McHone, Harls "Junior" (Whitwell)

  • Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Harls “Junior” McHone, 90, of Whitwell, Tennessee, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, December 12, 2016.  

He was born September 3, 1926. He was a WWII Veteran and a member of the Gruetli Church of God.  

Junior was preceded in death by his father and mother Harley and Mattie McHone; sisters, Parthena Fults and Elsie Turner; brother, Bill McHone; great-grandson, Logan Michael Carter. 

He is survived by his wife of 71 years, Virginia (Jenny); children, Connie (Dennie) Shadrick, Allen (Betty) McHone, Jannie (Jerry) Morrison, Kay (G.W.) Perkins, Norma (Bob) Towe and Rita (Jeff) Condra; special niece raised as a daughter, Donna Perkins; special granddaughter, Felicia McHone Higgins; 14 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and sister, Faye Turner. 

The family will receive friends from 4-8 p.m. on Wednesday, December 14. 

Funeral services will be 12 p.m., Thursday, December 15, in the funeral home chapel with Reverends Willard Griffin, Jr. and Jerry Merciers officiating.  Interment will follow in the Sequatchie Valley Memorial Gardens. Military honors provided by Sequatchie Valley Honor Guard. 

Whitwell Memorial Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.

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