Obituaries
Local Obituaries for McMinn County, Tennessee
Delbert Frazier Smith
Jul 19, 2024
Delbert Frazier Smith, 46, of Etowah TN, passed away Friday, July 19, 2024.
Frazier was an avid fisherman. In his spare time, he played his guitars, and loved cooking big meals on his smoker. Frazier was always willing to help anyone in any way he could. His Pomeranian, Tiny was his pride and joy. Frazier was a...
Chris Monroe Richeson
Jul 18, 2024
Chris Monroe Richeson, 66, of Englewood TN, passed away Thursday, July 18, 2024.
Chris never met a stranger and would go out of his way to help anyone in need. He spent several years as a volunteer firefighter for the Englewood Fire Department. He was a loving husband and father, his daughters were his pride and joy....
Stella Wade
Jul 1, 2024
Our loving mother, Stella Phillips Wade, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother passed away peacefully on Monday, July 1, 2024 at the age of 98 in Cleveland, TN.
Born in Elk City, Oklahoma to parents, Charlie and Carrie Plemons Phillips. She moved with her family at an early age to East Tennessee. Stella made her home...
Ruth Torbett
Jun 28, 2024
Ruth Derrick Torbett, 90, of Englewood TN, went to her heavenly home, Friday, June 28, 2024.
Ruth enjoyed spending time with her family and friends, she will be greatly missed. She lived a full life of serving and taking care of her loved ones. Ruth spent a lot of time at her table studying her bible and...
Nancy Elizabeth Murphy
Jun 28, 2024
Elizabeth Murphy, 91, of Englewood TN, passed away Friday, June 28, 2024.
In her spare time Elizabeth loved gardening and quilting.
She was preceded in death by her husband Herbert Murphy; parents Sammy and Ida Harris; friend, Charlotte Phillips.
Survivors include her son; Anthony Murphy; daughter and son-in-law Doris and Mike Lowery; son,...
Angela Greene
Jun 28, 2024
Angela Cook Greene, 59, of Etowah, TN, passed away Friday, June 28, 2024, after a brief illness.
Angela loved the outdoors. She enjoyed reading in her spare time.
She is preceded in death by her two brothers, Timothy J. Cook and Garry L. Cook; father, John R. Cook.
She is survived by her...
Betty Joyce Williams
Jun 24, 2024
Betty Joyce Williams, 86, passed away Monday, June 24th, 2024, at TerraBella of Athens.
Betty retired from First Presbyterian Day Care of Etowah after more than 20 years of service. She was fondly known as Miss Betty to generations of children who loved her cooking, especially her macaroni and cheese. She showed her love by caring and...
David Morgan
Jun 22, 2024
David Lee Morgan, 79, of Athens, TN moved to Heaven on Saturday, June 22, 2024.
David was an avid photographer and especially loved photographing nature. He enjoyed woodworking, creating all types of furniture, musical instruments, and jewelry. David also did types of metalworking. He was proud to be the president of the Amateur Radio and had a...
Alonzo Tabors
Jun 19, 2024
Alonzo Tabors, 88, of Dunlap, but lived 40+ years in Reliance, TN passed away on Wednesday, June 19, 2024.
Preceded in death by his wife, Inez Tabors; daughters, Trevia Shipley and Patricia Jones; parents, Logan Alonzo Tabors and Sarah Edith McBee Tabors; several brothers and sisters.
He is survived by two daughters, Rita Jolly and...
Wanda Davis
Jun 3, 2024
Wanda Akins Watson Davis, 87, of Etowah, TN passed away Monday, June 3, 2024 at Morning Pointe of Athens.
Wanda was a member at Wesleyanna Global United Methodist Church. She was a retired registered nurse, receiving her LPN in 1968 from Tennessee Technology Center in Athens. She was a 1978 graduate of the RN program at Cleveland...
Camellia Faye Duncan
Jun 1, 2024
Camellia Faye Duncan, 86, of Knoxville TN, formally of Englewood, TN passed away Saturday, June 1, 2024.
