Obituaries
Larry Franklin Forester Sr.
May 28, 2011
Larry Franklin Forester, Sr., age 53 of Sale Creek peacefully went home to be with his Lord Saturday morning, May 28, 2011 while at home. Larry was born in Chattanooga on April 19, 1958 the son of the late John Grady Forester, Jr. and Dorothy Margaret (Cahoon) Forester. He lived most of his life in Sale Creek and was a...
Elizabeth Reynolds Hamby
May 26, 2011
Elizabeth Byrd Reynolds Hamby, age 38 of Whitesburg, KY and formerly of Dayton, died Thursday, May 26, 2011 in Hindman, KY. She was born November 29, 1972 in Chattanooga to Charles Ray Reynolds and Wanda (Byrd) Reynolds. Elizabeth lived in Rhea County most of her life and was a homemaker. She is survived by her husband Johnny Hamby of Whitesburg,...
Margaret Ann Travis
May 17, 2011
Margaret Ann Travis, age 80, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday evening, May 17, 2011, while home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born August 31, 1930 in Wartburg, TN to the late Charles “Chip” and Mazie (Norris) Deford. She was also preceded in death by a son Charles Franklin Travis, sisters Ruby (Archie) Gentry and Edith...
John Robert Crowell
May 12, 2011
John Robert Crowell, age 78 of Pikeville, died early Thursday morning, May 12, 2011 at his home. He was born November 24, 1932 in Orlando, FL to the late Thomas Raymond and Forest Paul Crowell. A resident of Dayton Mountain since 1993, John lived most of his life in Kissimmee, FL. He was a graduate of Florida State University with...
Martha Ann Price
May 9, 2011
Graysville, TN Martha Ann Price, age 52 of Graysville died Monday May 9, 2011 in Chattanooga. She was born January 5, 1959 in Nashville, TN. She was preceded in death by her father Paul Levengood, mother Lillian Levengood, daughter Christina Sneed, brother Tommy Pitts and sister Kathy Newman. She is survived by her husband Rick Price of Graysville, brothers David...
Valton Watkins
Apr 22, 2011
Valton Derwin Watkins passed away peacefully in his sleep on April 22, 2011. He has gone home to be with Jesus and the Angels. Val was born on August 5, 1922 in Winnsboro, TX to Lee and Lucille Waters Watkins. Surviving are his wife Jean Watkins of Evensville, son Vernon Watkins of Amarillo, TX, sister Nita Jean Thornton of Vancouver,...
Sharon Denise Fuson
Apr 19, 2011
Sharon Denise Fuson, age 41, of Dayton Mountain, died Tuesday April 19, 2011 at her home. She was born April 2, 1970 in Bledsoe County to Donald Ray and Florella (Mears) Harvey. Sharon lived most of her life on Dayton Mountain. She graduated from Bledsoe County High School and was a homemaker. She was a member of First Baptist Church...
Hubert "Ducky" Keith
Apr 18, 2011
Hubert Donald “Ducky” Keith, age 66 of Dayton, went to be with the Lord on Monday afternoon, April 18, 2011 at his home. He was born June 9, 1944 in Graham County, NC to the late Hubert and Irene (Wycoff) Keith and also preceded in death by his niece Karen Keith. Ducky lived most of his life in Rhea County...
Sarah Mae Lewis
Apr 11, 2011
Sarah Mae Lewis, age 88 of Dayton, died Monday April 11, 2011 at Life Care of Rhea County. She was born August 3, 1922 in Sequatchie County, TN to the late Anderson and Nancy (Sims) Harvey. She was also preceded in death by her husband Eugene Lewis. Sarah lived in Dayton most of her life and was a homemaker. She...
Derek Palmer
Apr 9, 2011
Derek Anthony Palmer, age 54 of Brunswick, died Saturday April 9, 2011 in Brunswick. He was born August 7, 1956 in Broken Hill and lived in Kitwe and Mufalera, all in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). He went to high school in Johannesburg, South Africa and then came to the United States where he attended college in Birmingham, Alabama. He was...
