James Cornelius Hundley

James Cornelius Hundley - age 97 passed away Sunday March 13, 2011. Born in Chattanooga, TN on Monday June 16, 1913 to the late Morris H. and Cora Groover Hundley, he is survived by his wife of 73 years, Rubye Longley Hundley; son Dr. James Michael (Jane Elam) Hundley, Lebanon, TN; sister Maggie Mosses, Chattanooga, TN; granddaughter Dr. Rachel Hundley and her husband Keith Infantino, Nashville, TN; sister-in-law Katherine Newton.

Mr. Hundley attended the University of Chattanooga and Georgia Tech and he was a 1937 graduate of the University of Tennessee, he received the first degree in Agricultural Engineering awarded by UT.

During WWII, 2nd Lt Hundley served in the US Navy as an ordnance officer and as CO of a naval base, developing and testing Naval Ordnance.

He was Manager of the Tennessee Electric Cooperative Association for 27 years. He served to prepare the initial ground work in Venezuela to establish a rural electrification program there.

He served on the Board of West End United Methodist Church in Nashville, was a member of Downtown Nashville Lions Club, a Master Mason and a member of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers.

Graveside services will be held 2:00 Saturday March 19, 2011 in Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens, 9090 Highway 100 Nashville, TN with Dr. Larry Locke officiating. In lieu of flowers memorial may be made to The Interfaith Dental Clinic or Healing Hands International.

Family and friends will gather to remember Mr. Hundley Saturday March 19, 2011 from 10:00 until 12:00 at Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Funeral Home 660 Thompson Lane Nashville, TN 37204 (615) 383-4754.