Mr. Mark Lytle Tenpenny, 58, of Auburntown, Tennessee passed away on Sunday, February 26, 2023. He was born in Woodbury, Tennessee on Saturday, October 3, 1964. He is survived by his daughters, Abby (Colton) Tuck of Auburntown and Paige (Lane) Francis of Morrison; mother, Barbara Tenpenny of Auburntown; father, Lytle Tenpenny of Murfreesboro; grandchildren, Hunter, Jordan, Levi, and Kelly Tuck all of Auburntown; close cousin, Travis Turney of Auburntown; and several other cousins and extended family members.

Mark graduated from Cannon County High School with the Class of 1982 and went on to Tool & Die School in McMinnville, Tennessee. Putting his degree and talents to work, Mark most recently worked at Nissan. But for his younger years and majority of his working life, he enjoyed working for BetterBilt, which also matched his personality and interests. Namely, those
interests were travel, music, and food! BetterBilt afforded Mark the opportunity to travel all over the United States doing window repairs and replacements. His exceptional sense of direction kept him on track without a GPS, while his spirit of adventure kept him
roaming from here to there. It was a wonder how he managed to always seem like he knew exactly where he was going, but that might be attributed to Mark's happy-go-lucky personality.

Visitation will be held at Gentry-Smith Funeral Home on Wednesday, March 1, 2023 from 4-8 pm. Graveside services will be Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 2 pm at Donnell Cemetery in Auburntown. Those wishing to be part of the procession to the cemetery should meet at Gentry-Smith Funeral Home at 1:00 pm. David Dunn will officiate.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Auburntown Volunteer Fire Department.