Faye was a member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, as well as NARFE. She worked at East Tennessee Childrens Hospital for 10 years after retiring from 30 years at the Social Security Administration. Faye was also a member of the...
Dianne Lanning
May 30, 2024
Dianne Lanning, 77, of Etowah passed away Thursday, May 30, 2024.
She was preceded in death by her parents, John Wesley and Myrtle Swartout Jenkins; brothers, Gene Jenkins and Glenn E. Jenkins; sister, Joyce Jenkins Lanning.
Survivors include her husband, Larry Ode Lanning; son and daughter-in-law, Travis and Brenda Lanning; daughter, Danielle Lanning; grandchildren, Roarke...
Marie Lambert
May 19, 2024
Marie Browning Lambert, 94, of Etowah, TN, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2024 at Etowah Health Care Center.
She was born in Rock, West Virginia on Browning Lambert Mountain to the late Tom and Ella Church Browning. Â Mrs. Lambert was a longtime resident of Etowah.
Preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Bob...
Sharon Wilson
May 18, 2024
Sharon Keasler Wilson, 81, of Englewood, TN passed away Saturday, May 18, 2024.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth Wayne "Wobbs" Wilson; brother and sister-in-law, Bill and Hazel Keasler; sister, Pauline "Polly" Pierce; brother-in-law, Marvin Pierce.
Survivors include her daughter, Ronna Wilson; son and daughter-in-law, Stacy and Teresa Wilson; brother, Chan and...
Connie Hershey
May 16, 2024
Connie Hershey, 91 of Etowah, TN passed away Thursday, May 16, 2024.
Preceded in death by her husband, LeRoy Hershey; and her parents, Walter and Ema McDonald.
She was a graduate of Etowah High School; and attended Tennessee Wesleyan College. She worked at Bowater Southern Paper Corp in accounting until she married in 1963. She...
Robert Hensley
May 9, 2024
Robert (Bob) Hensley, age 87, went home to be with his precious Lord and Savior, and was happily reunited with his wife, Ivy, on Thursday, May 9, 2024, at Dominion Senior Living in Athens, TN. Bob was born in Chatsworth, GA, on May 27, 1936, to Estel and Inez Hensley. He was the oldest of six children, four of...
Naomi Burnette Feezell
Apr 24, 2024
Naomi Lee Burnette Feezell, 94 of Athens, TN passed away on Wednesday, April 24, 2024.
Naomi was born in McMinn County, TN to Luther and Marchie Massingale Onbey.
She graduated from Etowah High School and attended Clayton State College in Morrow GA. Â Naomi enjoyed music and played guitar and bass in 5 bands of which...
Rebecca Hammonds
Apr 21, 2024
Rebecca Ann Hammonds, 78, of Athens, died Sunday, April 21, 2024 at her residence.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles William (Bill)
Hammonds; one son, William Judston (Dutch) Hammonds; one grandson, Richard Jett Hammonds; one daughter-in-law, Tammy Faye Hammonds; and three brothers-in-law, Jim Constant, R.C. (Chip) Hammonds, and Morris Hammonds.
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Michael Allan Poteet
Apr 21, 2024
Michael Allan Poteet, 54 of Etowah, TN passed away Sunday, April 21, 2024.
Preceded in death by his father, Michael Raymond Poteet; maternal grandparents, Floyd Leon and Bobbie Jean Newman; nephew, Briar Morgan.
Survivors include his wife, Scarlet Poteet; son and wife, Christopher and Tier Pruett; mother, Deborah Lynn Christy; sister and brother-in-law, Jeana and...
Brunner Young
Apr 11, 2024
Brunner Young, 78, of Englewood, TN passed away Thursday, April 11, 2024.
He served in the US Army during the Vietnam War and attended First Church of God in Englewood, TN
Preceded in death by his parents, John and Mary Nell Isbill Young; brothers, Bruce and Melvin Young; brother-in-law, Doug Whitener; sisters-in-law, Brenda Torbett Young...


