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Subject: [TNCAMPBE-L] Obits from The LaFollette Press 15 Jun 2000
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 10:00:59 EDT


>From The LaFollette Press 15 Jun 2000

SARAH LOUISE BIRDWELL, 64, of Smyrna, Tennessee , died Friday, June 9 at
Middle Tennessee Medical Center. She was a retired registered nurse. She was
preceded in death by; parents, Robert N. and Chloe Birdwell. Survivors
include; brothers, Glenn Birdwell of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and Richard
Birdwell of Carmel, California. Funeral services were held Monday, June 12 at
Woodfin Memorial Chapel, Smyrna. Obituary courtesy of Cross Funeral Home.

CLEVE BYRGE, 64, of LaFollette, died Monday, June 12 at Oak Ridge Methodist
Medical Center. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He was
preceded in death by; granddaughter, Amber Michelle Boheimer; parents, John
and Marie Bunch Byrge; and brother, James Byrge. Survivors include; wife,
Mary Ruth Byrge; daughters, Linda Faye Ridenour of Ohio, Diana Miracle of
LaFollette, and Brandy Dolin of Caryville; grandsons, David Ridenour, and
Jimmy Boheimer, both of Ohio, and Matthew Dolin of Caryville; brothers,
Lyndle Byrge, and Marshall Marlow, both of Oak Ridge, Lee Byrge, and Roger
Marlow, both of LaFollette, and Carl Byrge, Jr. of Caryville; sisters, Cleda
Byrge of Ohio, Edith Daugherty of West Virginia, and Reba Sanders of Alabama;
several nieces and nephews; and a host of relatives and friends. Funeral
services were held Tuesday, June 13 at Martin Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with
Rev. Ernest Ward officiating. Interment followed Wednesday, June 14 in Byrge
Cemetery.

EFFNORA RUTHERFORD CARTER, 74, of LaFollette, died Monday, June 12 at U. T.
Medical Center in Knoxville. She was preceded in death by; husband, George
Carter; son, Gary Carter; and parents, Robert and Nina LeMarr Rutherford.
Survivors include; sons, Henry Lee Carter of Kokomo, Indiana, Delmas Carter
of Jacksonville, North Carolina, and Mickey Carter of Jacksboro; daughters,
Fontella Lessnau of Beverly Hills, Michigan, Maxine Gaw of Cookeville,
Tennessee, and Pamela Joyce Carter of LaFollette; brothers, Leo Rutherford of
Coalfield, McClellan Rutherford of Marion, Ohio, and Phillip Rutherford of
LaFollette; sisters, Opal Heatherly, and Reva Baird, both of LaFollette, Anna
Sue Davis of Detroit, Michigan, and Floetta Curtis of Knoxville; eight
grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held
Wednesday, June 14 at Cross Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jr. Dilbeck and
Rev. George Asbury officiating. Interment will follow today (Thursday), June
15 at 10 a.m. in LeMarr Cemetery.

FRANCES MASSENGILL CLARK, 82, of Lake City, died Tuesday, June 6 at Windwood
Health Care Center. She was preceded in death by; husband, Ernest Clark;
parents, John and Nora Massengill; brothers, Rufus David Massengill, Bill
Massengill, John Franklin Massengill, and Paul Massengill; and sisters,
Victoria Beach, Ella Sneed, Bonnie Massengill, Docey Kern, and Ethel Foust.
Survivors include; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held
graveside today (Thursday), June 8 at 10 a.m. with Rev. Calvin Braden
officiating, and interment will follow in Island Home Cemetery.

BLANCH M. DAVIS, 85, of LaFollette, died Wednesday, June 7 at LaFollette
Nursing Home. She was preceded in death by; parents, Will and Verlinchia
Davis. Survivors include; nieces, Vivian Parker of Warren, Michigan, Evelyn
Greene, and Lou Woodward, both of Arizona, Louise Bradshaw of Ohio, Kathy
Davis of Tennessee, and Connie Davis. and Vickie Davis, both of Clinton;
nephews, Roger Davis, and Marvin Davis, both of Clinton, and Evert Bradshaw
of Illinois; and special friends, Brenda Lane, Clyde Lane, and Landon Lane,
all of LaFollette. Funeral services were held Friday, June 9 at Roach
Mortuary Memorial Chapel with Rev. Landon Lane officiating. Interment
followed in Campbell Memorial Gardens.

