Wayne Chester

Mr. William Wayne Chester, age 91, died Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at Diversicare Health Care Center in Martin.

Funeral service will be Friday, June 2, 2023, 12:00 Noon at Murphy Funeral Home with Pastor Amanda Crice and Rev. Randy Cooper officiating.  Burial will follow in Flatwood Cemetery in Camden, TN.  Visitation will be Friday at Murphy Funeral Home beginning at 10:00 A.M. until service time at 12:00 Noon.

Pallbearers are Matt Brown, Griffin Brown, Charles Harding, Don Jock, Doug Hooks and Tom McCutchen.  Honorary Pallbearers are David Markham and all members of the Men's Coffee Club in Martin.

Mr. Chester was preceded in death by his wife, Bertha Marie Chester; his parents, William Aubry Chester and Veatrice Waters Chester; one sister, Hazel Eskew; one brother, Raymond Chester.

He was a retired professor of Geography and Geology at The University of Tennessee at Martin.  He was a faithful and active member of the First United Methodist Church, Martin Masonic Lodge #551 and the Weakley County Republican Party.  He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy.

He is survived by his daughter, Sherrie (Bob) Brown of Milan, TN; two grandchildren, Matt (Becca) Brown and Griffin Brown; one great-granddaughter, Adele Brown.