The VirtualBoxwell Team is sad to announce the passing of Phyllis Finchum. Though we just discovered this news, Mrs. Finchum passed away on July 21, 2018. In addition to being the wife of Ranger Terry Finchum, Phyllis was an active part of the Boxwell Camp staff for a number of summers, serving at the kitchen director at Craig for several summers from 2004-2009. In her other life, she worked for as a nutrition manager for the Sumner County School System. Phyllis was 57 years old.

https://www.gatewayfh.com/obituary/phyllis-finchum

VirtualBoxwell is sad to announce the passing of Robert “Hutch” Hutcheson. Hutcheson joined the Boxwell staff in 2013, working all the way up through the 2021 season. He spent most of his run as the Shooting Sports Director for the Reservation. He was active in his district, a leader of Pack 175, and a veteran.

Hutcheson passed away on February 12, 2022 at the age of 64.

https://www.hhhfunerals.com/obituaries/Robert-Hutcheson?obId=24008944&fbclid=IwAR13OqWQAj9xgpAAliMC9Knl7fEHWrPYnxRbaEJByq1hGAM3CHMhB0jW-JI#/obituaryInfo

VirtualBoxwell is sad to announce the passing of William Bryan Zapotocky. Zapotocky was a Stahlman staff member, serving in the Trading Post in the summer of 1990. After camp, he trained at auto diesel school to follow his passion of working with all things automotive. He was an active member of World Outreach Church in Murfreesboro. He married, had a son, and a step daughter.

Zapotocky passed away on January 31, 2022 at the age of 47.

https://www.coffeecountyfuneralchapel.com/obituary/William-Zapotocky

Normally, we reserve this space for the passing of former Boxwell staff members. However, Ellis Dillingham (“E. D.”) Thompson was a Scout we had the pleasure to interview while researching For the Good of the Program. As a boy, Thompson attended the Narrows of the Harpeth Boxwell. His sister married the camp medic. Later in his life, Thompson organized a reunion of Scouts who attend the Narrows Boxwell. Among his friends and fellow Scouts was James Kilgore. Both were members of Troop 26. Kilgore filmed the1940 promotional film for the Wa-Hi-Nasa Lodge “A Day at Camp Boxwell.” As for Thompson, he was a musician par excellence and in his later years he wrote several books, including Nashville Nostalgia, as well as a regular column in a local Bellevue area newspaper, the Westview. Thompson was 96 years old at his passing.

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/nashville-tn/ellis-thompson-10265113