Obituary Listing

Sandra Bishop Holton

Sandra Bishop Holton

Jun 6, 2013

Sandra Bishop Holton, 69, of Marietta, died Thursday, June 6, 2013. A native of South Pittsburg, Tennessee, Mrs. Holton had lived in Marietta for 46 years. She held a Masters Degree in Education from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and a Masters Degree in Education from Georgia State University. She was retired from the Cobb County Board of...

Shirley Coffelt Robbins

Shirley Coffelt Robbins

Jun 5, 2013

Shirley Coffelt Robbins, 77, of South Pittsburg, TN died Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at her home. The daughter of the late John and Sally McCanless Coffelt, she was a personal caregiver in private homes for many years. She was preceded in death by her son, Jeffery Dewayne Coffelt and brother, Wayne Coffelt. She is survived by her sons, Michael...

Willie Mae King Collins

Willie Mae King Collins

Jun 3, 2013

Willie Mae King Collins, 90, of South Pittsburg, TN died Monday, June 3, 2013 at her home following a brief illness. The daughter of the late Charles Thomas and Julia Frances Caldwell King, she was the widow of Raymond C. Collins and a former employee of TVA, Judge A.F. Sloan, South Pittsburg Elementary School and First Bank of Marion...

Betty Louise Roberson Grimes

Betty Louise Roberson Grimes

May 26, 2013

Betty Louise Roberson Grimes, 79, of the Kelly's Ferry Community in Chattanooga, formerly of Long Island, Alabama, died Sunday, May 26, 2013 in a Chattanooga hospital. The daughter of the late Charles Isam and Margaret Alice Bates Roberson, she was of the Methodist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Johnny Hershel Grimes and brothers, AC, Sam...

Billy Curtis

Billy Curtis

May 25, 2013

Billy Curtis, 64, of Jasper, TN died Saturday, May 25, 2013 in a Chattanooga hospital. Burial was in Lasater Cemetery in Sequatchie, TN on Sunday, May 26th. At the request of Mr. Curtis, there were no formal services.

Nathaniel Curington

Nathaniel Curington

May 24, 2013

Surrounded by his loving family, Nathaniel Curington Sr., AKA's (Neely and G.I. Brown) took his final bow May 24, 2013. He was born May 15, 1934, in South Pittsburg TN. Daddy, exited this world in a very dignified and peaceful manner. He was a decorated Korean War Veteran, receiving the Purple Heart at the age of 16. Dad was...

Rayma Condra Hogan

Rayma Condra Hogan

May 23, 2013

Rayma Condra Hogan, 84 of Jasper, TN, died Wednesday, May 23, 2013. The daughter of the late Frank and Mae Condra, she was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Jasper. She was also a member of the Garden Club, Bridge Club and the Eastern Star and had worked as a secretary at TVA. She was also preceded...

Nellie Mae Smith Hess

Nellie Mae Smith Hess

May 22, 2013

Nellie Hess Nellie Mae Smith Hess, 94, of Kimball, Tennessee, and a former resident of Grundy County, died Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in a local nursing home. The daughter of the late John Lewis and Martha Tennessee Smith she was a member of Kimball Church of Christ and a former member of the Mountain Beautiful Garden Club in Tracy...

Susan Kirkpatrick

Susan Kirkpatrick

May 21, 2013

Susan Kirkpatrick, 37, of Cookeville, TN died unexpectedly on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in a Cookeville, TN hospital. A native of South Pittsburg, TN, she was a 1994 graduate of South Pittsburg High School where she was a member of the Beta Club, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, played Basketball and Volleyball and was the Band Drum Major. She...

Thelma Harris Peardon Russell

Thelma Harris Peardon Russell

May 19, 2013

Thelma Harris Peardon-Russell, 88, of the Ladds Community near Jasper, TN, died Sunday, May 19, 2013 in a Chattanooga hospital. She was born September 1, 1924 in Spring City, TN to the late Calvin and Jeanette Newby Harris. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Marion Carl Peardon, Sr.; husband, Homer Russell; daughter, Brenda Peardon; three sisters...

