William Mullins Faulk

Born in Montgomery, Alabama, he lived his younger years in Shelbyville, Tennessee and graduated from Shelbyville Central High School where he was active in all sports. He attended Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and graduated with both a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents Cleveland and Iry Mullins Faulk and a sister Aline Faulk Ballard all of Shelbyville, Tennessee.

Survivors include his wife of 57 years Katherine Cubbins Faulk, one son Todd Andrew Faulk (Robbin) and one daughter Fran Faulk White. His four grandchildren are Morghan Elizabeth White, Meghan Marie White, William Alexander Faulk, and Thomas Andrew Faulk of Chattanooga, and his nephew, Jerry Woodward, of Shelbyville, Tennessee. One of his special joys was his three great-grandchildren Isabella Grace, Samuel and Jackson Bentz of Ringgold, Georgia.

William was a retired teacher and coach for 35 years having coached at Walter Hill High School in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and Halifax County High School in South Boston, Virginia, before moving to Hixson, Tennessee where he taught and coached boys’ basketball, baseball, tennis and volleyball for 29 years.

He was an active member of the Truth Seekers Sunday School Class of Red Bank Baptist Church. He was an avid Alabama football and a Detroit Tigers baseball fan.

The family will receive friends on Monday, May 7, 2018, from 5-8 PM at the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home on Highway 153. A funeral service will be held at 1 PM on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, with Bill Harvey and Jim Shoemate officiating with burial in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.