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Julie Wharton, wife of Charles Wharton, passed away Tuesday evening unexpectedly of an apparent heart attack. Charles and Julie Wharton were married for 41 years. For many years they owned and showed Tennessee Walking Horses. Charles Wharton formerly served as a national director of the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders and Exhibitors Association and served as the Vice President of Administrative and Fiscal Activities.

Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday at the First United Methodist Church in Winchester, Tenn at 300 Jefferson St. Donations may be made to the Julie Wharton Scholarship Fund at the University of Tennessee in lieu of flowers.