OBITUARIES

Loretta Cranfield Clonce

Loretta Cranfield Clonce

Mar 29, 2007

Loretta Cranfield Clonce, age 65, a resident of Chattanooga, passed away Thursday, March 29, 2007. She was a member of Highland Park Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her father, Charlie Amos Cranfield and sister, Sandra Davis. She is survived by her mother, Mary Elizabeth Davis Cranfield of Cleveland; son, Kenneth Filyaw of Birchwood; daughter and son-in-law, Arlene...

Helen Jackie Harrington

Helen Jackie Harrington

Mar 28, 2007

Helen Jackie Harrington, 81, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Wednesday, March 28, 2007 in a local hospital. Before her retirement, she was employed as a reservationist with Eastern Airlines. She was of the Methodist Faith. Her parents, George and Thelma Faulkner Jones, preceded her in death as well as her husband, Thomas Jack Harrington, and sister, Pasty J. Luster....

David Ray Leamon

David Ray Leamon

Mar 28, 2007

David Ray Leamon, 48, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at the family residence. He was of the Baptist faith. He was a self-employed auto body repairman. Mr. Leamon was the son of the late Julius Ray Leamon and Ruby Doris Jenkins Leamon and was also preceded in death by his daughter, Paula Leamon. He is...

Audrey F Torrence

Audrey F Torrence

Mar 28, 2007

Audrey F. Torrence, 78, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Wednesday, March 28, 2007 in a local hospital. She was of the Christian faith. Her parents, John Whitmore and Stella McElroy Ricketts, preceded her in death as well as her husband, Bill Torrence and brother, Robert Whitmore. She is survived by two stepsons: Bill Torrence, Jr. of Knoxville, and James...

Nathan Hawkins

Nathan Hawkins

Mar 27, 2007

Nathan Hawkins, age 81, a lifelong resident of Cleveland passed away Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at a local hospital. He was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church. Mr. Hawkins retired from Magic Chef after 25 years of employment. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army where he served in World War II in the European Theater. He was preceded...

Lillian Ruthelle Helton

Lillian Ruthelle Helton

Mar 25, 2007

Ruthelle Epperson Helton, 89, a lifelong resident of Charleston went home to be with her heavenly Father on Sunday March 25, 3007. She passed away in a local hospital. She was the daughter of the late Oscar and Mary Katherine Epperson and was preceded in death by her husband Clifford Nathaniel Helton; three brothers: Dr. Roy Epperson of Athens, Joe...

Harry Richard Dunlap

Harry Richard Dunlap

Mar 23, 2007

Harry Richard Dunlap, 60, a resident of McDonald, passed away Friday, March 23, 2007 in a Knoxville hospital. He was preceded in death by his father, Harry Oliver Dunlap. He is survived by his wife, Regina K. Dunlap of McDonald; mother, Al Bernice Williams Dunlap of Mineral Ridge, Ohio; three children: Harry O. Ambrose of Hawaii, Dannea Antonell of Ohio...

Gertrude Scott

Gertrude Scott

Mar 23, 2007

Gertrude "Schunck" Scott, 85, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Friday, March 23, 2007 in a local healthcare facility. She was a member of the Dalton Pike Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband William Norman Scott and a daughter who passed away at a young age during World War II. She is survived by an adopted...

Neil David Smith

Neil David Smith

Mar 22, 2007

Neil David Smith, age 74, a resident of Cleveland and former resident of Waveland, MS, passed away, Thursday, March 22, 2007 at a local hospital. He was of the Presbyterian faith. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy where he served in the Korean War. Mr. Smith was a retired attorney. He was a member of Willamette University Alumni...

Jerry Edward McGowan

Jerry Edward McGowan

Mar 22, 2007

Jerry Edward McGowan, age 63, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Thursday, March 22, 2007 at a local hospital. He attended Straightway Baptist Church in Ooltewah. He was part owner of the Sugar and Spice Restaurant and was more recently employed at Old Fort Restaurant. He was preceded in death by his parents, Paul and Betty Carroll McGowan. He is...

