From The Oak Ridger 5 Dec 2005 Katherine Alice Leftwich Cavanaugh, 85, of Kingston, Ernest Steven "Doc" Combs, 77, of Oak Ridge Reverend John Edward "Ed" Craven, 81, Benjamin French Johnson, 73, of Knoxville Mr. Arnold Ray Kidwell Jr., age 41, of the Ozone community in Rockwood, Graydon Duane Whitman, 84, of Oak Ridge, Katherine Alice Leftwich Cavanaugh, 85, of Kingston, died Sunday, Dec. 4, 2005, at the Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge. She was born Dec. 29, 1919, in Cookeville, Tenn., the daughter of Samuel Ernest Leftwich and Sarah Lois Wirt Leftwich. Mrs. Cavanaugh was a homemaker and a member of West Village Christian Church. She enjoyed gardening and crafts. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Philip Cavanaugh, on Feb. 11, 1986. She is survived by her son, John Philip Cavanaugh of Kingston; brothers, Ralph Leftwich and wife Mary Elizabeth of Crossville, Robert Leftwich of Madison, and Sam Leftwich and wife Dot of Nashville; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services are Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005, at 2 p.m. at West Village Christian Church with the Rev. Brian Lakin officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. The family asks that any memorials be in the form of contributions to the West Village Christian Church, Building Fund, 637 Robertsville Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. The family will receive friends at the church on Tuesday from noon until 2 p.m. Weatherford Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements. An on-line guest book can be signed at www.weatherfordmortuary.com. Ernest Steven "Doc" Combs, 77, of Oak Ridge died unexpectedly at home on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2005. Born July 8, 1928, in Salyersville, Ky., he was the son of Leslie and Gustava Combs. He spent his school years in Portsmouth, Ohio, where he developed a love for music. He played the cornet as a 12-year-old in the high school band where he met his high-school sweetheart, Marilyn. They were married June 20, 1948, and were married for 56 years until her death in 2004. Mr. Combs attended Northwestern University and later graduated from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Ky., with a bachelor's degree in music. He obtained his master's degree from George C. Peabody College. He taught high school bands in Bowling Green, Franklin and Mayfield, Ky., and Donelson, Tenn., before moving his family to Oak Ridge. He was the band director of the Oak Ridge High School Band from 1960 to the early '80s, and was affectionately given the name of "Doc" by his students. During his tenure, he also served as the music coordinator for the school system. Mr. Combs took his band on their first overseas tour to perform in Europe in 1971. He continued these tours every other year for several years. After retirement, Mr. Combs coordinated tours for other musical and senior citizen groups through his affiliation with Polaris Travel. Mr. Combs revived and directed the Oak Ridge Community Band and Wind Ensemble for over 30 years until retiring due to his diminished sight. He remained active with the band as Conductor Emeritus until his death. He directed his last concert on Nov. 13, 2005, in Deland, Fla., where he guest-conducted the Stetson University Band at the Florida Bandmaster Association Hall of Fame that honored a former student. Mr. Combs was a member of the Civitan Club, National Band Association, Phi Beta Mu, and MENC. He was honored as one of the 10 Most Outstanding Band Directors in the United States in 1968 by The School Musician Magazine. That same year, he received the "Distinguished Bandmaster of America" award from First Chair of America Organization. The city of Oak Ridge honored him twice by proclaiming Sept. 14, 1980, and Nov. 24, 1996, as Steve "Doc" Combs Day. In 1998, the Oak Ridge Rotary Club presented him with the Vocational Service Award. In addition to his love of music and travel, he enjoyed fi shing, golfing, art, and spending time with his family. The Combses were members of the United Church, Chapel on the Hill where he was the choir director for many years. He was currently a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church. Mr. Combs was preceded in death by his wife, Marilyn Revare Combs. Survivors include daughters, Judith Stephanie Evans and husband, John of Port St. Joe, Fla., Victoria Celeste Rose of Athens, Ala., Leslie S. Holman and husband, David of Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Virginia Reid Stevens and husband, George of Chattanooga; sisters, Betty Safis of Baxter, Tenn., and Ginny Koppers of Cincinnati, Ohio; 12 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. The family requests that any memorials be made in the form of donations to the Oak Ridge Community Band/Wind Ensemble, P.O. Box 6980, or Oak Ridge High School, for the Band Program, 127 Providence Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 . Visitation will be Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, located on the Turnpike. Services will be held Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2005, at First United Methodist Church at 1 p.m. with burial following at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Reverend John Edward "Ed" Craven, 81, former pastor of the Oak Ridge Alliance Church (formerly Community Church of Oak Ridge), died Monday night, Nov. 28, 2005, at the Heritage Greens Arboretum in Greensboro, N.C. Born Aug. 26, 1924, in High Point, N.C., Rev. Craven was the son of John Alson and Myrtie Mae Stout Craven of Seagrove, N.C. He graduated from Coleridge High School in Coleridge, N.C. Before entering the ministry he had numerous jobs including working for Duke Power Company in