Hamilton County Obituaries N - R

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Nash, Mrs. G. A.

Funeral of Mrs. Nash
The funeral of Mrs. G. A. Nash, who died Monday morning at 6 o’clock at Wes-Ellis Hospital, will be held at Centenary Church Wednesday Morning at 10 o’clock.
Dr. E. R. Wiley, pastor of the church, will officiate, assisted by Reverends Catron and Mullins.
Mrs. Nash’s son Edward Wright, and her sister, Mrs. Laura Lynch, both of Chicago, are here for the funeral. The pallbearers will be: Creed F. Bates, Jas. F. Alexander, A. C. Carroll, B. J. McCollough, M. E. Bryan and L. R. Karr. Interment will be in Forest Hills Cemetery.

Neal, Jayne

Chattanooga Times Free Press - 18 Jul 2015

Saralyn Jayne Neal, 61, of Red Bank, passed away on Thursday, July 16, 2015.

She was of the Baptist faith and worked for Dr. Wayne Shearer in Red Bank. She loved her

family and was “Momma” to everybody.

Jayne was preceded in death by parents, Mary and Ulysses Barnes; brother, Robert Edward

Barnes and sister, Kathy Williams.

Survivors include her husband, Charles Daniel “Danny” Neal Sr.; sons, Charles Daniel

“Chuck” Neal Jr. and Brandon Shane Neal; brother, Phillip Scott Barnes; twin sister, June

Card; sister, Sherrie Tanksley, grandchildren, Drew Jennings, Macie Neal, Kirsten Neal, Ashlin Neal, Kaitlyn Spurgin and Jay Spurgin; aunts, Bettie Green and Alma Webb; sister-in-law,

Bobbie McGlamory; nieces, Missi Spurgin, April Dykes, Amanda Welcher and Alexis Tanksley;

nephews, Joshua Barnes and Zackery Welcher; god son, Scott Banister; two great-nephews;

one great-niece, many cousins and extended family.

Services will be held on Sunday, July 19, 2015, at 3 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with Rev.

James Lane officiating.

Condolences and memories can be shared at www.williamsonandsons.com.

Arrangements are by Williamson and Sons Funeral Home, 8852 Dayton Pike, Soddy-Daisy,

submitted by Alma Webb

Neese, Frances E. 

Funeral services for Mrs. Frances E. Neese, who died Sunday afternoon, will be held from Wann's funeral home this morning at 11 o'clock. The Rev. W. S. Neighbors will conduct the services. Interment will be in Forest Hills cemetery with the following serving as pallbearers; Ira Hennessee, W. H. Smith, L. M. Strong, Capt. Charles Offutt,  W. L. Kregner and Samuel Rowley.
Chattanooga Times, September 24, 1923

Submitted by Karen Chastain 

Newman, Hilda R. Burks

Mrs. Hilda R. Newman Dies, Retired Teacher

    Mrs. Hilda R. Newman, 63, retired Tyner High School biology teacher who was named in 1969 as Tennessee's Outstanding Biology Teacher, died in a hospital here Monday.
She began her teaching career in Hamilton County in 1941 and was at the Tyner School beginning in 1948.  She was a graduate of Chattanooga High School and held degrees from Middle Tennessee State University. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, National Science Teachers Association, Association of Classroom Teachers and national, state and regional educational associations. Survivors include her   husband, A. F. Newman, Ooltewah; one son, James Douglas Newman, New Haven, Connecticut; sister Miss Viva Lee Burks, Ooltewah; brother Rupert T. Burks, Sr., Chattanooga; two grandsons. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. in the West Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home.  Burial will be in Forest Hills Cemetery.
Chattanooga Times December 20, 1977. 
Note: Daughter of John Granville and Lizzie Tolbert Burks

Submitted by Shawn Burks  Dazeechn@aol.com

Nichols, Hattie Elizabeth Prince

NICHOLS – MRS. HATTIE ELIZABETH, 91, of 4031 Kelly Ferry Road, the widow of James Nichols, died in a local hospital Saturday morning.

 Mrs. Nichols was a member of the Calvary Church of God. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Pearl Ridge, Tiftonia; son, Earl G. Nichols, Chattanooga; brother, James Prince, Neon, Ky.; 15 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Kelly Ferry Church of God, the Rev. Billy Fowler and the Rev. Harold Swaggerty officiating. Interment in Kelly Ferry Cemetery. Pallbearers: Jack Sexton, Eugene Ridge, Donald Ridge, Billy Webb, Kenneth Worley and Bobby Scoggins. 

The body is at the J. Avery Bryan Funeral Home.

The Chattanooga Times, February 24, 1974

Additional information from submitter: Born November 26, 1882. Wife of James Perry Nichols.

Submitted by Martha Ladd weeduck@earthlink.net

Nichols, James Perry 

NICHOLS – Funeral services for James Perry Nichols, 60, who died Thursday morning at his home on Cummings Highway, will be held at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon at Cummings Chapel, the Rev Floyd Irvin officiating. Interment in Cummings Cemetery. Pallbearers: A. W. Kelley, Earl Gledhill, James Sexton, Ben Brackett, Charlie Bolton and Claude Ridge. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Hattie Elizabeth Nichols; two daughters, Mrs. Clyde Perry, Mrs. Homer Ridge, Chattanooga; two sons, Earl G. Nichols, U. S. Army, and Floyd Cheney Nichols, Chattanooga, and one brother, Chess Nichols, Chattanooga. The body is at the home. 

Arrangements by J. Avery Bryan Company.
The Chattanooga Times, June 22, 1945

Additional information from submitter: Born October 29, 1884. Husband of Hattie Elizabeth Prince.

Submitted by Martha Ladd  weeduck@earthlink.net

Nicholson, Asa B. 

