Julie Pogue Feagans, 46, died peacefully on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009, surrounded by her loving family.
She had courageously battled cancer for almost four years. She was a lifelong resident of Chattanooga, having attended St. Nicholas and Boyd-Buchanan Schools before graduating from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 1985 with a B.S. degree in education.
Julie taught school in the Hamilton County Department of Education at Ridgedale Elementary, Lookout Valley Elementary, and Westview Elementary. She then taught kindergarten at St. Nicholas School until her retirement in 2006. She held membership in the Nancy Ward Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Julie was an outstanding wife and mother, always in attendance at her sons sporting events, programs, recitals, etc. She and her husband, Mark, made quite a team in numerous sports, him coaching and she being the “team Mom.”
She was preceded in death by a brother, Franklin Stone Pogue; and grandparents, Dr. Clyde and Pearl Stone, and Luke and Mollie Pogue.
Julie is survived by her husband, D. Mark Feagans; sons, Blake Cameron Feagans and Jack Harrison Feagans, of Chattanooga; parents, Hays and Evelyn Pogue; sister, Nancy Pogue Tyler, of Chattanooga; and brother, Richard “Rick” Hays Pogue, of Bradenton, Fl.; mother and father-in-law, H.W. “Dub” and Barbara Feagans; sister-in-law, Allyson Feagans Millican and husband, Brian, of Dalton, Ga.; several nieces and nephews, Jessica Pogue Porrata and husband, Gabe, of Tampa, Fl., Tyler Pogue, of Bradenton, Fl., Joshua and Rachel Tyler, of Chattanooga, and Katherine Grace and Claire Elizabeth Millican, of Dalton, Ga.; cousins, Janice Pogue and Luke Pogue, of Chattanooga, and Mimi Freedman, of California.
The family expresses our most sincere gratitude to Dr. Edward Arrowsmith, Chattanooga, and Dr. Jagasia at Vanderbilt Medical Center Nashville, Memorial Hospital, and Hospice of Chattanooga for their excellent and compassionate care during Julie’s long illness.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 5, at Christ United Methodist Church, 8645 East Brainerd Road, with Minister Mark Flynn officiating.
Burial will be in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.
Pallbearers will be Jay Jumper, Bob Bullard, John Hawkins, Mike Dixon, Evan Hellerstedt and Howard Grady.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Nicholas School, 7525 Min-Tom Drive, Chattanooga, Tn. 30736; the McCallie School, 500 Dodds Ave., Chattanooga, Tn. 37404; or the Helen DiStafano Fund, 1801 Gunbarrel Road, Chattanooga, Tn. 37421; Christ United Methodist Church; or Hospice of Chattanooga.
Visit www.heritagefh.com to share words of comfort with the family.
The family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 4.
Arrangements are by Heritage Funeral Home, East Brainerd Road.