Craditt F Higgins

Craditt F Higgins

Mar 21, 2007

Craditt F. Higgins, 85, formerly of Cohutta, Georgia and Cleveland, Tennessee, passed away Wednesday, March 21, 2007 in a healthcare facility in Calhoun, Georgia. He was of the Baptist faith. He was a master mason and a fifty year member of the Cohutta Lodge # 64 at Cohutta, Georgia. He was retired from Southern Railway. He was a veteran of...

Ida Melinda Forgey

Ida Melinda Forgey

Mar 18, 2007

Ida Melinda Forgey, age 96, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Sunday, March 18, 2007, at a local hospital. She was the oldest living member of East Cleveland Baptist Church. Her parents were the late Jim Cates and Laura Robison Cates. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Ambers Forgey; sons: Lake Forgey, Clyde Forgey, Donald Forgey and...

Johnny Sorrells

Johnny Sorrells

Mar 17, 2007

Johnny "Mac" Sorrells, age 65, went to be with his Lord and Savior Saturday, March 17, 2007, at his home. He was a faithful member of his loving and supportive church, Meadowview Baptist Church. Johnny was an avid hunter until his debilitating stroke 10 ½ years ago. He was a wonderful, loving husband, father and grandfather. He was retired from...

R. L. "Cotton" Hood

R. L. "Cotton" Hood

Mar 17, 2007

R. L. "Cotton" Hood, age 79, a resident of Bradley County, passed away, Saturday, March 17, 2007 in a Chattanooga hospital. He was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Hood was involved in activities at the Bradley County Senior Center. He was the son of the late Sam Hood and Maggie Rogers Hood. He was preceded in death by his wife,...

John L Chapman

John L Chapman

Mar 15, 2007

John L. Chapman, age 73, a resident of Bradley County passed away, after a battle with cancer, Thursday, March 15, 2007 in a Chattanooga hospital. He was of the Christian faith. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served in Korea. Mr. Chapman enjoyed woodworking, fishing, hunting and farming. He was preceded in death by his parents, John...

Hubert Earl Henley

Hubert Earl Henley

Mar 14, 2007

Hubert Earl "Buck" Henley, 89, a resident of Cleveland, passed away March 14, 2007 in a local hospital. He was born March 3, 1918 in Tracy City, TN, son of the late James Campbell Henley and Blanche Payne Henley. During World War II, he was employed by the Navy Department at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, from 1943 to 1945. He was...

Floyd Leo Black

Floyd Leo Black

Mar 13, 2007

Floyd "Leo" Black, 77, of Cleveland, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 13, 2007. He was born on December 30, 1929 to the late King David and Edna Black in Loudon, TN. He was a graduate of Loudon High School. Over the past 40 years, Leo has been employed by Bradley Florist, having owned the florist...

Frank A Hudson

Frank A Hudson

Mar 13, 2007

Reverend Frank A. Hudson, 86, a resident of Old Fort, TN, passed away Tuesday, March 13, 2007 in a local hospital. He attended the Unity Church of God in Cleveland. He was an ordained minister in the Church of God for 50 years and was a member of Signal Mountain Church of God for 23 years. He was a veteran...

Julia Ann Black

Julia Ann Black

Mar 12, 2007

Julia Ann Phillips Black, 74, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Monday, March 12, 2007 at the family residence. She was a member of West Cleveland Baptist Church. She was with American Uniform for 20 years and was also employed with Peyton?s Southeastern for 19 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jewell and Lutie Hawkins Phillips and...

William Frederick Bryant

William Frederick Bryant

Mar 8, 2007

Fred Bryant, age 88, a resident of Bradley County, passed away Thursday, March 8, 2007 at a local healthcare facility. He was a member of White Oak Baptist Church. Mr. Bryant was a self employed painter for 38 years. He was an avid coon hunter and a trotline cat fisherman and loved to play baseball with his grandsons and loved...

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