Obituaries
Bruce Michael Fielden
Aug 25, 2021
Bruce Michael “Mike” Fielden, age 65, passed away Wednesday afternoon, August 25, 2021 at Rhea Medical Center in Dayton. He was born on February 21, 1956 in Knoxville. Mike was also preceded in death by his father, Jack Fielden and his brother, Richard Fielden. Mike retired after more than 30 years at TVA where he worked in the Power Systems...
Linda Wolfe Borne
Aug 23, 2021
Linda Wolfe Borne, age 60 of Dallas, GA, and formerly of Rhea County, TN, passed away on Monday, August 23, 2021, at Paulding County Medical Center in Hiram, GA. She was born on March 13, 1961, in Rhea County, the daughter of the late Athan B. and Bonnie (Ray) Wolfe. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Wendell...
Mike Howard
Aug 23, 2021
John Michael “Mike” Howard, age 59, passed away on Monday, August 23, 2021 at Rhea Medical Center in Dayton. He was born on December 31, 1961 in Rhea County, the son of the late John Baxter Howard and Larue (McKinney) Howard. Mike lived in Sale Creek all of his life. He was a Sale Creek high school graduate Class of...
Ron Underwood
Aug 23, 2021
Rev. Ronald “Ron” Alan Underwood, age 65 of Dayton, passed away on Monday, August 23, 2021, at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga. He was born on April 20, 1956, in Knoxville, TN, the son of the late Rev. D. W. Underwood and Margaret (Troglin) Underwood. He was also preceded in death by his two brothers, Daniel Joseph and Gary Lee Underwood....
Peter K. H. Dartsch
Aug 22, 2021
Peter K. H. Dartsch, age 73 of Dayton Mountain, passed away on Sunday, August 22, 2021, at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga. He was born in Germany on August 18, 1948, the son of the late Otto and Hildegard (Schmitz) Dartsch. He was also preceded in death by his daughter, Jessica Dawn Dartsch; his granddaughter, Tatum Dartsch; and his grandson,...
Leland Schild Grant
Aug 21, 2021
Leland Schild Grant, age 80 of Huntsville, AL, and formerly of Chattanooga, passed away on Saturday, August 21, 2021, at Huntsville Memorial Hospital. He was born on March 9, 1941, in Dayton, TN, to the late Leland F. and Pauline (Schild) Grant. He lived in Huntsville since 2015 and lived previously in Chattanooga where he was a security officer at...
Wenell Jasper Dunn
Aug 10, 2021
Wenell Jasper Dunn, age 59 of Cleveland, TN passed away Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at Tennova Healthcare in Cleveland, TN. He was born on November 9, 1961 in Rossville, GA. Wenell was preceded in death by his father, Robert Wenell Dunn. Wenell lived in Cleveland for many years. He was a Rhea County High School graduate and served his country...
William Moreland "Bill" Bishop Jr.
Aug 6, 2021
William Moreland “Bill” Bishop Jr. passed away August 6, 2021, in Murrieta, CA. He was born May 25, 1931, in Placerville, El Dorado County, CA, to William Moreland Bishop and Gladys Ila (Henry) Bishop, the first of five sons. After graduating from high school in Lomita, CA, Bill was employed at the worldwide petrochemical engineering company, C F Braun &...
Clarence Sparks
Aug 5, 2021
Clarence Sparks, age 68 of Dayton, passed away early Thursday morning, August 5, 2021 at Hospice of Chattanooga. He was born on September 16, 1952 in Peru, IN, the son of the late Lemon Sparks and Ethel Ousley Sparks. Clarence was also preceded in death by his wife, Rita Harlene (Sloan) Sparks. Clarence lived in Dayton since 2006. He served...
Cora Diane Newby
Aug 5, 2021
Cora Diane Newby, age 16, of Dayton, passed away at her home in Dayton on Thursday, August 5, 2021. She was born on June 2, 2005 in Chattanooga. Cora was a Rhea County High School student and a member of the New Union Baptist Church. She is survived by her parents, James and Robin Newby of Dayton; her grandparents, Rev....
