Dr. Ray H. Hughes, Sr.
Apr 4, 2011
The Reverend Doctor Ray H. Hughes Sr., 87, former General Overseer of the Church of God and long-time Cleveland resident, went to be with the Lord on Monday evening, April 4, 2011 in a local hospital. Dr. Hughes began his ministry in 1940 and served in many offices of distinction in the Church of God and interdenominational ministries. His early...
Ila Henderson
Apr 4, 2011
Ila Henderson, 85, of Cleveland, passed away Monday, April 04, 2011 at her home surrounded by her family. Ila was a 1945 graduate of Bradley Central High School and attended Cleveland State Community College. She was a charter member and Treasurer of the Blythe Avenue Baptist Church. She retired from the Bradley County Nursing Home and she was a member...
James Robert Underwood
Apr 3, 2011
James Robert Underwood, 77, a resident of Cleveland, went home to be with the Lord, Sunday, April 3, 2011. He retired from Combustion Engineering in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he worked in the Metallurgical Laboratory, doing research and development. He was a member of Hopewell Baptist Church and enjoyed golfing, hunting, fishing and reading. He was preceded in death by his...
Tonya Renee Bettis
Apr 3, 2011
Tonya Renee Bettis, 34, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Sunday, April 3, 2011 in a Chattanooga hospital. She attended Samples Memorial Baptist Church. She was employed with Hair Graphix. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, Robert Lewis and Nettie Lee Wright. She is survived by her father, Wayne Wright and his wife Donna of Cleveland; mother,...
Faye Stevenson
Apr 2, 2011
Faye C. Stevenson, 73, a resident of Greeneville for the past nine years, passed away Saturday, April 2, 2011, at her home. She was a native of Mississippi but spent most of her life in the Memphis area. She was of the Methodist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, Benjamin Samuel and Pauline Morgan Clower, and daughter,...
Arlee Morgan
Mar 30, 2011
Arlee Morgan, 90, of Charleston, passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at a local hospital. He was a lifelong resident of Bradley County and enjoyed fishing and gardening. He was a member of Council Baptist Church, where he served as Deacon Emeritus for over 50 years. He worked as a machinist at Charleston Hosiery and served in the U.S. Army....
Robert Henry Easterly, Sr.
Mar 29, 2011
Tuesday morning, March 29, 2011, Robert Henry Easterly, a native of Bradley County and widely-known locally, died peacefully at his home, Triple Creek Farm, in Black Fox. He was 95. As a young man, Bob began working for Summerfield Johnson at Bendabout Farm. There he learned to play polo and became a rated polo player; he played for the Bendabout...
Ethel Hope DeHowitt (Albornoz)
Mar 28, 2011
Ethel Hope DeHowitt (Albornoz), lovingly known as “Mimi”, 78, a resident of Cleveland, left the loving arms of her family to be in the arms of her Lord and Savior on Monday, March 28, 2011. Born in Quito, Ecuador, she and her family moved to Cleveland in 1965 and became citizens of the United States in 1970. She was retired...
Tyler Ryan Westmoreland
Mar 28, 2011
Tyler Ryan Westmoreland, 27, a resident of Cleveland, passed away March 28, 2011 in a Chattanooga hospital. He was a member of the Church of the Harvest. Tyler was an assistant baseball coach at Lake Forest Middle School and an avid outdoorsman. He was employed by Whirlpool Corporation. He was preceded in death by his father, Tommy Westmoreland; grandfather, Jim...
Brenda Faye Conley
Mar 28, 2011
Brenda Faye Conley, 53, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Monday, March 28, 2011 in a Chattanooga healthcare facility. She was preceded in death by her father, Harold Sorrells; paternal grandparents, Roy and Dorothy Sorrells; maternal grandparents, Oliver and Florence Kipe; and sister, Tina Marie Sorrells. Survivors include her mother, Naomi Sorrells of Charleston, TN; brother, Barty Lee Sorrells and...
Larry D Young
Mar 26, 2011
Larry D. Young, age 56, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, March 26 at the family residence. He was a member of Bethel Baptist Tabernacle and enjoyed fishing and collecting knives. He is preceded in death by his wife Vicki Young; step father Howard Dalton; brother in law Larry Higdon and nephew Joe “Bubba” Wright. He is survived by...
Mildred McPheeters Ramsey Rose
Mar 25, 2011
Mildred McPheeters Ramsey Rose, 89, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Friday, March 25, 2011. She was preceded in death by her husband John Vernon Rose; parents, Thomas H. McPheeters and Anna Ratcliff McPheeters; three brothers, James, Thomas and Eugene McPheeters; three sisters, Irene McPheeters Hawkins, Mary Louise McPheeters Cox, and Ruth McPheeters Cain. Survivors include two sons, John Wayndle...
Virginia Shaw
Mar 23, 2011
Virginia Shaw, 80, a resident of Cleveland for 36 years and previously Sidney, OH, went peacefully home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in a local hospital. She was a member of Bellfounte Baptist Church. She sat and comforted many adults as a CNA home nurse. She was full of life and loved to travel and...
Betty Rogers
Mar 23, 2011
Betty Rogers, 83, of Cleveland, passed away, Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at her residence surrounded by her family. She graduated from Bradley High Central High School, in 1945 where she was a member of the marching band. She saved her Seniors Memories book with autographs from her classmates where they wrote, what a "swell gal" she was. That scrapbook filled...
William Graves
Mar 22, 2011
William "Bill" Graves, 73, of Cleveland, passed away, Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at his residence. He was an avid basketball and football fan and attended the local high school games and followed many of the players. He loved to debate politics and enjoyed reading. He was of Methodist faith and served in both the United States Marine Corps and the...
Bonita Moore Stamper
Mar 21, 2011
Bonita Moore Stamper, 84, a life time resident of Cleveland, passed away Monday, March 21, 2011 in a local hospital. Mrs. Stamper was a member of Broad Street United Methodist Church. Mrs. Stamper was the daughter of the late Luther Wilson Moore and Oralee Cook Moore and was also preceded in death by her husband, Clarke Callan Stamper and her...
Dorothy Savannah McCoy
Mar 19, 2011
Dorothy Savannah Renner McCoy, age 102, passed away at her home on Saturday, March 19, 2011. Mrs. McCoy was born in Greene County, Tennessee September 28, 1908 to William Renner and Louisa Lehann Bible Renner. Her father, a prominent farmer, moved his large family to the Flint Springs Community in Bradley County in 1925. She attended Flint Springs School and...
Vila Davis Standridge
Mar 19, 2011
Vila Davis Standridge, 85, a life time resident of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, March 19, 2011 at the family residence. She was a member of Southview Baptist Church . She was an avid gardener, quilter, camper and loved singing in church. Mrs. Standridge was the daughter of the late Clifford and Rosa Mae Davis and was also preceded in death...
John A Overton
Mar 18, 2011
John A. Overton, 67, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Friday, March 18, 2011 in a Chattanooga hospital. He was a member of Big Spring United Methodist Church. He had been employed with Cleveland Chair for thirteen years. Mr. Overton was the son of the late Wilkerson Overton and Irene Barr Overton. He is survived by his wife, Sylvia Overton...
Patricia Sue McCracken
Mar 18, 2011
Patricia Sue McCracken, 69, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Friday, March 18, 2011 in a local hospital. She was a member of Broadway Baptist Church in Ft. Worth, TX and attended First Baptist Church in Cleveland and Rodney Fitzgerald's Sunday School Class. She was a former professor at Lee University. She was a veteran of the United States Air...
