Zeda W Tanksley
Jan 27, 2011
Zeda W. Tanksley, 88, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Thursday, January 27, 2011 at the family residence. She was a member of Council Baptist Church. She was retired from Cleveland Enamel Plant after 25 years of service. She was a craftsperson who loved to needle point. Mrs. Tanksley was the daughter of the late John Lawson Whaley and Nancy...
Naomi J Walker
Jan 26, 2011
Pastor Naomi J. Walker, 74, a resident of Cleveland, TN passed away Wednesday, January 26, 2011 in the Cleveland hospital. She was a member of Kings Temple Holiness Church where she was Senior Pastor and spiritual mother. She was a graduate of the Salvation Army College in San Francisco. Pastor Walker was the daughter of the late Joseph Earl Utley...
Thomas Terry
Jan 26, 2011
Thomas Edward Terry, Sr., age 73, a resident of Benton, TN, and formerly of Kissimmee, Florida, passed away Wednesday, January 26, 2011 in a Chattanooga hospital. He was a member of #2598 VFW, a past President of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and a member of Carpenter's Union in New York and Florida. He was preceded in death by one...
Crystal Burns
Jan 26, 2011
Crystal Burns, age 75, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Wednesday, January 26, 2011 in a local hospital. She was a member of Tasso Christian Church. She was a loving mother, sister, aunt and friend. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Edward Burns, parents, Roy Addison Garner and Mary Hall Garner; brother, Roy A. Garner, Jr., and...
Earl Monroe Messer
Jan 25, 2011
Earl Monroe Messer, 81, a resident of Charleston, passed away Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at the family residence. He was a member of New Hope Primitive Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He and his wife, Doris owned and operated Messer’s Diner on US Highway 411 in Benton for 17 years. He was preceded in death...
Sallie Mae McCann
Jan 25, 2011
Sallie Mae McCann, 82, a resident of Tellico Plains, went to be with her loved ones on Tuesday, January 25, 2011. She was employed at Tennessee Enamel Plant, she was a “Rosie Rivitor” during WWII, she was also employed at Domestic Laundry and Jack’s Cleaners in Cleveland. Sallie worked at Children’s Hospital in Umatilla, Florida then returned to Cleveland and...
Thamer W Kersey
Jan 24, 2011
Thamer W. (“Thumper”) Kersey, 93, a long time resident of Cleveland, went to his heavenly home on Monday, January 24, 2011 at a local nursing facility, with his family by his side. He was preceded in death by his mother, Lucy Kersey Miles; stepfather, V.A. Miles and an infant great-grandson. He was a farmer all of his life, worked for...
Henrietta Alicia Ewing
Jan 23, 2011
Henrietta Alicia Rann Ewing, age 65, passed away Sunday, January 23, 2011 in Murfreesboro, TN following a lengthy illness. Her early years were lived in Cleveland and Chattanooga, TN before pursuing a career in Atlanta, GA. She received vocational and professional industry training through the University of Georgia while growing her career in cosmetology. She enjoyed her salon experience working...
Willie Irene Hamby
Jan 22, 2011
Willie “Irene” Hamby, 84, of Calhoun, TN, passed away Saturday, January 22, 2011 in an Athens healthcare facility. She retired from Charleston Hosiery after 35 years of service. She was a member of Hiawassee Baptist Church, but attended Clear Springs Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur T. Hamby; parents, William and Nealie Burris Shamblin; infant...
Carol Ann Farmer
Jan 22, 2011
Carol Ann Farmer, 71, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, January 22, 2011 at her home. She was a member of First Lutheran Church. She was the office manager at the Elks Lodge and was an accountant at Firestone. Carol passed away after her one year battle with cancer. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harry and...
Elizabeth Ann Raimond
Jan 22, 2011
Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Saulpaw Raimond, 83, of Calhoun passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 22, 2011in a local healthcare facility from Alzheimer's disease. She was a Christian and is now at peace with the Lord. Betty was born January 11, 1928 in McMinn County. Her grandfather, Karl D. Saulpaw actually founded the city of Calhoun, where she spent most of...
Alesia Johnson Elrod
Jan 21, 2011
Alesia Marie Elrod, 46, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Friday, January 21, 2011 in a Cleveland hospital. She was a member of Trinity Chapel. She was a member of the Oak Grove Ruritan Club and a March of Dimes poster child from 1969 through 1970. She was also a Sweetheart of the 365 Club. Alesia was preceded in death...
Thomas Wayne Arrants
Jan 21, 2011
Thomas Wayne Arrants III, 61, of Cleveland, TN, passed away on Friday, January 21, 2011. He was a lifelong member of Broad Street United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 17 years, Peggy Turner Arrants and his father Thomas W. Arrants. Left to cherish his memory are his mother, Elsie Legarde Arrants; his brother,...
Eileen Pirkle Lillard
Jan 21, 2011
Eileen Pirkle Lillard, 90, a resident of Cleveland passed away Friday, January 21, 2011 in a local healthcare facility. She was a member of First Baptist Church. Mrs. Lillard was retired from Sears Roebuck and Hall Chevrolet as bookkeeper and accountant. She was preceded in death by her husband, T.R. "Ted" Lillard; her parents, Roscoe Pirkle and Theodosia Ward Pirkle;...
Mary Ann Nation
Jan 20, 2011
Mary Ann Nation, 90, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Thursday, January 20, 2011in an Athens hospital. She was a member of the Waterville Baptist Church and served 25 years as breakfast cook and at Copes Cafeteria in Cleveland. Mrs. Nation was the daughter of the late Thomas Dewey Johnson and Bessie Johnson and was also preceded in death by...
Billy Ronald Brown
Jan 20, 2011
Billy (Bill) Ronald Brown, 72, a resident of Charleston, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 20, 2011. He was born on April 9, 1938 in McMinn County to John Franklin and Lula Jane Brown. He retired from Hardwick Stove after 32 years of service and from Cleveland Summit after 23 years of service. He was a...
Juanita E Johnson
Jan 19, 2011
Juanita E. Johnson, 89, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Wednesday, January 19, 2011 in a Sweetwater hospital. She was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Johnson was the daughter of the late Joseph Bolt and Dorothy Williams Bolt and was also preceded in death by her husband, Floyd Johnson and two sisters and three brothers. She is survived by her...
John W Calfee
Jan 18, 2011
John W. (Wes) Calfee, 57, a resident of Cleveland, passed away on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 in a Memphis hospital. He was a member of Hopewell Baptist Church. He loved sports, playing darts and going camping at his lot in the mountains. He was a veteran who served a tour of duty in Thailand during the Vietnam War. The Army...
Racheal N Riddle
Jan 18, 2011
Racheal N. Riddle, 25, a resident of Cleveland, passed away peacefully at the residence on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 She joined her dad Phillip Lee Riddle in heaven who passed away six weeks ago. She attended Valley View Baptist Church. She graduated from Bradley Central High School class of 2004. She was a gifted artist and was a loving caring...
Terry E. Munn
Jan 18, 2011
Terry E. Munn, age 85, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, January 18, 2011 in a local hospital. He was born in Birmingham, AL to the late Edwin and Bertha Ellis Munn and grew up in Oneonta, AL. He moved to Cleveland in 1965 from Charleston where he had been employed with the Naval Ship Yard; and he retired...
