Ruby Nell Carter
Aug 23, 2021
Ruby Nell Carter passed away peacefully in her home in Cleveland, TN on Monday, 8/23/2021. She was 95 years old. She was originally from Ewing, Virginia, just recently moving to Cleveland to be with her family. In Ewing, she was a very active church member at her home church, Ingles Chapel United Methodist Church. She was a Godly woman and...
Joyce Sherlin
Aug 22, 2021
Joyce Loretta Romines Sherlin, 92, moved to her heavenly home Sunday, August 22, 2021. She was the oldest member of Bancroft Church of God where she had served the church faithfully for many years. She will be greatly missed by all. She was retired from Faye Swafford Originals and was a faithful home maker who enjoyed traveling and shopping.
She...
Lyman Richard "Woody" Wood
Aug 21, 2021
Lyman Richard “Woody” Wood, 84, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, August 21, 2021. Surrounded by his three children he went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He was active in the church community his entire life as a member of Gorham Baptist Church in Gorham, NY, First Alliance Church in Chattanooga, TN where he...
Charlotte Thorogood
Aug 17, 2021
Charlotte E. Thorogood, 80, of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, August 17, 2021, peacefully after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was born January 27, 1941 in Crockett County, TN to the late John Edd and Edith Edwards. She was an avid tennis player, loved UT Football and playing bridge, although her greatest passion was her grandchildren.
Charlotte was a...
Barbara Ann Goins
Aug 16, 2021
Mrs. Barbara Ann Thomas Goins of Calhoun, TN passed away on August 16, 2021. She was the daughter of the late Maynard Thomas and Else B. Hardin Thomas. Born in Cleveland, TN on July 31st, she attended Bradley High School. She was a member of the Lamontville, Baptist Church. She was retired from Zales Diamond Store. She loved gardening, cooking,...
Robert Perry
Aug 15, 2021
Robert Perry, 73, a lifelong resident of Cleveland, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 15, 2021 at his home surrounded by his family. Robert was self-employed, and was the owner/operator of Perry’s Backhoe and Trucking for 35 years. He was dearly loved by family and friends and was known for his generosity, comical personality, and his remarkable resemblance to Conway...
Charles Wendell Richardson
Aug 13, 2021
Charles Wendell (“Abby”) Richardson, 89, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Friday, August 13, 2021 in Cleveland TN. He was a founding member of Cleveland Cornerstone Church an inspector at Bowater, and served in the navy for four years. He loved his Braves baseball team, as he himself played baseball in the Navy as well as locally. Wendell was the...
Linda Gail Ray
Aug 7, 2021
Cleveland native Gail DeLay Ray passed away at her home in Maryville, Tenn., Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, after a six-year battle with cancer.
A graduate of Bradley High School and last employed as an administrative assistant by Whitlock & Associates CPA, she is a member of Grandview Baptist Church in Maryville.
Gail was a loving wife, mother and daughter known...
Jacquelyn "Jackie" Key
Aug 6, 2021
Jacquelyn “Jackie” Key, 70, a resident of Cleveland passed away at her home on Friday, August 6, 2021 after a three year courageous battle with cancer. She attended North Cleveland Baptist Church and accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior at the age of 14.
She was an avid gardener and collector of rocks. Jackie loved to travel but her...
Shirley Schlender
Aug 4, 2021
Shirley Marie Schlender, 70, passed away Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at Hospice Care Center in Chattanooga, TN. She was a resident of McDonald, TN and a member of Ooltewah Seventh Day Adventist Church. Mrs. Schlender worked as both a landscaper and caregiver and enjoyed travel and doing missionary work.
She was preceded in death by her parents; Raymond and Mamie...
William Nelson
Aug 4, 2021
William Robert Nelson, 63, passed away Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at his residence in Cleveland, TN. He was formerly a resident of Knoxville, TN of the Baptist faith. Mr. Nelson worked at Oak Ridge National Lab as an I. T. Specialist and enjoyed anything outdoors.
He was preceded in death by his parents Robert Freeman Nelson and Rebecca Anne Claybrook...
Janice Duncan
Aug 3, 2021
Janice Dawn Duncan, 77, passed away Tuesday, August 3, 2021at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, TN. She was a long time resident of Cleveland, TN and a member of the Broad Street Methodist Church. Ms. Duncan had worked as a Flight Attendant for American Airlines and had been a plant nurse for Duracell for 40 years. She was also a...
George Rhine Oister
Jul 30, 2021
George Rhine Oister, 69, passed away Friday, July 30, 2021 at Starr Regional Medical Center in Athens, TN. He was a resident of Calhoun, TN for the past 28 years. Mr. Oister was a United States Marine, where he served two tours in Vietnam and was awarded the Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts during his time in the Marine...
Patricia Sue Childs
Jul 29, 2021
Sue Childs, 74, a lifelong resident of Cleveland, passed away on Thursday, July 29, 2021 at her residence. Ms. Childs retired after working as a water treatment plant operator at Duracell for 43 years. She was beloved by family and friends, was known for her kind and generous nature, and was of the Baptist faith.
She was preceded in death...
Brenda Gilson
Jul 28, 2021
Brenda Valerie Gilson, 78, a resident of Cleveland for the last 44 years, passed away on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at a local hospital. She was a homemaker, and was a dedicated mother and wife, and was married to the love of her life, Daniel Gilson for 61 years. Mrs. Gilson was a member of Candies Creek Baptist Church.
She...
Katherine Ann Barber
Jul 27, 2021
Katherine Ann Barber, 33, passed away Tuesday afternoon July 27, 2021 at Centennial Medical Center of Nashville, TN. She was a lifelong resident of Cleveland and longtime member of North Cleveland Church of God.
She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Roy and Ann Humphrey and Bill and Irene Barber, and her father, Phillip Barber.
She is survived by...
Phillip Ronnie Morgan
Jul 27, 2021
Philip Ronnie Morgan, 59, passed away Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at his home in Old Fort, TN. He was a lifelong resident of Old Fort, of the Baptist faith. Mr. Morgan worked at Shaw Industries as a lift truck driver, enjoyed fishing, playing pool, country music, and spending time with friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; James...
Barbara Ann Bennett
Jul 23, 2021
Barbara Ann Bennett, 87, passed away Friday afternoon July 23, 2021 at Bradley Healthcare of Cleveland, TN. She was a lifelong resident of Cleveland and longtime member First Baptist Church of Cleveland.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Harrell Edward Bennett; a brother, Charles Berry, and three of her sisters, Sue McGowin, Betty Walkley, and Nancy Whitley.
She...
Samuel McConnell
Jul 18, 2021
Monroe McConnell, 86, a resident of Cleveland, passed away in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 18, 2021. He is survived by his loving wife of almost 67 years, Joyce Belcher McConnell. He is also survived by his daughter, Teresa McConnell Torbett and her husband Mickey Torbett of Cleveland, granddaughter Amanda Torbett of Chattanooga, grandson Jackson Walker of Cleveland,...
Marian Ruth Garner
Jul 16, 2021
Garner, Marian Ruth Hicks, age 86, went peacefully to meet her lord and Savior in Cleveland, Tennessee, early on Friday morning, July 16 in loving care of her husband Eugene. Marian accepted her Lord’s highest call, and now has a new home where she is rejoicing her arrival with old friends and family she has not seen in a very...