EDWIN R. EASTWOOD, 88, of Jacksboro, died Thursday, June 8 at U.T. Medical
Center.He served in the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s, worked for
TVA for 20 years, and was retired from Union Carbide after 23 years. He is
survived by; wife, Edna Lasley Eastwood; sons, Edwin R Eastwood, Jr. of
Kingston, Tennessee, and Kenneth W. Eastwood of Hurricane, West Virginia;
daughter, Bobbie J Heineman of Fairfield Glade, Tennessee; special nephews,
Larry W Wilson of N. Charleston, South Carolina, and Walter Lasley of Staurt,
Virginia; special niece, Wanda Peters of Flat Rock, Michigan; eight
grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren;
several nieces and nephews; and many friends and neighbors. Funeral services
were held Monday, June 12 at First Baptist Church, Jacksboro with Dr. Charles
Parker officiating. Interment followed in Campbell Memorial Gardens. Cross
Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

DOROTHY ALEACE MORSE FOSTER, 88, of LaFollette, died Thursday, June 8 at U.T.
Medical Center in Knoxville. She was retired from Imperial Reading after 32
years. She was preceded in death by; husband, Fred F. Foster. Survivors
include; sons, Joe Hatfield of Huntington, Texas, Ralph Hatfield of Elyria,
Ohio, Fred Foster, Jr. of Mascot, Tennessee, Charles Foster of Jacksboro, and
Robert Foster of LaFollette; daughters, Jane Brown of Kettering, Ohio, Jean
Ann Hall of St. Cloud, Florida, Gayle Cross of LaFollette, Sharon Sharp of
Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, Louise Atkinson of Rio Linda, California, and
Eudena Horton of Hardy, Arkansas; forty-five grandchildren; sixty-three
great-grandchildren; and ten great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 13 at Cross Funeral Home Chapel with
Rev. Stephen Law officiating. Interment followed in ?Davis Chapel Cemetery.

RONNIE H. "Shilo" HUCKABY, 53, of LaFollette, died Saturday, June 10 at his
home. He was preceded in death by; mother, Maude Louise Huckaby; and brother,
Jackie Alonzo Huckaby. Survivors include; wife, Wanda Huckaby; son, Ronnie
Allen "Pete" Huckaby of LaFollette; grandson, Trevor Allen Huckaby of
LaFollette; sister, Kathy A. Kitts of LaFollette; special friend, Charlie
Powell of LaFollette ; several nieces and nephews; and a host of relatives
and friends.
Funeral services were held Monday, June 12 at Martin Wilson Funeral Home
Chapel with Rev. Wesley Duncan officiating. Interment followed Tuesday, June
13 in Bakers Forge Cemetery.

CHARLES FRANKLIN JEFFRIES, 79, of Jacksboro, died Tuesday, June 6 at Oak
Ridge Methodist Medical Center. He was preceded in death by; wife, Dora L.
Jeffries; grandsons, Thomas E. and Charles Todd Jeffries; parents, Tom and
Katherine Hatmaker Jeffries; one brother; and two sisters, Survivors include;
sons, Edward E. Jeffries of Tampa, Florida, James D. "Jim" Jeffries of
Jacksboro, and Thomas L. "Tom" Jeffries of LaFollette; daughter, Brenda S.
Larkin of Jacksboro; grandsons, James E., John S., and Edward E. Jeffries;
granddaughters, Lori Jeffries, Peggy Steffen, and Vickie Borne; ten
great-grandchildren; one niece; two nephews; special friend, Grace Costanzo
of Jacksboro; and a host of friends and relatives. Funeral services were held
Friday, June 9 at Martin Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. J. T. Asbury
officiating. Interment followed in Campbell Memorial Gardens.

MAGGIE H. LOVETT, 94, of Jacksboro, died Friday, June 2 at LaFollette Medical
Center. She was preceded in death by; husband, Moses H. Lovett, Sr.,; sons,
Winfred Byrd, and an infant son; an infant daughter; parents, Henry B. and
Martha Clotfelter Queener; brothers, Leonard, John, and Carl Queener.
Survivors include; sons, Moses Lovett, Jr. of Lithia Springs, Georgia, Johnny
Byrd, and Marshall Byrd, both of Murfreesboro, Tennessee; daughters, Mattie
Lou Nance, Jo Blankenship, and Grace Turner, all of Jacksboro; sisters, Murle
Baird of Jacksboro, Thelma Tiller, Mary Tiller, and Gladys Miller, all of
LaFollette; twenty-two grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sunday, June 4 at Cross Funeral Home with Dr.
Charles Parker officiating. Interment followed in Jacksboro Cemetery.

