Mary Katherine Crum

Died: Jan. 19, 2013

Mary Katherine Crum, of the Asheville Highway, Greeneville, the South Greene community, passed away Saturday at Life Care Center of Greeneville.

She was employed with United Inter-Mountain Telephone Company for several years and retired from the Greeneville City School System.

Mrs. Crum attended Pleasant Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Rehobeth United Methodist Church and Victory Church of God.

Survivors include her daughter: Susan Denise Crum of Greeneville; one grandson: Austin Dale Vance of Greeneville; a special brother-in-law and wife: Charles and Frances Crum of Greeneville; special niece and nephews: Roma Thompson and husband, Johnny "Tarp," Mike Kelley and wife, Melissa, all of Greeneville, and Alan Crum of Gray; a special cousin: Charlotte Jones and husband, Ray, of Greeneville; and her special friends: Rose Strong, Ruth Dinwiddie, Don White, and Carol Gosnell.

She was the daughter of the late Robert T. and Flora Downey Brown of the Jearoldstown/Pleasant Hill community and was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil Ray Crum.

The family will receive friends 1-3 and 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at Kiser-Rose Hill Funeral Home with the funeral service following at 7 p.m. in the chapel. The Rev. Jim Fillers and the Rev. Raymond Perry will officiate.

Family and friends are asked to meet at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home to go in procession to GreeneLawn Memory Gardens for a 3 p.m. committal service.

Pallbearers will be Bill Moncier, Glen Waddell, David Crum, Loyd Holt, Brian Fillers, David Martin, and Arnold Hensley.

Honorary pallbearers will be Steve Burns, Everette Cobble, Rance Pless, David Thompson, Randy Pless, Melvin Darnell, Terry Sams, Grady Barefield, Hart Covington, Ivan Collins, Ronald Crum, Eddie Jordan, Dr. Maynard Austin and staff, Dr. Dharmen Patel and staff, the members of the Greene County Honor Guard, the members of South Greene First Responders, the staff of Greene County-Greeneville EMS, and the staffs of Wellington Place of Greeneville, Life Care Center of Greeneville, Laughlin Memorial Hospital, and Caris Hospice.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Cecil Ray and Mary Katherine Crum Endowed Scholarship (that will support South Greene High School graduates who attend Tusculum College), c/o Tusculum College, P.O. Box 5040, Greeneville, TN 37743.

Condolences may be sent to the Crum family at http://www.kiserrosehillfuneralhome.com.