Winston-Salem, N.C. where he came to Christ under the ministry of the Rev. Jimmy Strickland and met his future wife, Devota Jean Ashburn. Rev. Craven was a graduate of Piedmont Bible College in Winston-Salem, N.C. and did graduate work at the Missionary Training Institute of Nyack, N.Y. Rev. Craven first came to Community Church of Oak Ridge in 1955, after serving three years as minister of the Biltmore Christian and Missionary Alliance Church, in Asheville, N.C. Rev. Craven served three separate tenures at the Oak Ridge Alliance Church: 1955-1960; 1965-1971; and 1976-1987. During his career he also pastored churches in Eldorado, N.C.; Charlottesville, Va.; Durham, N.C.; Lexington, N.C.; and Tuscaloosa, Ala. In 1990, Rev. Craven returned to Oak Ridge where he remained active in Oak Ridge Alliance Church in various roles until 2004, most recently serving as Pastor Emeritus. In Greensboro, he continued his ministry as a witness for the Lord to others until his death. In addition to his life-long career in ministry, Rev. Craven also enjoyed model trains, gardening, golf, and his grandchildren. Rev. Craven was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Devota; a granddaughter, Annie Marie Craven; and three brothers, Resal, William, and Don Craven. Rev. Craven is survived by two sons, John E. Craven Jr. and his wife Leslie, of Greensboro, N.C., and Philip E. Craven and his wife Darlene, of St. Simons Island, Ga.; a daughter, Jean C. McLuckey and her husband Scott, of West Lafayette, Ind.; a sister, Ada Ruth Weatherly of Atlanta, Ga.; and three brothers, Jack, Sidney, and Kermit Craven, of North Carolina. Rev. Craven is also survived by nine grandchildren, Kimberly and John Edward Craven III of Greensboro; Philip, Jordan, Richie, and Andy Craven of St. Simons Island; and Morgan, Ian, and Jackson McLuckey of West Lafayette. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 10, 2005, at Oak Ridge Alliance Church with the Rev. Dale Crank officiating. A graveside service and the interment of Rev. Craven's ashes will follow at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made in the form of donations to Oak Ridge Alliance Church, 109 Raleigh Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, or Hospice of Greensboro, 2500 Summit Ave., Greensboro, NC 27409. Benjamin French Johnson, 73, of Knoxville, passed away Friday, Dec. 2, 2005, at Baptist West Hospital in Knoxville. Mr. Johnson was born March 10, 1932, in New Castle, Pa., to the late Baxter French and Grace Weaver Johnson. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Oak Ridge, past president of the Oak Ridge Lions Club, past treasurer of the Oak Ridge Boys Club, member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, National Contract Management Association, and the Oak Ridge Elks Lodge No. 1684. Mr. Johnson was a retired auditor with Martin Marietta Corp. Mr. Johnson was preceded in death by his first wife, Doris Hankal Johnson, and also by his second wife, Velma Soard Johnson, and his third wife, Mildred Cappiello Johnson. He was survived by a son, William French Johnson and wife Virginia of Claxton; a daughter, Karen Ann Wright of Jacksonville, Fla.; three brothers, Robert Johnson of Lake Zurich, Ill; Homer Melvin Johnson of New Castle, Pa; and Clyde H. Johnson of Virginia Beach, Va.; one sister, Mary Ann Martin of Annandale, Va.; a stepson, Anthony P. Cappiello Jr. of Knoxville; and a step daughter Candace Cappiello of Alexandria, Va. Funeral services will be held at 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5, 2005, in the chapel of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home with the Rev. Bill Mooney officiating. Graveside services will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Lynnhurst Cemetery, 4717 N. Broadway, Knoxville, Tenn. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. An online register book is available at www.martinoakridgefuneralhome.com. Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Arnold Ray Kidwell Jr., age 41, of the Ozone community in Rockwood, passed away Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005, at Fort Sanders Parkwest Medical Center in Knoxville. He was a member and song leader of Calvary Baptist Church in Kingston. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran and was employed for 16 years as a security inspector at Y-12 in Oak Ridge. He was preceded in death by father, Arnold Kidwell Sr. Survivors include his wife, Regina Kidwell of Rockwood; daughters, Kristy Hodges and husband Stacy of Chattanooga, and Arah Kidwell of Rockwood; son, Josiah Kidwell of Rockwood; grandchildren, Cheyanne and Lydia Hodges; mother, Joyce Kidwell of Rockwood; sisters, Gwen Hasbrouck and husband Rick of Oak Ridge, Kathy Kidwell of Rockwood, and Lisa Dayton and husband Allen of Harriman; nieces, Kerigan Smith, Gracea Smith, Tasha Lowery, and Autumn Dayton; nephews, Derek Lowery, A.J. McNeal, Hutson Smith, and Titan Dayton; father and mother-in-law, Jerry and Vivian Hutson of Rockwood; and sister and brother-in-law, Greta and Tim Smith of Crossville. Funeral services will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005, from the chapel of Evans Mortuary with the Rev. Jeff Plemons officiating. Graveside service and interment will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the Ozone Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Evans Mortuary. Evans Mortuary in Rockwood is serving the family of Mr. Arnold Ray Kidwell Jr. Lewis P. Twichell died on Nov. 23, 2005, at the age of 85, in Leroy Ill. Mr. Twichell lived and worked in Oak Ridge Tenn., at the Y-12 Plant, from 1944 to 1956. Lewis Twichell was born on Jan. 26, 1920, in Chicago, the second son of Marjorie Ruth Twichell and Jonas Joseph Twichell. He grew up in Des Plaines, Ill., and