Obituaries
Dale Lee Hunter
Sep 28, 2024
Rev. Dale Lee Hunter, age 79 of Evensville, passed away on Saturday, September 28, 2024, at his home. He was born on July 21, 1945, in Thirtyfour Corner, Missouri, the son of the late Raymond and Sylvia (Biven) Hunter. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Gary Hunter. Dale lived in Kelseyville, California before moving to Evensville in...
Anna "Cil" Pelfrey
Sep 27, 2024
Anna “Cil” Pelfrey, age 91 of Dayton, passed away at Spring City Care and Rehabilitation Center on Friday, September 27, 2024. She was born on September 9, 1933, in Hanau, Germany, the daughter of the late Karl Berglehner and Anna (Gast) Berglehner. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert Pelfrey; and her son, David Pelfrey. Cil was...
Joe Russell Dyer
Sep 26, 2024
Joe Russell Dyer of Dayton, Tennessee, went home to be with the Lord and to be reunited with his beloved wife, Leta, on September 26, 2024. The son of the late Norman Dyer and Gwen (Meek) Dyer, who survives him, Joe was born in Dayton on January 14, 1952. He and the late Leta (Gravett) Dyer were married for nearly...
James Elvin Miles Jr
Sep 23, 2024
James Elvin Miles Jr., age 75 of Dayton Mountain, passed away on Monday, September 23, 2024, in Graysville. He was born in Oakland, CA on July 27, 1949, the son of the late James Elvin Miles Sr. and Ruth Alene Price. James proudly served his country in the U.S. Army in Viet Nam. He lived in Fresno, CA before moving...
M. Jewell Frazier
Sep 20, 2024
M. Jewell Frazier, age 80 of Dayton Mountain, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her family on Friday, September 20, 2024, to be with her Lord and Savior. She was born in Monroe County on December 21, 1943, the daughter of the late Thomas Ross Cook, Sr. and Lula (Lowry) Cook. She was also preceded in death by...
Carl Eugene "Gene" Holden
Sep 18, 2024
Carl Eugene “Gene” Holden, age 91 of Laurel, Maryland, passed away at Baltimore VA Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, on Wednesday, September 18, 2024. He was born in Dayton, Tennessee, on August 16, 1933, the son of the late James Wendell Holden and Viola (Holland) Holden. He was also preceded in death by his granddaughter, Lacie Holden. Gene was born...
Carol Louise Shearer
Sep 17, 2024
Carol Louise Shearer, age 90 of Birchwood, passed away at The Lantern at Morning Point in Collegedale on Tuesday, September 17, 2024. She was born on October 10, 1933, in California, the daughter of the late Victor Malcolm and Harriet Louise Johnson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, John Shearer; and son, Robert Lockman. Carol lived in...
Corey Laine Roberts
Sep 14, 2024
Corey Laine Roberts, age 37 of Dayton Mountain, passed away at his home on Saturday, September 14, 2024. He was born in Chattanooga on February 27, 1987, the son of Michael Roberts and Kimberly (Capps) Lane, who both survive him. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Lee and Ruby Roberts and Donald Capps, and his niece, Adia Jane...
Verna Hughes Jordan
Sep 14, 2024
Verna Hughes Jordan, age 92 of Hickory, North Carolina, and formerly of Rhea County, passed away at UNC Health Blue Ridge in Morganton, North Carolina, on Saturday, September 14, 2024. She was born in Evensville, Tennessee, on March 31, 1932, the daughter of the late John Howard and Lenis (Thurman) Hughes. She was also preceded in death by her husband,...
Stella Mae Keylon
Sep 13, 2024
Stella Mae Keylon, 78 of Dayton, Tennessee, born on October 29, 1945, went home to be with her lord and savior on Friday, September 13, 2024. Stella was preceded in death by her parents, Jehu F. Keylon and Louise “Miss Blue” Keylon; brothers, Charles “Blue” Keylon, Donnie Keylon, Sam Keylon, John “Pee Wee” (Wanda) Keylon, and Elmer Johnson; sister, Clarcy...
