Obituaries

Joe Dickson Corlew

Joe Dickson Corlew

Feb 26, 2013

Joe Dickson Corlew, age 83, of Dayton died Tuesday, February 26, 2013 in Chattanooga. He was born August 21, 1929 in Charlotte, TN to the late William Parks and Thelma (Loggins) Corlew. He was also preceded in death by his wife Sarah Ann (Mize) Corlew. A resident of Dayton for the past 25 years, he retired from Dupont as a...

William Henry Helrigel

William Henry Helrigel

Feb 21, 2013

William Henry Helrigel, age 92, died Thursday, February 21, 2013 at Life Care of Red Bank. He was born July 23, 1920 in Kalamazoo, MI to the late William H. and Alta Mae (Bell) Helrigel. He was also preceded in death by his wife Isabel (Nixon) Helrigel. He lived in Albion, MI from 1939 until 1982, then in Hendersonville, NC...

Marguerite Gillespie

Marguerite Gillespie

Feb 16, 2013

Marguerite Gillespie, age 99 of Fort Myers, FL, died Saturday, February 16, 2013 in Fort Myers. She was born September 21, 1913 in Dayton, TN to the late Sam and Marietta (Walker) Fraley. She was also preceded in death by her husband Wendell Gillespie, brothers Levi, Clay, Ray and Jennings and sisters Delia, Pearl and Mebbie. Marguerite lived many years...

Terry Lynn Wilson

Terry Lynn Wilson

Feb 14, 2013

Terry Lynn Wilson, age 45, of Dayton died Thursday, February 14, 2013 in Decatur, TN. He was born May 17, 1967 in Dayton. A resident of Dayton most of his life, Terry was employed at Family Dollar. He is survived by his wife, Rachel (Evans) Wilson, his son, Nicholas Wilson, his father, Thomas (June) Wilson, his mother, Rhoda (Robert) Smith,...

Virginia Louise Green

Virginia Louise Green

Feb 11, 2013

Virginia Louise Green, age 89 of Dayton, died Monday February 11, 2013 at the Life Care Center of Rhea County. She was born May 15, 1923 in Oliver Springs to the late Patrick and Josephine Cummings. A resident of Dayton for the past 46 years, she was a homemaker and loved cats. She attended Calvary Baptist Church. Virginia is survived...

Lillie Mae Bartlett

Lillie Mae Bartlett

Feb 7, 2013

Lillie Mae Bartlett, age 87, of Dayton, died Thursday morning, February 7, 2013 at her home. She was born April 30, 1925 in Montgomery County, KY to the late Luther James and Ida (Turpin) Wade. She was also preceded in death by her husbands Harvey L. Oliver, William Harris and Merton Bartlett. A resident of Dayton for the past thirty-four...

Robert "Bobby" Sharp Sr.

Robert "Bobby" Sharp Sr.

Feb 3, 2013

Robert Earl “Bobby” Sharp, Sr., age 72, of Dayton, passed Sunday, February 3, 2013. He was born August 27, 1940 in Dayton to the late Charles Ivory and Mary (Johnson) Sharp. He was also preceded in death by his brother Charles Ivory Sharp, Jr. and sister Phyllis Cofield. A lifelong resident of Dayton, he had been employed as a cook...

Shirley Faye Hines

Shirley Faye Hines

Jan 30, 2013

Shirley Faye Hines, age 74, of Dayton, died Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at her home. She was born January 31, 1938 in Knoxville to the late Howard and Pearl (Shorter) Stubblefield. She was also preceded in death by her husband Charles Hines. A resident of Dayton for many years, Shirley was an L.P.N. and had been employed by both the...

Ruben Ray Rice

Ruben Ray Rice

Jan 30, 2013

Ruben Ray Rice, age 57, of Hixson, died Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga. He was born October 10, 1955 in Rhea County to the late Ernest and Sarah (Steel) Rice. He was also preceded in death by his two brothers John Rice and Clifford Rice. He was raised in Rhea County and had lived in Hixson...

Nola Bishop

Nola Bishop

Jan 27, 2013

Nola Lee Bishop, age 88 of Dayton went to be with her Lord Sunday morning January 27, 2013 at her home. She was born in Dayton on April 5, 1924 the daughter of the late Arvil and Mamie (Dotson) Fraley. She was also preceded in death by her son Ray Bishop, two brothers, Arvil Fraley, Jr. and Charles Fraley and...

