Womack, Mark Sanders, Jr. Monday, December 28, 2020
Mark Womack
Mark Sanders Womack, Jr., after a long and most interesting life, died on December 25, 2020.
Born on Dec. 31, 1923, in Manchester, Tn., to Ethel Moody Womack and Mark S. Womack, Sr., he was raised in Murfreesboro, graduating from Central High School in 1942. He began his career as an operator for the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad and was a life long practioner of telegraphy. Married to Elizabeth Harrell on June 26 1943, he was drafted into the United States Army in 1943. Serving in Europe, Womack was the last surviving member of the 753rd Railroad Transportation Battalion. Released from active duty in February, 1946, he returned to his home and resumed his career with the NC & St.L Railroad and worked in Murfreesboro, Bridgeport, Cowan, and Chattanooga. While working, he completed his degree at the then Middle Tennessee State College. With the merger of the NC & StL and the Louisville and