RUTH WILLIAMS MANNING, 78, of Stedman, North Carolina, died Sunday, June 4 at
Cape Fear Valley Memorial Hospital, Fayetteville, North Carolina. She was
preceded in death by; parents, Joe and Ruth Arnett Williams; and sister,
Wilma Jane Williams. Survivors include; son, Arthur Joe Douglas, Sr. of
Stedman, North Carolina; sisters, Pearl Lindsey of Lambert, Michigan,
Josephine Price of Cincinnati, Ohio, Alice Johnson of Toledo, Ohio; brothers,
Joe Ben Williams of Loveland, Ohio, and Phillip Williams of Bristol,
Virginia; five grandchildren; and eleven great-grandchildren. Funeral
services were held Wednesday, June 7 at Cox & Son Funeral Home Chapel with
Rev. Ellis Hoskins officiating. Interment followed in Huddleston Cemetery.

LUTHER WAYNE RIDINGS, 34, of Macon, Georgia, died Sunday, June 11 at U.T.
Medical Center in Knoxville. He was employed by Spectrum Corporation of
Macon, Georgia as District Manager.
He was preceded in death by his father, Luther Ridings, Jr. Survivors
include; mother, Bonnie Garner Ridings of LaFollette; brother, Ronnie Ridings
of LaFollette; several aunts, uncles, cousins; and a host of relatives and
friends. Funeral services were held Wednesday, June 14 at Martin Wilson
Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Darryl Mefford officiating. Interment will
follow today (Thursday), June 15 in Campbell Memorial Gardens.
HATTIE HELEN PRATER SHARP, 84, of LaFollette, died Wednesday, June 7 at
Sunbridge Nursing Home. She was preceded in death by; husband, Leon Sharp;
sons, Alvin Sharp, and Lonzo Sharp; granddaughter, Nicki Preston; parents,
Ben and Anne Hood Prater; brothers, Bedford Prater, and Roy Prater; sister,
Frances Powers; half-brothers, Leonard Prater, and Frank Prater; and
half-sister, Grace Prater Hembree. Survivors include, son, Willard Sharp of
Baltimore, Maryland; daughters, Patricia Preston of Glen Bernie, Maryland,
and Rose Price of Factoryville, Pennsylvania; special nephew, Earl Hembree of
LaFollette; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; several nieces and
nephews; and a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held graveside Friday, June 9 with Rev. Derrick Hembree
officiating, with interment following in Queener Cemetery. Martin Wilson
Funeral Home of LaFollette in charge of arrangements.

MARY SHIFLET, 74, of Speedwell died Thursday, June 8 in Claiborne County. She
was a member of Shipley Grove Church of God, where she was the piano player
for over 30 years.
She was preceded in death by; husband, Roy L. Shiflet; sons, Thomas, Gary,
and Jackie; daughter, Nancy Marie; and parents, Alonzo and Dollie Davis
Mason. Survivors include; sons, Sam Shiflet, Harold Shiflet, and Jerry
Shiflet, all of Speedwell; nine step-children Vibert Shiflet, and Ruth Welch,
both of Speedwell, Audrey Blake of Encinitas, California, Madeline Roe of
Kokomo, Indiana, Joe Shiflet of Monroe, Michigan, June Allen of Hawthorne,
Florida, Wilma Patton, Delores Sharpe of Cumberland Gap, and Jim Shiflet of
Greenfield, Wisconsin; grandchildren, Rhonda George of Asheville, North
Carolina, April Garrison of Oneida, Alicia Shiflet of Harrogate, Thomas
Shiflet of Clearwater, Florida, Melinda Shiflet of Hixson, Tennessee, and
Ashley Drummitt of Harrogate; four great-grandchildren; and special friends,
Ruby Shipley, and Sally and Buster Turner. Funeral services were held
Saturday, June 10 at Reece Valley Chapel. Graveside services followed by
interment Sunday, June 11 in Moyers Cemetery.

