Opal H. Anderton

ANDTERTON, Opal H., 91, of Tullahoma, passed this life on Tuesday, June 5, 2018, at her residence. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday, June 8, at Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home with burial to follow at Maplewood Cemetery. The family will receive friends beginning at noon on Friday. A native of Tullahoma, she was the daughter of the late Edwin J and Verna Eslick Anderton. She graduated with an associate's degree from Lipscomb University and then went on to complete her bachelor's and master's degrees at MTSU. She was a teacher for the Tullahoma public school system for 53 years, teaching third and sixth grades at South Jackson Elementary School, Farrar Elementary School and West Middle School. After only two weeks of retirement, she began teaching at the Tullahoma Adult Learning Center, where she continued to teach for another eight years. The Tullahoma Adult Learning Center Wing was later renamed in her honor. Her hobbies included reading and working crossword puzzles. Miss Anderton is survived by cousins, Pamela Brandon of Tullahoma, Carolyn Gattis of Sevierville, Glen Gattis of Lafayette and Vickie Sweeton of San Antonio, Texas; caregivers, Faye Walker and her husband, Joe, of Tullahoma, Pam Jones and her husband, Fred of Manchester, Larrisa Eck and her husband, Justin of Tullahoma and Tabitha Carter of Tullahoma and good friends, Melba McBride of Tullahoma and Charlotte Shetters of Tullahoma. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations be made in her honor to Grundy Street Church of Christ, 301 E. Grundy St., Tullahoma, TN 37388. Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. An online guestbook is available at www.davesculbertsonfuneralhome.com