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Martha "Judy" Jewretta Russell

Martha "Judy" Jewretta Russell

Dec 23, 2009

Martha Jewretta Judy Russell, age 81, resident of Cleveland, TN, passed away Wednesday, December 23, 2009, in a local healthcare facility. She was a member of Michigan Avenue Baptist Church. She was employed as a Certified Nurses Assistant at Bradley County Nursing Home for 25 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, James Fletcher and Mary Jane Kirkland...

James Herschel Sewell

James Herschel Sewell

Dec 23, 2009

James Herschel Sewell, 74, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Wednesday, December 23, 2009 in an Athens healthcare facility. He was of the Baptist faith. He was formerly employed with Cleveland Chair Company. He was preceded in death by his parents Francis Marion Sewell and Dollie Belle Farmer Sewell. He is survived by several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will...

Marian Frances Roark

Marian Frances Roark

Dec 23, 2009

Marian Frances Roark, 86, a lifelong resident of Cleveland, passed away Wednesday, December 23, 2009 in a local hospital. She was a member of Philadelphia Baptist Church and loved her church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Freeman and Bertha Griffith Rice and her husband of 43 years, Zane Grey Roark, brothers, Clyde Rice and Virgil Rice; sisters,...

Frances Juanita Wiar

Frances Juanita Wiar

Dec 22, 2009

Frances “Juanita” Wiar, 77, of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at her residence. She was retired from Frito Lay and was a former owner of Bill’s Buffing and Polishing in Michigan. She was a member of the Eastern Star. She was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Davis Wiar; parents, Arlen...

Erma Griffith DeLay

Erma Griffith DeLay

Dec 21, 2009

Erma Griffith DeLay, a life long resident of Bradley County, passed away Monday, December 21, 2009, in a local hospital. She was a member of Big Spring United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Van V. DeLay; parents, C. Raymond and Ora Horton Griffith; siblings, Clyde Griffith, Hazel Griffith, Emma G. McLain, Otis Griffith, Lela G....

Ernest Dixon

Ernest Dixon

Dec 21, 2009

Ernest Dixon, 77, a resident of Charleston, passed away, Monday, December 21, 2009 in an Etowah healthcare facility. He was of the Christian faith. He was retired from TVA where he worked construction and maintenance in the nuclear plants. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving in the Korean Conflict. He received a Purple Heart and a Bronze...

Phillip Rayburn Dalton

Phillip Rayburn Dalton

Dec 20, 2009

Phillip Rayburn Dalton, 45, of Cleveland, passed away Sunday, December 20, 2009, at his residence. He was employed with Bowater. He served in the United States Army. He was of the Baptist faith. He was a member of the American Legion. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lynn and Buena Vista Bynum Dalton. He is survived by his...

Mary Frances Owenby

Mary Frances Owenby

Dec 20, 2009

Mary Frances Owenby, 90, of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, December 20, 2009, at her residence with her family present. She was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, Charles “Smokey” Owenby; parents, Zacheary Humbard and Callie Hysinger Humbard; great grandson, Spencer Bateman; brothers, J. T. Humbard, Clyde Humbard and Virgil...

Evelyn O Hudson

Evelyn O Hudson

Dec 20, 2009

Evelyn O. Hudson, 86, of Kissimmee, FL, passed away Sunday, December 20, 2009 at her residence. She loved the mountains and the outdoors. She was a loving mother and grandmother, always smiling with an outgoing personality. She was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Billy Hudson; parents, Ellis and Avis Buchanan Ogle; and sister,...

George Henry Howard

George Henry Howard

Dec 20, 2009

George Henry Howard 73 of Cleveland passed away on December 20, 2009 at his home.

He was a member of Waterville Baptist Church and the Always Ready Sunday School Class.

He was an avid golfer until illness prevented his playing.

He was the son of the late William Wesley Howard and Delia Mae Copeland Howard. He was...

Juanita Andrus

Juanita Andrus

Dec 19, 2009

Juanita Sarah Terrell Andrus, 78, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2009, in a local hospital. She was a member of Faith Memorial Church. She was the daughter of the late Austin and Allie Masingale and was also preceded in death by her husband William Buford Terrell, and husband Daniel E. Andrus; son, Michael Terrell and wife,...

Ruth Mae Smith

Ruth Mae Smith

Dec 19, 2009

Ruth Mae Smith, 88, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2009 at her residence. She was a member of South Cleveland Church of God for over thirty years. She was the daughter of the late Dewey and Elsie Brown Mathis and was also preceded in death by her husband Alvin Lee Smith, as well as a brother...

Daniel M. Orr

Daniel M. Orr

Dec 19, 2009

Daniel Orr, 72, a lifelong resident of Cleveland died December 19, 2009 with his family by his side at his home. He was a member of Big Spring Baptist Church where he accepted Christ as his personal Savior and was baptized at the age of twelve. He read the Bible through every year for the last several years. Danny had...

Ellen Lee Pope

Ellen Lee Pope

Dec 19, 2009

Ellen Lee Pope, 90, a resident of Cleveland passed away Saturday, December 19, 2009 in a local healthcare facility. She was a member of Blue Springs Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Chester Brown and Bertha Mae Cross Brown; husband, Thomas F. Pope; three brothers and two sisters. She is survived by special friend, Jean Beaty...

Frances Kirby

Frances Kirby

Dec 18, 2009

Frances Kirby, 82, passed away at her home, December 18, 2009. Born in Kentucky and reared in Alabama, she moved to Knoxville in the early 1940's. In 1949, she and her husband moved to Sevierville where they raised their children before moving to Cleveland in 1964. She was a loving mother and grandmother who treasured her family, loved gardening, cats,...

Homer Holdredge

Homer Holdredge

Dec 18, 2009

Homer F. Holdredge, Jr., 89 of Cleveland, passed away Friday, December 18, 2009 at Sky Ridge Medical Center with his children by his side. He was a native of Loudon Co., but had resided in Cleveland since 1953. He retired from Bell South after 40 years of service. He served five plus years in the US Army, First Infantry Division...

Alma Kelley

Alma Kelley

Dec 17, 2009

Alma Ann Kelley, age 74, resident of Ooltewah, TN, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday morning, December 17, 2009. She passed away in a Chattanooga hospital with her loving family by her side. She was a member of the Mountain Meadows Church of God in Ooltewah. She was well known for her incredible talents of...

William Elbridge Keyes

William Elbridge Keyes

Dec 17, 2009

William Elbridge Keyes, 80, died Thursday, December 17, 2009 in a local hospital. Bill was born on January 21, 1929 in Chattanooga, TN to the late Oliver Ransom Keyes and Willie Gamble Keyes. In 1947, Bill moved from Cleveland to Michigan. Bill served in the US Army from 1953 until 1955 and rose to the rank of Sergeant. Following his...

Penny Mauldin

Penny Mauldin

Dec 16, 2009

Dr. Penny Mauldin, 54, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at SkyRidge Medical Center. She was born February 25, 1955 in Somerset, KY. She was a professor of chemistry at Lee University since 1990. She was a member of the City Church of Chattanooga. She was preceded in death by her father, Frank Green; father-in-law, Reverend...

Gladys M Hancock

Gladys M Hancock

Dec 15, 2009

Gladys M. Hancock, 88, of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2009 in a local hospital. She was a seamstress with Hardwick Clothes for 28 years. She was a member of Lebanon Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joe E. Hancock; parents, John E. Climer and Bertha Goins Climer; brothers, Louis Climer and Herman Climer; and...

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