Lena Mae Long ²

LENA MAE LONG HITCH (The Daily Times; Maryville, TN; May 13 2002)

Lena Mae Long Hitch, age 95 of Maryville passed away Saturday morning, May 11, 2002 at Maryville Health Care. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Preceded in death by husband, Joe R. Hitch; brothers, Raymond Long, Earl Long, Hartsell Long, and Ollie Long; sisters, Stella Thompson and Mary France; son-in-law, Willis Don Davis; daughter-in-law, Mary Grace Walker Hitch; great-granddaughter, Belinda Gay Buckner.

Survivors include, sons and daughters-in-law, Joe E. Sr., and Louise Hitch of Knoxville, Fred H. and Maxine Hitch of Louisville, Glenn F. Hitch of Maryville; daughter, Eva Lee Hitch Davis of Louisville; sister, Cleo Long Wilson of Maryville; grandchildren and spouses, Kathleen and Gerald Nelson, Joe Ed Hitch Jr., Brian and Denise Hitch, Timothy Hitch all of Knoxville, Ellis D. and Brenda Davis, Linda Gay Wright, Roy Davis, Glenn Hitch, Jr., Connie and Randy Hooper, and Kim and Phil Abbott all of Maryville; ten great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

Funeral Service will be 8:00 p.m., Monday, May 13, 2002 in the Trinity Chapel of Smith Mortuary with Rev. Glenn Grubb and Rev. Mark Grubb officiating and music by the Southern Touch Quartet. Family and friends will assemble at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2002 at Clark's Grove Cemetery for the Interment. Family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Monday at Smith Mortuary, Maryville, 983-1000. www.smithmortuary.com.

Lena married Joe Roy Hitch, son of James Houston (Huse) Hitch and Sarah Elizabeth Eagleton, on 23 Feb 1927 in Greenback, Loudon Co., TN.¹ (Joe Roy Hitch was born on 01 Mar 1898 in Maryville, Blount Co., TN,^{1 4 5 6 7} died on 02 Sep 1972 in Greenback, Loudon Co., TN ^{1 3 8 9} and was buried about 05 Sep 1972 in Clarks Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Maryville, Blount Co., TN.)