Darthula JUNE

JUNE, Darthula Williamson Died in Nashville peacefully on January 3, 2011 at age 105, having lead a happy and productive life until the end. She was preceded in death by husband, Orrin Wickersham June; daughter, Alice Kirby Hooker "Teenie" Buchtel and parents, Henry Bradford Williamson and Maybell Kirby Williamson of Houston, TX. Survivors include two sons, John Jay Hooker, Jr. and Henry Williamson Hooker, both of Nashville, TN and also nephew, Henry Bradford Williamson III of Dayton, OH, and great-nephew, Henry Bradford Williamson IV of Miami, FL. She is also survived by eight grandchildren, Bradford Williamson Hooker, Lisa Hooker Campbell, Timothy Ingram Hooker, John Jay Buchtel, Dara Wimberly Hooker, Kendall Hooker Hightower, John Blount Hooker and Jay Thomas Lovell. And she is survived by eleven great-grandchildren, Henry Williamson Hooker II, Alexander Guy Hooker, Alice Hooker Campbell, Eileen Ingram Campbell, John Palmer Campbell IV, Heather Louise Hooker, Charles Ingram Hooker, Jacob Blount Hooker, Grace Elizabeth Hooker, Nathan Elijah Hooker and Anna Asher Hooker. Mrs. June attended Rice University and graduated from Cumberland University in Lebanon, TN. In 1924, she married Lebanon lawyer, John Jay Hooker, Sr., who became a prominent Nashville lawyer in the firm of Walker and Hooker. In 1970, she married Orrin Wickersham June and subsequently moved to his home, Waynesborough in Paoli, PA. Together they restored the home, which was the birthplace of Revolutionary war hero Anthony Wayne. In 1980, Waynesborough was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and it is now open to the public as a National Historic house museum. Mrs. June was an active volunteer and generous supporter of our community, having served as President of the Junior League of Nashville in 1937/38. This organization maintained and supported the Cripple Children's Home for polio victims, which ultimately evolved into the Monroe Carrel, Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. For a period of over fifty years, she also contributed her time and talents to the Colonial Dames, and especially to their Nashville Historic house museum, Travellers' Rest. As evidence of her dedication, the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in Tennessee passed a resolution on November 15, 1990 which follows: "Whereas Darthula Williamson June has been an active and faithful member of the NSCDA in Tennessee for more than fifty years of dedicated service and Whereas Darthula Williamson June has in every aspect of her life supported and upheld the ideals, aims and objectives of the Society now therefore be it Resolved that this Society convey to Darthula Williamson June its praise, loving affection and deepest gratitude and that this resolution be spread across the permanent records of our Society." In lieu of flowers, donation may be made to Travellers' Rest. A graveside service will be held on Friday, January 7, 2011 at 2 p.m., from the Mt. Olivet Cemetery, with Rev. Timothy Taylor officiating. MOUNT OLIVET FUNERAL HOME, 1101 Lebanon Rd., (615) 255-4193; Online guestbook www.mountolivet.com