Dr. Ernest Leon Bechtol, age 85 of Clinton passed away Tuesday March 30, 1999 at Select Specialty Hospital in Knoxville.

Dr. Bechtol was a member of Memorial United Methodist Church in Clinton, where he sang in the choir. He was a member of the Clinton Lions Club, and he served on the Great Smoky Mountains Council of the Boy Scouts of America, receiving the Silver Beaver Award.

He was also an amateur radio operator with the call letters W4HBZ. Dr. Bechtol was on osteopathic physician for 46 years.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph A. and Alice Mable Dayton Bechtol, and granddaughter, Carole Rene Armstrong.

Survivors: wife, Martha Edna McCue Bechtol of Clinton; sons and daughters-in-law, Charles Paul and Gracie Bechtol of San Antonio, TX and Dan M. and Mary Bechtol of Heiskell; daughters and son-in-law, Carol and Chuck Tindell of Knoxville; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; brothers, Robert Bechtol of Ocala, FL and Joseph Bechtol of Vass, NC; and a sister, Marian Schmitt of Willoughby, OH.

The family received friends from 6-8:30 pm Thursday April 1, at Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton. Funeral services followed in the chapel with the Rev. Warren Wattenbarger officiating.

Interment was 11 am Friday April 2, in McCarthy Woodhaven Memorial Gardens, Claxton.

IN lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Memorial United Methodist Church, 323 N. Main Street, Clinton, TN 37716.

Source:
Clinton Courier News
4/5 April 1999