Asa B. Nicholson, 79, retired Chattanooga postal clerk and long prominent in G.O.P. politics of public county before going to Chattanooga 35 years ago passed away at his Chattanooga home Thursday. Mr. Nicholson was born in Polk County, living at Benton for a number of years; where he taught in the local schools, later becoming superintendent of the schools there. He also was postmaster at Benton, justice of the peace and chairman of the county court of Polk County. Mr. Nicholson came to Chattanooga in 1905 and has resided here since. He was a retired postal employee and a member of the Masonic Lodge 660. He was active in church work being a member of the Ridgedale Methodist church and organizer of the Nicholson Bible class which he taught for twenty-five years. Mr. Nicholson married Miss Nallie Clemmer in 1885 , who preceded him in death in December 1938. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs., Charles L. Price, of Miami, Fla. Miss Mary Wayne Nicholson of Chattanooga: two sons Jacob Nicholson, or Norris, Tenn, and Walter Nicholson. of Chattanooga; one brother. R. T. Nicholson. of Benton, Tenn, and one grandson, Charles Boyd Nicholson. Funeral services were held in Chattanooga this afternoon, the Revs. W. M. Grier, James Henley and Wallace Fowler Officating. Interment was in Memorial Park. Several prominent Benton citizens attended the rites. 
January 4, 1940 

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Nicholson, Mrs. Barton J. 

Mrs. Barton J. Nicholson, 67, died at the home of her son, W.I. Nicholson, 3906 Conner Street, Brainerd yesterday afternoon. Surviving are six sons, W. I. and A. R., Chattanooga; J.C. of South Pittsburg; E. D. of Cleveland; J. H. of Cleveland, O., and N. F. of Miami, Fla., and six grandchildren.
Mrs. Nicholson was a member of Ridgedale Methodist Episcopal Church. 

Her body will remain at Smith Funeral home until the funeral hour to be announced.
Chattanooga Times, Friday, April 16, 1937; Page 13mann

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Nicholson, Charles D

Charles D Nicholson, aged 38, died yesterday morning at his home, 710 Dodson Ave, East Chattanooga, after a brief illness. The deceased is survived by a wife, one son, Howard Russell Nicholson; mother, Mrs. Matilda (Womack) Nicholson; one brother, Clay Nicholson; three sisters, Mrs. J. E. Davis and Mrs. Nola B. Wilson of this city, and Mrs. Charles Harrison of Benton. The deceased was a member of the Ridgedale Methodist Episcopal church. The funeral will be conducted this afternoon at 2 o'clock from Wann's at 10 McCallie avenue, the Revs. Mr. Hamil and H. H. Moore officiating. Interment will be in Forest Hills cemetery. Pallbearers will be Alfred Lwa, Ben Allison, William Garner, James Rooney, Gus Wiler and Frank Kelly.
The Daily Times, Chattanooga  9/6/1916

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Nicholson,  Henry Clay  Sr.

NICHOLSON- HENRY CLAY, SR., age 61, of 909 McFarland Avenue, Rossville, Ga., died in a local hospital early Sunday morning. He is survived by his widow; three sons, Henry C. Jr. of Arkansas; Robert Allen and Charles Edward of Chattanooga; and one daughter, Mrs. Poole Jones of Rossville, Ga; one sister, Mrs. Jim Davis of Benton; also three grandchildren. The body is at the funeral home and funeral arrangements will be announced later by the Wann-Chapman Funeral Home.
The Chattanooga Times, Monday, Aug. 20, 1951

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Nicholson, Isaac 

Was Married on Day Zachary Taylor Was Inaugurated

Chattanooga Times Special

BENTON, Tenn., July 22--Isaac Nicholson, aged 84, died here at 9 p.m. tonight. He was a soldier in the Union army. He is survived by his wife, Helen M. Howell Nicholson, aged 86, to whom he was married the day Zachary Taylor was inaugurated president. His living children, all of whom were present at his deathbed, are as follows: J. Harvey Nicholson, Ridgedale; A. C. B. Nicholson, of Chattanooga; Newton S. Nicholson, Ridgedale; Mrs. Mary Burns, of East

Chattanooga; R. T. Nicholson of Benton. He was a member of the Methodist church

The Daily Times-Chattanooga Friday, July 23, 1915 

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Norris, Fannie Elizabeth Hall 

Norris - Fannie Elizabeth. 71, who lived on Jersey Road, died Friday in a local hospital. She was a member of the Kingwood Baptist Church. Mrs. Norris is survived by her husband, J. C. Norris; three daughters, Mrs. Harry Kay, Washington D. C.; Mrs. Pearl Hargraves, Miami Fla.; Mrs. Anna Artman, Miami Fla.; one grandson Harold E. Artman, Chattanooga; granddaughter, Peggy Ann Hargraves; great-grandson, Timothy H. Artman. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Kingwood Baptist Church with Rev. A. M. Stancil officiating, assisted by Rev. Ollie Linkous, and Rev. Hobart Linkous. Pallbearers will be Edward P. Harvey, John L. Harvey, Bobby B. Harvey, Charles H. Hale, William E. Hall, Lee Laycock, Jack Hargraves and William F. Harvey. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery. The body will be at the residence at noon today. 

Arrangements Turner Funeral Home.
Chattanooga Times Newspaper Obituary - Published: August 29, 1953

Note from submitter:

Fannie Elizabeth Hall Norris DOB: August 22, 1882DOD: August 28, 1953 

Norris, Madison R. 

Norris, Madison R. aged 84, passed away Tuesday afternoon at his home, 3106 Noah St. Surviving are his wife; four sons, W. J., R. F., F. H. and O. R. Norris; four daughters, Mrs. Mary Trotter, Mrs. Alma Lingerfelt, Mrs. Eunice Galloway and Mrs. Lizzie Spray and several grandchildren. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2:30 PM from the East Chattanooga Church of God with the Rev. E. M. Ellis officiating Internment will follow in the Greenwood Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be the grandsons of the deceased. 

Arrangements are in charge of Coulters.
Chattanooga Times, September 3, 1930.

