Obituaries

Obituaries for June 16, 2013

• David

  David EdwardsRINGGOLD Dr. David Charles Edwards, 59, died Wednesday, June 12, 2013 in Houston, Texas. Dr. Edwards was a member of New Heights Baptist Church. He was Dean of the …

• Greeley

  Greeley AshworthLAFAYETTE Horace Greeley Ashworth, 85, passed away on Saturday, June 15, 2013 at his home. He was a devoted husband, a loving father and grandfather, and a faithful Christian …

• RONNIE ALLEN

  .Feb. 19, 1955 - June 10, 2007Happy Fathers Day!Your Family.

• Percy Allen

  IIIPercy "Jap" Allen III, 65, of Chattanooga, passed away Tuesday, June 11, 2013, in a local hospital.Funeral service will be 12:30 p.m. today in the chapel of Taylor Funeral Home …

• Willie B

  INMEMORYWILLIE B. ELLISSadly missed by your wife, Dorothy Ellis, family and friends.

• RONALD BETHUNE

  INMEMORYRonald "Jordan" Bethune June 16, 1990 Dec. 11, 2012 Missing you so much on your first Heavenly Birthday and Fathers Day. God has you in his loving arms, while we …

• Diane Beck

  Diane Beck, 78, of Lookout Valley went home to be with the Lord Friday, June 14, 2013.Born Diane Dutton, on June 25, 1935, she was a lifelong Christian and a …

• Betsy Bellflower

  Betsy Leona Bellflower, 70, of Chattanooga passed away Thursday, June 13, 2013 at her home.Betsy was the first female postal carrier in Chattanooga. After her retirement from the USPS she …

• Viola Byrd

  Viola M. "Vi" Byrd, 86, passed away on Wednesday, June 12, 2013.She was a lifelong resident of the Chattanooga and North Georgia area and retired from the Electric Power Board …

• Frank Carlock

  ROCK SPRING Frank Dwight "Pete" Carlock, 88, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 14, 2013 at his residence with his wife by his side. He was born in Rock Spring …

• Nathaniel Carter

  Nathaniel Carter, 83, passed away Friday, June 14, 2013 at a local healthcare facility. Arrangements by John P. Franklin Funeral Home, 1101 Dodds Avenue, 622-9995.

• James Chadwick

  CHARLESTON James Allen Chadwick, 62, died Wednesday, June 12, 2013.Memorial Service scheduled for Monday June 17, at 7 p.m.at Cleveland Community Chapel Church of God. Visitation 6 p.m. until the …

• Freda Clark

  DECHERD Freda Jane Clark, 65, passed away on Saturday, June 15, 2013.Funeral services: Monday at 10 a.m. in the Moore-Cortner Chapel. Interment: Franklin Memorial Gardens, Winchester, TN. Visitation: 5-8 p.m. …

• Patricia Cobb

  Mrs. Alice Williams Cobb, 81, began her reunion celebration with her many loved ones on Thursday, June 13, 2013.This authentic southern belle achieved what we believe to be the greatest …

• Viva Crawley

  GRAYSVILLE Viva Alexandria Crawley, 96, died Thursday, June 13, 2013, at his residence.A lifetime resident of Rhea County, she was one of the founders of the Graysville Library and also …

• Jeff Dagnan

  Jeff Dagnan, 62, passed away at his home on Friday, June 14, 2013. A lifelong resident of Chattanooga, he was the former Plant Controller of Southern Centrifugal and an extremely …

• Ruby Edmondson

  FORTPAYNE Ruby Lois Burt Edmondson, 77, passed away Friday June 14, 2013.Funeral services: Monday at 4 p.m. from the W.T. Wilson Funeral Chapel.Burial: Glenwood Cemetery with W.T. Wilson Funeral Chapel …

• Johnny Fleming

  Johnny Fleming Jr., 67, died Monday, June 10, 2013, in his home.He was born on May 5, 1946 in Phillip County, Ark,, to the late Johnny Fleming Sr. and Mary …

• Ruth Givens

  Ruth Louisa Givens, 94, of East Ridge passed away Wednesday, June 12, 2013, in a local hospital.She was a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church. She had …

• Melvin Green

  Jr.Happy Fathers Day, my son.I love you. Your mom, Pearlie Mae, sisters and brothers, the Green family

