Mary Elizabeth Wolaver

Mary Elizabeth Wolaver obituary, Lewisburg, TN

Mary Elizabeth Wolaver

Mary Wolaver Obituary

Visit the Bills-McGaugh & Hamilton Funeral Home and Crematory website to view the full obituary.

Mary Elizabeth Wolaver, age 88, of Lewisburg, passed away Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at NHC Oakwood. She was born in Giles County on March 3, 1935, to Henry Clay and Solita Missouri Hazelwood Goetz. Mary enjoyed being outside in the garden working with her plants, and she also loved tending to her flowers in her yard.

Visitation will be at the chapel of Bills-McGaugh & Hamilton Funeral Home on Monday, May 22, 2023, from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM with a graveside service following at 1:30 PM at Short Cemetery with Rick Rolin officiating.

She is survived by her son, Terry Wolaver of Lewisburg.  She is preceded in death by her husband, Wayne Wolaver; her parents; her daughter, Pat Taylor; brothers, Wendell Goetz and Coyle Hazelwood; sisters, Cora Brown, Diana Jones, Eloise Atkins, Hazel Adcock, and Martha Louise Holt.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Short Cemetery in care of Randy Foster.

Bills-McGaugh & Hamilton Funeral Home is honored to serve the family. Condolences and memories may be extended online at www.billsmcgaugh.com.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Bills-McGaugh & Hamilton Funeral Home and Crematory

755 Yell Road, Lewisburg, TN 37091

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