Hugh S. Livingston Sr.

Livingston, Hugh Samuel, Sr.--age 83 of Townsend, died Saturday, October 6, 2001 at Asbury Acres Nursing Home, following a long illness. Hugh was born and raised in Mohawk, Tennessee and moved to Blount County where he worked for 43 years as a millwright for the Aluminum Company of America. Hugh served his country proudly during World War II in the Third Army under General Patton with a tour of duty in Germany. He was recognized with several medals and awards of merit during this service. As a veteran, Hugh was reluctant to speak of his military experiences but shared with his grandchildren his first visit to a big city and seeing the Statue of Liberty from the deck of the ship as he left for Germany, and then seeing her again in a different light when he returned to stateside. Hugh was an avid gardener, loved to grow flowers, and crafted handcarved miniature log cabins and churches from pieces of cedar. As a father raising boys, he spent time in the hills of his beloved East Tennessee, teaching his sons to hunt and to fish and to respect the land. He loved all types of music and could play the guitar and mandolin by ear. He was a member of Alcoa First Baptist, but upon moving to Townsend, attended Tuckaleechee United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Orpha Jarrells and Samuel Benjamin Livingston; sisters Mary Sue Livingston, Medra Ethel Lee and brother Jarrell Benton Livingston. He leaves behind his loving wife, Barbara Rathbone Wilson Livingston; son Hugh Samuel Livingston, Jr.; son and daughter-in-law Willlam Lynn Livingston and Janice R. Livingston; step-son and wife Joe and Brenda Wilson; granddaughter Laura Livingston Marsh and husband Steve Marsh; granddaughter Candice Lynn Wilson; grandsons Joshua Christian, Daniel Benjamin and Caleb Samson Livingston and Christopher David Wilson. Hugh is also survived by sisters Gleanece Newman, Lorraine Livingston, Orpha Maude Lane, Jenny Allred and brothers; David, Don, and Ned Livingston; many nieces and nephews and a host of dear friends and other relatives. Funeral services will be 2 :00 P.M. Tuesday in McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Rick Clowers officiating. The interment will follow in Bethel Cemetery in Townsend. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 1 to 2 P.M. at the funeral home. The family asks that memorials be made to Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Building Fund or Tuckaleechee United Methodist. McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home Maryville, 982-6812 www.mccammonammonsclick.com.