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Submitted: 5/9/14 • Approved: 5/9/14 • Last Updated: 8/15/15 • R59901-G0-S3
July 10, 1918 - January 2, 2010
BRISTOL, TENN. -- John M. Fleming, 91, of Bristol, Tenn., died early Saturday morning, January 2, 2010, in Bristol Regional Medical Center.
He is survived by his wife, Anne, whom he married in October of 2004; two daughters, Ann Carter McLendon, and husband Eugene of Atlanta, Georgia, and Gwen Scaff, and husband Fred of Columbus, Mississippi; three granddaughters and six great-grandchildren; two stepchildren, Jan Patrick, and husband, Roger of Bristol, Tennessee, Henry Preston King IV and wife Sharon of Harrison, Tennessee; four step grandchildren; one step great-grandchild; and a brother Lindell C. Fleming of Colorado.
John was married to the former Gwendolyn Phillips of Cambridge, Maryland, who had served as a Tennessee state representative.
She passed away in January of 2002.
He was born in Upland, Indiana, on July 10, 1918 to Oris and Mildred Tomlinson Fleming.
The family relocated that same year to Washington, D.C. where he resided for 20 years.
He graduated from Roosevelt High School, Southeastern University and attended George Washington University.
He was associated with the Bendix Corporation in two divisions, Bendix Radio and Friez Instruments in Baltimore prior to and after serving in World War II.
After the war, he was also associated with Universal Molded Products in Bristol as vice president of manufacturing and with Sperry Corp. and Univac in Bristol and in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, retiring as plant controller.
He served in WW II as a combat infantryman in the 84th Division in Europe and retired from the Army Reserve as a major.
He was a life member of the VFW, a member of the 84th Infantry Division Society, and the Retired Officers Association.
In Bristol, he was past president of the Country Club of Bristol and the Bristol Host Lion's Club.
He was a vestryman, senior warden and lay reader of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, past chairman of SCORE, and a former member of Bristol Industrial Development Board.
The family will receive friends from 1 until 1:50 Tuesday afternoon at Emmanuel Episcopal Church.
The funeral service will follow at 2 o'clock with Rev. Dr. Mark Frazier officiating.
Private entombment will follow in Glenwood Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 700 Cumberland Street, Bristol, VA 24201 or Healing Hands Health Center, 210 Memorial Drive, Bristol, TN 37620.
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