Ed Walton Stack rescued Charlie H. Cothern from burning, Pleasant View, Tennessee, September 6, 1981. Cothern, 33, was the pilot of a small plane that crashed in a field. Stack, 49, highway maintenance foreman, saw the crash and went to the plane. As fuel leaked from one of the plane’s tanks, Stack and another man opened the plane’s door, with difficulty, after which the other man removed the plane’s passenger. The plane then caught fire, and despite rapidly spreading flames and increasing heat, Stack partially entered the plane, seized Cothern, and pulled him out. Cothern recovered from extensive second-degree burns; Stack recovered from lesser burns.
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Obituary
Ed W. Stack, 80 of Cedar Hill, TN died on Thursday December 12, 2013 at his home. Ed was born on May 9, 1933 to parents Tommy and Mary E. Stack in the Cedar Hill area of Cheatham Co. He is survived by his daughters Mary Lane and Joanie (William) Brewer, grandchildren Ginny Morefield and Brittney Arnold-Harville (Issac) and great grandchildren Evan Arnold, Eli Arnold and Aubree Harville. He is preceded in death by his parents, wife Jewel C. Stack, son Tommy Lee Stack, one brother and two sisters. Ed worked a total of 35 years with the State Highway Department and the Cheatham County Highway Department. He enjoyed farming and especially his cows and hogs.