TULLAHOMA – Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Ghea, age 91, of Tullahoma, Tennessee will be conducted on Monday, August 31, 2020 at 2:00PM at Tullahoma Funeral Home with Rev. Richard Reed and Bro. Matt Hastings officiating. Burial to follow at Rose Hill Memorial Garden. The family will receive friends on Sunday, August 30, 2020 from 5:00PM until 7:00PM at the funeral home. Mrs. Ghea passed away peacefully on Friday, August 28, 2020 at NHC of Tullahoma.
Mary was born on February 18, 1929 to the late Henry and Bessie Chasteen. She was the only living charter member of the Estill Springs Church of Nazarene. Mary will be remembered as a loving sister, grandmother, great grandmother, and great-great grandmother.
In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her first husband, Preston Hill; second husband, Thomas “Jack” Ghea; two sons, Gary Hill and David M. Hill; one brother, Henry Chasteen; five sisters, Violet Weddington, Virginia Mae Knight, Georgia Champion, Margaret Owens, and Jean Roberts; granddaughter, Dusty Hill Williams. She is survived by eight grandchildren, Chad Hill, Sara Hill Loggins, Cathy Hill Walker, Greg Hill, Preston Hill, Judd Hill and Jonny Hill; step-son, Mike Ghea; brother, W.C. Chasteen; sister, Billie Pepper; many great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.