Rosie May Pritchett
Apr 6, 2011
Rosie May Pritchett, age 77 of Spring City, died Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at Rhea Medical Center. She was born October 15, 1933 in Rhea County to the late James “Jim” McDonald and Laura (Beavers) McDonald. She was also preceded in death by her husband Roy Malcolm Pritchett, sisters Carrie Couch and Mary McDonald and brother J.T. McDonald. A lifelong...
Dale Hutcheson
Apr 1, 2011
John “Dale” Hutcheson (III), age 53, of the Brayton Community on Graysville Mountain died Friday April 1, 2011 at his home. He was born January 8, 1958 in Chattanooga to the late John Dale and Mary Elizabeth (Payne) Hutcheson. Dale attended Rhea of Sunshine. He loved horse shows and being around people. He was always happy and had a smile...
Robbie Jean Wilkerson
Mar 28, 2011
Robbie Jean Wilkerson, age 71, passed Monday, March 28, 2011 at her home surrounded by her family. A lifelong resident of Dayton, she was born September 6, 1939 to the late Robert Howerton and Louella (West) Howerton. She was also preceded in death by her husband Yvonne Luther Wilkerson. Robbie Jean was a homemaker and was a member of the...
Georgianna Belle Elsea
Mar 27, 2011
Georgianna Belle Elsea, age 73 of Dayton and formerly of Soddy Daisy died at her home Sunday afternoon March 27, 2011. Belle was born in Sale Creek on September 15, 1937 the daughter of the late Floyd and Pauline (Barnes) Moore. She was also preceded in death by her husband James Elsea, III, and her brother, Bub Moore. Belle lived...
Sara Sands Nichols
Mar 21, 2011
Sara Sands Nichols, age 49 of Dayton, died Monday evening, March 21, 2011 at her brother’s home in Crossville. Sara was born in Dayton on March 27, 1961, the daughter of the late Dr. Stanford and Adeline (Burnett) Nichols. Sara lived all of her life in Dayton and was a graduate of Rhea County High School. She earned her bachelors...
James Thomas Sullivan, Jr.
Mar 15, 2011
James Thomas Sullivan, Jr., age 64 of Dayton Mountain, died Tuesday March 15, 2011 at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga. He was born March 7, 1947 in Bradenton, FL and preceded in death by his father James Thomas Sullivan, Sr. and nephew Nello Christopher Marconi. A resident of Dayton Mountain for the past 25 years, James was a maintenance mechanic in...
Ruth Angeline Zimmerman
Mar 5, 2011
Ruth Angeline Baker Zimmerman of Spring City, TN, went to meet her Savior in Heaven on March 5, 2011 at age 98. Ruth was born to Edward Reed Baker and Olive Edith Smelker Baker on June 13, 1912 at her home in Alpha, Saskatchewan, Canada. In 1926, due to her mother’s declining health, she and her siblings Robert, Nellie and...
Erma Tennessee Thurman
Feb 22, 2011
Erma Tennessee Thurman, age 97 of Dayton, died Tuesday February 22, 2011 at Life Care Center of Rhea County. She was born September 22, 1913 in Baxter, TN to the late Monroe and Lillie (Jones) Thomas. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 65 years William Allen Thurman, sons Floyd Odell Thurman and William Thomas Thurman, brothers...
Mildred Crane
Feb 21, 2011
Katherine Mildred (Colbaugh) Crane age 76 died late Monday, February 21, 2011 in Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ypsilanti, MI surrounded by her family. Mildred was born in Rhea County, TN on July 18, 1934 the daughter of the late Carl and Blanche (Harris) Colbaugh. Mildred was a graduate of Rhea Central High School and in 1954 she and her...
Margaret Clark
Feb 17, 2011
Margaret Ellen Clark age 62 of Pikeville died early Thursday morning February 17, 2011 at her home. Margaret was born in Rhea County on October 6, 1948 the daughter of the late Sidney and Marie (Brady) Clark. She was also preceded in death by two sisters, Carolyn Jarrett and Sandra Messimer, her brother, Rodger Clark, two nephews, Thomas Dean Miller...
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