Obituaries
Laura Larosa
Aug 17, 2012
Laura LaRosa, age 88, died Friday, August 17, 2012 at Laurelbrook Nursing Home. She was born December 25, 1923 in New Jersey to the late Frank and Mary (LaBadara) Melti. She was also preceded in death by her husband Salvatore LaRosa. Mrs. LaRosa was a homemaker and was of the Seventh Day Adventist faith. She is survived by her son...
Josephine "Girlie" Smith
Aug 15, 2012
Josephine “Girlie” Smith, age 83, passed away Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at Rhea Medical Center. She was born June 7, 1929 in Dayton to the late Floyd and Martha (Walker) Burwick. She was also preceded in death by her husband Hugh W. Smith. A resident of Dayton most of her life, she retired from the Oster Corp where she worked...
Mildred Avery
Aug 14, 2012
Mildred Williams Avery, age 93, of Dayton, passed Tuesday, August 14, 2012 in Dayton. She was born February 9, 1919 in Evensville to the late John and Myrtle (Douglas) Howerton. She was also preceded in death by her husbands, J.W. “Jesse” Williams and Tommy Avery and four sons, Jesse T.Williams, Freddie Williams, Harold Williams and John Williams. A lifelong resident...
Eunice Acuff
Aug 10, 2012
Eunice Thompson Acuff, age 94, passed away Friday morning, August 10, 2012 in Chattanooga. She was born November 18, 1917 in Black Oak, AR to the late Alfred Lee and Fannie Mae (Caldwell) Thompson. She was also preceded in death by her husbands, Vernon Cowart, E. B. Skates and Alvin Acuff, son Richard Cowart and step-daughter Betty Stone. She is...
Virginia Sue Garrison
Aug 5, 2012
Virginia Sue “Bobbie” Garrison, age 72, died Sunday evening, August 5, 2012, at the home of her daughter in Dayton. She was born December 22, 1939 in Dayton to the late Arvil Lee and Mamie (Dotson) Fraley. She was also preceded in death by her brothers Charles Fraley and Buck Fraley. A lifelong resident of Dayton, she was a graduate...
Catherine Swafford Wilkerson
Jul 31, 2012
Minnie Catherine Swafford Wilkerson, age 83, of Dayton, died Tuesday, July 31, 2012 in Murfreesboro. She had lived the past 5 years with her daughter and son-in-law Cindy and Mickey Wallace in Mount Vernon, OH. She was born June 23, 1929 in Pikeville to the late Robert and Lena Mae (Lawson) Swafford. She was also preceded in death by her...
S Nola Cook Schaffer
Jul 22, 2012
Nola Cook McHone Schaffer, age 73 died early Sunday morning July 22, 2012 at her sister’s home on Dayton Mountain. Nola was born in Monroe County on July 12, 1939 the daughter of the late Thomas R. Cook Sr. and Lula (Lowry) Cook. She was also preceded in death by her son Timothy McHone. Nola was a member of the...
S Kathryn Bryan Choate
Jul 13, 2012
Kathryn Bryan Choate, age 94, of Dayton, died Friday afternoon, July 13, 2012 at her home. She was born November 9, 1918 in Amity, Arkansas to the late W.C. and Clara (Ligon) Allen. She was also preceded in death in 2002 by her husband of 64 years, Mark Wade Choate and a grandson Mark Wade Choate, III. A resident of...
Geraldine Shofner Langley
Jul 12, 2012
Geraldine “Geri” Shofner Langley, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend to many, passed this life, being 92 years old, on July 12, 2012. She was born May 27, 1920 to Gerald LeRoy and Maude (Foust) Shofner, living all her life in Dayton. She was a member of Trinity Methodist Church, then the First United Methodist Church...
Nana Jean Roddy
Jul 9, 2012
Jean Elizabeth “Nana Jean” (Day) Roddy, age 85, passed away at her home, surrounded by her family, Monday afternoon, July 09, 2012. She was born July 31, 1926 in Flint, MI to the late Thomas Lee and Maude (Coulter) Day. She was also preceded in death by her husband Richard Crawford Roddy and grandson Daniel L. Roddy. A resident of...
