Thomas Easton Childs
Feb 4, 2015
Thomas Easton Childs, infant son of Thomas Edgar Childs and Chasity Delynne McGinnis Childs of Cleveland, passed away Wednesday, February 4, 2015. Other than his parents, he is survived by his two sisters, Kari Kashea Williams and Amelia Paris Childs; grandmothers, Melony McGinnis and Mary Harden; several uncles also survive. Funeral services will be conducted at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, February...
Yvonne (Vonnie) Lorraine McKnight
Feb 4, 2015
Yvonne (Vonnie) Lorraine McKnight, 58, passed away Wednesday, February 4, 2015 in a Chattanooga hospital. She loved the Lord and spending time with her daughter and grandson. She enjoyed talking to her friends. Her hobbies included arts and crafts and she enjoyed crocheting. She was preceded in death by her parents, Stewart and Etta Wallace McKnight. She is survived by...
James Allen Russell
Feb 4, 2015
James Allen Russell, 82, of Winchester and formerly of Calhoun, passed away Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at his home. He was retired from Southern Railroad after 44 years of service. He was a member of Bethel Springs Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, David and Clella Huling Russell; his wife of 50 years, Patricia Russell; and...
Geneva Steed
Feb 3, 2015
Geneva Steed, 86, a resident of Elkhart, IN, originally from Cleveland, passed away Tuesday evening, February 3, 2015 at Greenleaf Health Campus, Elkhart, IN. She was member of the Elkhart Church of Christ. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and wife. She was known for her smile and the smile that she brought to our faces. She was preceded...
Robert Allen Mitchell
Feb 3, 2015
Robert Allen Mitchell, 81, of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at a Chattanooga hospital. He was a veteran of the United States Army, having served in South Korea in the 51st Signal Battalion. After being honorably discharged he began his career in the medical field working in VA Hospitals in Sepulveda, CA, Memphis, TN and Tuscaloosa, AL. He...
Lake Climer
Feb 2, 2015
Jacob Lake Climer, 80, a lifelong resident of Cleveland, passed away Monday, February 2, 2015 in a local healthcare facility. He was a member of Michigan Avenue Baptist Church. He retired from Olin after 33 years of service. He was an avid golfer and volunteered at Chatta Valley Golf Course where he was loved by all the other golfers. Mr....
Robert Graap
Feb 2, 2015
Robert "Bob" GraapDeath: 02/02/2015Obituary: Robert “Bob” Graap, age 67, of Calhoun, passed Monday evening, February 2, 2015, at a local hospital. Born in New York, he had spent the last five years in McMinn County. He was retired from International Paper and was of the Lutheran faith. He enjoyed landscaping, traveling, and spending time with his family and friends.He was...
Jane Jones Anderson
Feb 1, 2015
Jane Harrison Jones Anderson, 87, a resident of Cleveland went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 1, 2015 at the family residence. She was employed for 49 years as a telephone operator for South Central Bell in Cleveland, Ohio and also in Florida. She had relocated to Florida in the nineteen fifties and had made her home...
Frances Joan Russamano
Jan 31, 2015
Frances Joan Brisco Russamano, 63, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, January 31, 2015, in a Chattanooga hospital. She had lived in the Cleveland area for the past ten years and had been an employee at SkyRidge Medical Center for eight years. She was of the Catholic faith.---She was born in Long Island, NY, to the late Frank and...
Jeane Cannon Casson
Jan 31, 2015
Jeane Cannon Casson, 91, a resident of Ooltewah, passed away peacefully Saturday, January 31, 2015, at the Hospice Care Center of Chattanooga. She was of the Protestant faith and had lived in the area her entire life. She was a member of Fit-One Gym and a member of the Silver Sneakers Class. She enjoyed gospel music and gardening. She was...
David H Maher
Jan 31, 2015
David H. MaherService Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2015Death: 01/31/2015Obituary: David H. Maher, age 56, of Palm Bay, FL, went peacefully in to the arms of Jesus on Saturday , January 31, 2015. He died at the home of his parents in Etowah surrounded by family and close friends. David lived and breathed for scouting where he received many achievements and...
Doris V. Hughes
Jan 31, 2015
Doris V. Hughes, 83, of Cleveland passed away Saturday, January 31, 2015 at a local nursing home. She was born November 10, 1931 in Edenton, NC. She was a member of Rocky Hock Baptist Church in Edenton, NC. She loved flowers and gardening. She was a devoted wife of 54 years before her husband passed away. Doris was known for...
Jeanette Shamblin
Jan 30, 2015
Jeanette Shamblin, 80, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Friday, January 30, 2015 in a local healthcare facility. She was preceded in death by her parents, George Sr. and Millie Johnson; siblings, Willie Mae Kirkpatrick and George Johnson, Jr. She is survived by her children, Richard Shamblin and wife, Barbara of Old Fort and Gary Shamblin and wife Kelly of...
Georgena Dickens
Jan 30, 2015
Georgena B. Dickens, 78, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Friday, January 30, 2015 at her home. She loved crafts, sewing ad gardening. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles Bergold, Sr. and Georgena Wakefield Bergold. She is survived by her husband, Roger Dickens of Cleveland; children, Douglas D. Dickens of...
Melanie Boyd Sharp
Jan 29, 2015
Melanie Boyd SharpService Date: Monday, February 2, 2015Death: 01/29/2015Obituary: Melanie Boyd Sharp, age 51, of Etowah, passed away Thursday morning, January 29, 2015 at her residence. A native and lifelong resident of McMinn County, she was a member of Real Life Ministries in Chattanooga. She worked many years with the public and never met a stranger. She was a former...
Helen Armour
Jan 29, 2015
Helen "Jeanette" ArmourService Date: Monday, February 2, 2015Death: 01/29/2015Obituary: Helen “Jeannette” Armour, age 80, of Athens, passed away Thursday morning, January 29, 2015 at her residence. Born in South Georgia, she spent the majority of her life in Ruskin, FL before moving to McMinn County in 2006. She was a member of Double Springs Baptist Church.She is preceded in death...
Gloria Delores Hooper
Jan 28, 2015
Gloria Delores Hooper, 78, a resident of Harrison, passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2015 in an East Ridge hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband, James L. Hooper; parents, James and Gladys Swanson; siblings, Leah, Maurice and Warner Swanson. Survivors include, her niece that she raised as her own, Tara Dill and husband, Bo; Tara's children, Brett and...
Henry Christopher Bell
Jan 27, 2015
Henry Christopher Bell, infant son of Michael Bell and Michelle Bell, passed away January 27, 2015.---He is survived by his parents and one sister and four brothers; several aunts and uncles also survive.---A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, February 1, 2015 in the chapel of Ralph Buckner Funeral Home.---Ralph Buckner Funeral Home and Crematory is in...
John Austin "Peahead" Davis
Jan 27, 2015
John Austin "Peahead" Davis, 91, of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at his home. He was a veteran of the United States Army and served during World War II in Germany, France and Belgium. "Peahead" was an owner/operator of a convenience store, Ocoee Superette for many years and also worked at Davis Braided Rug Company. He was a...
James William Torbett
Jan 24, 2015
James William (Bill) Torbett, 80, of Cleveland, Tennessee passed away on Saturday, January 24, 2015, at a local hospital surrounded by his family. Bill was the son of James Herbert Torbett and James Jewell Hicks Torbett. He was born October 7, 1934 in McMinn County and moved to Cleveland in 1963. He was preceded in death by his wife of...