Bradley Smithyman
Jul 30, 2021
Bradley Smithyman passed away at his home on Dayton Mountain on Friday, July 30, 2021. He was born in Los Angeles, CA, on October 22, 1958, the son of the late Kenneth Goodwin Smithyman and Norma Jean (Strawn) Smithyman. He moved to Dayton in 2016, was a commercial and residential painter, and enjoyed gardening and fishing. He is survived by...
Shirley Ross Megaris
Jul 30, 2021
Shirley Ross Megaris, age 80 of Graysville, entered the presence of the Lord on Friday afternoon, July 30, 2021, at Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loving family. She was born on February 19, 1941, in Knoxville, the daughter of the late William Oscar and Martha (Brewer) Pratt. Shirley was also preceded in death by her two brothers, Tommy Pratt and...
Kenneth Lee "Batman" Boutwell
Jul 28, 2021
Kenneth Lee “Batman” Boutwell, age 76 of Evensville, passed away on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at Rhea Medical Center in Dayton. He was born on May 6, 1945 in Greenville, AL, the son of the late Ernest Lee Boutwell and Edna Belle (Schultz) Boutwell. Ken was raised in Greenville, AL, and moved to Rhea County in 1984. He was the...
Chester Smith
Jul 27, 2021
Chester Smith, age 74 of Graysville, passed away on Tuesday morning, July 28, 2021 at Rhea Medical Center. He was born on February 22, 1947 in the Pitts Gap Community on Graysville Mountain, the son of the late Howard Smith and Emma (Kizzar) Smith. Chester was also preceded in death by his two brothers, Melvin Smith and Arthur Smith. Chester...
Carol Ann Bitler
Jul 22, 2021
Carol Ann Bitler, age 75 of Dayton, passed away Thursday, July 22, 2021, at Rhea Medical Center in Dayton, TN. She was born and raised in Myerstown, PA and she graduated from Duke Nursing School. She served many years as an LPN in the ER and ICU helping people recover from their worst moments. She ended her professional career at...
David Alan Anderson
Jul 17, 2021
David Alan Anderson, age 64, of Spring City passed away on Saturday, July 17, 2021, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. He was born in Delaware County, PA, on November 5, 1956, the son of the late Forrest Magruder Anderson and Dorothy Ann (Dowrick) Anderson. He was the owner and operator of a semi-truck business serving East Tennessee, Georgia,...
Roy Lloyd "Buddy" Bunch
Jul 16, 2021
Roy Lloyd “Buddy” Bunch, age 89, passed away on Friday, July 16, 2021, at his home in Dayton. He was born in Dayton on February 22, 1932, the son of the late Roy Lloyd Bunch and Beulah Mae (Wilkey) Bunch. He was also preceded in death by his former wife, Hester (Rice) Bunch; his daughter, Cynthia Bunch; two brothers, William...
Earleen Cox
Jul 12, 2021
Emma Earleen Cox, age 85, of Dayton, passed away Monday, July 12, 2021 at Spring City Care & Rehab. She was born on September 26, 1935 in Dayton, the daughter of the late Leonard Leroy Sneed and Ruth (Janow) Sneed. Earleen was also preceded in death by her husband, Ray Reginald Cox; her son, Jimmie Cox; daughter, Vickie Cox; grandson,...
Richard Charles Orlowske
Jul 10, 2021
Richard Charles Orlowske, age 65, of Evensville, passed away Saturday, July 10, 2021 at Rhea Medical Center in Dayton. He was born on January 12, 1956, the son of the late John Guss Orlowske and Elizabeth Marie (Duff) Orlowske. Richard lived in Evensville and was previously from NY. He studied at the Bryant & Stratton College in Buffalo, NY and...
"Papa Jim" Vanderwall
Jul 7, 2021
Jim Vanderwall LaQuinta, CA James Edward Vanderwall, “Papa Jim”, of LaQuinta, CA, formerly of Norton Shores, MI, went home to his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday, July 7, 2021 at the age of 92. Jim was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. Jim was born on May 11, 1929 in Muskegon, MI to Edward and Bertha (Hanekamp) Vanderwall....
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries
SUPPORT AFTER A LOSS
Circle of Friends+ provides you with resources on grief support and settling affairs, sent to you via text and email.