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Norris, Matilda 

Mrs. Matilda Norris, 85, died at her home early yesterday morning. She is survived by four sons, R. L. of Rome GA; Floyd H. of Fort Payne, Ala; Roy of Thomasville, NC and W. J. Norris of Chattanooga; four daughters, Mrs. Alma Lingerfelt, Mrs. D.A. Galloway, Mrs. Mary Trotter, and Mrs. Lizzie Spray of Chattanooga, and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held from the East Chattanooga Church of God at 2 pm today, the Rev. Ellis officiating. Pallbearers will be Frank Trotter, Lee Trotter, Willie Lingerfelt, Herbert Galloway, Clifford Galloway and Floyd Norris. Internment will follow in the Greenwood Memorial Park. Arrangements in charge of Smith's.
Chattanooga Times, January 4, 1934

Submitted by Lori Hirsh   lgalloway1@yahoo.com

O'Brien, William J. 

O’BRIEN – WILLIAM J., age 45, died at the residence, 105 Pinehurst Avenue, Friday afternoon. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Virginia Hunt O’Brien; one daughter, Mrs. Dorothy O’Brien McBee of Chattanooga; mother, Mrs. John W. O’Brien of Cincinnati, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. H. G. Brenner, Loveland, Ohio; Miss Annie O’Brien of Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Funeral services will be announced later, with the National Funeral Home in charge.
The Chattanooga Times, June 22, 1945

Ochs, Rose Kirkpatrick Martin 

Mrs. A. S. Ochs Dies of Stroke Wife of Times Official Stricken in Auto. Funeral services for Mrs. Adolph Shelby Ochs, wife of secretary-treasurer of The Chattanooga Times, who died of a cerebral hemorrhage shortly after midnight Wednesday, will be held at 2:30 o’clock Friday afternoon in the chapel of Centenary Methodist Church. Dr. Bachman Hodge, church pastor, will officiate. Interment will be in Forest Hills Cemetery. Stricken while driving toward the city on Hixson Pike, Mrs. Ochs is said to have placed her head on her husband’s shoulder and slumped over. He immediately stopped the car and sought help at the home of C. E. Dodd, 1820 Hixson Pike. Dodd called for a Bryan ambulance, which took her to Erlanger Hospital. She was pronounced dead upon arrival. Dr. Charles R. Thomas, family physician, who arrived at Erlanger soon afterward, said death resulted from a cerebral hemorrhage.

 Mr. And Mrs. Ochs had spent the evening in the home of Mr. And Mrs. E. D. Latimer at Minnekahda Place and were returning to their home on Lookout Mountain when Mrs. Ochs became ill. A native of Chattanooga, she was the former Miss Rose Kirkpatrick (Patty) Martin. She was born March 26, 1891. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. John Smith Martin. She attended Girls Preparatory School and Randolph-Macon Women’s College in Virginia. Her marriage to Mr. Ochs occurred November 19, 1921. A leader in social circles and in welfare work, Mrs. Ochs was a member of the board of the Vine Street Orphanage at the time of her death. She was also corresponding and recording secretary of the orphanage. She was a member of Centenary Methodist Church. During his lifetime, her father was a leading lay member of the church and served as chairman of the building committee, which built the present structure. She was a member also of the daughters of the American Revolution and of the Cotillion Club. She was active for years in the Junior League and was regional secretary at the time of her death. She also was a member of the Colonial Dames of Virginia and of Chi Omega Sorority.

 Survivors include her husband and son, Martin Ochs, a member of the Times editorial staff, and a sister, Mrs. Joseph Dart, Dayton, Ohio.

Chattanooga Times 12/11/1952

 Submitted by Gary P. Martin   oogie53@hotmail.com

Odom, Louise C. 

Louise C. Odom, of East Ridge, died Friday, Sept. 15, 1995, in a local hospital.  She was retired as an accountant for the Krystal Company.  She was a member of Kingwood Baptist Church and the Ruth Sunday School Class.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Odom, and a daughter, Carolyn Odom.    Survivors include a daughter, Janice O. Pate, Orlando, Fla.; as son, Thomas Victor Odom, East Ridge; two brothers, Herbert Conner, Orlando, Fla., and Roy Conner, Chattanooga; two sisters, Joyce Blackstock, Rock Springs, Ga., and Dorothy Bryant, Chattanooga.    Graveside services will be Sunday at 3 p.m. at Forest Hills Cemetery with the Rev. Kerry Smith officiating.   

Arrangements by Chattanooga Funeral Home.   

Submitted by June Cooper   Penny0608@aol.com

Owen, Howard L. 

Howard L. Owen died Thursday, September 21, 2000, at his home.  He was 87. He was a native of Jasper, Tennessee, and lived in Chattanooga most of his life.  He attended Bayside Baptist Church and was a World War II Army veteran.  He was a lifetime member of the American Legion, the Disabled American Veterans and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Survivors include two sons, James Allen Owen, Franklin, GA., and Jacky P. Owen, Chattanooga; daughter, Joyce Puckett, Chattanooga; sister Grace Owen Skates, Chattanooga; 12 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. The funeral will be Monday at 10:30 a.m. at Turner Funeral Home, Webb Road, with the Rev. Glenn officiating. Burial will be in Chattanooga National Cemetery. 

Submitted by June Cooper

Parker, Barry W.  73, a Chattanooga native, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on Tuesday, July 3, 2018.

Born May 30, 1945, to Julius and Betty Parker, Barry’s often recalled family trips to the Great Smoky Mountains, a summer backpacking through western Europe, and a stint on a kibbutz in Israel. Barry was a graduate of The McCallie School and Vanderbilt University.

Inspired by his father’s work and his own life experience, Barry embarked on a distinguished career in journalism. As a reporter for the United Press International, Barry chronicled important moments in the civil rights movement in the Deep South and covered the devastation of Hurricane Camille along the Gulf Coast.  Barry went on to write for The News & Observer in Raleigh, NC, before returning to Chattanooga to cover notable local events for the News-Free Press.

Barry authored and published several books including The Tennesseans: A People Revisited, which received the Benjamin Franklin award for its depiction of the state’s history and residents. His other writings include the story of the Siskin brothers, a centennial book for The McCallie School, and a history of Neyland Stadium.

As accomplished as he was a writer, Barry was also an avid listener, often remembered by fellow journalists, friends and family for his easy laugh and persistent encouragement.  He was humble, gentle, and courageous beyond words.

