Obituary Listing
Virginia Elizabeth Webb Haynes
Jun 24, 2012
Virginia Webb Haynes, 88 of Jasper, TN died Sunday, June 24, 2012 in a local nursing home. The daughter of the late Hubert and Martha Crowe Webb, she was of the Baptist faith and worked for 27 years as a secretary at Lodge Manufacturing. She was also a devoted homemaker and a loving mother, grandmother and mother-in-law. In addition...
Josie Mae Kirk Stewart
Jun 22, 2012
Josie Mae Kirk Stewart, 93, of South Pittsburg, TN died Friday, June 22, 2012 in a local healthcare facility. She attended Battle Creek Baptist Church and spent much of her time quilting, cooking and gardening. She was preceded in death by her parents, Rufus and Hazel Bass Kirk and seven siblings. She is survived by two daughters, Barbara Bradford...
Peggy Noell Morgan
Jun 20, 2012
Peggy Jean Noell Morgan, 85, of Jasper, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Peggy was born in Marion County, and attended Marion County High School where she was a member of the girls high school basketball team. She belonged to the Marion County Athletic Hall of Fame. She...
Libby Hutchins Hogan
Jun 15, 2012
Elizabeth "Libby" Hogan, 69, of Richard City, TN died Friday, June 15, 2012 at her home. Born in Russellville, Alabama to the late John Riley and Ila Mae Willis Hutchins, Libby attended the Catholic Church and taught Beauty School for many years in Peoria, Illinois. She loved needle-work of all sorts, especially crochet and was a voracious reader; often...
Betty Farris Reed
Jun 3, 2012
Mrs. Betty Farris Reed, 81, of New Hope, TN died Sunday, June 3, 2012 in a Chattanooga hospital. The daughter of the late Amos and Bernice Farris, she was a member of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in New Hope. She had worked at the Chattanooga News Free-Press, Brach Candy Company, Tokheim and the Pinecrest Restaurant, but spent the majority...
Willie Mae Barker Beattie
May 19, 2012
Willie Mae Barker Beattie, 89, long-time resident of Jasper, Tennessee, died Saturday, May 19, 2012, in a nursing facility near Florence, Alabama following an extended illness. Mrs. Beattie, affectionately known as "Billie" or "Baby Mae", was born October 26, 1922, in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, the daughter of Mose Easterly Barker and Willie Mae Jernigan Barker. She was the widow...
Daniel Kane Beau Durham
May 13, 2012
Daniel Kane "Beau" Durham, 32, unexpectedly went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 13, 2012. Born April 4, 1980 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, he was a lifelong resident of Signal Mountain. He was a 1998 graduate of the McCallie School and attended the University of Tennessee at Knoxville where he was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity....
Willie Pearl Pemberton
May 13, 2012
Pearl Pemberton, 88, of Jasper, TN, died Sunday, May 13, 2012, in a Chattanooga hospital. The daughter of the late Ed and Betsy Jane Brown Layne, she worked as a cook at Jasper Elementary School for many years and enjoyed cooking and trying new recipes at home. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jeff Ford Pemberton; daughter,...
Virgil C Thomas
May 11, 2012
Virgil C. Thomas, 99, of Kimball, TN died Friday, May 11, 2012. Born October 22, 1912 at Summerfield, TN to the late John William and Katherine Hunt Thomas, he had been a resident of Kimball, Tennessee since 1934 and was an active church member and leader with Churches of Christ. Mr. Thomas was a self employed coal miner for...
James Samuel Hunter
May 10, 2012
Sam Hunter, 82, of South Pittsburg, died early Thursday morning in a Chattanooga health care facility after an extended illness. The son of the late Lee and Sarah Parker Hunter, he was a descendent of Marion County pioneers in the Battle Creek/Sweedens Cove area. He was a graduate of South Pittsburg High School and McKinsey Business College, a member...
