- BOSTIC, PAUL EUGENE - age 79, passed away Thursday, February 24, 2005. After graduating from high school, he served as a torpedo gunner on the Navy plane, Avenger in the Pacific area during World War II. After receiving degrees from Union College, Barbourville, KY, and the University of Tennessee, he served in public schools as a history teacher, a principal, and a superintendent. The recently completed sports complex of Anderson County High School was named for him. After his retirement as superintendent of Anderson County Schools, he remained an avid supporter of both the academic and the sports programs of the school system. He also was a loyal supporter of UT sports programs, especially football and basketball. Paul Bostic was a man of deep convictions and courage. Against bitter opposition, but also with the support of other compassionate and progressive persons, in the 1950's he initiated, sponsored, and the first integrated Little League Baseball Team in Tennessee. After retiring, he worked tirelessly for several years compiling and publishing a genealogy of both his family and his wife's family, with whom he had an exceptionally close relationship. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Clinton. He was preceded in death by his parents, Howard Roscoe and Stella Bruce Bostic; step-mother, Naomi Bostic; and brothers, Ralph and Earl Bostic. He is survived by his devoted wife of 58 years, Bertie Jenkins Bostic; son, Paul Eugene "Jenks" Bostic, Jr. & wife Dudley of Andersonville; daughters, Jo Ellen Bostic of Norris, Dr. Cheryl Scarboro of Augusta, GA; grandsons, Cristofer Scarboro & wife Jill of Urbana, IL, Sean Paul Scarboro & wife Olena of Augusta, GA, Brandon Emert of Norris; granddaughters, Jenky Walker& husband Daniel of Knoxville, Mollie Farrar & husband Zach of Beaufort, SC, Katherine Emert of Norris; great granddaughter, Raleigh Jack Walker; brother, Poe Bostic & wife Anna Faye of LaFollette; sisters, Helen Slater of Athens, OH, Martha Bostic Dossett of LaFollette; sisters-in- law, Melba Jenkins Greer of Clinton, Ruby Bostic of Ohio, Chris Bostic of Corbin, KY. The family will receive friends 3:00-5:00 PM, Saturday, February 26, 2005 at Clinton First Baptist Church. The funeral service will follow his visitation with Rev. Sam Dean officiating. His burial will be 2:00 PM, Sunday at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. Pallbearers: grandsons, Cris and Sean Scarboro, and Brandon Emert; grandson-in-laws, Daniel Walker and Captain Zack Farrar, USMC; Honorary Pallbearers: James "Jiggs" Seivers, John H. Price, Skeez Housley, Dr. Curtis Sexton, Hugo Hughes, Steve Brody and Howard Henegar. Memorials may be sent to the Paul E. Bostic, Sr. Scholarship Fund for Anderson County Students, c/o AmSouth Bank in Clinton (P.O. Box 317, Clinton, TN , 37717), or the Family Life Center at First Baptist Church, Clinton, TN. Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton is in charge of all arrangements.
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1925 - 2005 (79 years)
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