Obituary from the Chattanooga Times , dated March 18, 1970.
Gallaher, Reverend Lewis F., 74, Evensville, Tennessee died Monday nite in a Rhea County hospital. He was a retired Baptist minister. A son of the late W. T. and Mary Carpenter Gallaher. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Mary Lockhart, Chattanooga; one son John Gallaher, Pasadena, Califonria; 10 grandchildren; several great grandchildren; one niece, Mrs Ollie Johnson, Dallas, Texas; three nephews, John Pelfrey, Thomas Pelfrey and Foley Pelfrey, Battle Creek, Michigan. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. from the Smyrna Baptist Church with the Reverend G. L. Watkins and Reverend Ulless Keith officiating. Active pallbearers Carroll Smith, Henry Harris, Robert Caldwell, Glen Woody, Leonard Humphrey and George Waldo. Burial in Smyrna Cemetery. The body is to lie at the funeral home until the hour of service. Vaughn of Spring City, in Charge.