• WENDELL HICKS

  MR. HAPPY FATHERS DAY We miss and love you dearly. Your Children, Larry and Kheisa Penn

• Hubert Harrison

  HUBERT HARRISON JR.Happy Fathers Day,Dad and Grandad,from all of us. We love and miss you dearly. Its hard to believe youre gone. Love you, Ann, Edward, Shay and Sasha Steele, …

• Clyde Hilling

  Clyde Hilling, 60, of Red Bank went to be with the Lord Thursday, June 13, 2013 in a local hospital. He was a loving father to Nikki and Justin and …

• Gladys Hines

  Gladys LaMyrtle Spence Hines passed away in Detroit, Mich., on Monday, June 10, 2013, at a local health care facility.She was born to John and Maggie Brown Spence on Dec. …

• Cordivie Hunter

  Cordivie Lee Hunter, 54, of Chattanooga, passed away Friday June 14, 2013 at a local hospital. Arrangements will be announced later by Taylor Funeral Home of Chattanooga, Inc.

• Troy Johnson

  Troy Lamar Johnson, 57, of Whitwell, Tenn., passed away on Thursday, June 13, 2013.The funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 17, 2013, Graveside, at Chattanooga National Cemetery with …

• Soon Kim

  Soon Young Kim, of Chattanooga, died Tuesday, June 11, 2013.She is survived by her daughter, Christine Ling Yuan.Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Hamilton Memorial Gardens.Arrangements …

• Helen Lane

  ROSSVILLE Helen Schmidt Lane, 88, passed away Friday, June 14, 2013 at her home.Helen was a lifelong resident of Chattanooga and the North Georgia area. She was a bookkeeper for …

• Granvel Lewis

  WHITTIER, Calif. Granvel Lebron Lewis, 74, passed away Wednesday, June 12, 2013 in Whittier, Calif., under Hospice care and his children at his side.Granvel was born on Lewis Chapel Mt. …

• Jere McCraw

  BRIDGEPORT Jere Walker McCraw, 57, died Friday, June 14, 2013, on his farm.Jere was the son of the late John Joseph and Saphronia Myrtle Gardner McCraw born Dec. 17, 1955 …

• Rickie Parker

  Rickie L. Parker, of Chattanooga, passed away Saturday, June 15, 2013 at his residence.Arrangements will be announced later by Taylor Funeral Home of Chattanooga, Inc.

• Jane Parks

  Jane DeLoach Parks, 86, of Chattanooga, died on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Born in Atlanta, Jane was the daughter of Lora Lee DeLoach and John "Jack" Keller DeLoach. After graduating …

• Verona Pierce

  CLEVELAND Verona Grace Pierce, 92, died on Friday, June 14, 2013.Memorial service will be held Wednesday, June 26, at 7 p.m. at Cleveland Community Chapel. A meal will be provided …

• Donald Pritchett

  Donald Pritchett, of Hixson, passed away on Wednesday, June 12, 2013. He was 61 years old.Donald was a lifelong resident of the Chattanooga area and a 1970 graduate of Kirkman …

• Matthew Sertel

  RINGGOLD Matthew Mason Sertel, 31, passed away Tuesday, June 11, 2013, after a brief illness.Left behind to cherish his memory are his daughter, Madison Grace Sertel; and her mother Sandy …

• Glen Stephens

  Glen Vernon Stephens, 33, of Chattanooga, Tenn., joined his Heavenly Father on Thursday June 13, 2013, after a six-day battle with a hemorrhagic stroke.Family survivors include his beloved twin daughters …

• George Stepney

  George Lee Stepney, 49, of Chattanooga, passed away Saturday, June 15, 2013 at a local hospital. Arrangements will be announced later by Taylor Funeral Home of Chattanooga, Inc

• Michael Tarter

  Michael David "Mike" Tarter, 55, of Hixson, passed away Tuesday June 11, 2013. A lifelong resident of the Chattanooga area, Michael was preceded in death by his mother, Marzella McAllister …

• Joe Wilson

  Joe Woodburn Wilson, 78, resident of Chattanooga, and formally of Knoxville, departed this world to be with his Heavenly Father at 9:45 p.m. Friday, June, 14, 2013 in a Chattanooga …