While other chapters of his life included hiking the Appalachian Trail and adventuring across the globe, Barry found the most joy in the simple pleasures of a walk in nature, reading The New York Times on a quiet Sunday, or going to the playground with his grandchildren.

Barry was preceded in death by his mother and father, Betty and Julius Parker; and his sister, Eleanor Parker Kronenberg.

He is survived by his loving wife, Flossie Weill; brother, Steven (Hollee) Parker of Marietta, GA; sons, Jordan (Rebecca) Parker of Chattanooga and Adam (Carol) Parker of Charlotte, NC; grandchildren, Aaron and Lilah; stepsons, John (Julia) Shoaf of Nashville and Alex (Christine) Shoaf of Lexington, VA; nieces and nephews, Seth, Eleanor, Dauren, Samantha, and Mindy; as well as dear cousins, treasured friends, and loving neighbors.

The graveside service and burial will take place on Thursday, July 5th at 10:00 a.m. at Mizpah Cemetery, 301 Collins St., Chattanooga, TN 37403.  Rabbi Susan Tendler of B’nai Zion Congregation and Rabbi Craig Lewis of Mizpah Congregation will officiate.  Afterwards, the family will receive friends during a meal of consolation at Mizpah Congregation, 923 McCallie Avenue, Chattanooga, TN 37403 at 11am.  A gathering of friends and family will be held on Thursday July 5th at 6:30pm at 901 Lindsay Event Center, located at the corner of Lindsay St and ML King Blvd at 901 Lindsay St Chattanooga, TN 37402.

The family would like to thank Dr. Nilesh Patel, Dr. Brooke Daniel, and Carol Ownby for their compassionate and expert care.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The BRCA Foundation, The Kidney Foundation of the Greater Chattanooga Area, Inc., B’nai Zion Congregation, Mizpah Congregation or the Appalachian Trail Conservancy.

Hamilton Funeral Home & Cremation Services; 4506 Hixson Pike. 

Parker, James Charles  
Husband of Ethel Womack

James C. (Jimmy) Parker, 52, died Friday night in the Veteran's Hospital at Miami, Fla. He was a former employee of Holsum Bakery in Chattanooga and a World War II veteran. Surviving is his wife, Mrs. Ethel Parker, Palm Bay, Fla; two (should be 3) sons, David and Mickey of Palm Bay and Jerry of Chattanooga; a daughter, Susie Parker of Palm Bay; two brothers, Ralph Parker of Chattanooga and John of Kingston, Tenn.; and two sisters, Mrs. June McMasters of Manassas, Va., and Mrs. Ruth Sledge of Soddy.
Chattanooga Times Saturday, July 15, 1967

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Parker, John M. 

John M. Parker, 57, for thirty-two years connected with the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis railway and one of Chattanooga’s best-known citizens, died at 8:10 o’clock yesterday morning at his home, 4415 Alabama avenue, after a long illness. Mr. Parker had lived in St. Elmo for many years and was a member of the Church of Christ. He was also affiliated with the W. O. W. and Order of Railway Telegraphers. He was the son of the late W. F. Parker and grandson of the late Squire Allen Parker.

 Surviving is his widow, a son, John, Jr., four daughters, Misses Mary Louise, Elsie, Helen and Geneva Parker: two brothers, J. F. and L. S. Parker, and two sisters, Miss Margarette Parker and Mrs. P. W. Stonestreet, all of this city.  Funeral services, conducted by the Rev. E. H. Hoover and the Rev. J. T. Clark, will be held in the St. Elmo Church of Christ at 10 o-clock Tuesday morning, followed by interment in Forest Hills. Active pallbearers will be H. V. Evans, J. E. Strann, Lee Ford, John Hennegar, Fred Huber and A. M. Miller. Honorary pallbearers will be Tom Parker, J. W. Chandler, Fred Fry, Tom Keef, John Mason, F. O. Loft, Will Oldis, Bernie Hollaway, John Hugh, James Light and Joe Rowden. 

Arrangements are in charge of Wann’s.

1931. Chattanooga Times, Monday, October 5, 1931 .

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Parker, Margaret 

Worked for Railroad

Miss Margaret Parker, 75, retired Chattanooga businesswoman, died Friday afternoon in a local hospital. Miss Parker lived at 4410 St. Elmo Ave. At her retirement last August, Miss Parker had been employed by the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway for 55 years. She had been a member of the St. Elmo Church of Christ for 18 years. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. P. W. Stonestreet, Chattanooga; three nephews, Dr. M. P. Stonestreet, Anaheim, Calif., H. L. Stonestreet, Midland, Tex., and John M. Parker, Chattanooga; eight nieces, Miss Mary Elizabeth Parker, Miss Louise Parker, Miss Mary L. Parker, Mrs. Howard Hale, Mrs. Cranston Pearce, Mrs. Leon Hale, Mrs. Gladys S. Davis and Mrs. C. B. Gill, all of Chattanooga. There are 11 great-nieces and nephews.

Funeral plans will be announced. 

The body is at the National Funeral Home in West Chapel.

The Chattanooga Times, Saturday, October 7, 1961.

Note: Daughter of Wiley Francis & Mary Elizabeth Fryar Parker.

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Parker,  Mary Elizabeth Fryar 

Member of One of Oldest Families

Dies – Funeral Today

Mrs. Mary Fryar Parker, wife of W. F. Parker, 4410 St. Elmo Avenue, died yesterday afternoon at 2. Mrs. Parker was born Sept.16, 1848 at the present site of Lookout Station. The deceased was a member of one of the oldest and best-known families of Hamilton County. For many years she was a member of the St. Elmo Church of Christ, from which the funeral will be held this afternoon at 4 o’clock, the Rev. E. V. Hoover, assisted by the Rev. A. Clark officiating. Interment will follow in Forest Hills Cemetery. Following will be pallbearers: Oscar Chrisman, A. P. Langford, Albert Freidell, E. J. Huber, W. M. Quiegley and G. B. Light. Mrs. Parker is survived by her husband; three daughters, the Misses Frances, Sarah and Margaret Parker; three sons, Jerry, Louis and John Parker, and two brothers, James and Sevier Fryar.
The Chattanooga Times, Saturday, July 22, 1916.

