Gary Lee Ethridge, 75, Lebanon, passed away Monday, July 24 at the Summit Medical Center in Hermitage. 

Funeral services were conducted July 26 from the Chapel of the Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home. Interment followed at the Cedar Grove Cemetery. Visitation with his family was Wednesday, July 25, and again Thursday at Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home. Family and friends served as pallbearers. 

He was born in Wilson County Sept. 15, 1936 to the late Walter and Vera Mae Snider Ethridge. He was a member of the Smith Fork Baptist Church in Statesville. He owned and Operated Mt. Juliet Motors before retiring. 

He leaves behind wife of 33 years, Sandra Hardin Ethridge; daughters and sons-in-law, Patricia Ann Scott (Brett), and Pamela Purcell (Robert); grandchildren, Cassie & Caroline Scott, Daniel and Rebecca Purcell; and a brother, Wendell (Faye) Ethridge of Old Hickory.