Obituary: Gerald McLendon

Gerald A. McLendon, 75, of the Cumberland Hills, TN community near Englewood, died Sunday afternoon, June 6, 2010, at Woods Memorial Hospital.

McLendon was a graduate of Oglethorpe High School, attended North Georgia College, and was an honors graduate of the University of Georgia with a degree in agricultural engineering. He joined Taylor Pittsburg Farm Equipment Manufacturing Company in 1961 and was sales manager, vice president of sales, vice president of operations, president and CEO, retiring in 2000.

He was a member of the American Society of Agricultural Engineering, Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association, Southern Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association, and Farm and Industrial Equipment Institute, serving as an officer and on various committees. He served in the U.S. Army in Germany.