Note: Daughter of Jeremiah and Ingobo Hixson Fryar.

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Parker, Wiley Francis 

Wiley F. Parker, a resident of Hamilton County throughout the seventy-two years of his life, died yesterday afternoon at 1 o’clock at his home, 4410 St. Elmo avenue, after a week’s illness. Mr. Parker was born at Wauhatchie July 1, 1846 and resided on his farm at that place until about fifteen years ago when he moved to St. Elmo. He was an active member of the St. Elmo Church of Christ. He is survived by three sons, Jerry F. and J. M. Parker of Chattanooga, and L. S. Parker of Nashville: three daughters, Misses Margaret and Sallie Parker and Mrs. P. W. Stonestreet, of Chattanooga. He was a brother of J. G. Parker, of Chattanooga. 

Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
The Chattanooga Times, Wednesday, February 5, 1919.

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Payne, James Lewis 

James Lewis Payne of Harrison died Saturday, Dec. 9, 1995, in a local hospital, He was 69. Services will be Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. in the Highway 58 Chapel of Turner Home with the Rev. Jack Fitts officiating.

Burial will be in Chattanooga National Cemetery.

Payne, Mrs. Will S. 

Mrs. Will S. Payne died yesterday afternoon at her home on May Street in Hill City after a short illness. She was the daughter of Bob Jones, formerly a well-known South Chattanooga merchant. Mrs. Payne is survived by a husband, besides father and mother. The body will be sent to Sale Creek at 5 o'clock this morning for interment.

Chattanooga Times, August 8, 1909

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Peardon, Elizabeth

Funeral of Mrs. Peardon

The body of Mrs. Elizabeth Peardon, aged 82 years, who died suddenly at her home Friday morning, was sent yesterday afternoon to Ladd’s Switch, Ky., by O’Donohue’s, where the funeral services and interment took place in the family burial ground.  The Rev. Thomas, of Guild, was the officiating minister. 

The Chattanooga Times October 2, 1922, Pg 3

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Pendergrass, Donald 

BIRCHWOOD YOUTH, 19, DIES OF INJURY
Donald Pendergrass Was Hit by 2 x 4, April 4, Building School Play Scenery.  Donald Pendergrass, 19-year-old Birchwood High School senior, died in a local hospital Sunday night from a head injury received when a 2 x 4 fell as he helped build stage scenery at the school April 4 for the school play.
His father, Orvele Pendergrass, said the youth did not complain of the injury, received on Monday, until the following Friday morning when he said he had a headache upon rising.  The popular senior went to school that day and to the senior banquet that night.  Returning from the dinner he became ill, but later rallied and was not carried to the P. & S. Hospital in Cleveland until Saturday, his father said.
 He remained in the hospital 12 days, during which his spine was punctured 10 times, the elder Pendergrass said.  Believed to be convalescing, he was allowed to return home and suffered no further attack until Sunday, when he was taken to the Cleveland hospital and later brought here.  He died about four hours after admission to Erlanger Hospital.  His father said the only evidence of the injury was a small knot on his son's head. The elder Pendergrass said his son was struck by a 2 x 4 which fell when a companion's hand slipped, releasing the heavy timber also being held by young Pendergrass. The youth was a member of the Friendship Baptist Church in the community. He is survived by his parents, two sisters, Misses Betty Jean and Barbara Ann Pendergrass. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon at the East Chattanooga Baptist Church, with the Reverend J. N. Bull and Reverend Morros McClanahan officiating.  Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.

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Pendergrass, J. A. 

J. A. PENDERGRASS, 83, passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. C. H. Gamble, with whom he had made his home for the past two years.  Mr. Pendergrass was born in Birchwood, TN, on April 6, 1862, and had lived there all his life until he came to Chattanooga.  He was a member of the Birchwood Church and had been a Christian for a number of years.  He has a host of friends and relatives who are left to mourn their loss while it is heaven's gain.  Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Nancy Pendergrass; eight children, Mrs. Charles Gamble, Arvel Pendergrass of Chattanooga, Mrs. John White, Langston, Alabama; Mrs. Lucille Collins, Madison, Alabama; Lester, Newt and Raleigh Pendergrass, all of Birchwood; Oscar Pendergrass, Cleveland, Tenn.  Thirty-seven grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren.  Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the chapel of the National Funeral Home, with the Reverend Hobart Linkous and Lester Lewis conducting.  Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.  The following nephews will serve as pallbearers, R. C. Webb, Earl Bower, Chester Bower, Clyde Bower, Roy Shahan, and Roy Pendergrass.  Honorary pallbearers will be Frank Baker, Reece Bare, Walter Bishoff, Claude Murray, Charles Sturgill, Ross Collins, Jeff Defriese, Fred Edgemon, Newt Newell, Sam Norman, LePhonso Sims, William Smith.  Flower girls will be Betty and Barbara Ann Pendergrass, Jo Ann and Donna Ruth Gamble, Betty Daniels, Shirley Jean Hotalen, Dixie June Griffin, Naomi Ferguson and Mary Alice Bass.  Arrangements are by the National Funeral Home.

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Pendergrass,  Julia Etta 

PENDERGRASS - MRS. JULIA ETTA, 65, of Rt. 1, Harrison, Tenn., died Sunday morning at her residence after long illness.  She was a native and lifelong resident of the Chattanooga and Harrison area.  Mrs. Pendergrass was a member of the Friendship Baptist Church.  Survivors are her husband, Carl Pendergrass; two brothers, William D. James, Harrison, Tenn., Claude James, Rossville; three sisters, Mrs. Annie Greinm, Rossville, Mrs. Gertie Smith, Soddy-Daisy, Tenn., Mrs. Lovetta Smith, Hixson; several nieces and nephews.  Services will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the Valley View Chapel of Lane Funeral Home with the Rev. David Mosley and the Rev. James Malone officiating.  Burial will be in McDonald Cemetery, East.  Pallbearers will be Jasper Malone, Bill Malone, Marshall Malone, Ira Malone, Earl Malone and Don Malone.  The family will receive friends after 11 a.m. Monday at the Valley view chapel of Lane Funeral Home Inc.

