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Joseph Max Lane

Joseph Max Lane

Aug 28, 2007

Joseph Max Lane, 46, a lifelong resident of Bradley County, passed away Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at a Chattanooga hospital. He was of the Baptist faith. He loved music, gardening and football games. Mr. Lane was a man with a very kind heart and a person whom people liked. He was employed with Cigna Insurance Company. He was preceded in...

Gertrude Joyce Bennett

Gertrude Joyce Bennett

Aug 28, 2007

Gertrude Bennett, 82, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, August 28, 2007. She was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Bennett; parents, John M. Lewis and Ethel Boss Lewis; brother, Albert Lewis and sister, Virginia Vincent. She is survived by her sisters: Jerri Green and Pat Helton and husband, Bob; brothers, Stanley...

Alfred Evatt

Alfred Evatt

Aug 27, 2007

Alfred "Sonny" "Pop" Evatt, Jr., 75, passed away Monday, August 27, 2007 in a local hospital. He was born and raised in Miami, Florida and moved to Cleveland in 1980. He was a carpenter by trade, worked for Sunland Training Center Vocational Rehab until moving to Tennessee. He was a member of Benton Station Baptist Church. He loved football, gardening,...

Nelda L. Davis

Nelda L. Davis

Aug 27, 2007

Nelda Lee Davis, 74, a resident of Cleveland, gained entrance to Heaven Monday, August 27, 2007, in a local hospital.

She was born August 14, 1933 in Knobbs, Kentucky. She was employed by the Electric Power Board in Chattanooga forty-eight years. Active in the Chattanooga Chapter of Business and Professional Women, she held many positions in various levels of...

Charles Houston Keith

Charles Houston Keith

Aug 25, 2007

Charles Houston Keith, 77, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Saturday August 25, 2007 at the family residence. He attended the United Pentecostal Church. He never met a stanger and was a professional bowler. He loved gardening, hunting and fishing. He traveled the world as a trouble shooter for Ford Motor Company. He was a veteran of the United States...

Lois Evelyn Smith

Lois Evelyn Smith

Aug 25, 2007

Larry Joe Johnson, 54, a resident of Cleveland for the past four years, passed away Saturday, August 25, 2007 in a local hospital. He was a professional truck driver for J&S Cartage for the past four years. He was a veteran of the United States Navy. He was preceded in death by his father Lester Johnson. He is survived by...

Rebekah Grace Cooley

Rebekah Grace Cooley

Aug 24, 2007

Lois Evelyn Horton Smith, 82, a resident of Cleveland, went to be with the Lord August 29, 2007 after a very long illness. She was being cared for at her home by her family and assisted by SkyRidge Hospice. She was a member of the Church of God of Prophecy for which she was a lay minister. She left a...

Virdon J. Crisp

Virdon J. Crisp

Aug 24, 2007

Virdon J. Crisp, age 86, resident of Cleveland, TN, passed away Friday morning, August 24, 2007, in a local hospital. Mr. Crisp was formerly employed with the T.N.T. Plant in Chattanooga as a mechanic. He attended the Henegars Baptist Church. For many years he was also an automobile repairman and he loved to farm. He was preceded in death by...

Alton W. Herndon

Alton W. Herndon

Aug 24, 2007

Alton W. Herndon, 92, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Friday, August 24, 2007 in a Chattanooga hospital. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Cleveland since 1945 where he was a former Sunday School teacher and an usher. He was president and chairman of Cleveland Foundry and Manufacturing Company Inc. where he was actively involved for 62...

ebekah Grace Cooley

ebekah Grace Cooley

Aug 23, 2007

Rebekah Grace Runion Cooley, 3 year old daughter of Anthony and Kristi Runion Cooley and little sister of Sam Cooley of Cleveland earned her angel wings and is now running on the streets of gold in heaven! She was born on this earth March 5, 2004 and born into eternity on August 23, 2007 peacefully at home surrounded by her...

Rebekah Cooley

Rebekah Cooley

Aug 23, 2007

Rebekah Grace Runion Cooley, 3 year old daughter of Anthony and Kristi Runion Cooley and little sister of Sam Cooley of Cleveland earned her angel wings and is now running on the streets of gold in heaven! She was born on this earth March 5, 2004 and born into eternity on August 23, 2007 peacefully at home surrounded by her...

Ruby Burns

Ruby Burns

Aug 22, 2007

Ruby Lee Burns, 67, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at the family residence. She was a member of Southview Baptist Church. She was retired from the Bradley County School System where she served for 23 years in the Lake Forest School cafeteria. Mrs. Burns was the daughter of the late James and Pearlie Standridge and...

Willie Mae Myers

Willie Mae Myers

Aug 22, 2007

Willie Mae Myers, 81, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at a local hospital. She was a member of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church where she was very active for over 60 years. Mrs. Myers retired after 48 years of employment from Cleveland Enamel Plant. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Sue Chandler...

Woody Brank

Woody Brank

Aug 21, 2007

Woodrow "Woody" Brank, 70, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2007 at the family residence. He was a member of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry Samuel and Annie Belle Brank; five sisters: Lona Brank, Lois Brank Featherston, Evelyn Brank, Eula Brank Tyson and Margaret Brank; three brothers: Donald Brank,...

Leland Brown

Leland Brown

Aug 20, 2007

Leland Brown, 59, a life long resident of Cleveland, passed away Monday, August 20, 2007 in a local hospital. He attended Keith Street Church of God of Prophecy. He was a supervisor with Faye Swafford Originals for several years. He graduated from Bradley Central High School class of 1967. Mr. Brown was the son of the late James R. Brown...

Roy Wayne Dias

Roy Wayne Dias

Aug 20, 2007

Roy Wayne Dias, 60, a resident of Ocoee, passed away Monday, August 20, 2007 at his home. He was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Dias was the son of the late Ernest Dias and Avie Crews Dias; he was also preceded in death by three brothers: Edgar Dias, James Dias and Curtis Dias. He is survived by his son, Troy...

Wanda Forgey

Wanda Forgey

Aug 20, 2007

Wanda Forgey, a resident of Cleveland, passed away early Monday morning, August 20, 2007 in a local hospital. She was a member of Heritage Church of God. She was named Life Care Resident of the Year-2007. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald Forgey; father, Robert Thomas; one brother, Tony Thomas; and one sister, Joetta Jackson.

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Ruby Mae Carlton

Ruby Mae Carlton

Aug 20, 2007

Ruby Mae Carlton, 89, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Monday, August 20, 2007 at a Chattanooga hospital. A warm and loving individual, Ruby lived much of her life in Oak Ridge before returning to Cleveland 29 years ago. She attended North Cleveland Church of God and was active in the Women's Bible Study group prior to her illness. Ruby's...

Ponder Lee Geren Sr.

Ponder Lee Geren Sr.

Aug 19, 2007

Ponder Lee Geren, Sr., 74, a resident of Cleveland, passed away, Sunday, August 19, 2007 in a Chattanooga hospital. He was a member of Evening Light Gospel Tabernacle. Mr. Geren worked at Overnite Trucking and retired from TVA; he also helped his son in catering at the "Countryside Café" in Ooltewah for the past several years. He was preceded in...

Andrew Lee Callahan

Andrew Lee Callahan

Aug 18, 2007

Andrew Lee "Wiggle" Callahan, 12, a resident of Charleston, passed away Saturday, August 18, 2007 in a Chattanooga hospital. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Uless and Jenny Self; great grandmother, Reba Callahan and aunt, Rebecca Self. He is survived by his parents, Ronald J. and Lynn Self Callahan; one brother, Dillon Callahan all of Charleston; great grandmother;...

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