John W. Gregory Sr.

Published 12:00 am Saturday, July 18, 2009

FRANKLIN — John Wesley Gregory Sr., 80, of Franklin died July 16, 2009, at Skyline Medical Center in Nashville.

The Portland, Tenn., native was a lifelong farmer and an Army veteran. He was a member of Round Pond Presbyterian Church and served on the Southern States Board of Directors and on the Simpson County ASCS Board of Directors. He was a son of the late Alvin Lee Gregory and Pearl Cummings Gregory. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Janice Ruth Gregory; two brothers, Elmore Gregory and William Burton Gregory; a sister, Etta Pearl Butts; and two great-grandchildren, Hayden Braxton Gregory and Matthew Jordan Murphy.

Funeral is at 2 p.m. Sunday at Crafton Funeral Home, with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery with military rites conducted by the Simpson County Honor Guard. Visitation begins at 6 a.m. today and Sunday at the funeral home.

Online condolences may be made at www.craftonfuneralhome.com.

Survivors include his wife, Rose Mary Fleming Gregory; three daughters, Mary Elizabeth Gregory Floyd and her husband, Wilburn Jr., and Kimberly Chris Gregory Stradtner, all of Franklin, and Vickie Lea Gregory Keen and her husband, David F., of Nashville; three sons, John Wesley Gregory II and his wife, Jennifer, and Thomas Alvin Gregory and his wife, Lisa, all of Franklin, and Mark Wayne Gregory of Scottsville; a sister, Lila Mae Travelstead of Franklin; grandchildren, Rinda Michelle Herrington, Buddy Wayne Herrington, Christopher Lynn Herrington, Bryon Patrick Gregory Keen, Elizabeth Nicole Keen, Lisa Michelle Gregory, John Wesley Gregory III, Steven Gossett Gregory, Jennifer Lynn Gregory, Amanda Beth Gregory, Taylor Jasmine Gregory, Kelsey Dawn Stradtner, Dallas Gregory Stradtner, Jared Daniel Rowland, Jessica Lynn Crafton and Shanda Nicole Murray; and great-grandchildren, Brandon Michael Herrington, William Travis Creek, Robert Wesley Creek, Madison Lee Herrington, Tyler Ray Herrington, Kaylea Paige Keen, Caroline Alexis Gregory, Rileigh Catherine Gregory, Presley Lynn Rowland, Adalyn Catherine Crafton, Christian Joel Caldwell, Shanna Nicole Caldwell and Tristian Noel Caldwell.