Boe Blackwell
Jan 15, 2013
Boe Blackwell, 92, a resident of Cleveland passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2013 in a local healthcare facility. A veteran of the US Navy, he was a Chief Petty Officer during World War II in the South Pacific. He was an avid gardener and operated Westside Nursery for 20 years. Mr. Blackwell was a member of Four Point Baptist Church....
Wilburn Earl McConnell
Jan 15, 2013
Earl McConnell, 71, a resident of Cleveland passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2013 in a local hospital. Earl was owner and operator of Ed's Processing for 50 years; he was also a well known farmer. He was a member of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church and served in the Tennessee National Guard for 6 years. He was preceded in death by...
Louise Stokes Graig
Jan 14, 2013
Louise Fisher Stokes Graig, 81, of Georgetown, passed away Monday, January 14, 2013 at her home. She was a member of the True Church of God. She was a loving mother and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Owen Stokes; parents, Leonard A. Fisher and Gussie Mae Kinser Fisher; grandson, Gene Marshall; and two great grandsons,...
Elizabeth H. Wilson
Jan 14, 2013
Elizabeth H. Wilson, age 90, a resident of Cleveland, TN, passed away Monday morning, January 14, 2013, at her residence. She was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church. She was a retired school teacher and had taught for Cleveland City School System at George R. Stuart and Templeton Hill. She was a graduate of Florence State Teacher's College in...
Kermit O'Neil Lawson
Jan 14, 2013
Kermit O'Neil Lawson, 86, a resident of Athens passed from this world at his home on Monday, January 14, 2013. Mr. Lawson graduated from Birchwood High School and attended the University of TN at Chattanooga and the University of Maryland. He served his country for 13 years in the United States Army during both World War II and the Korean...
Elden Ronald Wilson
Jan 13, 2013
Elden R. Wilson, 92, a resident of Cleveland for the past 20 years, passed away Sunday, January 13, 2013 at his home. He was a member of Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Georgia Cumberland Conference. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving from 1943 to 1947. He was employed as a teacher and a principal and also served...
Brenda Faye Hitson
Jan 13, 2013
Brenda Faye Hitson, 65, a resident of Bradley County, passed away, Sunday, January 13, 2013. She was preceded in death by her father, Beecher Hamby and husband, Loyd Hitson. Survivors include her mother, Ida Mae Hitson, of Cleveland; son, Rocky Hitson and wife, Marie; LeBron Hitson and wife, Sarah; and daughter, Karey Hitson; five grandchildren: Angelina Hitson, Alex Hitson, Samantha...
Charles Benjamin Bivens
Jan 12, 2013
Charles Benjamin Bivens, 74, a resident of Conasauga, passed away at his home, Saturday, January 12, 2013, after a hard fought battle with cancer.He is survived by his loving wife, Sue Bivens, children; Sheila Sherrill and husband Phillip of Chatsworth, GA, Kay German of Etowah, Paul Bivens and wife Tammy of Old Fort, Becky Ledford and husband Randy of Conasauga,...
William Vaden Ratcliffe
Jan 12, 2013
William "Bill" Vaden Ratcliffe, 84, a resident of Cleveland passed away Saturday, January 12, 2013 in a local hospital. He was a veteran of the US Marines and a member of Clingan Ridge Baptist Church. Mr. Ratcliffe was retired from J.H. Kellman Industries after 24 years of service. He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Emma Broomfield Ratcliffe; parents,...
Don E Dowdy
Jan 11, 2013
Don E. Dowdy, age 75, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Friday January 11, 2013. He was an exceptional father, grandfather and friend. He was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by parents, George and Francis Jackson Dowdy, and a sister, Shirley Dowdy. He is survived by his wife of forty one years, Alene Gardner Dowdy; three...
Michael Donovan Kirkpatrick
Jan 11, 2013
Michael Donovan Kirkpatrick, 29, a resident of Etowah, passed away from injuries suffered in an automobile accident on, Friday, January11, 2013. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Vernon L. and Joyce Kirkpatrick.He is survived by his parents; Roy Kirkpatrick of Ooltewah and Charlotte Taylor of Cleveland, brother, Brian Rose of Cleveland, children; Camery Taylor, Donovan Taylor, and Lillian...
Joe M. McClure, Jr.
Jan 11, 2013
Joe M. McClure, Jr. 59, a resident of Knoxville passed away Friday, January 11, 2013 at a Knoxville medical facility. He was a Chief Petty Officer in the US Navy where he served 3 tours of duty during the Viet Nam War; he later served as a Navy recruiter in several US cities. He was of the Church of God...
Geraldine Hull
Jan 11, 2013
Geraldine Hicks Hull, 81, a resident of Athens and formerly of Cleveland peacefully passed away Friday, January 11, 2013 at her home. She retired from Magic Chef after 35 years of service and was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Hull; parents, Isom and Bertha Hicks; brothers, Carson Hicks, Joe Hicks and Cletus...
James R. Hensley
Jan 9, 2013
James R. Hensley, 97, formerly of Cleveland, TN, went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, January 9, 2013. He was a retired Church of God minister, and a member of the North Cleveland Church of God. He was preceded in death by his parents, G.W. Hensley and Amanda Hensley Williamson; wife, Viola Gann Hensley; infant son, Charles Edward Hensley;...
Louise Barnard
Jan 8, 2013
Louise Barnard, 90, a lifetime resident of Bradley County, passed away Tuesday, January 8, 2013. She was employed at Cleveland Casket Company during World War II, while her fiancé, Norman, served his country in the war. She was a faithful member of the North Cleveland Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Taylor Ingle Cawood and Charlie...
Maxie Kate Davis
Jan 8, 2013
Maxie Kate Whaley Davis, died at the age of 87, on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at a local hospital. She was the most senior member of the New Hope Primitive Baptist Church in Cleveland. She was a lifelong resident of Bradley County from the age of four when she moved to a farm in the Ladds Springs community from Greenbriar,...
Florence Ramer Lay
Jan 8, 2013
Florence Ramer Lay, 105, resident of Cleveland, peacefully passed away on Tuesday, January 8, 2013. Florence was born on 30 September 1907 in Bountiful Utah. She attended UCLA, and then transferred to Aurora College, IL where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree. While there she served as President of the Literary Society, and met her future husband L. Clark...
Freddie Hawkins
Jan 7, 2013
Freddie Dale "Fredro" Hawkins, 61, a lifelong resident of Cleveland, passed away Monday, January 7, 2013 at his residence. He was of the Baptist faith. He was a former employee of the Bradley County Road Department and was currently with Santek Waste Services. Mr. Hawkins was the son of the late David Lee Anden Hawkins and Myrta Morrison Hawkins and...
Ina Mae Gibson
Jan 7, 2013
Ina Mae Gibson, 84, of Cleveland, passed away, Monday January 7, 2013 in a local hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Gibson; son, Donald Wayne Gibson; parents, Jay Leonard Collins and Annie Spurlin Collins. She is survived by her daughter, Janice Forsythe and husband, Bryan of Cleveland; one grandson, Zachary Gibson of Chattanooga; daughter-in-law, Karen Gibson...
Pete James Carter
Jan 6, 2013
"Pete" James Carter, 81, of Cleveland, passed away Sunday, January 6, 2013 in a local hospital. He moved here from Atlanta, but has been a resident in Cleveland for the past 35 years. He was retired from Southern Binders and was of the Baptist faith. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather who never met a stranger...
