Marion Reithel

Marion Arthur Reithel, 87, of Union City died Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City.
Memorial Services will be held 1 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church in Union City, with Dr. Douglas Norfleet officiating.
The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until the hour of service on Saturday at the church.
The family requests memorials be sent to: First United Methodist Church Choir, 420 East Main Street, Union City, TN and the Union City High School Band program.
He was born on Dec. 15, 1930, in Rosiclaire, Ill., son of the late Fred and Gladys (Franks) Reithel. He married the former Mary Lynn Roberts Reviere on Feb. 5, 1960. She passed away on April 3, 2017.
He was a graduate of Murray State University with a master’s in music. He was the director of the Union City High School Band program from 1954 until 1998, and was a member of First United Methodist Church and the choir, which he also directed on many occasions.
He was co-founder and director of the Union City Civic Chorus and RH Factor Dixie Land Band. He was also co-founder of The Instant Replay Big Band and was pit orchestra director for many Masquerade Theatre productions.
He was an avid tennis player and enjoyed wood working in his spare time.
He is survived by a daughter and her husband, Dr. Rebecca Reviere and Ira Shorr of Victoria, British Columbia; a granddaughter, Adrienne Wesley Small of Silver Spring, Md.; two great-grandchildren, Andre Small and Madelyn Small, both of Silver Spring; and several nieces and nephews.
He was also preceded in death by his son, Jay Reithel; and brother, Robert James Reithel.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.white-ranson.com.

Published 10.25.18