John Thomas Alley, Jr.

ALLEY JR., John Thomas, age 77 of Alcoa, died Sunday, December 9, 2001, at U. T. Medical Center. He was a member of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church where he served on the Vestry, graduated from Auburn University in 1947, served in the Military from 1942 to 1965 with the Army, Air Force, and Air National Guard during World War II and Korea. He was discharged with the Rank of Major and received the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal, the Korean Service Medal with 2 Bronze Service Stars, GO 114/53, Hq 5th AF, and the World War II Victory Medal. Mr. Alley retired from ALCOA as a Mechanical Engineer with 41 years of service and was a member of the ALCOA 25 Year Service Club. He was a member of Kiwanis, the East Tennessee Woodcarvers Association, the Tennessee Ornithological Society, and was a volunteer at U. T. Medical Center on the Cardiac Floor. He was preceded in death by his parents, John T. Alley, Sr. and Annie Lynn Alley. Survivors include: wife, June Alley; former spouse, Jeanne Alley; children, Mike Alley, Carolyn Alley, Claire Alley, Joel Alley and wife, Ellen, Tom Alley and wife Melissa, Pat Alley and wife Kelly; step children and spouses, Lisa and Ed Shouse, Dan and Jackie Gray; grandchildren, Benji, Ryan, Colleen, Misty, Scott, Jonathan, Patricia, Lauren, Haley and Joseph; cousins, Richard and Pegge Compton, Noble and Renis Jones, Bette Ann Moore and Victor and Kathleen Harrell. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church with Rev. Martha Sterne officiating. The interment will follow in Grandview Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8:00 p.m. Wednesday at McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home, Maryville. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Building Fund, P. O. Box 4368, Maryville, TN 37802. McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home 982-6812 www.mccammonammonsclick.com