OBITUARIES
Cleveland and Athens, TN Obituaries
Local obituaries for families in Cleveland and Athens, TN along with the entire East Tennessee area
Keith Edwin Harris Tyler
Dec 16, 2015
Keith Edwin Harris Tyler age 52 died Wednesday, December 16, 2015 in a Knoxville, TN. hospital. He was formerly employed with Penn Gulf, and a 1982 graduate of McMinn County High School, where he participated in basketball holding multiple records that are still unbroken. He attended Overcoming Faith Christian Center in Athens, Tn. He is preceded in death by...
Connie Brock
Dec 14, 2015
Connie Mincy Ashenfelter age 61 of Decatur, TN died Monday December 14, 2015 in a Chattanooga, Tn. hospital. She was of the Baptist faith and was a loving grandmother. Survivors include three daughters, Christi ( Randy) Stokes of Decatur, TN., Kelly Ashenfelter of Decatur, TN., and Tracy Ashenfelter of Decatur, TN. Mother Helen Jean Smith of Alexandria, Va., five...
Timothy Barrett
Dec 14, 2015
Timothy Otis Barrett age 74 of Cleveland, Tn. died Monday December 14, 2015 in a Chattanooga hospital. He was a member of St. James Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Cleveland, TN. He enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren and making people smile. He is preceded in death by his son Timothy E. Barrett and parents Romane and Willie Mae Barrett,...
John Macon
Dec 7, 2015
John Edward Macon age 66 went home to be with the Lord Monday December 7, 2015 at his residence in Sweetwater, Tn. John graduated from McMinn High School. After high school he worked for what was called Steel City but later was known as Thomas and Betts. He was a deacon at Mt. Cumberland Presbyterian Church of America in...
Oggie Mae Mcdermott
Dec 2, 2015
Oggie Mae ‘Dean’ McDermott age 94 of Athens, TN. passed December 2, 2015 in a local Athens health care facility. She was a member of Cox Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church since its origination, serving as the secretary, missionary president, deaconess, and on several other auxiliaries. She was also a district officer of the Chattanooga District Life Members of the...
Cathy Baliles
Nov 15, 2015
Cathy Louise Moore Baliles age 50 of Cleveland died Sunday November 15, 2015 in a local hospital. She was employed for many years with Jack’s Kleen Rite, and Bradley Nursing Home.She enjoyed reading and crossword puzzels and she love to sing and dance. She is preceded in death by her mother Elaine Bowerman Parris, Grandmother Velma Bowerman, sister, Karen...
Cecil Thompson
Nov 3, 2015
Cecil Thompson age 81 went home to be with the Lord Tuesday November 3, 2015 at a local health care facility. He was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Cleveland, TN. He retired from Bowater Paper Company after thirty-nine and one half years. He loved gardening and doing anything that was outdoors. He was also an avid...
Kenneth L. Mccowan
Oct 29, 2015
Kenneth Lee “Papaw”, “Pappy” McCowan transition to heaven on October 29, 2015. He was a longtime resident of Athens, Tennessee where he retired from Athens Stove Works of Athens, Tennessee. He was a faithful member of Greater Mount Pleasant Baptist Church where he served as a deacon. He was born April 7, 1933 in Niota, Tennessee. He was proceeded...
Garland Langham
Oct 23, 2015
Obituary Garland E. Langham age 62 of Ooltewah, TN passed on Friday October 23, 2015 at a Chattanooga hospital. He was a member of Mt. Olive Church of God of Cleveland, Tn. He worked over 35 years in the automotive industry and also as a sales manager at Economy Honda Chattanooga, Tn. He was a graduate of Cleveland High...
George Upton
Oct 21, 2015
George Edward Upton was called home to be with the Lord on Wednesday October 21, 2015. He was a member and Deacon of First Missionary Baptist Church in Troy, AL, where he taught Sunday school and bible school ministries. He attended North Point School and graduated from Sweetwater High School class of 1970. He attended and graduated from the...
Joe Dennis Mack
Oct 7, 2015
Joe Dennis Mack 83 of Athens, passed Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at his home. He was a member of St. Mark A.M.E. Zion Church, Athens, where he was a trustee board, and on the steward board, for many years, and regularly attended Sunday school. He was employed by Bowater Southern for forty-three years, and was well known by many...
Elizabeth Irene Cox
Oct 5, 2015
Elizabeth Irene Cox age 82 went home to be with the Lord on Monday, October 5, 2015 at a local Athens health care facility. She was a member of Athens Church of the Nazarene, where she serve as a Sunday school teacher for the senior adult class. Her life was an example of a personal transformation to Christ which...
Bucky Jackson
Sep 15, 2015
Bucky L. Jackson age 65 died September 15, 2015 at his residence in Etowah, Tn. He was retired from Bowater Southern Paper Company in Calhoun, Tn. after 25 years, and served his country in the United States Navy. At an early age he attended Mt. Olive A.M.E. Zion church in Etowah, Tn., and also worship at Everlasting Life Church...
Timothy Mathews
Sep 15, 2015
Timothy P. Mathews age 57 died Tuesday September 15, 2015 at a health Care facility in Madisonville, Tn. He was a graduate of McMinn County High School class of 1976. He is preceded in death by his parents Sidney and Evelyn Mathews, brother, David Mathews, grandparents, Frank Charles Mathews and Jewell Wood Stiles Mathews of Athens, Tn., and Parker...
Mary L. Mcbee
Aug 31, 2015
Mrs. Mary “ML” Lee McBee, age 85, of Athens, TN, passed Monday, August 31, 2015. She was born May 25, 1930, in Winston Salem, North Carolina to the late Leroy and Ruth Armstrong. ML was raised from an early age by her uncle Wilfred and aunt Helen Armstrong. She consistently surrounded herself with the Word of God and her...
Hubert Armstrong
Aug 9, 2015
Hubert B. Armstrong, age 80 passed Sunday, August 9, 2015 at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tn. He was born in Etowah, Tn., and was a 1953 graduate of Cook High School where he was an outstanding basketball and football player. He worked over 30 years as a supervisor at Steel Case Mfg in Grand Rapids, Mi. He accepted Christ...
Matthew Moore
Aug 2, 2015
Matthew Alexander ‘ Rudder’ Moore age 37 died Sunday morning August 2, 2015 at UT Medical Center in Knoxville. He was a native of McMinn County, where he attended McMinn County High School, and played football there. He was a loving and devoted father. He is preceded in death by his mother Jackie Ann Moore and father Charles Kenneth...
Lawanda Renee Davis
Jul 28, 2015
LaWanda ‘Leelee’ Renee Keith Hughley Davis, aged 57 passed away, July 28, 2015 after a brief illness. LaWanda was born September 23, 1957, in Boise, Idaho, the daughter of the late George Willis Keith, Sr. and the late Gloria Antoinette Keith. She is also preceded in death by her grandparents, James Tuggle and Elnora Kelly; aunt and uncle Joyce...
