Obituaries

Obituaries for February 14, 2014

  • Minnie Adams

    Minnie Ethel Adams, 92, passed away at her home on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. She was preceded in death by her son, Tyrone Adams. Survivors include her husband, Monroe Adams …

  • Bill Baker

    William Russell "Bill" Baker Sr. died Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Feb. 15, at the Jasper Chapel at 1 p.m. CST with visitation 1 hour …

  • Juanita Baker

    Juanita Baker, 90, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014 in Chattanooga. Arrangements by John P. Franklin Funeral Home, 1101 Dodds Ave., 622-9995.

  • Mary Betton

    Mother Mary Rivers Betton, 96, formerly of Dalton, passed away Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. Services will be 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Shiloh Baptist Church. Family will receive friends from 5-7 …

  • Mary Blancett

    Mary Paschal Blancett, 80, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. Mary was the daughter of the late Robert and Alberta Paschal. She was born in Scottsboro, Ala., and moved …

  • Carolyn Bohannon

    Carolyn Bohannon, of Chattanooga, died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, at her home. Survivors include her husband, William Bohonnon; sons Paul Bohannon and John Bohannon; sister, Linda Skyles; brother, Luther Hurt. …

  • William Bryant Jr.

    William Cullens Bryant Jr., 54, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. Service will be at 1 p.m. today at Friendship Baptist Church with Minister Jason Bryant officiating. Arrangements by Willis …

  • Catherine Cosper CHA

    Catherine Louise Cosper, age 89 passed away, Wednesday, February 12, 2014. She was a homemaker and member of Lookout Valley Seniors and Ebenezer Baptist Church. She was a loving mother, …

  • Nick Catron

    Nick Catron, 72, of Hixson passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, with his loving family by his side. Arrangements will be announced by Hamilton Funeral Home & Cremation Services, …

  • Robert Colburn

    Robert Gary Colburn, 61, of East Ridge went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, Feb. 10, 2014. He was a member of Frawley Road Baptist Church …

  • Bill Hankins DUNLAP

    Bill Hankins, 73, died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. Services will be 1 p.m. CST Saturday in the funeral home chapel with Brother Dan Rains and Brother Doyle Ashburn officiating. Burial …

  • Lila Eldridge

    Lila Nance Eldridge, of Hixson, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014. She was 88 years old. Lila was born in Fyffe, Ala., and was a longtime resident of the …

  • Betty Ferguson

    Betty Standridge Ferguson, formerly of Niota, died Tuesday evening, Feb. 11, 2014, at Tennova Hospice in Knoxville. She was a native of Monroe County. She was the daughter of the …

  • J. Howard Fossett

    Howard Fossett, 84, Chattanooga, died Tuesday Feb. 11, 2014, in a local healthcare facility. Mr. Fossett was a member of the Ringgold United Methodist Church and was retired from Duke …

  • Richard Friederichse

    n Richard Gerald "Yogi" Friederichsen, of Baton Rouge, La. passed away at 8:15 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, 2014. He was 68. He was a native of Chattanooga. Survived by his …

  • Elizabeth Gardner

    Elizabeth Gardner, 91, of Chattanooga, passed away Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, at her residence. She is survived by six children; grandchildren; and a host of relatives and friends. Funeral at …

  • Dr. James Greasby

    Dr. J. James "Jim" Greasby passed away Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, at his home in Red Bank after a long and well lived life. A celebration of Jim's life will …

  • Allen Greene

    Allen Greene, after 94 years of a life well-lived, died Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Auburn, Ala. He was born on April 12, 1919, in Chattanooga to the late Clarence …

  • Rev. Henry Groseclos

    e Rev. Henry M. Groseclose, of Hixson, passed away on Friday, Jan. 31, 2014. He was 83 years old. Henry was born in Appalachia, Va., to the late Rhea P. …

  • Andrea Hall

    Andrea Lashon Douglas Hall, of Las Vegas, Nev., formerly of Hixson, lost an eight year battle with cancer on Dec. 18, 2013. She was born on Dec. 7, 1965, was …

  • Myrna Hamby

    Myrna S. Hamby, 75, woke up in Gods hands on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. today, Feb. 14, 2014, at Williamson & …

  • Shelley Hampton

    Shelley Marie Hampton, 64, of Chattanooga, passed away Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in a local hospital. She was a member of Friendship Primitive Baptist Church and formerly employed by Life …

  • Orby Higdon

    Orby L. Higdon, 76, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. Funeral at noon today in the Trenton chapel of Moore Funeral Home with Brother Bill Broom officiating. Burial in Higdon …

  • Hartfred Hulgin

    Hartfred Hulgin, 93, passed away Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. today in the South Crest Chapel with Rev. Jeff Daniels officiating. Interment will …

  • Earlean Hurst

    Earlean Cooper Hurst, 74, of Chattanooga, passed away Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, in a local hospital. Visitation is at noon today at in the chapel of Taylor Funeral Home with …

  • Anna Johnson

    Anna Lou Johnson Anna Lou Davis Johnson, 95, of Chattanooga, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. She was a member of Ekklesia Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by …

  • Glenn Johnson Jr.

    Glenn Alexander Johnson Jr., 75, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. He was born Jan. 6, 1939 in Chattanooga, and retired to Dunlap, Tenn. He was a graduate of Baylor …

  • Lewis Johnson Jr.