Donald Lee Lewis
Jul 8, 2012
Donald Lee Lewis, age 51, of Graysville Mtn., died Sunday, July 8, 2012 at his home. He was born May 12, 1961 in Hamilton County, TN to Virgil and Dorothy (Lasley) Lewis, Sr. A resident of Graysville Mountain all of his life, he was a graduate of Soddy Daisy High School. He was an iron worker with Mueller Corp. and...
Jane Ann Brown Ardelean
Jul 2, 2012
Jane Ann Brown Ardelean of Evensville, Tennessee went home to be with her Lord and Savior on July 2, 2012. Jane was born in Oliver Springs, Tennessee on December 18, 1935 to Martin Ernest Brown and Mabel Jackson Brown. She grew up in Pontiac, Michigan and graduated from Eastern Michigan University and earned a Masters from Tennessee Tech. In January,...
Michael Wayne Stuart
Jun 27, 2012
Michael Wayne Stuart, age 61, of Harrison, died unexpectedly at his home Wednesday, June 27, 2012. He was born April 28, 1951 in Dayton and was preceded in death by his father, Warren “Son” Stuart. A resident of Dayton until 1992, Mike was a graduate of Rhea Central High School, class of 1969. He was an auto mechanic for 20...
Thelma Viola Anderson
Jun 19, 2012
Thelma Viola Anderson, age 93, of Dayton, died early Tuesday morning, June 19, 2012 at her home with her son at her side. She was born January 18, 1919 to the late Jerd and Ruth (Richmond) Sanders Sweeton. She was also preceded in death by her husband Carl Anderson, son George Nunley, three sisters and four brothers. A resident of...
Ruth Ellen Steel
Jun 15, 2012
Ruth Ellen Steel, age 92, of Dayton, died Friday morning, June 15, 2012 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born January 21, 1920 in Murfreesboro, TN to the late Jim and Martha Belle (Pendergrass) Lowery. She was also preceded in death by her husband Lem Loggines Steel, sons J.T. Steel, Jerry Lee Steel and Paul Steel, daughter...
Freddie Lee Worley
May 31, 2012
Freddie Lee Worley, age 55 of Dayton died Thursday afternoon, May 31, 2012 at Skyridge Medical Center in Cleveland. Fred was born on July 23, 1956 in Chicago, IL. He was a graduate of Alamo High School, class of 1975. He was a long time resident of Dayton and had lived in Cleveland the last two years. Fred was a...
Jimmy Charles Simpson
May 28, 2012
Jimmy Charles Simpson, Sr., age 68, of Dayton, died Monday, May 28, 2012 at his home. He was born April 30, 1944 in Spring City, TN to the late Wallace and Nell (Smith) Simpson. He was also preceded in death by his wife Dorothy May (Houston) Simpson, son Stanley Lee Simpson, daughters Patricia May Simpson and Dorothy Ann Simpson, brothers...
Margie Hamby
May 27, 2012
Margie Marie Hamby, age 90, of Pikeville, KY, died Sunday, May 27, 2012 in Pikeville, KY. She was born October 31, 1921 in Harlan, KY to the late Archie and Rachel Lola-Belle (Nunn) Buchannon. She was also preceded in death by her husband Howard Hamby, three sons, Robert Howard Hamby, Bobby Joe Hamby and Ronald Hamby and two brothers Clifford...
Jewell Ray
May 26, 2012
Jewell Greer Ray, age 80 of Dayton died Saturday morning, May 26, 2012 in Dunlap. Jewell was born in Moscow, TN on October 16, 1931 the son of the late Jewell and Josie (Greer) Ray. He was also preceded in death by his son Larry Dale Ray who died November 18, 2011. He served his country in the US Army...
Bobby Dean Hancock Jr.
May 20, 2012
Bobby Dean Hancock, Jr., age 46, of Dayton, died Sunday, May 20, 2012 at his home. He was born February 13, 1966 in Chattanooga. He was a graduate of Rhea County High School, attended Sale Creek Church of God and was a twenty year veteran of the U.S. Navy. Bobby is survived by his wife Christy (Dobbs) Hancock of Dayton,...
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