OBITUARIES

Deborah Kay Morgan

Deborah Kay Morgan

May 10, 2015

Deborah Kay Ball MorganDeath: 05/10/2015Obituary: Deborah Kay Ball Morgan, age 60 of Etowah, departed this life on Sunday, May 10, 2015 at Etowah Healthcare. The daughter of the late Raymond Ralph Ball and Lennie Sue Mayo Henderson, she was born in Chattanooga and had spent the last six years in McMinn County. She enjoyed spending time with her family and...

Edna Culberson Cardin

Edna Culberson Cardin

May 7, 2015

Edna Culberson CardinService Date: Saturday, May 9, 2015Death: 05/07/2015Obituary: Edna Culberson Cardin, age 78, of Athens, passed away on May 7, 2015 at 12:23 p.m. at Willow Acres Home for Seniors in Riceville, after a long battle with dementia/ Alzheimer’s Disease. A daughter of the late John and Sarah Culberson, Edna was born on April 6, 1937, in Englewood. She...

Brent Ridge

Brent Ridge

May 7, 2015

Brent RidgeService Date: Sunday, May 10, 2015Death: 05/07/2015Obituary:  Brent Ridge, age 71, of Etowah, passed away Thursday, May 7, 2015 at Starr Regional Medical Center on Athens. The son of the late Arthur and Bernice Ridge, Brent was born and raised in Allegheny and had lived the past 25 years in McMinn County. In his younger years he enjoyed racing...

J Hoyle Rymer

J Hoyle Rymer

May 4, 2015

J. Hoyle Rymer, a corporate executive, philanthropist and community leader, died Monday, May 4, 2015 at his Florida home, with his wife and sons at his side. He was 70 and had waged a valiant battle with cancer for two decades. From 1978 to 1988, Mr. Rymer was president of Magic Chef, Inc., the appliance manufacturer and served Cleveland Associated...

Carol Sick

Carol Sick

May 3, 2015

Carol Sick, 87, passed away Sunday, May 3, 2015 in a local hospital.  She was a resident of Cleveland, TN for the past two and half years and was a former resident of St. Louis, MO.  She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Kirkwood, MO.  She was a former secretary of the Webster Groves Christian Church where...

Jim Barger

Jim Barger

May 3, 2015

Jim Barger, age 82, lifelong resident of Bradley County, TN, passed away Sunday evening, May 3, 2015, in a local hospital. He was a faithful member of First United Methodist Church. He was retired from the Bradley County Schools with over 40 years of service. He served as longtime principal of Bradley Junior High School. He served for eight years...

Helen Collins Seals

Helen Collins Seals

May 2, 2015

Helen Collins Seals, 79, passed away Saturday, May 2, 2015 at the residence at Hamby’s Place in Chattanooga.  She was born in Hindman, KY, and had lived in the Cleveland/Chattanooga area for the past forty years.  She was a member of Primitive Baptist Church.  She enjoyed cooking, gardening, and being a housewife, mother, and grandmother to her two granddaughters.    ---She...

Mary R Rom

Mary R Rom

May 2, 2015

Mary Rice Rom, age 86, resident of Cleveland, TN, passed away Saturday, May 2, 2015, in a local healthcare facility. She was a member of St. Therese Catholic Church. She was a registered nurse and practiced nursing in New York, Connecticut, California and Georgia. She enjoyed gardening, crocheting, knitting and making clothes. She was preceded in death by her parents,...

Doris A. Fulbright

Doris A. Fulbright

May 2, 2015

Doris A. Fulbright, 72, of Benton, passed away Saturday, May 2, 2015 at her residence. She retired as a dietician clerk from Bradley Memorial Hospital after 27 years of service. Doris was a member of Benton Station Baptist Church. She enjoyed being a member of the quilting club at Patti church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her...

Helen Ann Turner

Helen Ann Turner

Apr 30, 2015

Helen Ann Turner, 78, of Cleveland, passed away Thursday, April 30, 2015 at a Chattanooga hospital. She was a life-long member of Chestuee United Methodist Church. Helen's life was devoted to her family. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hamilton and Margaret Dodson Goins; and brothers, Charles, Goins, Don Goins and Bobby Goins. Survivors include her husband of...

