Obituaries
Local Obituaries for McMinn County, Tennessee
Margaret Carolyn Deal Beck
Mar 15, 2012
Margaret Carolyn Deal Beck, age 71 of Etowah, TN passed away on March 15, 2012 at Woods Memorial Hospital in Etowah.She was born September 19, 1940 in Etowah and graduated from Etowah High School. A daughter of the late Bob "Mr. Dirty" Deal and Margaret Reynolds Deal of Etowah, she was preceded in death by one son, Herbert Scott Beck....
Evelyn Faye Cantrell Chambers
Mar 12, 2012
Evelyn Faye Cantrell Chambers, 56, of Englewood, died Monday, March 12, 2012, at her residence. A native and lifelong resident of McMinn County, she was a daughter of Arietta Letha Cantrell and the late Ollie Reed Cantrell. She was employed by the McMinn County Finance Department. Survivors include her husband of 17 years, Lyle Chambers of Niota; one daughter, Julie...
B Dale Tallent
Mar 12, 2012
B. Dale Tallent, 65, of Etowah, died Monday, March 12, 2012, at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. A native and lifelong resident of Etowah, he was retired from Bowater. He was a member of Brookhill Baptist Church and was a Vietnam veteran of the U.S. Army. A son of the late Burkett and Eola Tallent, he was...
Rev Richard Freeman
Mar 11, 2012
Rev. Richard Freeman, 82, of Etowah, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 11, 2012, at Woods Memorial Hospital. He pastored at Word of Faith Church in Etowah and Piney Grove Community Church in Tellico Plains. A son of the late Luther and Cora Freeman, he was preceded in death by one brother, Joel Freeman. Survivors include...
Helen Lee Tullock
Mar 11, 2012
Helen Lee Tullock, 88, of Delano passed away peacefully, Wednesday evening, in her home surrounded by her pictures, memories, and her loved ones. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Jack; her parents, B.C. and Nora Lee; her sister, Mary Lee Warren; her brothers, Hubert, Forrest and Dewart Lee; and her nephew, Walter Warren. She is survived by...
Robert Eugene Smithey Sr
Mar 10, 2012
Robert Eugene Smithey Sr., 64, of Etowah, died Saturday, March 10, 2012, at his residence. A native of McMinn County, he was a retired construction worker. A son of the late Robert and Mary Ruth Smithey, he was preceded in death by one sister, Rita McNabb. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Smithey...
Paul Kenneth "Pk" Buckner
Mar 7, 2012
Paul Kenneth "P.K." Buckner, 73, of Etowah, died Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. He was retired after 38 years as a locomotive engineer with CSX Railroad. He served four years in the U.S. Air Force and 1 1/2 years during the Cuban Missile Crisis, for a total of 5 1/2 years of...
William Jerry Melton
Mar 5, 2012
William Jerry Melton, 69, of Athens, died Monday, March 5, 2012, at his residence. A native of Athens, he retired from Athens Utilities Board, as a Meter Department supervisor with 41 years of service. He was a member of First Baptist of Athens and was a son of the late Howard and Pauline Melton. Survivors include his loving wife of...
Daisy Verlene Moses
Mar 4, 2012
Daisy Verlene Moses, 83, of Englewood, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 4, 2012, at her son's residence. A member of the First Church of God, she was a daughter of the late Clyde and Callie Tipton and was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, William Harl Moses; one son, Billy Moses; and...
Walter Edwin "Ed" Frazier Jr
Mar 4, 2012
Walter Edwin "Ed" Frazier Jr., 89, of Etowah, died Sunday, March 4, 2012, at Woods Memorial Hospital. A native of Ellijay Ga., and a resident of Etowah for most of his life, he was retired from Bowater and was a son of the late Walter and Cora Frazier. He was a member of North Etowah Baptist Church and was a...
Emma Lee Stewart Price
Mar 3, 2012
Emma Lee Stewart Stepp Crabtree Price, 93, of Tellico Plains, and formerly of Athens, died Saturday, March 3, 2012, at Etowah Health Care Center. A native of Etowah, she was the eldest child of the late Jacob and Gracie Stewart. She was a member of Starr Mountain Church of Christ and was preceded in death by her first husband, James...
Emmett Arlen Richeson
Feb 29, 2012
Emmett Arlen Richeson, age 71, of Athens, passed away, Wednesday, February 29, 2012, at Woods Memorial Hospital. A resident of Athens, he was a son of the late Roy and Hazel Richeson. He served in the U.S. Army and was an electrical engineer at Olin Chemical for 35 years. He was a member of Carlock Methodist Church and attended North...
Johnny Mae Payne
Feb 29, 2012
Johnny Mae Payne, age 94, of Etowah, TN passed away Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at Hillcrest West in Knoxville, TN. She was a member of North Etowah Baptist Church and was retired from Park National Bank after 27 years of service. She was a daughter of the late John and Katie Matlock and was preceded in death by her...
William Dwight Peeler
Feb 25, 2012
William Dwight Peeler, 63, of Athens, died Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, at his residence. He was known as "Papaw Dwight" to most kids. A son of the late William Earl and Eva Irene Peeler, he was a lifelong resident of McMinn County. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps, serving two tours in Vietnam, and was awarded the National Defense...
Nick Warf
Feb 25, 2012
Nick Warf, 64, of Etowah, died peacefully after a courageous battle with cancer on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. Born May 7, 1947, in Big Stone Gap, Va., he worked as a mechanical master craftsman at Johns Manville. A son of Orpha Lou Buckles Warf and the late Claude Elmer Warf, he...
Annie Julia "Judy" Weber
Feb 25, 2012
Annie Julia "Judy" Snyder Weber, 78, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, at her residence after a long courageous battle with cancer. She lived most of her life in McMinn County and was born in Marietta, Ga. She was a member of First Christian Church of Etowah, and was a lifetime member of the Ladies Auxiliary to the...
Gaynell Laverne Webb Dunn
Feb 22, 2012
Gaynell LaVerne Webb Johnson Dunn, 86, of the Goodsprings community, died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, at her residence. A native of McMinn County, she was retired from the McMinn County Court Clerk's Office. She enjoyed gardening and working in her yard. A daughter of the late James and Nettye Webb, she was a member of Goodsprings Baptist Church, where she...
Joel David Harwood
Feb 21, 2012
Joel David Harwood, 55, of Etowah, died Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, at his residence. A native of Athens and a lifelong resident of Etowah, he served in the U.S. Air Force. A son of Maxine Harwood and the late Guy Mack Harwood Jr., he was preceded in death by two brothers, Guy Mack Harwood III and James Thomas Harwood; and...
Glenna Marie Wilson
Feb 18, 2012
Glenna Marie Wilson, 37, of Ten Mile, died Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, at Athens Regional Medical Center. A native of McMinn County, and a resident of Ten Mile for the past five years, she was a daughter of the late Robert and Vivian Wilson. Survivors include one son, Richey Wilson of Englewood; two brothers, James and Jeffery Martin; one sister,...
James Edward "Ed" Davis
Feb 16, 2012
James Edward "Ed" Davis, 90, of Goodsprings Community, passed away February 14, 2012, at U.T. Medical Center in Knoxville, TN. A native of McMinn County and resident of Goodsprings Community, he was proceeded in death by his parents, William Edward and Marjorie Prince Davis; one sister, Alice Davis Clinger; and three brothers, Fred, John, and Julius Davis He served...
