Cleveland and Athens, TN Obituaries

Zavier Adeeko

Oct 25, 2017

Zavier Adeeko,..infant son of Abimbola and Tiffany Adeeko died Wednesday Oct. 25,2017,private services Pending.

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Elbert Lane

Oct 23, 2017

Elbert Lane age 84 of Athens, TN., died Monday October 23, 2017 in a Knoxville hospital. He was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church and work for over twenty-nine years for TVA as a labor supervisor. He was the first African-American police officer in McMinn county. He is preceded in death by his parent Carl and Alberta Lane...

Vernon Harris

Oct 19, 2017

Vernon ‘Bernie’ Robert Harris Sr. age 64 died Thursday, October 19, 2017 in a Chattanooga hospital. Originally from Philadelphia, Pa., he was a well-known musician in the local Cleveland -Chattanooga area. He attended Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and Shiloh Baptist Church both in Cleveland, TN., where he blended his musical talent in praise and worship. He was employed for...

Diana Ellis

Oct 7, 2017

Diana Ellis, departed this life peacefully on Saturday, October 7, 2017 at her home in La Marque, Texas surrounded by her loved ones. She was 76 years of age.

Diana was born April 27, 1941 to Jeanette & Lincoln Goldston of Cleveland, TN.

She is preceded in death by her...

Franklin Cleveland

Sep 29, 2017

Franklin Cleveland , 89 of Acworth, Georgia, died Friday September, 29 2017 in Woodstock, Georgia. He was born on May, 26 1928 in Sweetwater, Tennessee. Franklin grew up in the area of  Piney, and Sweetwater Tennessee, and spent his latter years living in Athens, Tennessee with his sister, Ellen Cleveland who dedicated her entire life to...

Troy Harrison

Sep 19, 2017

David Troy Harrison , age 32 of Etowah, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at local hospital. He was an avid Tennessee VFL and loved his football games.  Before he was even able to have a driver’s, license or own a car he was a faithful firefighter with the Etowah Volunteer Fire Department and...

Alfred T. Henry

Sep 17, 2017

Alfred Thomas “Tommy” Henry , age 70, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 17, 2017, surrounded by his family.

Born September 27, 1946, in Athens, TN, he spent some of his life in Detroit, MI, before moving back to Athens. He attended Brown Barber College in Atlanta,...

Rev. Lee "Lb" Tate

Sep 4, 2017

Rev. Lee Benjamin Tate Sr. age 95 of Athens, Tn. died Monday,September 4, 2017 in a local Athens, TN. hospital. He was the son of the late Otto and Ethel Tate.

His work history was very extensive with him starting work at the age of 14. He worked in public service over 83...

Margaret Brown

Aug 3, 2017

Margaret V. Brown age 88 of Cleveland, TN. died Thursday morning August 3, 2017 in a local health care facility. She professed her faith in Christ at an early age and attended 1 st Street Church of Christ in Cleveland, TN ., and continued her walk with God by attending Christian Fellowship Center in Cleveland, TN....

Jamey Martin

Aug 2, 2017

James (Jamey) Terrell Martin, Sr., 46, of Athens, TN went to be with the Lord on August 2, 2017 at home surrounded by loved ones. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, James W. Martin and Juanita J. Martin, Jesse Stone and Margaret E. Stone. He was a 1989 graduate of McMinn County High School, and attended Middle...

Jeanette Caldwell

Jul 30, 2017

Jeanette Williams Caldwell age 70 of Etowah, TN. died Sunday, July 30, 2017 in a Knoxville hospital. She was a graduate of J.L Cook High School class of 1965. She is preceded in by her parents Charles and Margaret Williams, three sisters, Annie Jewel Jones, Jackie McDermott, Deborah Williams and one brother Charles Williams. Survivors include daughter Ashley Caldwell...

Rufus Thompson

Jul 10, 2017

Rufus Preston Thompson age 66 of Sweetwater, TN passed on July 10, 2017, at Summit View, Farragut, TN , surrounded by his loving family. He was born November 9, 1950, in Murfreesboro, TN to the late Rufus Derondo Thompson and Rubye Mae Scales Thompson. He is also preceded in death by one son DeMarcus Thompson.

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Edna M. Simpson

Jun 19, 2017

Edna M. Simpson age 76 passed away on Monday June 19, 2017. She worked for many years at Thomas and Betts in Athens, Tennessee. She was a member of Voice of Deliverance Church where she served on the motherboard. She enjoyed cooking and sewing quilts. Her most loved job of all was being a full-time grandmother and...

Walter Brown

Jun 19, 2017

Walter Henry Brown , age 68 of Cleveland passed away on Monday June 19, 2017. He was a member of Mount Lebanon Baptist Church in Calhoun and attended JL Cook High School in Athens, Tennessee. He was also a retired baker from the well known Bishop Bakery Shop.

He is preceded in death by his...

Raymond Jackson

May 26, 2017

Raymond Jackson, 91, of Etowah, Tennessee went home to be with the Lord on Friday, May 26, 2017 after a brief illness. He was preceded in death by his parents, Zeke and Etta Jackson, brothers, Zeke Jr., Ed Mayfield and son, Raymond Jackson Jr. He was retired from B H Yerbey Concrete Construction, and served in the United States...

Robert Lattimore

May 21, 2017

Robert Lattimore age 88 a resident of Etowah, TN died Sunday morning May 21, 2017 in a local Athens, TN.  medical care facility. He was born in Charleston TN August 21, 1928 to Joe and Victoria Lattimore who preceded him in death. As a boy, he attended Highpoint Elementary school and later College Hill High School....

William T. Bacon

May 13, 2017

Williams T. Bacon- age 89, a lifelong resident of Cleveland, TN died Saturday May13, 2017 in a local Cleveland, Tn. health care facility. He was a member of Price Memorial Church. He served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a 2nd Class Petty Officer, making seven military tours across the pacific, including places like...

Alfred Francis

May 1, 2017

Alfred Allen "Chuckii" Francis Jr. age 47 died April 29, 2017 in Clifton Tn. He was a very ambitious and outgoing man who was loved by many. He was family oriented and dedicated to the ones he loved.He is proceeded in death by his mother Willie Antonia Francis, grandmother Josephine Francis, grandfather Alfreda Moore,brother Ronald Francis, and nephew Tavaris...

Carolyn Melinda Hembree

Apr 23, 2017

Carolyn Melinda ‘Linda’ Young Hembree age 51 of Bradley County, Tn. passed Saturday evening in a Chattanooga hospital after a lengthy illness. She had a kind, compassion heart, and would take anyone in that needed a home. She was a certified CNA and was especially known for her outstanding ability to cook which she did for many years in...

Harold Woods

Apr 19, 2017

Harold L. Woods age 72 of Georgetown, TN. passed on to be with the Lord in a local Chattanooga, hospital. He was a member of St. Elmo United Methodist Church and a veteran in the United States Air Force. He was a graduate of Booker T. Washington High School where he played on the football team, and on the...