Obituaries
Local Obituaries for McMinn County, Tennessee
Ruby Davis Cockrell
May 23, 2011
xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> Ruby Davis Cockrell Ruby Davis Cockrell, 85 of Etowah, Tennessee passed away Monday, May 23, 2011 at 5:04 p.m. in the presence of family at Woods Memorial Hospital in Etowah, Tennessee. She was born April 1, 1926 in Athens, Tennessee the daughter of the late Harrison and Celia Davis both of Englewood, Tennessee. She was the youngest...
Danny Ray Jeralds
May 20, 2011
Danny Ray Jeralds age 57 of Athens passed away Friday May 20th, 2011. He was a resident of Englewood for most of his life. Danny served in the U.S. Navy for 6 years. He is the son of Lillice Marie Arwood and the late Willard Ora Jeralds. Danny is preceded in death by his wife, Mellanie (Mimi) Jeralds; father, Willard...
Charles B Jamerson
May 18, 2011
Charles B. Jamerson, 90, of Etowah, passed away peacefully to go be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at Life Care Center of Athens. A lifelong resident of McMinn County, he was a son of the late Ruel T. and America Allman Jamerson. He was a World War II veteran, and was preceded in...
Delia Rachel Moses
May 15, 2011
Delia Rachel Moses, 71, of Englewood, died Sunday, May 15, 2011, at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. Born Nov. 25, 1939, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late James and Vera Land Mitchell. She was preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, Richard Curtis Moses; and two sisters, Ruth Mitchell and Joyce...
Edith Lockhart Pangle
May 14, 2011
Edith Mae Pangle, 87, of Etowah, died Saturday, May 14, 2011, at Woods Memorial Hospital. A native of McMinn County, she was a member of Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert D Pangle; infant son, Scott; Daughter, Pamela Pangle; Parents, Thomas and Liza Lockhart; sister, Lillian Watson; Survivors include three daughters and...
Bobbie Lee Coleman
May 9, 2011
Bobbie L. Coleman, 82, of Etowah, died Monday, May 9, 2011, at Athens Regional Medical Center. A native of Polk County and a resident of Etowah for 70 years, she was a member of Conasauga Baptist Church and was preceded in death by her husband, Glenn "Bigboy" Coleman; two sisters, Kathleen Morgan and Lorene Martin; and one brother, Buster Triplett....
Nance Geneva Jack
May 8, 2011
Nance Geneva Jack, 85, of Etowah, TN, died Sunday morning, May 8, 2011 at McMinn Memorial Nursing Home in Etowah, TN. A native and lifelong resident of McMinn County, she was a daughter of the late Rev. Joseph William Pell and Leona Key Pell and was of the Christian faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Taylor...
Thomas Leroy Rogers
May 6, 2011
Thomas LeRoy Rogers
Thomas LeRoy Rogers, 89, of Etowah, passed away Friday, May 6, 2011 at Woods Memorial Hospital following a brief illness.
He was a member and deacon of the First Baptist Church of Etowah. During World War II he served in the U.S. Coast Guard and was retired from Johnson Controls..
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Buelah W Harris
May 5, 2011
Buelah W. Harris, 83, of Etowah, died Thursday, May 5, 2011, at Woods Memorial Hospital. A daughter of the late Andrew and Laura Bohannon Whaley, she was a native of Sevier County and was a resident of McMinn County for most of her life. She was a member of Cog Hill Baptist Church and worked as a seamstress since the...
Bobby E Hollifield
May 3, 2011
Bobby E. Hollifield, 61, of Etowah, died Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at his home. A native and lifelong resident of McMinn County, he was a son of the late Emerson Claude and Ethel Hollifield. He was preceded in death by four brothers, Wayne, Zeb, Charles and Vernon Hollifield; and one nephew, Freddie Hollifield.Survivors include two daughters and one son-in-law, Windy...