Billie Jean Doty
Sep 11, 2024
Billie Jean Sandefur (Mrs. James W.) Doty, 93, Dayton, TN, died September 11, 2024. Born on Feb. 14, 1931, in Eva, TN, she was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, James W. Doty, sister, Ernestine S. Belyew, Columbus, GA, and her parents, James Lester Sandefur and Rubye Chloe Pafford Sandefur. She lived in Oak Ridge, TN, during...
Tokiko Jensen
Sep 10, 2024
Tokiko Sato Jensen, age 94 of Dayton, passed away at Life Care of Rhea County on Tuesday, September 10, 2024. She was born in South Korea on February 6, 1930, the daughter of the late Katsutaro and Toki Sato. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Bent Jensen. Tokiko was a child living in Hiroshima when it was...
Judith "Judy" Anne Frechette
Sep 9, 2024
Judith “Judy” Anne Frechette, age 78 of Dunlap, entered into rest on Monday, September 9, 2024, at her home. She was born in West Warwick, Rhode Island, on July 25, 1946, the daughter of the late Aldege Duquette and Anita (Ouellette) Duquette. Judy lived in Dunlap since 2018 after living in the Laurelbrook Community on Dayton Mountain for many years....
Barbara Ann Lenning Rowe
Sep 2, 2024
Barbara Ann Lenning Rowe, age 90 of Evensville, passed away at her home on Monday, September 2, 2024. She was born on October 8, 1933, in Brookhaven, Georgia, the daughter of the late Lawrence W. White and Nellie Ruth (Jackson) White. She was preceded in death by her two husbands, Grady E. Lenning, Sr. and Don M. Rowe; her two...
Wendell "June Bug" Winston Billingsley Jr
Aug 28, 2024
Wendell “June Bug” Winston Billingsley, Jr., age 55 of Soddy-Daisy, passed away on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, at Parkridge ER in Soddy-Daisy. He was born on August 12, 1969, the son of the late Wendell Billingsley, Sr. and Cleopatra (Page) Billingsley. June Bug lived in Soddy-Daisy most of his life, graduating from Soddy-Daisy High School Class of 1987. He served...
Robert "Bob" Dexter Andrews
Aug 26, 2024
Robert Dexter Andrews “Bob”, age 79, entered peacefully into the presence of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on August 26, 2024, after a courageous battle with numerous health issues. Bob was born July 5, 1945 to the late Dexter Otto and Viola Beardsley Andrews in Edmore, Michigan. He has resided in Dayton, TN since 1972. Bob is survived by...
Gary Wayne Lewis
Aug 26, 2024
Gary Wayne Lewis, age 77 of Sale Creek, passed away at his home on Monday, August 26, 2024. He was born in Hamilton, Ohio, on February 4, 1947, the son of the late Kenneth Lewis and Sylvia (Hacker) Lewis who survives him. He was also preceded in death by his son, Steven “Craig” Lewis. Gary lived in Sale Creek for...
Sylvia Louise Spinney
Aug 23, 2024
Sylvia Louise Spinney, age 86 of Dayton, passed away at Parkridge Medical Center in Chattanooga on Friday, August 23, 2024. She was the daughter of the late Leon John West and Edna Marie (Deming) West. Sylvia was a school bus driver and is survived by her husband of 70 years, Delwin Edgar Spinney of Dayton and her daughter, Kathy Gould...
Corinne Julia Takacs
Aug 19, 2024
Corinne Julia Takacs, age 87 of Dayton, passed away on Monday, August 19, 2024, at her home. She was born in Howell, MI, on October 27, 1936, the daughter of the late Robert and Gertrude (Street) Story. She was also preceded in death by her beloved husbands, Lawrence William Smith in 2006, and Joe Takacs in 2023. Corinne was employed...
Jan Coxey Travis
Aug 15, 2024
Jeanelle “Jan” Travis, age 90 of Dayton, passed away on Thursday, August 15, 2024, at her home. She was born in Dayton, on November 22, 1933, the daughter of the late Gother and Nellie (Hafley) Coxey. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Charles Travis; her son, Michael Travis; and her six siblings, Noel Coxey, York Coxey, Catherine...
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