Mark Hennessee Jr.

Mark Alfred Hennessee Jr., went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. He was 81 years old.

A lifelong resident of the Chattanooga area, he graduated from City High School in 1955. He retired as a machinist for Norfolk Southern Railroad after 25 years of service. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge #1140, enjoyed traveling the U.S. with the Tennessee Ridge Runners and Mid Atlantic Chapter of American Coach Association friends, and enjoyed former classmates and friends at annual reunions. He was a member of Bayside Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Mark A. Sr. and Aline Hennessee; brother, Paul Hennessee; and sister, Joyce Sylar.

Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Patricia Jane Wilson Hennessee; daughter, Karin E. Hennessee; son, Mark A. Hennessee III and wife, Karole; grandson, Mark A. Hennessee IV, and wife, Brittany; granddaughter, Jill K. Clewey, and husband, Cory; and great-grandsons, Mark A. Hennessee, V., and Callen Jacob Clewey; and great-granddaughter, Leah Marie Hennessee; brothers, Wayne, Ray and Terrell Hennessee, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; sisters, Wanda Graham, of Charleston, Tenn., Linda Campbell, of Lawrenceville, Ga., Shirley Moore, of Cleveland, Tenn., and Jane Clay, of Chattanooga; and several nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 29, at the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, 5401 Hwy 153, Hixson, Tenn.

Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Friday, March 30, in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Josh Cornelius officiating. Interment will follow in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.

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