Obituaries for Feb. 9, 2012

Rev. Leoncia Drayton

Services will be 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10 at Hermitage United Methodist Church with the Rev. Allen Black officiating. Visitation will be at noon until the service on Friday.

Rev. Drayton, 78, of Hermitage, died Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. She was a member of Hamilton United Methodist Church. She earned her Master’s of Divinity degree and was ordained as a United Methodist minister in 1982. Prior to her ordination she served as a Children’s Educational Director and Diagonal Minister in Mich., St. Louis, Mo. and Ill., spending all of her adult life in ministry to the United Methodist Church. She was the daughter of the late, Clarence Boudreaux and Gaither Bethey Boudreaux Hebert.

She was preceded in death by: parents; and husband, Keith Drayton.

Survivors include: daughter, Laurie Adams; and granddaughters, Annika and Julia Adams.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Children’s Ministry at Hermitage United Methodist Church.

Arrangements by Bond Memorial Chapel.

Richard Lynwood Mull

Funeral services for Mr. Mull will be 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 10 at Bond Memorial Chapel with Pastor Terry Hancock officiating. Interment with full military honors will follow at 1 p.m. at Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West, Hopkinsville, Ky. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9 and at 9 a.m. until the service on Friday at the funeral home.

Mr. Mull, 75, of Mt. Juliet, died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. He retired from the U.S. Army with over 20 years of service and from civil service after 20 years with the FAA. During his military career he was the recipient of the Purple Heart, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Army Commendation Medal w/”V” Device and 1st Oak Leaf Cluster, the Air Medal with 21st Oak Leaf Cluster, the Bronze Star Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with 60 Device, the Meritorious Unit Commendation, four Overseas Service Bars, the Vietnam Service Medal with five Campaign Stars, the National Defense Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Senior Parachutist Badge, the Army Aviator Badge and the Senior Army Aviator Badge. He was the son of the late, Otis and Mary Stacey Mull.

He was preceded in death by: parents; and brothers and sister, O.H., Jr., Graham, Emile and Elizabeth.

Survivors include: wife of 51 years, Jean Joiner Mull; children, Joseph F. (Lisa) Low, Annetta K. (Mark) Cagle, Cynthia L. (Brian) Thomason and Henry K. Joiner; grandchildren, Whitney N. Low, Christopher Thomason, Elizabeth Thomason and Daniel Cagle.

Flowers accepted or memorials may be made to Lighthouse Baptist Church, 8345 Old Palmyra Road, Hopkinsville, Ky. 42240.

Parxie W. 'Billy' Williams Jr.

Funeral services for Mr. Williams will be 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10 at Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home with the Rev. Hubert Cunningham officiating. Interment will be in Ridgewood Cemetery in Carthage. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9 and 1 p.m. until the service on Friday at the funeral home.

Mr. Williams, 78, of Lebanon, died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. Born in Old Hickory, he was the son of the late Parxie Willie Williams Sr. and Edna Dennis Williams. He was a 1952 graduate of Dupont High School and attended Vanderbilt University. He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War and was a member of the First United Methodist Church. He retired from Ford Glass and was a friend of Bill’s.

He was preceded in death by: parents; wife, Macon Brownie Williams; stepdaughter, Barbara Ann Clemons; and brothers, Richard Dennis Williams and Kenneth Ray Williams.

Survivors include: sisters, Sandra (Harry) Lawrence of Franklin and Karen (Rev. Hubert) Cunningham of Nashville; sisters-in-law, Shirley Williams Ramsey of Old Hickory and Jean Williams of Hendersonville; several nieces and nephews.

Friends will serve as active Pallbearers. Honorary Pallbearers will be Wilson County Fellowship House.

Memorials may be made to the Wilson County Fellowship House, 206 College St., Lebanon, TN 37087.