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William Nicholas Showalter Obituary

William Nicholas Showalter attended Dobyns-Bennett High School in Kingsport, TN. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about William Nicholas Showalter.

Graduation Year Class of 1965
Date of Passing Oct 15, 2012
About Age 65, another colleague doctor said
he died of cancer. Years earlier he beat
Guillain-Barre syndrome.
A true "All American".
Events https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/knoxnews/name/william-showalter-obituary?id=9541433
https://utsports.com/news/2012/10/18/Vols_Letterwinner_Showalter_Passes_Away
William Nicholas Showalter

Classmate Memories

Allen Ernest Quillen '65 said:

Nick and I were selected for "accelerated math group" while at Sevier Junior High. Our Mom's car pooled us to summer school to take the 8th grade math class. Much later, I visited him and asked he visit my nephew who was hospitalized with the same rare nerve disorder, G-Barre syndrome. And he did. I recall Nick describing the physical effort required to overcome the condition, " pulling himself along the floor with his hands..." He remembered my sister' Dorothy's father-in-law Emil Petrone, a Vanderbilt graduate but a huge UT supporter. I know nothing of Nick's spiritual state, whether he ever met the living CHRiST, yet I hope to meet him again. We sure do miss him!

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