A life celebration service for Paul Warren, the Lipscomb alumnus who died in the 50-car pileup Thursday in Hendersonville, will be at Hendersonville First Baptist Church on Monday, Dec. 5 at 2 p.m.
Warren was killed Thursday morning when his car rear-ended an 18-wheeler on Vietnam Veterans Parkway.
Channel 4 News is reporting that a second person has died because of injuries suffered in the crash. The victim was pronounced dead on Dec. 5 at 11:30 p.m.
The wreck, caused by fog and an icy road, was part of a chain-reaction accident involving more than 50 vehicles on the Korean War Veterans Bridge. Warren was pronounced dead at Hendersonville Medical Center shortly thereafter.
Hendersonville Police told Reuters reporter Tim Ghianni that 17 other people were transported to hospitals after the accident, which took place around 7 a.m. Many others were expected to go to the hospital on their own.
A 2006 Lipscomb graduate, Warren was a member of Tau Phi social club as well as of the golf team.
Golf coach Buddy Harston selected Warren as his graduate assistant the year after he graduated.
“He was a great guy,” Harston said. “He did everything I asked him to do and more; then he went on to Vol State Bank. He did a good job there. I am friends with the president, and he was always talking about him and how great he was doing.
“It’s a major loss for Lipscomb and the golf community.”
Warren earned a graduate degree in business from Lipscomb in 2007. He later became assistant vice president of Volunteer State Bank and an active member of the Hendersonville Morning rotary Club.
He is survived by his new wife, Molly Warren. The couple married on Oct. 15.
Visitation will be on Sunday, Dec. 4 from 2 – 8 p.m. at Hendersonville Funeral Home and on Monday, Dec. 5 from noon – 2 p.m. at Hendersonville First Baptist Church. Pastor Doug Varnado and David Gregory will officiate Warren’s life celebration service Monday at 2 p.m. at Hendersonville First Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Hendersonville Memory Gardens. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the First Tee Foundation (Tennessee Golf Foundation 400 Franklin Road Franklin, TN 37069 (615) 790-7600).
Warren’s full obituary can be read here.
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Rachel Carden, Kelly Dean and Emily Snell contributed to this story.