Deborah Ann Bales Sullivan

Deborah Ann Bales Sullivan, 47, resident of Cleveland, passed away Sunday,September 9, 2007. She was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, George Bales and Mary Smallin Bales and nephew, Jason Bales. She is survived by her children, Mary Ann Ross of Benton and Daniel Ray Stinnett of Cleveland; grandchildren: Mary Amanda Bolduc of Birchwood and Robert Daniel Wilcoxon of Benton; brothers: Larry Bales and Johnny Bales both of Cleveland; sisters: Cheryl Smith of Cleveland, Della Gibson of Lowell, IN and Angela Coffman of McDonald; loving companion, Bryan Propst of Cleveland and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, September 13, 2007 in the chapel of Ralph Buckner Funeral Home with the Reverend David Wakefield officiating. Interment will follow at Shady Grove Cemetery in Tellico with T.J. Smith, Jesse Shermer, Todd Osterman, Jesse Gibson, Dennis Gibson and Neil Haney serving as pallbearers. A white dove release ceremony will conclude the service. Her family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at the funeral home.