OBITUARIES

Jan 15, 2025

Jimmy Vaughn, age 60 of Athens, TN passed away Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at Hospice of Chattanooga. 

Jimmy is preceded in death by his father, Jimmy Dale Vaughn.

He is survived by his mother, Carolyn Fox; sisters, Teresa Hartwick and Deborah Hanson; brother, Vurl Alen McPherson; along with several nieces and nephews.

Poole Funeral Home & Cremations of Cleveland is honored to serve...

Jan 13, 2025

Ruba Lois Eslinger, age 92 of Cleveland, Passed away Monday, January 13th, 2025, at Life Care Center of Collegedale. She was a member at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church where she was a choir member and Sunday School teacher. She was an avid seamstress who enjoyed sewing, crocheting and homemaking.

Ruba was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, James...

Jan 12, 2025

Arrangements pending. 

Jan 11, 2025

Corine Greene, 95 of Cleveland died Saturday, January 11, 2025.  She was the daughter of the late Ruben and Elgie Delainey Turner and was also preceded in death by her husbands, James Goode, James Thompson and Sherman Greene; sons, Arthur Wade Goode, Melvin Eddie Goode and Otis Jay Goode' sister, Myra McKenzie; and brother, Edgar Turner. 

She was a member of...

Jan 8, 2025

Georgia Delores Bridges Gann passed away quietly at her home on January 8, 2025, from a five-year battle with dementia. Georgia was born June 18, 1943, in Powell, Tennessee and moved to Etowah, Tennessee as a child where she attended Etowah High School and then Cleveland State Community College. She met the love of her life, William (Bill) Gann and...

Jan 8, 2025

Lucye Ann Tarkington Thompson, 93, passed away from natural causes in her home January 8, 2025. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, friend, and teacher. Lucye was born August 8, 1931, in Memphis, Tennessee, to the late Terry W. Tarkington Sr. and Virginia Eason Tarkington of Chattanooga. Lucye was married to the late Eugene Thompson of Cleveland, TN,...

Jan 5, 2025

Sylvia L Schultz, of Athens, passed away Sunday, January 5, 2025, at Erlanger Medical Center.

Sylvia was a loving caring mother and grandmother. Children brought her great joy. She was known for her baking abilities that were her gifts to family and many friends.

Sylvia is preceded in death by her grandparents and parents, Emery and Jean Schultz.

She is survived by her...

Jan 5, 2025

Mr. Harold L. Cross, of Cleveland, TN, passed away on Sunday, January 5, 2024, at Bradley Health & Rehab after a brief illness. He was 75 years old. 

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at Poole Funeral Home Chapel Cleveland at 2:00 pm with Pastor Gary Higgins officiating. Burial with military honors will be provided by the U.S....

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Dec 23, 2024

Charles Y. Smith, a beloved member of the Cleveland community, passed away peacefully on December 23, 2024, at the age of 76. Born on January 17, 1948, in Cleveland, Charles was known not only for his unwavering faith as a member of the Church of God but also for his generous spirit and steadfast support of Lee University.

Throughout his life,...

Dec 16, 2024

Stephen Wade Kennett, age 59 of Cleveland, passed away Monday, December 16, 2024 at Bradley Memorial Hospital. A private family gathering will be held at a later date.

Dec 14, 2024

Elizabeth “Lavonda” Phillips ascended into the waiting arms of her Heavenly Father on Saturday, December 14th, 2024. Her Husband Bill Phillips and her father and mother, Hoyt and Nellie Cross, whom she loved dearly, and sister Patsy Rymer also met her at heaven’s gate. She was an incredible mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, wife, daughter, sister, and friend to many. She will...

Dec 14, 2024

Hubert “Don” Goins, 80, of Cleveland, passed away, December 14th, 2024. Don passed peacefully on after a long journey with Alzheimer’s disease. Joining his mother, Clara “Helen” Bible Goins Loe, and his father, Herbert T. Goins to “Rockin Roll” at the Heavenly gates. He was a long time member of Bellefounte Baptist Church. He is survived by his son, Christopher...

Dec 13, 2024

Bonnie Lou Reed Corbin, 89, of Georgetown, passed away Friday, December 13, 2024, at a hospital in Hermitage, Tn. She taught Sunday School for many years at Eastside Church of Christ and Sycamore Church of Christ in Cookeville, Tn. She enjoyed volunteering at several long-term care facilities and she loved to travel with her late husband. She also sang for...

Dec 13, 2024

Arrangements are pending. 

Dec 11, 2024

Shirley Jo Whaley, 88 of Cleveland died Wednesday, December 11, 2024 in Dalton, GA. She was the daughter of the late Arthur and Nelle Crisp Creasman. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Jack Whaley, her siblings, Helen Pettyjohn, Kate Goforth, Merritt Creasman, and Arthur Creasman, Jr. Mrs. Whaley was a longtime member of Michigan Ave. Baptist Church.

 

Survivors...

Dec 11, 2024

William Bedford Campbell, 91, a resident of Cleveland, passed away December 11, 2024.  He was born on February 28, 1933, at 3:33 a.m. at the family farm on Varnell Road, Bradley County.  He was the son of the late John A. and Martha Campbell. He was educated in the Bradley County School system and attended Old Cleveland College in Cleveland,...

Dec 8, 2024

Brooke Anette Nolan, recently of Cleveland, passed away suddenly after a 6 year battle with cancer at her home.

She was a business owner of Brookes Books Publishing and a designer of Spirit Angels and Ginger Babies.  Brooke was a proud wife and mother to her four boys and was known to be funny, charming and very insightful.

Preceded in death by...

Dec 7, 2024

Kamryn Brent Edwards, born on January 1, 1993, in Fulton County, Georgia, was sent to his eternal home in the early hours of December 7, 2024 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  He was the beloved son of Brent and Toy Edwards.

Kam, as he was affectionately known, had a quick wit and lit up a room where ever he went.  He made friends...