June Fearnside Lannom

June Fearnside Lannom, 92, of Dyersburg, Tennessee, died on Sunday, July 28, 2013, at her home in Dyersburg, surrounded by her family. She was born in Palatka, Florida, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Fearnside on June 18, 1921, and was graduated from Putnam County High School in 1939. She attended the Florida State College For Women in Tallahassee and Stetson University in Deland, Florida, before working as a secretary with the General Services Administration in Washington D.C. during World War II. After the war, she returned to Palatka where she managed her family's florist shop with her mother. In 1948, she met Edward H. Lannom, Jr., who was employed as a civil engineer by the Merritt Chapman and Scott Construction Company, which was then engaged in the construction of a pulp mill plant in Palatka. They were married at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Palatka on December 6, 1949. In 1951, they moved to Dyersburg where Mr. Lannom joined his uncle, Vern Forcum, in the family construction company which became Forcum Lannom, Inc. Active her entire life, until very recently, Mrs. Lannom was a lover of the arts who was skilled as a painter and flower arranger. She loved music and was particularly fond of opera, the classics and Broadway musicals. She was also an avid golfer and an early member of the Dyersburg Ladies Golf Association. A member of St. Mary's Episcopal Church for sixty years, she was a member of the Altar Guild and the Church Women's Association. She was preceded in death by her husband, an infant son, Hilt Montgomery Lannom, her mother, father, sister and brother. Mrs. Lannom is survived by her two sons, Edward H. Lannom, III of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and John M. Lannom of Dyersburg, and four grandchildren, Edward H. Lannom, IV, Revel Elizabeth Lannom, Sarah Case Lannom and Katharine Clive Lannom. Visitation with Mrs. Lannom's family will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p. m. on Tuesday, July 30, 2013, at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Dyersburg. Her funeral will be at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at St. Mary's Church conducted by Reverend Gary Meade followed by burial at Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg. Pall Bearers will be Bob Dean, Eddie Davis, Richard Donner, David Buchannon, Bob Newbill and Tony Dement. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to any of Matthew 25:40, the Dyersburg Union Mission, the Dyer County Humane Association, the Red Cross and the United Way.