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- [S106] The Mountain Press, 7 Feb 2006.
Man returns generosity by taking father to game
By: STAN VOIT, Editor February 07, 2006
In 1957 Amos Marshall of Sevierville took his 11-year-old son, Roy, to see the Yankees play the Braves in a World Series game. Roy was a fan of Mickey Mantle and the Yankees, so what a thrill he got that fall.
The son didn't forget his dad's generosity, either. Twenty-five years later Roy Marshall was an employee of Eastern Air Lines, the official carrier of the Miami Dolphins. And Roy Marshall arranged for his dad to fly to New Orleans and attend Super Bowl XI when Miami played Dallas.
"It was a wonderful time," Amos Marshall, now 87, said of that 1972 trip. "We got to meet some of the Miami players like Mercury Morris and Larry Czonka. My son arranged for us to stay in a nice hotel."
Marshall remembers being on an elevator with two or three Dolphins.
"They were so big," he said. "It made an impression on me. They looked like giants to me."
Father and son sat on the 45-yard line at the Sugar Bowl - this was before the Superdome was built, so the game was played outdoors - and were seated among a lot of Dolphins fans and workers.
"It was a dull game," Marshall recalled. "Miami got ahead but they could never score. The big thing I remember was halftime. Louis Armstrong and Carol Channing performed. It was a wonderful halftime show."
Dallas won, 24-3, but the next season Miami went undefeated and won the Super Bowl.
To cap off the trip to New Orleans Marshall met Howard Cosell at the airport.
"He was just sitting there and I spoke to him," he said. "He was real nice."
Roy Marshall now runs the Sevier County United Way. Amos Marshall served on the Sevierville Board of Mayor and Aldermen for many years.
- [S106] The Mountain Press, 14 Aug 2006.
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Amos Marshall's mom taught him English. Marshall, Class of 1936, was a 120-pound quarterback on a team that went undefeated in 1933. He went on to serve 24 years on the Sevierville Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
"We all knew each other. We knew everybody. Couldn't get away with a thing," he said of those halcyon days, when nobody really knew what they didn't have.
Everybody walked everywhere, teachers alongside students as they made their way to the high school - now the home of the school system central office.
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Grads from the 1930s still gather to share the past
- [S120] A Place Called Home: Our Story, David L. Popiel, Duay O'Neil, et. al., (2006, The Newport Plain Talk / Jones Media Inc.), dpopiel@xtn.net., 83.
- [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 27 Feb 2011.
Edna Woods Marshall obituary
- [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 4 Mar 2014.
November 5, 1918 - March 4, 2014
Resided in Sevierville
Amos H. Marshall, age 95 of Sevierville, passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2014. He was a graduate of Sevier County High School and attended the University of Tennessee. While attending UT, Amos joined the Army Air Corp, and served as a flight instructor while serving his country in World War II. On March 15, 1942, he and his beloved wife of 68 years, Edna Woods Marshall were married. After the war they settled in Oak Ridge, and in 1952 moved to Sevierville. Mr. Marshall retired in 1982 from Oak Ridge National Laboratories. The majority of his time at Oak Ridge was working as an analytical chemist. His work involved research in various energy programs. He was involved with the analysis of the first material samples secured as part of the Apollo Moon Program.
Mr. Marshall was a fifth generation Sevier Countian, and was brought up in a family that gave themselves to community service. His grandfather, Amos Trotter Marshall, was the second Mayor of Sevierville, an office his father, Roy C. Marshall, also held. Under his father's tenure as mayor, Sevierville established the city's first water system and built the first sidewalks. His mother, Addie H. Marshall taught school at Murphy College and Sevier County High School for over 40 years. Mr. Marshall himself served as Alderman for the City of Sevierville for 24 years, (1971-1995), eight of those years he was Vice Mayor. Among the city's accomplishments during his time on council was the construction of the Community Center, the establishment of our City Parks, and the opening of the golf course. He continued to serve on the Community Parks and Recreation Committee long after he was no longer on the Board of Aldermen.
