Funeral services for Dwight Storey, age 81 of McBurg, will be conducted Sunday at 2PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Bob Shows officiating. Burial will follow in Wrights Cemetery. Mr. Storey passed away Wednesday May 21, 2014 at Lincoln Medical Center.
He was a native of Lincoln County, the son of the late Buster and Nell Speegle Storey, and raised by his aunt and uncle, George and Eleanor Coggins. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army stationed in Germany and was honorably discharged April 1963. He attended college at Martin Methodist College and Middle Tennessee State University. He taught at Flintville High School, Central Junior High School, Motlow State Community College and Tennessee Technology Center in Pulaski. Mr. Storey also taught GED classes. He led singing at the McBurg Church of Christ for several decades where he was a member. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and a farmer. God blessed him with many talents including the ability to play the fiddle, mandolin, guitar, banjo and piano. He leaves behind a loving family to cherish his memories
Survivors include his wife of 51 years Rachel Bartlett Storey of McBurg, daughters Shirley (Rex) West of Winchester, Wendy Storey Bryant of Murfreesboro and Deborah (Eugene) Zawistowski of McBurg, granddaughters Abby Thompson, Laura Bryant and Lucy Thompson.
Visitation with the family will be Saturday evening 4-8PM at Higgins Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in his honor can be made to the McBurg Church of Christ.