Geneva "Nee Nee" Rush

Geneva "Nee Nee" Rush

Apr 30, 2015

Geneva "Nee Nee" Rush, 90, of Cleveland, passed away Thursday, April 30, 2015 at her residence. She was a member of East Side church of Christ since December 9, 1978 , where upon hearing the gospel believed (Hebrews 11:6), repented (Luke 13:3), confessed Christ (Matthew 10:32) and was baptized (Romans 6:3-4). Geneva was employed at the Cleveland Daily Banner for...

Mamie Edith Sartin

Mamie Edith Sartin

Apr 29, 2015

Mamie Edith Sartin, 90, of Cleveland, passed away Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at Wellington Place surrounded by her family. She retired as an executive secretary from the Tennessee Department of Education. Mamie was a member of Westwood Baptist Church. Her hobbies included family genealogy. She was preceded in death by her parents, Truman and Mamie Trotter Ingle; husband, Willie R....

Matthew Reese Snyder

Matthew Reese Snyder

Apr 28, 2015

Matthew Reese Snyder, 43, a resident of Charleston, TN passed away in Boulder, Colorado due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident.   He was of the Baptist faith.  He was a graduate of Ooltewah High School Class of 1989. Matt was very free spirited and was also big hearted.  He loved the outdoors and was very family oriented.   He is...

Jerry Eugene Gates

Jerry Eugene Gates

Apr 28, 2015

Jerry Eugene Gates, age 70, a resident of Cleveland, TN, died Tuesday, April 28, 2015, at a local hospital. He was born and spent most of his life in Dalton, GA before moving back to Bradley County 15 years ago. He was of the Baptist faith. He was proceeded in death by his parents, Willie Wooden and Ruby Gates Ogle;...

John P Ward

John P Ward

Apr 27, 2015

John P. Ward, 73, a resident of Cleveland for 49 years, passed away Monday, April 27, 2015 in a Chattanooga hospital.  He was employed by American Uniform for 38 years where he served as Vice President of Finance and Secretary.   He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.  He also served on the Board of Trustees at...

Deborah Lynne Bunch

Deborah Lynne Bunch

Apr 25, 2015

Deborah Lynne Bunch, 57, of Cleveland passed away Saturday, April 25, 2015, at a Chattanooga hospital.  She was born in Denver, CO, and has lived in the Cleveland area for the past 45 years.  She was a member of Hopewell Baptist Church and a 1976 graduate of Bradley Central High School. She was preceded in death by her mother, Imogene...

Russell Eugene Kelley

Russell Eugene Kelley

Apr 23, 2015

Russell E.  Kelley, 61, a resident of Cleveland passed away Thursday, April 23, 2015 at his residence.  He was born and raised in Cleveland, and was employed by Beaty Fertilizer as a salesman.  He was a member of Pine Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  He enjoyed farming and loved to hunt on the family farm.---He was preceded in death by his...

Angela Suzanne McMinn

Angela Suzanne McMinn

Apr 23, 2015

Angela Suzanne Douthitt McMinn, age 38, of Cleveland, passed away Thursday evening, April 23, 2015 at Sky Ridge Medical Center. A native and lifelong resident of Bradley County, she was employed at Signature Healthcare and was of the Christian faith. She touched the lives of everyone she met. She was preceded in death by her father, John Lee Douthitt. She...

Janie Hand

Janie Hand

Apr 22, 2015

Sara Jane "Janie" Hand, age 74, resident of Cleveland, TN, passed away Wednesday morning, April 22, 2015, in Chattanooga health care facility. She was a member of the North Cleveland Church of God and the Encouragers Sunday School Class at her church. Raised in Lake Jackson, Texas, she attended Lee College where she met her husband to be of 54...

Jessy Alex Childs

Jessy Alex Childs

Apr 21, 2015

Jessy Alex Childs, 73, a resident of Georgetown, went home to be with his heavenly Father Tuesday, April 21, 2015 in a local hospital.   Mr. Childs was the son of the late Virgil Childs and Nina Mae Brown Childs and was also preceded in death by his brother, William Ray Childs. He is survived by his wife, Velma Childs; sons,...

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