Sterling W. Hawkins
Apr 15, 2019
Sterling W. Hawkins, 87, passed away Monday, April 15, 2019 in a local hospital. He was born in Long Beach, California and was an excellent long distance swimmer in the Pacific Ocean. He frequently swam several miles.
In 1956 at 24 years old, he and his mother moved to Las Vegas seeking good employment. He quickly became one the most...
Thomas Edwin Blackwell
Apr 13, 2019
Thomas Edwin Blackwell, 78, of Benton, passed away Saturday, April 13, 2019 in a local hospital. He was of Baptist faith and attended Cloverleaf Baptist Church. He loved fishing as a hobby. He was retired from Allied Bendix with over 20 years of service.
He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Agnes Blackwell; brothers, Jerry Dale and...
Katie Lorena Hannah Thomas
Apr 12, 2019
Katie Lorena Hannah Thomas, 88, passed away Friday, April 12, 2019 at a local health care facility. She was a lifelong resident of Bradley County. She was a devoted and loving mother and grandmother. She retired from Charleston Hosiery after 40 years of service.
She was preceded in death by her parents Paul Langston Hannah and Ollie Hannah Nicholas; daughter...
Berta Ruth Hughes Gibson
Apr 11, 2019
Berta Ruth Hughes Gibson, 96, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2019 at a local health care facility. Berta was a lifelong resident of Bradley County. She was an active member of First Baptist Cleveland since 1934, and served in many areas including choir, WMU and teaching children and young people. She loved her family dearly as well as extended family....
Mark Reed Phillips
Apr 10, 2019
Mark Reed Phillips, 64, passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at his home. He was a resident of Cleveland, Tennessee for most of his life. He retired from Duracell where he worked as a manager for 23 years, he then retired from Cormetech as a manager of ten years. He was a member of First Lutheran Church as a child...
Shelby D. Harris
Apr 9, 2019
Shelby D. Harris, 77, of Cleveland, passed away, Tuesday, April 9, 2019 in a local healthcare facility. She was a member of Georgetown Baptist Church. She loved her family and enjoyed life to the fullest.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles D. Harris; parents, L.C. and Irene Pulliam Guthrie and sister, Brenda Geren.
Survivors include...
James Irving Marshall
Apr 8, 2019
Bishop James Marshall, age 90, of Cleveland, departed this life on Monday morning, April 8, 2019 at his residence. Born on August 22, 1928, in Patterson, Virginia, to the late Daniel Webster and Molly Gardner Marshall, he was ordained for over 65 years in the Church of God and proudly served his country in the United States Army.
James came...
Judy Clark
Apr 6, 2019
Judy A. Clark, 75, Cleveland, died Saturday, April 6, 2019 in a local healthcare facility.
She was preceded in death by her parents, J. C. Ray and Lillian Aliene Ware Ray; and husband, Carlos L. “Puch” Clark.
She is survived two children, Tina Lee Moses and Michael Edward Clark; four great grandchildren.
No services are planned at this time.
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Jean Irma Anderson
Apr 6, 2019
Jean Irma Yelland Anderson, 87, passed away Saturday, April 6, 2019 at a local healthcare facility in Cleveland, Tennessee. She had lived in New Market, Virginia, before moving to Cleveland 13 years ago. She was a homemaker and had also worked as an office manager. She was a member of Bowman Hills Seventh-Day Adventist Church. She enjoyed entertaining, knitting, sewing,...
Philana Darcel Green
Apr 6, 2019
Philana Darcell Green, affectionately known as "Phil",was born on June 17, 1964 in Brockton, Massachusetts. She was the daughter born to the late Jesse and Louise B. Green. She peacefully went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 6, 2019, at CHI Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee, after a long-standing battle with illness.
Philana received her formal...
Chad Michael Rowlee
Apr 5, 2019
Chad Michael Rowlee, 49 of Chattanooga, passed away Friday, April 5, 2019 at his sister’s home in Snellville, Georgia. He worked at Emory University in Atlanta as a TOC (IT) engineer. Chad was CIO and co-founder of Myth Innovations, holder of six US patents and one Chinese patent regarding augmented reality interface method and use. He was a former raft...
Tony L. Sizemore
Apr 5, 2019
Tony Lamarr Sizemore, 75, of Ten Mile, TN, passed away Friday, April 5, 2019 in a Chattanooga hospital. He had lived in the area most of his life, and he was of the Church of Christ faith. He was an outdoorsman who loved hunting, fishing, and boating. He retired from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 2014. He also worked...
Charles Melvin Bowlin
Apr 4, 2019
Charles Melvin Bowlin, 74, passed away Thursday, April 4, 2019 at his home. He was a native and lifelong resident of Bradley County. He was a member of North Cleveland Baptist Church where he served as the Sunday School teacher for the Higher Ground Sunday School class. He served as song leader, deacon, and pastor at various churches. He was...
Rajan Suba
Apr 4, 2019
Rajan Suba was born February 6, 1928 in Gunaur, India, the eldest of three sisters. She was married to Suba Din, in 1947, the year of the partition of India and Pakistan, at which point they were on the Pakistan side. She gave birth to 6 children over the next 17 years. Sadly, her first two children, Venus and Sareena,...
Charles Roger Conrad
Apr 2, 2019
Charles R. Conrad, lovingly known as Roger while growing up and as Chuck since he entered college in 1962, entered into the presence of his Savior on April 2, 2019. He was born on March 19, 1944, in Johnson City, New York, to George E. & Cora B. (Barnes) Conrad. He was preceded in death by his parents and his...
Jack Donald Smith
Apr 2, 2019
Reverend Jack Donald Smith, 88, of Cleveland, Tennessee, passed April 2, 2019.
Jack was born to Kirxie Kansel and Jesse Myrtle, January 8, 1931, in Cumberland, Kentucky. He graduated with a bachelors from Lee College and a Masters from Eastern Kentucky in Richmond, Kentucky.
He married Elizabeth Lucille Botkin in 1956 and they pastored churches together in Kentucky, Tennessee,...
Robbie Nell Cunnyngham Quinn
Mar 31, 2019
Robbie Nell Cunnyngham Quinn, 90, a life-long resident of Cleveland, passed away Sunday, March 31, 2019 in an Athens healthcare facility. She was of Methodist faith.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill S. Quinn; parents, C.H. Cunnyngham and Ethel Payne Cunnyngham; siblings, Blair Cunnyngham, Charles Cunnyngham, Freda Cunnyngham, Bernice Harmon and Jimmy Cunnyngham.
Survivors include her daughter,...
Ted Williams May
Mar 26, 2019
The greater Chattanooga region has lost a local baseball legend. Ted Williams May (known by locals as “Teddy May”), 60, of Cleveland, TN, passed away on March 26, 2019.
Born a Hoosier in 1958 to Charles and Ruthanne May, Ted was named after the great baseball hall of famer, Ted Williams. At the age of 8, Ted moved with his...
Gerret Van Swearingen
Mar 25, 2019
Gerret “Van” Swearingen, 87, of Cleveland, passed away Monday, March 25, 2019 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on July 27, 1931 in Chicago, IL to the late Henry and Helen Smails Swearingen. Van graduated from Allegany High School in Cumberland, MD in 1950. He then spent several years in the United States Navy. Following...
Samuel Clarence Davis
Mar 24, 2019
Sam Davis, age 85, of Georgetown, departed this life on Sunday, March 24, 2019 at his home. Born on March 26, 1933 in Tullahoma to the late Mordacai and Deanna Creek Davis he had lived the majority of his life in Bradley County and was a member of Elkmont Baptist Church. Sam proudly served his country in the Army serving...
