Obituary of John Causey

John Warren Causey, age 87, of Monteagle, Tennesee, died November 20, 2013 at home. He was born November 30, 1925 in Hadley, Kentucky to Eugene Bradley and Mable Martin Causey. He attended Western Kentucky University and was a US Army Veteran of World War II. After the war, he worked as a newspaper reporter in Beaumont, Texas, where he met and married Rose Hayes. He published the De Funiak Springs, Florida, local paper for a number of years, and then entered the insurance business, which occupied him for the rest of his working life. He subsequently owned an independent agency in Henderson, Kentucky, which he sold at retirement in 1987. He moved to Monteagle in 2006 and was a member of Tracy City First Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, by his sister Mattilene Goss and his brother William Causey. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Rose Causey; by his sister Charlotte Meredith of Cullman Alabama, and his brother Jay (Joann) Carl Causey of Arlington, Texas; by his children: Debra (Thomas) Kandul of Monteagle, Susan (Daniel) Chitwood and Kathy Kinnaird of Louisville, Kentucky, and Amy (Wesley) Sights of Henderson, Kentucky; and by eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services will be 3:00 P.M. Saturday, November 23, 2013 at Tracy City First Baptist Church in Tracy City, Tennessee. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to: Tracy City First Baptist Church 531 Altamont St. Tracy City, TN 37387 Or to Gideons International