Brenda Joan Jackson
May 9, 2012
Mrs. Brenda Patton Jackson, 70, of South Pittsburg, TN, passed away at her home on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. The daughter of the late Chris and Vella Mae Lamberson Patton, she was also preceded in death by a sister, Annetta Jo Patton Edwards. She was a lifelong member of Mt. Bethlehem Baptist Church, had worked as a nurse for...
Ann Hill Freeman
May 7, 2012
Ann Freeman Ann Hill Freeman, 76, of South Pittsburg, TN, died Monday, May 7, 2012, at her home. The daughter of the late Pierce Alexander and Margaret Bradford Hill, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Buddy Freeman, brother, John Walter Hill and sister, Rose Cagle. She is survived by her son, Pete Ridley of Jasper; grandchildren,...
Lola Bea Cooper
May 6, 2012
Lola B. Smith Cooper, 84, of Jasper, Tennessee, passed away at her home Sunday, May 6th. She was a long time member of the Tabernacle Baptist Church of Jasper. She was preceded in death by mother and father, Charlsie Corbin Smith and James Whit Smith; her husband, D. O. Cooper; and her son, George Wayman Cooper. She is survived...
Rev John Goforth
May 3, 2012
Rev. John Goforth, 84, went home to be with the Lord May 3, 2012. He was preceded in death by his wife, Willie Mae (Boots) Tuders Goforth; daughter, Treva Lois and infant son; parents, Oscar and Jesse Goforth; brothers, Vadell, Joe and Paul Goforth; sisters, Catherine Brown and Shirley Goins. He leaves to cherish his memory a loving companion,...
Barry Clayton Swafford
May 2, 2012
Master Chief Fire Control Technician (Submarines), Clay Swafford, USN (Ret.), 49, of Munfordville, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2012. Clay was born November 30, 1962, in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, the middle child of Bufford Clayton and Carol Bellomy Swafford. Clay graduated from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in Workforce Education and Development. Clay enlisted in the Navy August...
Doris Ketner Estes
Apr 21, 2012
Doris Ketner Estes, 87, of Chattanooga, and resident of East Brainerd for 42 years, peacefully departed this life to enter her heavenly home on Saturday, April 21, 2012. Doris was born on December 20, 1924, in Chickamauga, Ga. She was a graduate of McKenzie Business School and shortly after was employed as an office assistant to a prominent late...
James Shorty Taylor
Apr 15, 2012
James Y. "Shorty" Taylor, 89, of South Pittsburg, TN, died at his home on Sunday, April 15, 2012. The son of the late Harbin and Julia Minnie Madarius Taylor, he was the former owner of Volunteer Machine Shop, had worked for many years as a tool and die maker at Revere in Scottsboro, AL, and had worked moving mobile...
Alvin Ray Ball
Apr 14, 2012
Mr. Alvin Ray Ball, 86, of Guild, TN, died at his home on Saturday, April 14, 2012. Born in Polk County to the late Alvin G. and Ola Kimsey Ball, he lived most of his life in Guild. Ray served in the US Navy during WWII, graduated from ETSU in 1952, received his Masters in Education from the University...
Joyce Smith Miller
Apr 11, 2012
Joyce Smith "Joy" Miller, 65, of Lexington, AL, formerly of Bridgeport, AL, died Wednesday, April 11, 2012 following a courageous battle with cancer. The daughter of the late Andrew Monroe Smith, Jr. and Katherine Payne Smith, she was a clerk at Bellefonte and Browns Ferry Nuclear Plants for 10 years until she retired from the public workforce to become...
James Elam Holder
Apr 6, 2012
James Elam Holder, 86, died April 6, 2012 at his home in Tuscaloosa, AL. Brother Holder is survived by his daughter, Deborah, and her husband, Major General (Ret) Russell Cotney of Memphis, TN; his son, Clay Holder and his wife, Shellie, of Tuscaloosa, AL; and his son, Dr. Paul Holder and his wife, Shannon, of Colonial Heights, VA. He...
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