Jimmy Cooke
Jan 3, 2009
James "Jimmy" Allen Cooke, Sr., 85, passed away Tuesday, February 3, 2009. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. Jimmy was born January 8, 1924, in LaFayette, Georgia, the second of four children of Ethel Mae Allen and James Burton Cooke. A life long resident of Cleveland, he attended Arnold Elementary School and was a 1942 graduate of Bradley...
Robert L Derrick Sr.
Jan 3, 2009
Robert L. (Bob) Derrick, Sr., 75 a resident of Cleveland, passed away January 3, 2009 in a Nashville hospital. He was a member of Bellefounte Baptist Church where he attended his entire life. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force serving in Korea. He retired from Bowater Paper Corporation after 41 years. Mr. Derrick was a 32nd Degree...
Raymond Marshall Griffith
Jan 3, 2009
The Rev. Raymond Griffith, age 73, a minister and retired truck driver with Brown Brothers Construction Co. in Chattanooga, passed away on Saturday, January 3. He faithfully served the Lord as a bivocational pastor for 50 years, and was a member of the Red Bank Baptist Church at the time of his death. The Rev. Griffith was preceded in death...
Thomas Edward Runion
Jan 2, 2009
Thomas Edward Runion, "Mountain Man", 68, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, January 2, 2009. Tommy was an avid hunter and outdoorsman. He was in the mountains doing what he loved just hours prior to his death. He was a featured hunting guide for Outdoor Life Magazine as well as the Cleveland Bear & Boars...
Avis E Gaylor
Jan 1, 2009
Avis E. Gaylor, 79, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Thursday, January 01, 2009 in a local hospital. She was a member of Big Spring Baptist Church for over 50 years. Mrs. Gaylor retired from Duracell after 20 years of service. She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Everette C. Gaylor; parents, Bascom Lee Auberry, Sr....
Dorris Hines
Dec 31, 2008
Dorris "Dodie" Crow Hines, 76, of Kennesaw, GA, formerly of Chattanooga passed away, Wednesday, December 31, 2008 in a Marietta, GA hospital. She was a member of the Baptist church and attended Lupton Drive Baptist Church. She owned and operated "Hairstyles by Dodie" in Chattanooga for over fifteen years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Elmer L. Crow...
Barbara Ballinger
Dec 30, 2008
Barbara Ann Barnes Ballinger, 69, a resident of Cleveland, passed away at her home, after living a glorious life for her Lord, Tuesday, December 30, 2008. Born on May 6, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, she moved to Cleveland following her high school graduation in 1957 to help with a family illness. She was a faithful prayer warrior for her Lord...
Ray Gene Baxter
Dec 29, 2008
Ray Gene Baxter, 61, a lifelong resident of Cleveland, passed away Monday, December 29, 2008. He was a member of Ladd Springs Seventh Day Adventist Church and was employed by the Tennessee Department of Transportation as a surveyor. Mr. Baxter was the son of the late Paul Mark Baxter and was preceded in death by his brother Charles Lynn Baxter....
Richard John Hogan Sr.
Dec 29, 2008
Richard John Hogan, Sr., 86, passed away Monday, December 29, 2008 at the family residence. He was the ninth child of ten children in his family. He was a charter member of St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church. He opened the Duracell Plant in Cleveland in 1960 where he served as the first plant manager and later worked as manager...
Michael Allen
Dec 29, 2008
Michael Allen, 61, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Monday, December 29, 2008 in a Chattanooga hospital. He was a member of Mt Olive Church of God. He was employed with CJ Mahan Construction Company LLC as a welder. He was a veteran of the United States Navy where he served two tours of duty in Vietnam. Mr. Allen was...
Roger Dale Beavers
Dec 27, 2008
Roger Dale Beavers, 43, a life long resident of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, December 27, 2008. He was of the Baptist faith. He is survived by his parents: Jessie and Myrtle Beavers of Cleveland; two sisters: Lorrie Beavers and Cynthia Beavers both of Cleveland; three brothers: Johnny Graham, Bobby Beavers and Jerry Beavers all of Cleveland. A memorial service will...
Earl Finnell
Dec 27, 2008
Earl Finnell, 99, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, December 27, 2008 in a local hospital. He was a member of Central Church of Christ for 67 years where he was an active teacher for many years. He was a circuit preacher at Union Grove Church of Christ and Antioch Church of Christ in the late 1940?s and early...
Lyverne McSpadden Godwin
Dec 27, 2008
Lyverne "McSpadden" Godwin, 82, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, December 27, 2008 in a Dalton hospital. She was the daughter of the late George and Maddie Balcomb and was also preceded in death by her first husband, James T. McSpadden and her second husband, Earl T. Godwin. She is survived by her three sons: Larry McSpadden and Gregg...
Edith L Lawson
Dec 26, 2008
Edith L. Lawson, 74, a life long resident of McDonald, passed away Friday, December 26, 2008 at the family residence. She was a member of Ridgeview Baptist Church She was retired from Allied Bendix Corporation after thirty years of service. Mrs. Lawson was the daughter of the late George Jones and Mary Caroline "Callie" Swafford Jones and was also preceded...
Roy C Carroll
Dec 25, 2008
Roy C. Carroll, 87, a life long resident of Cleveland, passed away Thursday, December 25, 2008 in a local hospital. He was the owner and operator of the Shell Super Service on South Broad Street for over thirty years. He was a former member of the Bradley County School Board during the 1960?s. He was a veteran of the United...
Charles Robert Dove Sr.
Dec 23, 2008
Charles Robert Dove, Sr., 69, a resident of Cleveland for the past eleven years, passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2008 in a Collegedale healthcare facility. He was of the Seventh-day Adventist faith. He was a veteran of the United States Army serving in the Vietnam Conflict and retiring after 22 years of service to his country. Mr. Dove was the...
Winston Floyd
Dec 23, 2008
Winston Floyd, 77, a resident of Cleveland, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 in a Chattanooga hospital. He attended Clingan Ridge Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jim and Mary Floyd; siblings, Peggy Watts, James Floyd, Dillard Floyd, Eugene Floyd and W.R. Floyd and a grandson, Brad Wills. He is...
Brenda M Delzell
Dec 22, 2008
Brenda M. Delzell, 58, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Monday, December 22, 2008 in a local hospital. She attended the Kinser Church of God. Mrs. Delzell was the daughter of the late Jesse Paul Delzell and Hazel Smith Delzell. She is survived by her daughter, Jessica Caldwell of Cleveland; one great-grandson; two sisters: Bobbie Liner and Connie Nichols Bullins...
Lynn Huntley Powers
Dec 21, 2008
Lynn Huntley Powers, 99, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Sunday, December 21, 2008 in a local healthcare facility. He graduated from St. Andrews Sewanee. He was chosen as an alternate to Annapolis but attended Lincoln Memorial University. He was an engineer with Westinghouse Aero Space and Marine Group. Mr. Powers was the son of the late William Bascomb Powers...
Robert Wilburn Dunn
Dec 20, 2008
Reverend Robert Wilburn Dunn, 84, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, December 20, 2008 at the family residence. During his life, Rev. Dunn pastored eight local churches in the southeast Tennessee and is a current member of North Cleveland Baptist Church. A retired millwright from Bowater Corporation and bivocational Southern Baptist pastor, Rev. Dunn was a devoted 50 year...
