Obituary: Dewey Earl Metcalf
MADISON, Wis. - Dewey Earl Metcalf, born Jan. 30, 1948 in Greeneville, Tenn., died Dec. 21, 2020 in Madison, Wis. He .
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Dewey Earl Metcalf
MADISON, Wis. – Dewey Earl Metcalf, born Jan. 30, 1948 in Greeneville, Tenn., died Dec. 21, 2020 in Madison, Wis. He graduated from Greeneville High School in 1965 and attended the University of Tennessee for a year before marrying Marion Lowry. He enlisted in the Navy in 1967 and served as a machinist’s mate (MM) on the USS Ware, proudly serving under Admiral Zumwalt until 1973.
After serving in the Navy he lived in Waldoboro and Bangor working for a fiberglass canoe factory and Shaw and Tenney. In 1976 he moved to Greeneville, Tenn. to manage and work at M&M machine shop with his father. He returned to Waldoboro in 1980 and worked at Crowe Rope before becoming general manager at Solon Manufacturing Co. and moving to Norridgewock in 1981. Earl became a member of the FreeMasons joining lodge #116 in Leb