Obituaries
Kate Mariane Losey
May 17, 2026
Kate Mariane Losey, age 96 of Dayton, passed away at Life Care of Rhea County on Sunday, May 17, 2026. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 19, 1929, the daughter of the late Karl and Margit (Akselsen) Wilhelmsen. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert Losey.
Kate called New York home before relocating to Dayton...
Margie Lee Martin
May 17, 2026
Margie Lee Martin, age 89 of Dayton, passed away at her home on May 17, 2026. She was born at home in Evensville, Tennessee, on November 5, 1936, the daughter of Lee and Myrtle (Kring) Henderson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Odis Tate “Jack” Martin in 2021.
Margie proudly graduated from Spring City High School and went...
Larry "Gene" Roberts
May 15, 2026
Larry “Gene” Roberts, age 85 of Spring City, passed away at his home on Friday, May 15, 2026. He was born in Chattanooga on August 12, 1940, the son of the late Harry Roberts and Bertie (Poston) Roberts. He was also preceded in death by his wife Elizabeth “Betty” (Phillips) Roberts.
Gene graduated from Oak Ridge High School and proudly served...
Rickie Crowe
May 13, 2026
Rickie Crowe, age 66 of Dayton, passed away at his home on May 13, 2026. He was born in Evensville on September 20, 1959, the son of the late William “Bill” Crowe and Erfene (Gothard) Crowe. He was also preceded in death by his wife Marian Lynn (Hicks) Crowe; his sisters, Kathy Edwards and Billie Thomas; and his brother, Tommy...
Edna Faye Roberts
May 12, 2026
Edna Faye Roberts, 87, passed away on Tuesday, May 12th, 2026. She was born on October 3, 1938, in Bledsoe County, TN, to Milton and Elizabeth Thurman Dunn. She was preceded in death by her parents and siblings Charles Dunn, Genevieve Daniel, Clovella Daniel, Joyce Carter, and Daniel Dunn. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 20...
Perry Lee Cowan
May 9, 2026
Perry Lee Cowan, age 75 of Evensville, passed safely home to his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at CHI Memorial in Chattanooga on Saturday, May 9, 2026. He was born in Hawthorne, California, on October 4, 1950, the son of the late August Truman Cowan and Lilly May (Hornby) Cowan. He was also preceded in death by his stepson, David...
Regina Connell Hogue
May 7, 2026
Regina (Connell) Hogue, age 85 of Dayton, TN, passed away at Rhea Medical Center in Dayton on Thursday, May 7, 2026. She was born in Wise County, VA, on March 16, 1941, the daughter of the late Carl James Connell and Georgia (Wells) Connell.
Regina called Rhea County home for nearly four decades, having settled there in 1987 after ten years...
Evelyn Lucy Silva
May 6, 2026
Evelyn Lucy Silva was born sleeping on May 6, 2026. Evelyn was the deeply loved and longed for baby of Alexandre Vieira Silva and Anna Silva.
She leaves behind her siblings, Estella and Isaiah; her paternal grandparents, Alexandre and Alcilene Silva; her maternal grandparents, Fred and Juanita Duong; and multiple aunts, uncles, cousins, and other family members. All she ever knew...
Bruce Alan Beene
May 4, 2026
Bruce Alan Beene, age 65 of Graysville, passed away at Rhea Medical Center on Monday, May 4, 2026. He was born in Chattanooga on June 10, 1960, the son of the late Reece Anderson Beene and Lillian Irene (Collins) Beene. He was also preceded in death by his sister, Becky Beene.
Bruce was a lifelong Graysville resident who proudly graduated from...
Stanislaw Andrzej Grzymala-Siedlecki IV
Apr 28, 2026
In Loving Memory of Stanisław Andrzej Grzymała-Siedlecki IV “Stan”
Old Market Square · Poznań, Poland
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Born · September 28, 1932 · Warsaw, Poland
Died · April 28, 2026 · Chattanooga, Tennessee
Spoczywaj w pokoju, Tato.
