Paul Fuller

1932 - 2018

FULLER Paul Eugene, age 86, passed away on August 30. He was born February 11, 1932 in Chattanooga where he graduated from Chattanooga Central High School in 1950. After graduation, he worked at Dupont until he was drafted into the military, serving in the U.S. Army from 1952 to 1954. While still in the sevice, he married his high school sweetheart, Peggy Joyce Kistler, beginning a marriage of 65 years. After service, he returned to Dupont and continued his education, graduating from the at the University of Chattanooga in 1960 with a B.A. in history. Awarded a National Defense fellowship for graduate study, he attended the University of Kentucky where he earned his PhD in history. Paul began his teaching career at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky in 1964. He taught at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia from 1973 until returning to Transylvania in 1977 to complete his teaching career, retiring in 1995. His life-long love of learning was expressed in rigorous but caring teaching which students recognized with the Teacher of the Year award on five separate ocassions. His dissertation, Laura Clay and the Woman's Rights Movement, was published by the University Press of Kentucky in 1975. He is survived by his wife, Peggy, daughter Lisa (Bill) Taft, son Paul Jr., grandchildren Isabelle and Will Taft; numerous family in Chattanooga and elsewhere in the south; and special friends Don and Rebecca Dugi. Visitation will be held on Monday, September 3, at the Chattanooga Funeral Home, North Chapel, in Hixson from 3:00 until 6:00. On Tuesday, the family will receive friends and family at Ashland Terrace Christian Church beginning at 1:00. The funeral service will begin at 2:00, followed by internment at Forest Hills Cemetary. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Ashland Terrace Christian Church, 915 Ashland Terrace, Chattanooga, TN 37415.