Hershel “Opie” Runions

Hershel “Opie” Larimore Runions Jr., 66, of Troy died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at White & Mahon Funeral Home in Troy, with the Rev. Eddie Mallonee and the Rev. Joe Thorn officiating. Burial will follow in Elbridge Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be John Burns, Travis Pruett, Waylon Matheny, William Runions, Scott Runions and Jason Wilson.
Honorary pallbearers will be the Obion County bus garage drivers, mechanics and retired drivers and mechanics.
Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
He was born March 16, 1952, in Union City, son of the late Hershel Larimore and Nellie Mae (White) Runions. He married the former Virginia (Dick) on July 3, 1971. She died Feb. 4, 2018.
He was retired from the former Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in Union City and was a school bus driver for the Obion County School System.
He was also a member of Second Baptist Church in Union City.
He is survived by two daughters and a son-in-law, Judy Runions and Glenda (Lanny) Stewart, all of Troy; four grandchildren and the spouse of one, Cody (Holly) Stewart, Ashlyn Runions, Courtney Stewart and Julianna Northam; one sister, Debra Dutton of Troy; and several nieces and nephews.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.white-ranson.com.

Published 10.24.18