Mabel Hunter McDole

Mrs. Mabel Hunter McDole, Age 100 of Westmoreland, Tennessee died Sunday, September 11, at Morningside of Gallatin assisted living facility.

Funeral Services will be conducted Wednesday, September 14 at 11:00AM at United Methodist Church with Pastor Ron Bingnear Officiating. Interment will be in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.

Visitation will begin on Tuesday at 3:00PM until 8:00PM at Woodard Funeral home. Visitation will continue on Wednesday from 9:30AM until service time at Westmoreland United Methodist Church.

She is survived by her son David H. McDole (wife Barbara) of Franklin & Westmoreland TN.

Mrs. McDole was preceded in death by her husband Graidon McDole; parents Andrew Herschel Hunter and Ola Bell Reddick; infant daughter Ruth Ann McDole. Her sisters Estelle Lee, Lucille Crowder, Virginia Harper, Frances Clemens, and two brothers; Miller Hunter, and James M. Hunter Sr.

She graduated Gallatin High School in 1928 and went on to become a teacher at a two teacher school in Sumner County in the same year. She retired as a teacher from Westmoreland Elementary school in 1974 after 40 years of dedicated service; working with and loving children has always been the focal point in her life. In 2001 Mabel & Graidon McDole were named Citizen of the year by the Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce & the Gallatin News Examiner.

Selected pallbearers for the service are : Maxie Searcy, James M. Hunter Jr. , Jerry Kirby, David Brown, Chad Lambert, and Mark Hagewood.

Honorary Pallbearers for the service are: H.G. Kirby, James Anderson, Frank Cambra, William Huntsman, Randy Atterberry, Active Sumner County Teachers, Retired Sumner County Teachers and Residents and Staff of Morningside of Gallatin.

The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Westmoreland Public Library and Westmoreland United Methodist Church.