, KY for the next fifteen years. He also volunteered with the Shelby County Sheriff's Department at the Agricultural Center. So, for 70 years, his mother would be right. In later years, her fight would be carried on by Hoss's son, the Doctor, who was just as determined to keep Hoss alive. Today, Hoss joined the 1.3 million Americans who have died from war-related deaths since the Revolutionary War.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Hampton Kennon and Minnie Kennon of Paris, TN; LaRue Montgomery Kennon of Memphis, formerly of McKenzie, TN; as well as his brothers, Allen, Wade, and Johnny Kennon of Paris, TN. He is survived by his sister, Winnie Kennon Perkins of Paris, TN; his two sons, Roy Stanley Kennon, M.D. of Nashville, TN and Jerry Alan Kennon, of Old Hickory, TN; his three grandchildren, Isabel, Will, and Cole, as well as many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews and dear friends. A brief Memorial service will be held on Monday, the 5th of May at 3:45 p.m. at McKendree Chapel, followed by visitation in Memphis, TN at Memorial Park on Tuesday night, May 6 from 5-7 p.m.; as well as visitation at Noon on Wednesday, May 7 and burial at 1 p.m.

in Memorial Park in Memphis, TN, with the Bro. Benny Jackson, a dear, long-time friend, presiding. The family requests, in lieu of flowers, any gifts be sent to the Shriner 's Hospital Unit, Al Chymia Shrine, 5770 Shelby Oaks Drive, Memphis, TN. of the Hillcrest Church of Christ. Lawrence was a Business Owner and Entrepreneur, owning and operating Hoge Motor Company.

He was an avid antique car restorer and collector. Funeral Services will be conducted Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at 10 a.m. with Bro. Marvin Crouch officiating. Burial will follow in the Roney Cemetery.

The family will receive friends on Monday from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. and again on Tuesday until the hour of service. Lawrence is survived by his sons, Lawrence R. "Bob" and Diane Hoge of Springfield, Tommy and Crystalee Hoge of Springfield; his daughter, Ellen and Bruce Gregory of Springfield; his grandchildren, Ivan and Brooke Gregory, Kyle and Lauren Gregory, Jennifer and Ben Dusky, and Rachel Hoge; and his great-grandchildren, Montgomery Dusky, and Henry Bruce Gregory.

Robertson County Funeral Home, 384-0036. Catherine Sue Newbern Burrow Greer, age 84, ventured home to join her loved ones on April 22, 2014. She will be missed by her Veteran husband, Ben; daughters and son, numerous nieces and nephews, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She will surely enliven Heaven with her quick wit and humor. Donations to St.

Jude Childrens Hospital would be Sue's wishes. GWENDOLYN MOORE Nashville, TN Visit 1-8 p.m. Funeral Monday 12 Noon. BothatH.H. Chapel, (615) 650-5555.

Highland Hills Funeral RICHARD MCC0NNELL Warren, PA Age 53, previously of Columbia, died April 30. Full obituary www.TnFunerals. com or call Heritage Funeral Home, (931) 840-4750. WAYNE LEE HOLT Nashville, TN Complete obit at www. crawfordservices.com.

Crawford Mortuary Crematory, (615) 254-8200. JACK H. HOWARD Lebanon, TN Age 87, died May 2, 2014. Arrangements are incomplete. Ligon Bobo, (615) 444-2142.

ligonbobo.com Home Crematory 2422 Brkk Church Pike Nashville, TN 37207 (615) 650-5555 AUDREY CLARK NORMAN Columbia, TN Service 3 p.m. Sunday. View obit at BOBBY LEE NUCKOLS Hartsville, TN Age 76, died May 2, 2014. Service 3 p.m. Sunday, May 4 at Chapel of Woodard F.H., (615) 644-5200.

CURTIS B. PATT0N Smyrna, TN Age 67, died May 2, 2014. Arrangements are incomplete. New Generation Funeral Home, (615) 365-7105. Condolences may be offered at www.highlandhillshmeralhome.coni ROBERT "FAT RABBIT" MCAD00, JR.

Murfreesboro, TN Age 44. April 29, 2014. Visitation Monday, May 5 1-6 p.m. at Scales Sons Chapel. Visitation Tuesday, May 6 11-12 p.m., funeral to follow at Stones River Church.

Interment, Lovvorn Cemetery. New Generation Funeral Home, (615) 365-7105. newgenerationfh.com SUSAN HUNTER Sparta, TN Graveside 1 p.m. Saturday, May 10, 2014 at Highland Cemetery. Hunter Funeral Home, Sparta, TN (931) 836-3211.

CHARLIE MYERS Sparta, TN Age 96. Service at West Sparta Church of Christ, May 5 at 11 a.m. Oak Lawn F.H., (931) 738-8549. www. oaklawnmemorial.com RANDY POTTS Culleoka, TN Age 56, passed away May 2.

For complete obituary, go to TnFunerals.com, or call (931) 840-4750. Heritage Funeral Home. BARBARA "B.J." MILLER Spring Hill, TN Service 4 p.m. Sunday at Community Baptist Church. Visitation 2 hours prior.

Spring Hill Memorial, (931) 486-0059..