OBITUARIES

Dowe Ownby

Dowe Ownby

Nov 20, 2012

Dowe N. Ownby, 79, a resident of Cleveland, passed away on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 in a Chattanooga hospital. He was born July 11, 1933 in Bradley County. He was a member of First United Methodist Church. He worked for Burlington Industries and retired from M&M Mars. He was a veteran of the U. S Army. He was preceded in...

Don E Hatcher

Don E Hatcher

Nov 20, 2012

Don E. (Donnie) Hatcher, 62, a resident of Benton passed away Tuesday, November 20, 2012 in a local hospital. He moved with his family from Sevierville, Tennessee when they organized their business, Riverside Dairy Farm in Benton, Tennessee. Don was a kind and gentle man with a tender heart. Don was a member of Beech Springs Baptist Church. He served...

Garry Thompson

Garry Thompson

Nov 18, 2012

Garry "HUB" Thompson, 63 went home to be with Jesus on November 18, 2012 he was of the Baptist faith. He leaves behind a family who loved him and will miss him greatly. He was a loving husband, son, brother and grandfather. He was "GG" to his grandchildren who will miss his love and laughter. He was the owner of...

Dames E Hughes

Dames E Hughes

Nov 17, 2012

Dames E. "Shorty" Hughes, 78, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, November 17, 2012, at an Athens healthcare facility. He was member of Prospect Church of God of Cleveland and enjoyed the outdoors, hunting and woodworking. He was preceded in death by parents, John Hughes and Myrtle Hensley Hughes; brothers, Hoyt Hughes and J.R. Hughes. He is survived by...

Irene F Bryson

Irene F Bryson

Nov 15, 2012

Irene F. Bryson, 88, a resident of Alabama and a former resident of Cleveland, passed away Thursday, November 15, 2012 at her residence. She was a member of Faith Memorial Church. She was formerly employed with Hardwick Clothes, Peerless Woolen Mill and Duracell. Mrs. Bryson was the daughter of the late Clint Frazier and Maggie Maroon Frazier and was also...

Joseph Park Sr.

Joseph Park Sr.

Nov 15, 2012

Lt. Col. United States Army, Ret. Joseph Herman Park, Sr., 82, died November 15, 2012 at his home in Vero Beach. He was born in Cleveland, TN and lived in Vero Beach for 18 years coming from his birthplace. Lt. Col. Park was a graduate of Bradley Central High School Class of 1949 in Cleveland, TN. He served in the...

Marty Wood

Marty Wood

Nov 9, 2012

Martha "Marty" Helaine Wood, 76, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Friday, November 9, 2012, at the family residence. Surrounded by her devoted husband, children and grandchildren, she went home to be with the Lord. She was a long-term member of First Alliance Church in Chattanooga, TN where she and husband "Woody" served as youth directors in the 1960s and...

James D Dunn

James D Dunn

Nov 6, 2012

James D. Dunn, 67, a resident of Cleveland passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at his home. He was of the Christian faith. He was a truck driver for Caldwell Paving. He was preceded in death by his wife: Shelia Dunn; parents: James E. Dunn and Pauline Dunn Smith; sister: Paula Green; brother: Tony Dunn. He is survived by three...

Carolyn Peck

Carolyn Peck

Nov 5, 2012

Carolyn Peck, 65, a resident of Cleveland passed away Monday, November 5, 2012 at her residence. She was a member of Broad Street United Methodist Church. She was an active insurance agent with Horace Mann Insurance Company. She was a devoted wife, and mother. She was an accomplished seamstress and cook. She was preceded in death by her parents: Charles...

Caroline Peck

Caroline Peck

Nov 5, 2012

Caroline “Carolyn” Mitchell Peck, 65, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Monday, November 5th, 2012 at her residence. She was a member of Broad Street United Methodist Church. An accomplished seamstress and cook, she was also an active insurance agent with Horace Mann Insurance Company. Above all, she was a devoted mother and wife. She was preceded in death by...

James Theodore Lashlee

James Theodore Lashlee

Nov 4, 2012

James Theodore Lashlee, 88, a resident of Old Fort, TN, passed away Sunday, November 4, 2012, at his residence. He was a member of the Peerless Road Church of God of Prophecy. He retired following 38 years of service from the Denver and Rio Grande Railway as a railroad switchman. He was a veteran of World War II serving in...

Alvin Edwin MIller

Alvin Edwin MIller

Nov 2, 2012

Alvin Edwin Miller, 82, passed away Friday, November 2, 2012, in a local hospital. He was a member of the Bowman Hills Seventh Day Adventist Church. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served in the Signal Corps. He retired from American Uniform after 45 years of service. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ulysses Grant Miller and...

Luther Eldon Botts

Luther Eldon Botts

Nov 2, 2012

Luther Eldon Botts, 87, went home to be with his Heavenly Father and his loving wife of 53 years on Friday afternoon, November 2, 2012, in a local health facility. He was born on January 18, 1925. He served in the United States Army during World War II in Italy, Germany, and Japan, receiving numerous medals of Honor. He was...

Evelyn Scott

Evelyn Scott

Nov 2, 2012

Evelyn I. Scott, 88, a resident of Cleveland, passed away, Friday, November 2, 2012, at her home with her family by her side. She retired from American Uniform after 25 years of service. She was a charter member of Valley View Baptist Church. She also volunteered at CONTACT for several years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Roscoe...

Shirley Yvonne Johnson

Shirley Yvonne Johnson

Nov 2, 2012

Shirley Yvonne Lawson Johnson, 77, passed away Friday, November 2, 2012 in a local hospital. She was of the Church of God faith. She retired from Maytag after 34 years of service. Preceding her in death was one son, Kenny Lee Lawson; her parents, Frank Lewis and Lomer Mae Callahan Lawson; grandparents, Thomas Alexander and Sarah E. Stevison Lawson; sisters,...

James Childs

James Childs

Oct 31, 2012

James (Jim Bob) Franklin Childs, age 52, of Cleveland, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, October 31, 2012 after a long battle with cancer. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Alice and Leonard Childs and William and Dora Young. He is survived by his father, James Loyd Childs of Cleveland and mother Betty Jean Gray of Decatur,...

Bess Pirkle

Bess Pirkle

Oct 31, 2012

Bess Pirkle, 105, the oldest living member of First Baptist Church of Cleveland and an inspiration to the thousands who knew and loved her, passed away Wednesday evening in a local health-care facility. Pirkle, a prayer warrior who always exhibited a calm and reasoned outlook on life with the conviction that God is in control of all things, would have...

Arthur Brooks

Arthur Brooks

Oct 30, 2012

Arthur Brooks, Jr., age 85, passed away, Tuesday October 30, 2012 after a lengthy illness. He had served in the Marines as a Military Police. He was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church where he served as Deacon. He is preceded in death by his mother Velva Blackwell and father Arthur Brooks, Sr.; grandson, Joshua Shelton. He leaves behind...

Jean Dodson

Jean Dodson

Oct 29, 2012

Jean C. Dodson, 76, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Monday, October 29, 2012, at a local hospital. She was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, "Buck" Dodson; parents, Albert Goerndt, and Dorothy Theide Goerndt; twin sons Tommy and Jimmy Dodson; sisters, Ruth McGuire, and Mary Lou Goerndt; brother, Robert Goerndt. She is survived...

Lorita Stephens

Lorita Stephens

Oct 28, 2012

Lorita N. Stephens, 72, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Sunday, October 28, 2012 in a local hospital. She was a member of North Cleveland Church of God where she was in the Encouragers Class. She served as a pastor?s wife where she worked tirelessly in the church ministry for 45 years. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother....

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