Jerry Butch Dennis McCroskey Jr.

Jerry Dennis “Butch” McCroskey, Jr., 50 of Hixson passed away on Friday, September 10, 2010. He was born in California and grew up in Seymour, TN. He was a 1978 graduate of Seymour High School having been named “Mr. Seymour”, along with being voted Best Personality, Most Attractive, Best All Around, Most Courteous and Senior Favorite. He was a member of the Key Club, Captain of the football team for two years, on the wrestling, baseball and basketball teams.

Butch was also a 1984 graduate of UT Knoxville School of Engineering and attended the UTC Graduate program in Engineering. He was previously employed at Lucey Boiler Company and Sovereign Stainless Fabricators, Inc.

Butch coached many children in wrestling and other sports and was an avid sailor. He was a member of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church.

He was preceded in death by his mother and stepfather, Mary Elizabeth (Johnson) and Bill Teffeteller and a sister, Kimberly K. McCroskey.

Butch is survived by his wife, Cindy Price McCroskey and three sons, Jason, Tristan and Calum; his siblings, Rusty McCroskey, and his wife, Tami, of Seymour, TN, Leslie Karen Machalek of Hollywood, CA, Patrick Todd Spurgeon and his wife, Karissa, of Manchester, CT, and Sheri McCroskey Moyers of Knoxville; his father and stepmother, Jerry and Mildred McCroskey, Sr. of Knox County, TN, numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins.

Funeral services will be held 4:00 P.M. Friday, September 17 at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 848 Ashland Terrace, Chattanooga, TN 37415. The family will receive friends from 3 until 9 P.M. on Thursday, September 16 at the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Butch McCroskey Memorial Fund c/o Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union, Hixson Branch.

Arrangements are by Chattanooga Funeral Home Crematory and Florist, North Chapel, 5401 Highway 153, Hixson, Tn 37343.