Obituary of Martha Buffington

Martha Cates Buffington ("Marty"), age 68, of Monteagle, TN, passed away August 5th, 2014. She was born on June 13, 1946 in Elizabethton, TN to the late Ray A and Ellen Earthman Cates. She graduated from Ocala High School in 1964 and received a B.A. from Samford University in 1968. Marty was a high school English teacher before she became a full-time homemaker. She was a member of the Charity League of Birmingham, AL and served on the Administrative Council of Mountain Brook Baptist Church. In addition, she served on the 1996 Olympic Committee that hosted the Olympic soccer events in Birmingham. She was one of the hostesses at the Olympic Village. In 2001, Marty and her husband moved to Monteagle, TN, where she served as Education Chairman for the Morton Memorial United Methodist Church. She also served on their Administrative Council. She was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Monteagle Sunday School Assembly and served as their Landscaping Committee Chairperson. She is survived by her husband Ronald Paul Buffington of Monteagle, TN; her brother Ray A Cates, Jr. of Ocala, FL; her children Holly Buffington Stevens of Atlanta, GA, Heather Buffington Barry of Birmingham, AL, Jonathan Paul Buffington of Manchester, Tennessee, and Rebecca Buffington Beckler of Dana Point, California; and her grandchildren William Bruce Kimbrough IV, Robert Andrew Stevens, Catherine Bennett Stevens, Raelyn Electra Beckler, and Renick James Beckler. Funeral arrangements will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 9th, 2014, at the Monteagle Sunday School Assembly Chapel in Monteagle, TN.