Leatha Cree Lodwick

LEATHA CREE LODWICK, age 93, of Dandridge, Tennessee passed away on Monday, December 1, 2014 at Jefferson County Nursing Home in Dandridge, where she resided for the past three and a half years. Leatha was born March 15, 1921 in Stark County, Illinois to Frances and Anna Roney Cree of Toulon, Ilinois. She married Coyle Curtiss Lodwick in 1940, and had one son, Curtiss Hugh Lodwick. They lived in Toulon, Illinois until they moved to Jefferson City, Tennessee in 1987, to be closer to their son. Leatha is survived by her son, Curtiss Hugh Lodwick (Denise) of Dandridge, Tennessee; grandsons, Jonathan Lodwick (Kelly) of White Pine, Tennessee, and Kenneth Lodwick (Denise Gayle) of Dandridge, Tennessee; great-grandchildren, Alex Korn and Natalie Layman; great-great-granddaughter, Adalynn McDaniel; nieces and nephews, Kris Cox of Virginia, Illinois, Sandra Roberts of Illinois, Michael Cree of Windom, Minnesota, and Harla Tumbleson of Washington State; and dear friends, Marilyn Seckman of Toulon, Illinois, Don Seckman of Edmonds, Washington, Debbie Shane of Wyoming, Illinois, Wanda, her roommate at Jefferson County Nursing Home, and Nellie, her nurse while she lived at Darby House in Jefferson City, Tennessee. In addition to her late husband, Leatha was preceded in death by her parents, Francis and Anna Roney Cree of Toulon, Illinois; brothers, Hugh and Francis Cree of Toulon, Illinois; sisters, Ruth Ellen Tumbleson of Bradford, Illinois, and Lucille Lodwick of Wyoming, Illinois. A private family memorial service will be held at Farrar Funeral Home Chapel in Dandridge, Tennessee on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. Interment will be at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Dandridge, Tennessee. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Humane Society of Jefferson County, P.O. Box 653, Jefferson City, Tennessee 37760. Arrangements by Farrar Funeral Home in Dandridge, TN (865) 397-2711