Dr. Charles Newman Hatfield

Dr. Charles Newman Hatfield, age 84, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, September 19, 2017. He was a long time member of the First Baptist Church of Maryville, TN, where he served as a Deacon and a Sunday School teacher. Charlie (or Newman to those who knew him growing up) was born December 9, 1932, in Sneedville, Tennessee, to Minnie and Eugene Hatfield. He grew up on his family’s tobacco farm. After graduation from Hancock County High School in Sneedville, he studied at East Tennessee State University and the University of Tennessee (Knoxville) before completing his degree in pharmacy at the U.T. College of Pharmacy (Memphis) in 1954. As a pharmacist, he served in the Air Force and then worked in Waynesville, NC, and Maryville, and while in Maryville, he met and married Judith Hunter (Judie), his wife of 58 years. Charlie returned to Memphis to earn his medical degree from the U.T. School of Medicine in 1965. He was a Golden Graduate of both the College of Pharmacy and the School of Medicine. After medical school, Charlie and Judie settled in Maryville. He practiced family medicine for 20 years, which at that time included everything from pediatrics to geriatrics, making house calls, delivering babies, and taking calls day or night. After retiring from family practice, he served as the Medical Director of the Tennessee Valley Authority while also serving as a flight surgeon with the 134th Air Refueling Wing of the Tennessee Air National Guard. In addition to family, which always came first, Charlie loved the mountains and lakes of East Tennessee, and he loved spending time there with family and friends. With his wife, children, and grandchildren, he enjoyed hiking in the Smokey Mountains and waterskiing on local lakes. While not a Boy Scout as a child, he more than earned the Hiking Merit Badge on Scouting trips with his sons, having completed countless hikes to Mt. LeConte, Abrams Falls, Andrews Bald, Charlies Bunion, Mount Cammerer, Shuckstack, and other destinations in the Smokey Mountains. He also taught the First Aid and Water Skiing Merit Badges. In retirement, he enjoyed time in the mountains with his hiking group, The Smokey Mountain Geezers. The family will miss his humor, hikes, and trips to Disney World, but the real gift to his children and grandchildren was the privilege of witnessing their marriage, which has been a shining example of love and loyalty. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his brothers, Howard and Larry Hatfield. He is survived by his wife, Judie; son, Scott and wife, Peyton of Raleigh, NC; son, Alan and wife, Suzanne Fisk of Philadelphia, PA; son, Britt of Salem, MA; and grandchildren, Hollis, Hope, Molly, and Zachary; sister, Patsy Lawson and husband, Herman of Hendersonville, TN; and sister-in-law, Betty of Rock Hill, SC. Family will receive friends from 12:00 until 2:00 on Saturday, September 23, 2017, at Smith Trinity Chapel. Celebration of Life will follow at 2:00 PM with Rev. Bill Booth and Rev. Charles Ballard officiating. Family and friends will assemble for interment at 3:00 PM, Saturday, September 23, 2017 at Grandview Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the children’s department at First Baptist Church of Maryville (202 West Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Maryville, TN 37801) or to the Boy Scouts of America. Smith Funeral & Cremation Service, Maryville, 865-983-1000, www.SmithFuneralandCremation.com. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Dr. Charles Newman Hatfield please visit our Sympathy Store.