Stanisław Andrzej Grzymała-Siedlecki IV
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Stanisław “Stan” Siedlecki, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, died on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, of complications related to dementia. He was 93. His life spanned...
Gerald Wayne Rothwell
Apr 26, 2026
Gerald Wayne Rothwell, 79, a resident of Dayton, Tennessee, went home to be with the Lord and other loved ones on Sunday, April 26, 2026. Gerald was of the Baptist faith, a member of Elkmont Baptist Church in Cleveland, Tennessee.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Herman and Carrie (Gill) Rothwell; his loving wife, Deborah K. Wampler Rothwell; his...
Sandra Michelle Thompson
Apr 21, 2026
“If there’s a heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached to it.” Jimmy Buffet.
Just days before her 60th birthday, Sandra (“Sandi”) Michelle Thompson of Crossville, TN, passed away in Spring City, TN, on April 21, 2026. She was born in St. Augustine, FL, on April 25, 1966, the daughter of the late Charles Francis Erke and Linda...
Thomas "Bo" Kelley
Apr 21, 2026
Thomas “Bo” Kelley, age 78 of Dayton, passed away at his home on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. He was born in Dayton in “Kelley Holler” on February 22, 1948, the son of the late Harmon H. “Shag” Kelley and Bertha Lavada (Gennoe) Kelley. He was also preceded in death by his sisters, Dean, Vivian “Bib,” Nina, and Shirley.
Bo was a...
Emilio Robert Calderin
Apr 14, 2026
Emilio Robert Calderin, age 41 of Dayton, passed away at his home on Tuesday, April 14, 2026. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 20, 1984, the son of Emilio Manuel Calderin and the late Catherine (Devlin) Calderin.
A Levittown, Pennsylvania native, Emilio developed a lifelong love of baseball that took him to the American Legion level. He later settled...
Ruth Ann Wilson
Apr 11, 2026
Ruth Ann Wilson, age 78 of Dayton, passed away at her home early on Saturday, April 11, 2026. She was born in Warren, Ohio, on July 28, 1947, the daughter of the late Russell Orland Whiteleather and Ruth Janette (Evans) Whiteleather. She was also preceded in death by her brothers, Russell Whiteleather, Richard Whiteleather, Randolph Whiteleather, and Ronald Whiteleather.
Ruth spent...
Imo Lynn Ferry
Apr 11, 2026
Imo Lynn Ferry, age 64 of Dayton, passed away at her home on Saturday, April 11, 2026. She was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on March 1, 1962, the daughter of the late Bernard Alley and Margaret (Jones) Alley. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Henry Lee Ferry.
Imo was a lifelong Rhea County resident who had a deep...
George Edward Blake
Apr 3, 2026
George Edward Blake, 88, of Sale Creek, Tennessee, peacefully passed away at home, surrounded by his loving family, on April 3, 2026. George was born on April 4, 1937, to Virgil and Mary Blake. He spent his life in Sale Creek, a town he always held dear.
George is survived by his wife, Charlotte F. Blake. He married Charlotte on June...
Darlene Renee Lumsden
Apr 1, 2026
Darlene Renee Lumsden, age 87 of Sale Creek, passed away on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Rock Spring, Georgia. She was born in Chicago, Illinois, on July 12, 1938, the daughter of the late James and Marie (Boesch) Yuhas. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Lumsden.
She called Sale Creek home from 2016, having relocated from Hendersonville,...
Jacqueline Louise Carr
Mar 31, 2026
Jacqueline Louise Carr, age 93 of Dayton, passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, at her home. She was born in Graysville, on June 24, 1932, the daughter of the late Ralph Hughes and Jimmie Ruth (Green) Hughes. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Carr; her daughter, J. Michele Keylon; and her brothers, James Hughes and...
William David Brown
Mar 28, 2026
William David Brown, age 59 of Spring City, passed away at his daughter’s home early on Saturday, March 28, 2026. He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on April 17, 1966, the son of the late Stanley J. Brown and Joan (Palmer) Brown.
Before making Spring City his home in 2016, William spent his years in Louisiana, where he captained push...
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