Sherman Vance Sharp

Sherman Vance Sharp

Jan 27, 2013

Sherman Vance Sharp, Sr., age 68 of Dayton Mountain died Sunday morning at the UT Medical Center in Knoxville. Vance was born in Cheyenne, WY on October 15, 1944 the son of the late Dallas and Dorothy (Johnston) Sharp. Vance was a graduate of University of Georgia and had served his country with the US Marine Corps. He had been...

Jack Gentry

Jack Gentry

Jan 24, 2013

Ernest Paul “Jack” Gentry, age 71 of Sale Creek died Thursday, January 24, 2013 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. He was born April 7, 1941 in Chattanooga to the late Erfurt Thomas and Ada Illa (Hodge) Gentry. He was also preceded in death by his brothers Robert Gentry, Arnold Gentry, Junior Gentry, Harmon Gentry and Ed Gentry. A lifelong...

Cleo Pendergrass

Cleo Pendergrass

Jan 19, 2013

Cleo Pendergrass, age 91 of Sale Creek, died Saturday January 19, 2013 at her home. She was born October 7, 1921 in Putnam County, TN to the late Johnson Asberry and Emma Dale (Perry) Hyder. She was also preceded in death by her husband Thomas Foster Pendergrass, brothers Hooper Hyder, Paul Hyder and Doyle Hyder and sister Willie Swallows. A...

Laverne Gall

Laverne Gall

Jan 19, 2013

Laverne Gall, age 94 of Dayton, TN died Saturday morning, January 19, 2013 at her home. Laverne was born in Herculaneum, MO on February 19, 1918 the daughter of the late William Joseph and Bessie Isabel (Clifton) Scaggs. She was a long time resident of Marion, IL until moving to Dayton, TN in 2006. She was a member of the...

Nga Anh Mai

Nga Anh Mai

Jan 14, 2013

Nga Anh Mai, age 59 of Rossville, GA died Monday, January 14, 2013 in Dayton. She was born July 11, 1953 in Saigon, Viet Nam to the late Duong Quang Tan and Lai Kim Duc. She was also preceded in death by her brother Xuan Kim Lai. In 1975 she moved from Viet Nam and settled in Dayton until moving...

Archie James Poole Sr.

Archie James Poole Sr.

Jan 13, 2013

Archie James Poole, Sr., age 90, of Sale Creek, died Sunday, January 13, 2013 at Erlanger North in Chattanooga. A lifelong resident of Sale Creek, he was born January 12, 1923 to the late Samuel and Jessie (Clingan) Poole. Archie served his country with the U.S. Army in the Philippines during World War II. He was a supervisor and foreman...

Pat Randolph

Pat Randolph

Jan 10, 2013

Patricia Morton Randolph, age 65, of Dayton, died Thursday morning, January 10, 2013 at her home. She was born in Evensville on October 19, 1947 to the late Wilbur and Dixie (Roddy) Morton. Pat was raised in Evensville and was a 1965 graduate of Rhea Central High School. She received her Bachelor of Arts from E.T.S.U. She did her graduate...

Brian Eugene Sage

Brian Eugene Sage

Jan 8, 2013

Brian Eugene Sage, age 74, of Dayton, died Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga. He was born October 17, 1938 in London, England to the late George and Irene (Tattershell) Sage. He was also preceded in death by his daughter Danielle Sage. A resident of Rhea County for the past 16 years, Brian was a truck driver...

Lee Mikula

Lee Mikula

Jan 7, 2013

Emma Leona Mikula, age 50, of Dayton died Monday, January 7, 2013 at her home. She was born January 12, 1962 in Circleville, OH to the late Joseph and Barbara Clevenger. A resident of Dayton since 1989, she was a homemaker and enjoyed collecting Coca Cola and Gone with the Wind items. She is survived by her husband Paul Mikula...

Jean Sullivan

Jean Sullivan

Jan 3, 2013

Jean Sullivan, age 85 of Dayton, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ Thursday January 3, 2013 at Rhea Medical Center. She was born November 29, 1927 in Saginaw, MI to the late Clarence and Violet (Ealy) Nettleton. She was also preceded in death by her husband James Thomas Sullivan, Sr., son James Thomas Sullivan, Jr.,...