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Melba Baker Randolph

Melba Baker Randolph

Oct 13, 2015

Melba Baker Randolph, 86, of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at a local hospital. She was a member of Mount Olive Ministries. She was a woman of prayer and led the choir in several churches over the years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry Clay Baker and Hattie Cash Baker; four brothers, Willis Baker, Artie...

Cynthia Ann Lines

Cynthia Ann Lines

Oct 12, 2015

Cynthia Ann Pace Lines, 62, a resident of Cleveland and born in Albertville, Alabama, passed away Monday, October 12, 2015 in a Chattanooga hospital. She attended South Cleveland Church of God. She was a former registered nurse at Bradley Memorial Hospital. She was preceded in death by her parents, Johnny Franklin Pace and Lanell Marie Magness Pace. She is survived...

Max Everhart

Max Everhart

Oct 12, 2015

James Max Everhart, 72, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Monday, October 12, 2015 in a Chattanooga hospital. He was a member of Broad Street United Methodist Church. A native of Bradley County, he grew up on a dairy farm, attended public schools, and graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (in absentia) on the same day of his...

Gary Wayne

Gary Wayne

Oct 12, 2015

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John M. (Mike) Goodman

John M. (Mike) Goodman

Oct 11, 2015

John M. (Mike) Goodman, 60, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Sunday, October 11, 2015 in a Chattanooga hospital. He was a graduate of Tennessee Technological University where he received a B.S. Degree in Engineering and Master's in Business Administration. He owned Bradley Bookkeeping Tax and Accounting Services and CDS Business Services of Rossville, GA. He was a member of...

Letha Henegar

Letha Henegar

Oct 10, 2015

Letha Henegar, 89, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, October 10, 2015 at a local healthcare facility. She was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clint Dale Henegar; parents, Ruben and Cleo Stooksbury; children, Brenda Gayle Wright and Verlin Kent Henegar and six brothers and sisters. Survivors include her son,...

Raymond Earl Guy

Raymond Earl Guy

Oct 10, 2015

Raymond Earl Guy, 57, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, October 10, 2015 in a local hospital. He was a former resident of Mississippi. He was of the Church of God faith. He was a former first responder with police, fire and also volunteered with EMS in Maryland. Prior to his medical retirement he worked as a paralegal. Mr....

Joyce Mae Hooper Shafer

Joyce Mae Hooper Shafer

Oct 10, 2015

Joyce Mae Hooper Shafer, age 63, of Sweetwater, passed away Saturday, October 10, 2015, at a local hospital. Born June 6, 1952, to the late Lorn Bruce Hooper and Ella Mae Rogers Eudakis, she was a native and lifelong resident Monroe County and was of the Church of GOD faith. She enjoyed spending time with her family especially her grandkids....

David Austin Maples

David Austin Maples

Oct 6, 2015

David Austin Maples, 46, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, October 6, 2015 in a local hospital. He was a member of First United Methodist Church. He was employed with TVA. David was preceded in death by his cousin, Lilly Robinson; grandparents: Austin Maples, Edith Headrick Maples, James David Fleeman and Edna Liner Fleeman. He is survived by his...

Fleeta Arlone Edmiston

Fleeta Arlone Edmiston

Oct 3, 2015

Fleeta Arlone Watson Edmiston, 90, of Lenoir City, passed away Saturday, October 3, 2015 at a hospital in Lenoir City, TN. She was a loving mother and was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Howard Beech and Nena Laura Lamb Beech; husbands, Roy William Watson and Ralph Edwin Edmiston; four sons, Earl Wayne...

Florence Abbie Cooke

Florence Abbie Cooke

Oct 3, 2015

Florence Cooke, age 96, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Saturday morning, October 3, 2015, at Morningside Assisted Living. A native and lifelong resident of Bradley County, she was a longtime member of Broad Street United Methodist Church, the Ruth Aiken Circle and the Fealty Sunday School Class. She was the owner of the Empress Beauty Shop and a long...

Eugena Lee Damron

Eugena Lee Damron

Oct 1, 2015

Eugena Lee Damron, 72, of Cleveland passed away Thursday, October 1, 2015, at her residence. She was a member of First Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late Eugene and Leona Davis. She is survived by her husband Junior Buford Damron; two children, Marlene Cauley of Apple Valley, CA, and Wendy Sasso of Surprise, AZ; five grandchildren; and...

Bernard E. Bischof

Bernard E. Bischof

Oct 1, 2015

Bernard E. Bischof, 73, a resident of Cleveland, TN, passed away Thursday, October 1, 2015 in a Chattanooga hospice facility. Bernie was an extremely loving husband, father, brother and grandfather. He was a spiritual advisor and loved by everyone. He was a master craftsman at all trades and spent many years serving the Catholic Diocese. He was preceded in death...

Rev. John L. McPherson

Rev. John L. McPherson

Oct 1, 2015

Rev. John L. McPherson departed this earthly life and entered into his eternal rest on Oct. 1, 2015. He was born in Kentucky on June 10, 1915. He spent most of his working years in Virginia, and has lived in Cleveland since 1972. He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Ethel; his four siblings; and his beloved...

Joyce G. Roark

Joyce G. Roark

Oct 1, 2015

Pearl Joyce Gary Roark, 88, of Cleveland, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 1, 2015. Joyce led a life that embodied the American Dream. After growing up on a farm in West Tennessee during the Great Depression, she became the first college graduate in her family. She enjoyed a successful career as a hospital dietician. She married another hard working...

Helen Ledford

Helen Ledford

Sep 30, 2015

Helen Ledford, 78, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2015 in a Chattanooga healthcare facility. She was a member of Cleveland Christian Church. She was retired from M&M Mars. Mrs. Ledford was preceded in death by her husband, Reuben Max Ledford who passed away on February 19, 2015; her parents, Buford Wolford Lawson and Rose Lawson Sears;...

Tamatha Renee Schabell

Tamatha Renee Schabell

Sep 30, 2015

Tamatha Renee Schabell, 46, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at the family residence. She was a member of Goodwill Baptist Church. She loved to study homeopathic therapy and end time prophecy. She home schooled her children for the past two years and was also the primary caregiver to her disabled aunt, Barbara Sloan. Mrs. Schabell...

Clarence Raymond Land, Jr.

Clarence Raymond Land, Jr.

Sep 30, 2015

Clarence "Raymond" Land, Jr. age 67, of Etowah, passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2015, at his residence. The son of the late Clarence Raymond Land, Sr. and Elizabeth Tilson Land, he was a native and lifelong resident of McMinn County. Raymond was a Vietnam veteran and proudly served his country in the United States Army. He was a well known...

Blanche T. Ledford

Blanche T. Ledford

Sep 30, 2015

Blanche T. Ledford, of Cleveland, passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at her home. She was a supervisor for several years at South Central Bell Telephone Company. At the time of her retirement she was secretary and treasurer for Ledford Machine & Supply Company. She was a member of North Cleveland Church of God. She was preceded in death by...

Florence Mary McConkey

Florence Mary McConkey

Sep 29, 2015

Florence Mary McConkey, age 76 of Athens, passed away on Tuesday, September, 29, 2015, at her residence. Born on April 20, 1938 in Detroit, Michigan to the late Julius and Eleanor Bogdonivitz Iwasko, she had lived a majority of her life in McMinn County. She retired after 33 years of service from Thomas and Betts and attended Lakeview Baptist Church....

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