Jeanette Rose Earls

Jeanette Rose Earls, 75, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2012 in a local healthcare facility. She was a member of Community Hall Church. Mrs. Earls was the daughter of the late Perry Blair and Mary Johns Blair and was also preceded in death by her husband, Reverend James K. Earls who passed away in 1977; her daughter, Beverly Rebecca Thomas and three brothers. She is survived by two daughters: Mary Lawson and husband, Carson and Patricia Lee and husband, Jonathan all of Cleveland; four step children: John Earls and wife, Debra of Cleveland, Faith Wren and husband Jerry of Atlanta, GA, James Earls, Jr. and wife Peggy of Colorado and Debra Arrowood of Cleveland; four grandchildren: Stephen Heath Lawson and wife Lilia, Cassie Lawson, Matthew Lee and Heather Thomas; special sisters, Brenda Green and husband, Kenneth of Cleveland, Betty Young of Cleveland, Norma Eblen and husband, Roy of Maryville, Linda Rogers and husband, Jimmy of Townsend, Sharon Edgar and husband, James of Maryville and Debbie Blair of Maryville; brother, Jim Blair and wife Zola of Knoxville sister-in-law, Sue Blair of Maryville; several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 9, 2012 in the chapel of Ralph Buckner Funeral Home with Pastor Jeannie Cissom and Pastor Scott Potter officiating. Interment will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens with a white dove release ceremony concluding the service. Her family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. We invite you to send a message of condolence and view the Earls family guestbook at www.ralphbuckner.com.