Chattanooga Times August 4, 1980, Pg A4

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Penney, Bertie Clayton

PENNEY, MRS. BERTIE, 70, of Soddy, Tenn., died at the residence Wednesday at noon after a lingering illness. She was the daughter of the late Tom and Jane Fox Clayton, pioneer settlers of Meigs County. Mrs. Penney has lived in the Soddy Daisy area for the past 56 years and was a member of the Soddy Church of God. Survivors, husband, George Penney, Soddy, one son, Lewis Penney, Soddy; three daughters, Mrs. Bernard Johnson, Mrs. Virgil Caldwell, Soddy; Mrs. Self Olive, Florence, Ala., two sisters, Mrs. Gertie McGill, Soddy, Mrs. Hattie Shelton, Fontana, Calif.; 14 grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday from the Soddy Church of God by the Revs. Bruce Vanoer, Lewis Hickman and George Wampler. Interment will follow in the Hamilton Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be nephews, John McGill, Allen Shelton, Reece Clayton, Warren Clayton, Clifford Adams and Bob Adams. Honorary pallbearers will be the Mother's Class of the Soddy Church of God. The body will remain at the funeral home. 

Arrangements are by Williamson-Garrison Funeral Home, Highway 27, Daisy.

The Chattanooga Times, Mar 28, 1968

Submitted by Sallie Cox   scox3876@bellsouth.net

Penney, George

PENNEY, GEORGE, 79, of Rt. 3, Soddy, Tenn., died in a Chattanooga hospital Monday afternoon. He was the son of the late Sam and Ida Ricketts Penney, pioneer settlers of Soddy, a member of Dividing Ridge Church of God, and a retired employee of Combustion Engineering Corp. Survivors, wife, Mrs. Iva Petty Penney, Soddy; one son, Lewis Penney, Daisy, Tenn.; Daisy, Tenn.; three daughters, Mrs. Bernard Johnson, Soddy; Mrs. Mary Caldwell, Soddy; Mrs. Mildred Olive, Florence, ala.; one sister, Mrs. Nola Adams, Soddy; stepchildren, Mrs. Floyd Lasley, Soddy; Eldon Petty, Soddy; the Rev. Winford Petty, Hixson; the 14 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. The body will be at the funeral home. Arrangements will be announced by Williamson and Son, Highway 27, Soddy Daisy.

The Chattanooga Times, August 8, 1972

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Penney, Robert Sherman 

PENNEY, ROBERT SHERMAN, 80, of R. F. D. No. 1, Soddy, Tenn., died in a local hospital at 7 o’clock Monday night. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Sarah Penney; four daughters, Mrs. C. N. Hunt, Mrs. Will Davis, Mrs. Warren Davidson and Mis Nannie Penney; two sisters, Mrs. Frona Higgins, all of Soddy, Tenn.; Mrs. Doan Reno, Daisy, Tenn.; two half brothers, Ben Penney and Sim Penney, Soddy, Tenn., and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. 

Funeral arrangements will be announced by J. Avery Bryan Company.

The Chattanooga Times, Tues., Feb 17, 1948

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Penney, Nancy J. Spradling 

Funeral services for Mrs. Nan Spradling Penney, 54, who died at Soddy Saturday, will be held this afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Soddy M.E. church. Rev. I. R. Ghormley officiating. She is survived by her husband, Joseph Penney, four daughters; four sons, one brother and nineteen grandchildren. Interment in Penney cemetery near Soddy. 

Hallett’s in charge.

Chattanooga Times, March 5, 1933.

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Penney, Nancy J.

Penney, Mrs. Nancy J., 77, 3307 Lamar Ave., Red Bank, Tenn., died in a Chattanooga Hospital early Sunday morning. She was the daughter of the late, William R. and Sarah T. Underwood Jones, pioneer settlers of north Hamilton County. She was the widow of George W. Penney who died in May 1967. Mrs. Penney was a member of the Middle Valley Church of God. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. James Mayberry, Red Bank and Mrs. Frances Clift, Red Bank; two sons, John L. Penney, Chattanooga, and Mose Penney, Soddy; five brothers, John Jones, Soddy, Frank and Sam C. Jones, Chattanooga, Charlie Jones, Hixson, the Rev. Lloyd Jones, Cleveland, Tenn.; five sisters, Mrs. will Howard, Smyrna, Ga., Mrs. S. O. Loftis, Hixson and Mrs. Ethel Whitlock, Chattanooga. Mrs. Alfred Miller, Soddy and Miss Mattie Jones of Chattanooga, 12 grandchildren, several great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel of the funeral home, conducted by the Revs. Jack Pharr, Lloyd Brown and Arvin Johnson. Interment will follow in Hamilton County Memorial Park Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be grandsons, Bobby Clift, Larry Clift, Bobby Cope, Ralph Penney, Robert Penney and Harold Penney. Honorary pallbearers will be Russell Penney, L. W. Hunter, Herbert (Buck) Clift, John Walker, Ralph Baxter, Reese (Butch) Clift, J. O. Porter, Roy Benton, Lloyd Beene, Dr. Preston McDow, Clarence Webb, S. O. Nelson, James Clarence Webb, S. O. Nelson, James Nelson, Floyd Dodd, Homer Walker, John Miller and the Adult Sunday School Class of the Middle Valley Church of God. The body will remain at the funeral home.

 Arrangements by Williamson-Garrison Funeral Home.
The Chattanooga Times, Monday, Jan 15, 1968

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Perkinson,  Sarah
PERKINSON—MRS. SARAH, 67, widow of the late P. J. Perkinson, died at her residence, 2407 North Chamberlain Avenue, early Wednesday morning.  She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Bessie Jones; three sons, W. C., J. L. and W. E. Perkinson, all of Chattanooga.  Funeral services will be held
from the East Chattanooga Church of God at 1 p.m. Thursday, with the Rev. E. L. Ellis officiating.  Internment in Ooltewah cemetery.  Pallbearers will be the grandsons of Mrs. Perkinson. 