    Lewis F. Johnson Jr., 90, of Soddy-Daisy, passed away on Monday, Feb. 10, 2014. He was a member of Mowbray First Presbyterian Church. He was a WW II veteran serving …

  • Thomas Jones

    Thomas Kirkman Jones, Ed.D., 70, of Signal Mountain, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. Tom, a native of Chattanooga, was an Associate Professor Emeritus at the University of Tennessee …

  • Nancy Lackey

    Nancy Ann Lackey, "Polly", 75, departed this life to be with her heavenly Father on Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, at home surrounded by her loved ones. She was born on …

  • Sherry Layne

    Sherry Coffelt Layne, 59, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, at her home surrounded by her family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Dan and Rosa …

  • Katherine Light

    Katherine Mathis Light, 78, of Chattanooga, died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, at her home. Katherine was born in Piedmont, Ala., but had lived in Chattanooga most of her life. She …

  • Rhonda McDowell

    Rhonda Harvey McDowell, 48, passed away Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, in a Chattanooga hospital. She was preceded in death by her father, Chester Allen Harvey. Survivors include her longtime companion, …

  • Lynn Meyer

    Lynn Meyer, a popular, retired Chattanooga teacher, died on Jan. 7, 2014, after a difficult struggle with cancer and a long hospitalization. Her body was willed to the University of …

  • Amy Mildram

    Amy Marie Salisbury Mildram, 91, of Hixson, passed away Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014. She was a member of St. Pauls Episcopal Church. Mrs. Mildram also served in the United States …

  • Kathleen Murphy

    Kathleen Darwin Murphy, 77, of Lookout Mountain, Ga., peacefully passed away at her home on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014. Kathleen was born on Sept. 23, 1935 in Chattanooga and was …

  • Margaret Nave

    Margaret Nave, 96, formerly of Chattanooga passed away Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Dallas, Texas. Condolences may be sent to www.lane-southcrestchapel.com. Service arrangements will be announced by the South Crest …

  • James Neely Jr.

    James Alvin Neely Jr., of East Ridge, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, at his home. He was born June 3, 1948 a son of the late James Alvin Neely …

  • Charles Newell

    Charles Lee Newell, 53, a lifelong resident of Harrison, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. At the time of his death he was employed as a conductor with Norfolk …

  • Nora Oliver

    Nora Colline Oliver, 81, of Harrison, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2013. She was preceded in death by her father and mother; husband, Robert T. …

  • Blanche Owens

    Blanche Millsaps Owens, 94, passed away at home on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Soddy-Daisy. As an elementary school teacher she spent …

  • Carol Parsons

    Carol Ann Parsons, 56, died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. She was predeceased by her parents, Julia "Judy" Henderson and French E. Hoge. Survivors include her husband, Gary Parsons, of Ringgold; …

  • Mark Payne

    Mark Payne, 53, of Rock Spring, Ga., passed away Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014. He was a U.S. Navy veteran. Mark was an avid motorcycle and car enthusiast; was adventurous, greatly …

  • Steven Reed

    Steven Brian Reed, 43, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. A resident of the North Georgia, Chattanooga area for the past 21 years, he was formerly of Robbins, N.C. Steven …

  • Phyllis Rowe

    Phyllis Rowe, of Chattanooga, entered the gates of Paradise into the arms of our Heavenly Father on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. She was preceded in death by her husband, James …

  • Napoleon Rutledge

    Napoleon Rutledge, of Chattanooga, passed away Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, at his residence. Arrangements will be announced by Taylor Funeral Home of Chattanooga Inc.

  • Justice Sanders

    Justice Matthew " The Smurf" Sanders, infant son of Matthew and Christy Sanders, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Cecil Sanders. Those …

  • Pamela Schreiner

    Pamela Ann Schreiner, 60, lost her battle with breast cancer Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 15, at First Lutheran Church, 2800 …

  • Louise Shipley

    Helen Louise Shipley, of Chattanooga, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Crosby, Texas. She was 82 years old. She was born in Swan Pond, Tenn., and was a …

  • Mary Ruth Sisson

    Mary Ruth Palmer "Aunt Ruthie" Sisson, 74, passed away Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, in a local hospital. Condolences may be sent to www.lane-southcrestchapel.com. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 …

  • Elma Jean Smith

    Elma Jean Bell Duggan Smith, 92, formerly of Chattanooga passed away Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, at her daughters home in South Carolina. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. …

  • Jeff Terry

    Jeffery Allan Terry, of Chattanooga, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles Terry and Charlotte Hickman. Survivors are his wife, Sharon Roberts …

  • Preston Walls

    Preston "Press" Walls, 87, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, at his home. Visitation is 4-9 p.m. CST today at Moore-Cortner Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. …

  • Minnie Wardlaw

    Minnie Mae Pettyjohn Wardlaw, 99, died Monday, Feb. 10, 2014. Surviving: daughter, Beth (David) Romine; granddaughter, Angela Hutchins; six great-grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. Saturday at Creek Baptist Church. Burial in …

  • Lily Wells

    Lily Hamill Wells, 89, of Chattanooga, died Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, in a local hospital. Arrangements will be announced by Heritage Funeral Home, 7454 East Brainerd Road.

  • Michael Wood

    Michael Vernon Wood, 68, departed this life Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, at his home. He was born in Gaffney, S.C., to the late Harley and Emmie Wood. Survivors include his …

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