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.
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.
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