Mildred Candler

Mildred Candler Hitch
Died: 06/14/1999
Mildred Candler Hitch, 96, of Shannondale Retirement Community in Knoxville, died Monday, June 14, 1999. A native of Athens and McMinn County, she was a daughter of the late Herschel Mahoney and Effie Ellis Candler. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wallace Dooley Hitch, an Athens attorney. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, where she was active in United Methodist Women. She had served as a former President of United Methodist Women and was honored in 1981 as United Methodist Woman of the Year. She was also selected as Holston Conference Woman of the Year by the Cleveland District where she had served in various offices for 12 years. She attended Virginia Intermont and George Peabody Colleges and in 1986, she was awarded the Mary Sullivan Award by Tennessee Wesleyan College.
She was a former member of the McMinn County Historical Society, Athens Browning Circle, President of the Advisory Council of Tennessee Wesleyan College and a charter member of McMinn County Living Heritage Museum. Survivors include one son, Candler Dooley Hitch of Montreat, N.C.; two grandsons, Christopher Dooley Hitch of Cary, N.C., and Richard Wilson Hitch of Dallas, Texas; and two great grandchildren, David Patterson Hitch and Sarah Francis Hitch of Cary, N.C. Graveside service and interment of cremains will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Athens with the Rev. Dr. T. Hartley Hall IV of Black Mountain, N.C., officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Shannondale Retirement Community, 801 Vanosdale Rd., Knoxville, TN 37909. Additional information is available by calling Mr. C. Dooley Hitch at (828) 669-2737 or by e-mail at dooleyhitch@compuserve.com.

Mildred married Wallace Dooley Hitch, son of Christopher Columbus Hitch and Emma Ellen Dooley. (Wallace Dooley Hitch was born on 12 Sep 1896 in Blount Co., TN,^{2 3 4 5} died on 29 Jan 1979 in Athens, Mcminn Co., TN ^{6 7} and was buried about 31 Jan 1979 in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Athens, Mcminn Co., TN.)