EDNA SMITH, 89, of Brookville, Ohio, died Wednesday, June 7 at Maria Joseph
Nursing Home in Brookville. She was preceded in death by; parents, Thomas and
Laura Smith; brothers, Fred Smith, and Herman Smith; and sister, Ruby Smith.
Survivors include; four nieces; one nephew; and one sister-in-law. Private
interment was held Friday, June 9. Local arrangements by Cross Funeral Home.

RONALD SMITH, 53, of Harrogate, Tennessee, died Sunday, June 11 at Methodist
Medical Center in Oak Ridge. He was preceded in death by; parents, Sommie and
Lena Smith; brother, Glenn Smith; and step-mother, Bessie Lee Smith.
Survivors include; wife, Helen Smith; sons, Ronald Scott Smith, and Rodney
Wayne Smith, both of Pineville, Kentucky; step-children, Karen Hatfield of
Tazewell, and Jody Mozingo of Harrogate; granddaughter, Kayla Hatfield of
Tazewell; sisters, Beulah Smith of Miracle, Kentucky, and Irene Ellis of New
Tazewell; brothers, Paul Smith of Faubush, Kentucky, David Smith of Ferndale,
Kentucky, and Carl Smith of Houston, Texas; special friend, J. B. Johnson;
and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, June 14 at Creech Funeral Home with
Rev. Robert Terry and Rev. Lonnie Lyke officiating. Interment followed in
Fonde/Pruden Cemetery.

WALTER C. SNODDERLY, 80, of LaFollette, died Wednesday, June 7 at LaFollette
Medical Center.
He was preceded in death by; parents, Odis and Liza Snodderly. Survivors
include; wife, Charlsie Snodderly of LaFollette; sons, Joe Snodderly of
LaFollette, and Charles Snodderly of Jacksboro; daughters, Shirley Gillum of
LaFollette; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and several relatives
and friends. Funeral services were held Friday, June 9 at Walters Funeral
Home Chapel with Rev. Caswell Barnes, Rev. Ralph Cordell, and Kenny Gillum
officiating. Interment followed Saturday, June 10 in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to ; New
Horizon Baptist Church, P O Box 270, LaFollette, or High Knob Baptist Church,
PO Box 1715, LaFollette. Walters Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

ABIGAIL "Abbie" ROGERS WILSON, 87, of LaFollette, died Wednesday, June 7 at
LaFollette Medical Center. She was preceded in death by; husband, Clyde
Wilson, Sr.; sisters, Ruth Moyers, and Mary Krautkremer; brothers, Esco,
Frank, Chester, Casper S., Jr., and Millard Rogers. Survivors include; son,
Clyde (Trula) Wilson, Jr. of Walton, Kentucky; grandchildren, Bradley,
Matthew, Mark, and Mary Wilson; and a host of relatives and friends. Funeral
services were held Friday, June 9 at 2 p.m. at Cross Funeral Home Chapel with
Rev. Jimmy Orick officiating. Family received friends from 12 until 2 p.m.
Friday prior to services. Interment followed funeral services in Campbell
Memorial Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Pleasant
Grove Baptist Church, c/o Norita Parrott, 155 Chapel Heights Lane,
LaFollette, Tn. 37766.

WILLIAM WINFORD WALDEN, 42, of Jacksboro, died Saturday, June 3 at St. Mary's
Hospital in Knoxville. He was preceded in death by; parents, Isaac and
Gertrude Wilson Walden; sisters, Norma Jean, and Nina Faye; brothers, Lonnie
and Benny Ray Walden; and two infant brothers. Survivors include; special
person, Robert John Beladina; daughters, Robin Norton of Whitewall,
Tennessee, and Rose Ann Walden of Florida; sisters, Shirley Hatmaker, Edna
Bailey, Alma Orick of LaFollette, Alda Lingerfelt of Clarksville, Tennessee,
Willa Helton, and Linda DeMeza of LaFollette; step-sisters, Lois Farmer,
Phyllis Fraley, and Wilma Rutherford; step-brother, Bud Walden; two
grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and a host of friends, Funeral
services were held Monday, June 5 at Cross Funeral Home Chapel with Rev.
Lloyd Campbell officiating. Interment followed in Walden Cemetery, Lick Creek.
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