graduated from the University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana in 1943 with a degree in chemical engineering. He married Mae Cleek of Mahomet, Ill., on June 19, 1943, and spent his World War II years in the Army in Oak Ridge, Tenn., assigned to work on the Manhattan Project. Mr. Twichell went to work for Union Carbide Corporation after the military. He held increasingly high-level management positions with the company throughout his career and lived in the New York City area, Grand Junction, Colo., and Johannesburg, South Africa, among other locations. In 1961, he received the K.C. Li Medal and Award from Columbia University for pioneering work in tungsten technology. He retired from Union Carbide in 1980 after 34 years of service. He and his wife returned to central Illinois to live out their retirement years. Lewis Twichell was married to Mae C. Twichell for 50 years. She died in April 1993. In November 1995 he married Marjorie Wheeles Cleek of Farmer City, Ill. In addition to his beloved wife Monnie, Mr. Twichell is survived by his three daughters, Donna Twichell Roberts of Brookfield,Conn; Bonnie Inscho (son-in-law Tom) and Rebecca Twichell, all of Fort Collins, Colo. He is also survived by his grandchildren Adria Roberts of Brookfield,Conn; Eric Inscho of Fargo,N.D; and Laura Inscho of Denver,Colo. Lewis Twichell has two great-grandchildren, Julian and Anisa Inscho, and is also survived by two step-daughters and their families. Graydon Duane Whitman, 84, of Oak Ridge, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005, at St. Mary's Residential Hospice in Knoxville, Tenn. He was born March 12, 1921, in Fostoria, Ohio, the son of Cassius E. and Florence E. Whitman. He graduated from Fostoria High School where he played on a 1938 undefeated football team ranked second in the state. He graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in mechanical engineering. He served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers and came to Oak Ridge in March of 1944 as a member of the Special Engineer Detachment. He retired from Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. in 1986. He worked in a variety of operation, development, design and management positions in isotope separation, high temperature component development, heat transfer, nuclear reactor operation, gas cooled reactors, nuclear reactor safety and pressure vessel technology. He was a supervisor in calutron operation in Y-12 and worked in calutron development in stable isotope separations. He conceived and designed high temperature sodium heat transfer equipment and held patents on steam generators. He was an operations supervisor on the Aircraft Reactor Experiment, the forerunner of the Molten Salt Reactor. He managed and participated in a number of seismic analyses of gaseous diffusion plants. He was manager of the Experimental Gas Cooled Reactor activities at ORNL. He was editor of the Technology of Pressure Vessels For Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactors and participated in the development of and was a manager of the Heavy Section Steel Technology Program which is internationally recognized for contributions to light water reactor pressure vessel code rules and safety. At retirement, he was a section head in the Engineering Technology Division at ORNL. He was a member of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers and served as chairman of the local section. He was a member of the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers, Pressure Vessel Research Committee, American Concrete Institute and was a Corporate Engineering Fellow, Union Carbide Corporation and Martin Marietta Energy Systems. He was active in an early Anderson County Sportsmen's Club and participated in many fishing tournaments and environmental activities. He had a great interest in golf and was a member of the Oak Ridge Country Club and the East Tennessee Senior Golf Association and served as a club representative and board member for the latter. He participated in many tournaments throughout the area. He was a member of the Oak Ridge Dance Club, one of the oldest social organizations in Oak Ridge, having been founded in 1946. He worked at the Oak Ridge Convention and Visitors Bureau as a volunteer for many years and developed data on visitation patterns and conducted tours. He served as a guide on DOE plant tours and gave presentations on early Oak Ridge activities to many groups. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church and served on the church board and as an usher. Graydon is survived by his beloved wife of 58 years, Lucille Cobble Whitman; their son, Richard B. Whitman and his wife, Michelle; their daughter, Patricia W. Griffin and her husband, Stephen D. Griffin Jr.; and their five grandchildren, Chelsie A. Griffin, Stephen Dale Griffin III, Lauren T. Whitman, MeKenzie B. Whitman, and Braden A. Whitman, all of Knoxville. Following his wishes, his body was cremated, and his remains will be buried in the Memorial Garden at First United Methodist Church in Oak Ridge. The family will receive friends Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005, from 1 to 3 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Oak Ridge prior to the memorial service at 3 p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Completing the Gift Fund of First United Methodist Church in Oak Ridge. The family would like to especially thank Drs. David Stanley, Michael Thompson, and Phillip Ricks at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, as well as the staff at St. Mary's Residential Hospice in Knoxville, for their kindness and compassion. Weatherford Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements. 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