 Coulter’s in charge.
Chattanooga Times, January 11, 1934

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Pewitt, Betty Lawwill 

PEWITT - BETTY LAWWILL, of Naperville, Ill., died Tuesday at her home.  Daughter of the late Dr. Stewart Lawwill Sr., she was a graduate of Girls’ Preparatory School, Chattanooga, and Vanderbilt University.  She was a member of Knox Presbyterian Church in Naperville.  Survivors include he husband, Dr. E. Gale Pewitt; son, Bradley Pewitt, both of Naperville; three daughters, Mrs. Paul Lewis, Clemson, S. C., Bonnie and Dudley Pewitt, both of Naperville; mother, Mrs. Stewart Lawwill; sister Mrs. John Ballman, Chattanooga; two brothers, Dr. Stewart Jr., Chattanooga, and Dr. Ted Lawwill, Kansas City, Kan.  Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. today in Forest Hills Cemetery with David Bryan officiating.  Memorial contributions may be made to Knox Presbyterian Church, 1105 Catalpa Lane, Naperville 60540.  The family will receive friends one hour before the service at Wann Funeral Home. 

Chattanooga Times June 7 1986 Pg A8

Submitted by Tonia Hager Cobb  Acmom902@aol.com

Phillips, George W. 

PHILLIPS - GEORGE W., aged 78, died suddenly Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of his son, Arthur Phillips, 2700 East Forty-sixth Street, East Lake. He was a resident of Coulterville, Tenn., for forty-two years and was a lovely Christian character, having been an active member of the church since the age of 14 years. Surviving are the following children: Mrs. D. E. Lee, Mrs. J. T. Scroggins, A. T. Phillips, Mrs. T. A. Bailey, Mrs. J. C. Miller, Mrs. T. A. Strickland, all of Chattanooga; Mrs. C. A. Trundle, of Ringgold, Ga.; Mrs. Brown C. Jones, of Sale Creek, Tenn.; Mrs. G. W. Sirls, of Nashville; W. A. Phillips, of Harriman; a stepson, Alvin T. Kelley, of Graysville, Tenn.; sisters, Mrs. M. L. Pittman, of Fort Worth, Tex.; Mrs. S. L. Hammond, of Trion, Ga.; thirty-nine grandchildren and thirty-four great-grandchildren. Mr. Phillips' kindly disposition endeared him to all with whom he came in contact and he will be greatly missed by his great number of friends. 

Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Coulter's.

The Chattanooga Times 10/23/1932

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Pierce, Eugene Franklin "Sonny" Jr.

Rossville - Eugene Franklin "Sonny" Pierce Jr., 67, passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2005.    He was born and raised in Ringgold, Ga., and had resided in Rossville up until his death.  He served his country in the U.S. Army and was a charter member of Shiloh Baptist Church in Fairview, where he enjoyed driving the church bus especially for Vacation Bible School, He was a former security guard for Pinkerton Security Services.  He had worked at several service stations, Champion's Quarles and Save-Sum all in Rossville.  He also drove tour buses for Aldmore Tours and D&M Tours and retired from Walker County Transportation Department, where he enjoyed driving "Bus 19" for 20 years. He was preceded in death by his mother, Louise Edwards Pierce, and mother-in-law, Mamie Tanner.    He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Lois Tanner Pierce, all of Rossville; father, Eugene Franklin Pierce Sr. of Ringgold; sisters, Betty Kendrick, Doris Silvers, both of Ringgold, Sara Jones of LaFayette, Ga.: brothers, Charles and Tommy Pierce, both of Ringgold; several nieces and nephews.    Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Shiloh Baptist Church with the Rev. Paul O'Neal , the Rev. Derrell O'Neal, and the Rev. Bruce Cappleman officiating.    Burial will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday, July 18, 2005, in Chattanooga National Cemetery.    

 Arrangements by W.L. Wilson and Sons Funeral Home, Fort Oglethorpe.

Submitted by Robert Tanner   RATanner2@aol.com

Pirtle, Robert Burgher 

Robert Burgher Pirtle Special to The Chattanooga Times Bolivar, TN Robert Burgher Pirtle, who for many years was with the Railway Express Agency, in Chattanooga before his retirement some 15 years ago, died Monday at St. Joseph Hospital in Memphis.  He was 80. He was born in Toone, TN and was a veteran of the Spanish-American War and World War 1.  He was a member of Highland Park Christian Church in Chattanooga. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at National Funeral Home in Memphis. Burial will be in National Cemetery in Memphis. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Margaret Louise Stevens Pirtle; a daughter, Mrs. Eva R Pirtle Dickson of Memphis and St. Petersburg, FL; two sisters, Mrs. Sammons Marsh of Bolivar and Mrs. Joe Martin of Courtland, MS. 

The Chattanooga Times, September 27, 1961.

Submitted by Peggy Rhinerson  PRhinerson@aol.com

Pirtle, Ruth 

Pirtle, Mrs. Ruth, widow of William T. Pirtle, of 510 Winston Rd. Hampton Heights, died Sunday morning at the Fountain View Convalescent Center, Atlanta, GA. A native of Wallis, TX, she was the daughter of the late Hamilton and Katie Harrison Arnold.  She had been a member of the First Baptist Church since 1908 and was a member of the Shahan Bible Class.  She was a member of the Frances Walker Chapter of the U.D.C., a member of the Frances Willard Chapter of W.C.T.U., and former board member of the Frances Willard Home. Survivors include a son, W. R. Pirtle, Atlanta; a grandson, W. P. Chaney, Chattanooga, a granddaughter, Mrs. C. A. Daugherty, Nashville; four great grandchildren; two nieces, Mrs. R. E. Hill, Chattanooga, and Mrs. C. H. Sewell, Bolivar, TN. Funeral services will will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. from the gravesite in Forest Hills Cemetery with Rev. Jack McEwen officiating.  

The body is at the Wann Funeral Home, 4000 Tennessee Ave.

The Chattanooga Times, December 25, 1967.

