Tuesday, March 5, 2013

LEWIS NEYLAND, SON OF UT'S LEGENDARY COACH, DIES AT 79


LEWIS NEYLAND, SON OF UT'S LEGENDARY COACH, DIES AT 79

Chattanooga, TN  (HOUSEOFNEYLAND) Lewis Neyland, son of General Robert R. Neyland & Ada Fitch Neyland, passed away here in Chattanooga on March 2, 2013.



                                      Robert R. Neyland
                            1940 "Volunteer" Yearbook

Lewis Neyland attended Knoxville High School, where he was a student athlete, & Castle Heights Military Academy in Lebanon.

At UT, Mr. Neyland lettered in basketball,  golf & tennis from 1954-1956.

He averaged 7 points per game in his VOL basketball career playing for Coach Emmett Lowery.

Lewis Neyland graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1957 with a degree in business.

He founded Neyland Packaging Company & owned it until closing in 1995.

Mr. Neyland is survived by wife Elizabeth "Libby" Parsons Neyland & daughter, Kim Gleckler.

Funeral services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday, March 7, 2013 in Chattanooga.

SOURCE

The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Obituary by Tom Mattingly, March 4, 2013.

No comments:

Post a Comment