Mr. Marshall's impact on the community went well beyond his elected duties as is evidenced by his role in Sevierville's first Little League Baseball Charter in 1952, helping establish our Little League football program in 1955, serving on the Knoxville Area board of the American Red Cross for 21 years, the establishment of the Sevierville Teen Board in 1962, and the first Cub Scout troop in 1954. His community associations were also numerous. He was a lifelong member of First United Methodist Church, Sevierville, having served as Chairman of the church administrative board, he was a Past President of the Sevierville Lion's Club, a past member of the Board of Directors Executive Committee of Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic, a past member of the Board of Directors Executive Committee of Sevier County Food Ministries. He was honored to represent our community as an Olympic torch bearer during the 1996 Olympics, and was the last surviving member of Sevier County High School's only undefeated football team.
He was preceded in death by his wife: Edna Woods Marshall; parents: Roy C. Marshall and Addie Harrison Marshall; Brother: James W. Marshall; Sister-in-law: Faye Curtis Marshall; Brothers-in-law: Maurice A. Phillips, Richard C. Woods, Sr.; Brother-in-law and sister-in-law: Wayne Graybeal and Jonnie Woods Graybeal.
His survivors include his Son and daughter-in-law: Roy and LeAnn Marshall of Sevierville; Daughter and son-in-law: Judy and Charles Burridge of Nashville; Grandchildren: Marshall Burridge and wife Marcy, Harrison Burridge all of Nashville, Emily Sills of Knoxville, and Robert Marshall of Sevierville; Great Granddaughter: Lynlee Burridge of Nashville; Niece: Linda Marshall Phillips and husband Bill of Loganville, Georgia; Brother-in-law and sisters-in-law: Thomas D. Woods, Edith Cunningham Woods, Wilma Sims Woods all of Greenback; Sister-in-law: Martha Woods Phillips of Sevierville; Many special nieces and nephews.
The family extends a special thank you to all the caregivers who helped Mr. Marshall in many ways.
Memorial Donations may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Sevierville Building Fund, 214 Cedar Street, Sevierville, TN 37862; Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Medical Clinic, 312 Prince Street, Sevierville, TN 37862; and Sevier County Food Ministries, P. O. Box 6042, Sevierville, TN 37864.
Funeral service 6 PM Friday in the West Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home. Interment 11 AM Saturday in Shiloh Cemetery. The family will receive friends 4-6 PM Friday at Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville. (www.atchleyfuneralhome.com)
- [S106] The Mountain Press, 9 Mar 2014.
Salute to a pair of Sevierville’s finest
SEVIERVILLE —
The generation of Americans who guided the country after World War II are widely regarded as the “Greatest Generation.”
Over the past month, we’ve lost two such men in Sevier County.
This past Tuesday, Amos Marshall, 95, died — just weeks after James “Chief” Atchley passed at age 86.
The pair provided shining examples of the reason Tom Brokaw coined the often-used phrase to describe those who grew up during the Great Depression and strived to better America in the years that followed.
Both men were guided by their beliefs, and took proactive steps to better our community through their own sacrifice and service.
Each was a WWII veteran and donated years of his life to benefit our area. Atchley was a key player in the growth and improvement of much of fire protection across the county.
While working with the Sevierville/Sevier County Fire Department, where he served for years as chief, Atchley helped several other local community volunteer fire departments get their start. He was also involved in getting the county’s first E-911 dispatch center into operation.
“He had just meant so much through his work and his volunteerism,” said Sevierville Mayor Bryan Atchley, a cousin and longtime neighbor.
“He never looked for glory, he never looked for recognition, he did his job. And he did it to almost perfection.”
Marshall, a longtime employee and retiree of Oak Ridge National Laboratories, was an alderman in Sevierville for 24 years and during his time on the board Sevierville flourished. The city saw the construction of the community center and the establishment of our city parks during that time as well as accelerating growth.
He was also instrumental in creating local community groups — helping Sevierville establish its first Little League Baseball charter, the first Cub Scout troop and the Sevierville Teen Board.
“He was a big fan of recreation and doing stuff for kids,” Mayor Atchley said.
These were two men who contributed to Sevierville become what it is today. They didn’t wait for their community to get better, they stepped up to the plate and helped make it happen.
The community mourns their deaths. As do we.
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