Eugene Thomas McCulley, 85, of Cleveland, Tennessee, passed away Wednesday, October 26, 2016 in a local health care facility.
He had lived in the Cleveland area most of his life and was a member of Bowman Hills Seventh-Day Adventist Church. He was a retiree of the Ford Motor Company. In his younger years, he loved flying his plane over the family farm. He was always a giver and helped those in need. He loved to sing and play his guitar with his gospel group.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Lillie Ballard McCulley; one sister, Dorothy McCulley Higgins; one brother, Jimmy McCulley; and former wife, Betty McCulley.
He is survived by his wife, Ruby McCulley of Cleveland; children, Cathy McCulley Westfall and husband Tom of Murfreesboro, TN, and David Shane McCulley and wife Suzanne of Louisville, KY; step-children, Linda Dashiell of Nashville, TN and Rosa Lee Botts and husband Jimmy of Cleveland; grandchildren, Amanda Westfall Mann and husband Cameron of Murfreesboro, TN, Brent Westfall and wife Amber of Tahlequah, OK, and Caitlyn Westfall of Ann Arbor, MI; step-grandchildren Sonya Burroughs of Nashville, TN, Barry Botts and wife Marlene of San Diego, CA, and Kevin Botts and wife Lyndsay of Nashville, TN; sister, Shirley McCulley Bailey of Easley, SC; and several great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and friends.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29 in the chapel of Ralph Buckner Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Swafford Cemetery in Georgetown, TN, with Jimmy Botts, Barry Botts, Kevin Botts, Brandon Botts, and Brandon Eaves serving as pallbearers. A white dove release ceremony will conclude the service.
The family will received friends from 6-9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 28 at the Ralph Buckner Funeral Home, who has charge of the arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the Bowman Hills Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 300 Westview Drive, NE, Cleveland, TN 37312, or to the American Cancer Society, 6221 Shallowford Road, Suite 102, Chattanooga, TN 37421.