Mr. Lewis Harold Nobles, 77, passed away Oct. 21, 2026, at his home. A memorial service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at Shackelford Funeral Directors - Crook Avenue Chapel with Sonny Price officiating. The family will receive friends at Crook Avenue Chapel from 10-11 a.m. service time Saturday.
He was born in Chattanooga on July 30, 1942, son of the late Lewis Harold and Ruby Pauline “Polly” McNatt Nobles. He grew up in Pinson and was a 1967 graduate of Chester County High School.
After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and later was in the Marine Corp Reserves and then the TN Army National Guard, a service spanning 36 years. He was awarded many commendations and ribbons and served in both the Vietnam and Iraq Wars. In the Marines he was trained in radar and in sonar during the Vietnam War.
In addition to his military career, he was a “farm boy” and has always been involved in farming. He also began working for Grinnell in Henderson in 1983, during which time he graduated from TN Vo-Tech in Jackson in Tool & Die and became a Tool and Die Technician, retiring in 2010.
He married Cindy Wilson on July 1, 1982, and they spent their 44 years of marriage living in Pinson in Chester County. He attended New Friendship Baptist Church and enjoyed bass fishing as a pastime.
He is survived by his beloved wife, Cindy Nobles; four daughters Tammy (Wayne) Cooksey of Houston, Texas, Connie (Roy) Beecham of Henderson, Christ (Bill) Hubbard of Knoxville and Amanda (Bill) Garrison of Pinson; 11 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and a sister, Ann Bowker of Memphis.