Vesta Marie Galyon
Apr 29, 2011
Vesta Marie Knox Galyon, 79, of Athens, returned to our loving Father in Heaven on Friday, April 29, 2011. A daughter of the late John Sam and Carrie Lee Knox, she was a member of Athens Christian Church and was preceded in death by her husband of 32 years, Ernest Boyd Galyon; one sister, Kathryn Hinde, formerly of Nevada; three...
Juanita Lewallen
Apr 27, 2011
Juanita Lewallen, 86, of Etowah, died Monday, April 27, 2011, at Etowah Health Care Center.A native and lifelong resident of McMinn County, she was a daughter of the late Caleb Asbury and Ida Belle Setzer Bledsoe. She was a past Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star and was a member of Carlock United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death...
John Robert "Bobby" Thompson
Apr 27, 2011
John Robert "Bobby" Thompson, 70, of Etowah, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by family and loved ones on Wednesday, April 27, 2011, after a long illness. A native of McMinn County and a lifelong resident of Etowah, he was a son of Vivian and the late Charles Taylor Thompson and was retired from CSX Railroad. He was a...
Charlotte Sinclair
Apr 26, 2011
Charlotte Delores Sinclair, 78, of Melbourne FL, passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, FL. She was born on March 3, 1933 and was the daughter of the late Johnny Fred "Wendy" Raper and Beulah Nell Sanderson Armstrong. She is preceded in death by her parents, listed above and one son Michael Johnson. She...
Lillie Mae Kimsey Trew
Apr 21, 2011
Lillie Mae Kimsey Trew, 95, went home to be with the Lord, Thursday, April 21, 2011, at her residence. A native of Middlesboro, KY, she was a resident of the Cog Hill Community, and a daughter of the late Elihu and Kitty Kimsey. She was a member of Carlock United Methodist Church and was an active member of the church...
Thomas "Darrell" Ratledge
Apr 21, 2011
Thomas "Darrell" Ratledge, 53, of Etowah, died Thursday, April 21, 2011, at Woods Memorial Hospital. A lifelong resident of McMinn County, he was of the Baptist faith, and was a son of the late Fred "Dick" and Euna V Ratledge. He is preceded in death by his parents, listed above.
Survivors includewife, Kathy Ratledge of Etowah, TN; two daughters,...
William "Willie" Moore Hammond
Apr 19, 2011
William "Willie" Moore Hammond, age 66, of Delano, passed away Tuesday, April 19, 2011, at NHC Healthcare in Athens TN. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Laster Hammond. He attended Liberty Church of Jesus Christ in Athens, a graduate of McMinn Co. High School and wasa dairy farmer for many years. Survivors include his wife: Bonita...
Mary Albarelli Durant Morgan
Apr 19, 2011
Mary Albarelli Durant Morgan, age 95, of Etowah, passed away Tuesday April 19, 2011 at Life Care Center of Athens. She was a native of Burlington, VT and a resident of Etowah since 1953. She was the daughter of the late Giuseppe "Joseph" Samuel and Maria Patrille Albarelli and step mother Maria Perotta Albarelli. She attended First Baptist Church of...
Erma Daniel Singletary
Apr 18, 2011
It is with great sadness, yet peace of heart, that we announce the passing of Erma Daniel Singletary, 66, of Etowah. She ran the race with perseverance and finished well. Erma stepped through the gates of Heaven on Monday, April 18, 2011, and will forever be in the presence of our loving Savior. She was a lifelong native of McMinn...
Ruth White Graves
Apr 18, 2011
Ruth White Graves, 86, of Englewood, went to her Heavenly home onMonday April 18, 2011. Born July 10, 1924, she was a daughter of the late John Sweeney and Arkie Louisa White and was preceded in death by her husband, Hoyt Graves; two brothers, Troy and Ray White; two sisters, Elsie Ledford and Lura Burrell; two grandchildren, Jimmy Goforth and...
