Aubin Houston Lovin

LOVIN, CDR Aubin Houston, Medical Service Corps, U.S. Navy (Retired), age 87 died, Friday, September 22, 2017 at his home in Parrottsville. He was a member of the Parrottsville United Methodist Church. He was born in 1929 in Monroe County as the seventh child of John and Pearl (Young) Lovin and grew up in the mountains near Tellico Plains. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy at age seventeen and served on active duty for thirty years retiring a s Commander in 1977. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" and Combat Action Ribbon while serving as a medical corpsman with the First Marine Division in Korea. He received the Navy Commendation Medal for exemplary service during the Viet Nam War as well as several other personal medals and campaign ribbons. Following naval service he served as President of American Business Brokers and later as an Administrator at Walters State Community College. He held numerous civic and church leadership positions including: President of Parrottsville Ruritan Club, President of East Tennessee Human Resources Association, President of Habitat for Humanity for Cocke County and Chairperson of Administrative Council and Board of Trustees of the Parrottsville United Methodist Church. He was a long-standing member of the Millington Masonic Lodge and Kerbela Shrine Temple. He was preceded in death by his parents and sisters: Grace Jones, Arbrie Bainbridge and Luella Earnest; brothers: Claude Lovin and Norman Lovin. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Sue (Cutlip) Lovin, daughter and son-in-law; John and Kimberly Vick of Parrottsville, TN and son and daughter-in-law: John and Melissa Lovin of Charleston, SC. Grandchildren: Leah (Andrew) Balch, Jacob Vick, Whitney (Hunter) Arnold, Keith Lovin and Kayla Lovin. Sisters: Leoma Lewallen and John Anna Hunt and Great Grandson: Eli Balch. Funeral services will be held at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at Manes Funeral Home in Newport, TN, Rev. Don Jones and Rev. Chris Stanfield officiating. The family will receive friends from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Wednesday at Manes Funeral Home. Interment will be in the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, corner of College and Depot Streets in Greeneville, TN. A memorial service with full military honors will be held at 10:00 am Thursday, September 28, 2017 at the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Parrottsville United Methodist Church or the Holston United Methodist Home for Children in Greeneville, TN. Family and friends may sign the guest register online at www.manesfuneralhome.com. Arrangements by Manes Funeral Home.

Aubin Houston Lovin

December 4, 1929 - September 22, 2017