Benjamin Lee Williams

Benjamin Lee Williams

May 11, 2013

Benjamin Lee Williams, 81, of South Pittsburg, TN died Saturday, May 11, 2013 in Winchester, TN. The son of the late Arthur Fredrick and Marian Dorothy Lundberg Williams, he was a US Air Force Veteran and a former employee of Washington Gas Light. Survivors include two sisters, Jean Burtz of Moultrie, Georgia and Mabel W. Nelson of South Pittsburg,...

Verna Gilliam Stephens

Verna Gilliam Stephens

May 10, 2013

Verna Stephens, 89, a lifelong resident of the Battle Creek Community, went home to be with the Lord on May 10, 2013 surrounded by all of her family. She was the daughter of the late Thomas J. and Pauline Lewis Gilliam. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Billy Joe Stephens, beloved sister-in-law, Bettye Jewell Chance and...

Robert Ray King

Robert Ray King

Apr 29, 2013

Robert Ray King, 65, of South Pittsburg, TN died Monday, April 29, 2013 at his home. The son of the late Gertrude (Hall) and John King, Jr., he was a US Army veteran and a former employee of Lodge Manufacturing having retired in 2009. He was of the Methodist Faith and was preceded in death by his parents; ex-wife,...

Evan E Millard

Evan E Millard

Apr 23, 2013

Evan E. Millard, age 80, died Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at his home. Evan was a native of Chattanooga, TN, but lived for several years in Orlando, FL and Dickson, TN before moving near his son, Guy, in South Pittsburg, TN. He was a branch manager of Redisco, Inc., a subsidiary of American Motors Corporation for many years in...

Thomas Reed Huckabee

Thomas Reed Huckabee

Apr 17, 2013

Thomas Reed Huckabee, 92, of South Pittsburg, TN, died Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at his home. The son of the late Tommy Richard and Mary Sue Layne Huckabee, he was a US Army Veteran of World War II and a member of Marion Lodge 515 F&AM. He was also a member of First Baptist Church, South Pittsburg. He is...

Mary Davis Graham

Mary Davis Graham

Apr 11, 2013

Mary Davis Graham, 85, of South Pittsburg, TN died Thursday, April 11, 2013 in a local nursing home. The daughter of the late James F. and Daisy Davis, she was a retired employee of South Pittsburg Municipal Hospital and a member of Midway Baptist Church where she had taught Sunday School and Vacation Bible School. She was preceded in...

William 'Bill' Swafford

William 'Bill' Swafford

Apr 9, 2013

William "Bill" Swafford, 85, of Jasper, TN died Tuesday, April 9, 2013. The son of the late U.G. and Mary Graham Swafford, he was a native of Jasper and a graduate of the University of Chattanooga. He was a US Navy Veteran of World War II and a member of the Church of Christ in South Pittsburg, TN. In...

Joe Billy Rogers

Joe Billy Rogers

Mar 30, 2013

Joe Billy Rogers, 75 of Jasper, Tennessee died Saturday at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, TN. He was the son of the late Earl and Maudie Webb Rogers and brother of the late John Ed Rogers. He retired from General Electric Corporation and then established his business J&J Escort Service. He was a member of the Olive Branch Masonic Lodge...

Ann Anderson Sherrill

Ann Anderson Sherrill

Mar 30, 2013

Ann Anderson Sherrill, age 103, of South Pittsburg, TN passed away on Saturday, March 30, 2013 at the Bridge at South Pittsburg. She was a faithful member of Holly Avenue United Methodist Church in South Pittsburg for 72 years, a former member of the United Methodist Women and the Bean Williamson Sunday School Class. She was preceded in death...

Odell Phipps Hicks

Odell Phipps Hicks

Mar 24, 2013

Annie Odell Phipps Hicks passed away on March 24, 2013 at NHC of Sequatchie in Dunlap, Tennessee. Odell was born April 2, 1917 to the late Perry B. and Minnie Roberson Phipps. She was also preceded by her loving grandson, Chuck Jones, sister, Etta Mae Thompson and brothers, Richard, Dewey, Clone and Perry Phipps. She is survived by her...