Submitted by Peggy Rhinerson  PRhinerson@aol.com

Pirtle, William Thomas

WILLIAM THOMAS PIRTLE DIES, LIVED HERE MANY YEARS

William Thomas Pirtle, 62, died suddenly Friday morning at his residence, 754 Oak street.  He had been a resident of Chattanooga for twenty-five years but made his home in Florida for the past several years, returning to Chattanooga last July. He was district accountant for the Railway Express Agency and had been connected with the express company for more than forty years. He is survived by his widow, Ruth Pirtle, a son, W. R. Pirtle, of Rome, GA; a daughter, Mrs. Paul Cheney, of Albany, N.Y.; a brother, Robert Burgher Pirtle, of Chattanooga, and three sisters, Mrs. C. L. Taylor, of Mason, TN; Mrs. Aylene Martin, of Memphis, and Mrs. Joseph Martin, of Batesville, MS. The following are asked to serve as pallbearers;  J. V. McLaughlin, H. B. Magill, C. B. Herrington, B. W. Hendricks, J. W. Lloyd and H. B. Lankeater.  Interment will be made in Forest Hills cemetery in charge of J. H. Wann & Son.
The Chattanooga Times, September 10, 1932.

Submitted by Peggy Rhinerson  PRhinerson@aol.com

Pitts, W. W. 

PITTS-The funeral of W. W. Pitts, who died Wednesday at the home of his brother, R. E. Pitts, will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, at the Falling Water Presbyterian church, with the Rev. Ira Jones officiating. The following grandnephews will serve as pallbearers: W. P. Selcer, Jr., Dick Selcer, Lawrence Brown, Alvin Lewis, Darwin Lewis and Emmett Lewis. Interment will take place at Falling Water cemetery, with Halletts in charge.
Chattanooga Times, January 24, 1930.

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Poteet, Miss Rosa Lee 

POTEET, ROSA, 90, of Chattanooga, died Tuesday in a local nursing home.  A member of Brooks United Methodist Church, she was a retired employee of Dixie Yarns.  Survivors include her sister, Lacie Leatherwood, Hixson; brother, Walter Poteet, Chattanooga; several nieces and nephews.  Services will be at 2 pm today in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Christopher Dover officiating.  Burial will be in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.  

Arrangements by the Coulter Chapel of Lane Funeral Home.
The Chattanooga Times, January 25, 1996.

Submitted by Mark Bennett  MrBnntt@aol.com

Poteet, Rual Rice 

POTEET-- RUAL R., age 73, died early Sunday morning (Oct. 21, 1956) in a local hospital.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sarah Jane Poteet, Lupton City; five daughters, Miss Rosa Poteet, Miss Ethel Poteet and Mrs. D.W. (Gena) Leatherwood, all of Lupton City, Mrs. E.B. (Bessie) Mantooth, Benton, TN; and Mrs. L.C. (Lacie) Leatherwood, Hixson, TN; three sons, Woodrow Poteet, Lupton City; Walter Poteet, Lupton City; and Ebb Poteet, Soddy, TN; and 18 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.  Mr. Poteet was a member of the Wetmore Baptist Church.  Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon from the Lupton City Baptist Church with the Revs. H.L. Lewis, Gus Reed, and Luther Brown officiating.  Active pallbearers will be Floyd Ballew, Gene Pittman, James Shirley, Scarbough Moore, Russell Broyles, and Eulas Laney.  Honorary pallbearers will be Tom Wilkey, Boofer Wilkey, Clifford Horne, Ralph Sander, Wayne Sneed, Johnnie Cobble, Grover Ballard, Oliver Scroggins and Curtis Neal.  Interment will be in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.  The body will be taken to the church to lie in state for one hour before time of service.  The body is at the funeral home.  

Arrangements by Cosmopolitan Funeral Home.
The Chattanooga Times, October 22, 1956

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Poteet, Sarah Jane England 

POTEET-- MRS. SARAH JANE, of 8 Crompton St., Lupton City, died Monday evening (Aug. 25, 1975) at the residence.  She was a member of Wetmore Baptist Church and the widow of Rual R. Poteet.  She is survived by five daughters, Miss Rosa Poteet, Miss Ethel Poteet, and Mrs. Gena Leatherwood, Hixson, TN; three sons, Woodrow Poteet, Lupton City; Ebb Poteet, Soddy, TN; Walter Poteet, Oklahoma City, OK; two brothers, Will England, Chattanooga; Charles England, Rossville, GA; 19 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.  Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Wednesday at the North Chapel of the Chattanooga Funeral Home with Rev. Roy Janeway and Rev. Arthur Humphries officiating.  Active pallbearers will be Howard Grayson, Don Benefield, Bill Ray Corderil, Jim Perry, Kenneth Poteet, Sam Owen.  Honorary pallbearers will be Neighbors of Lupton City.  Interment will be in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.  

The body is at the North Chapel of the Chattanooga Funeral Home.  Highway 153 Hixson.
The Chattanooga Times, Wednesday, August 27, 1975.

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Powell, Barney

POWELL-BARNEY, aged 44, was found dead in bed at his home,24 Shallowford Rd., yesterday morning at 5 o'clock. He is survived by his wife and a son, Barney, Jr. He was a member of the First Presbyterian church and Woodman of the World Camp No.6. The body was moved to Wann's, where the funeral will be held, the Rev. John W. Inzer officiating. Interment in Forest Hills cemetery.
Chattanooga Times, September 12, 1923

Submitted by Karen Chastain

Priddy,  Br. Burk 

ESQ. PRIDDY ENDS CAREER

SALE CREEK MAGISTRATE FALLS VICTIM OF SMALLPOX PROMINENT MANY YEARS AS DOCTOR AND POLITICIAN MEMBER OF COUNTY COURT FROM ELEVENTH DISTRICT UNTIL 1906, AND ELECTED FROM NEW SEVENTH IN FALL OF 1912

Esquire Burk Priddy representative of the Seventh civil district of the county court, died yesterday of smallpox at his home in Sale Creek.  He was about 70 years of age and had been active as a physician and a politician in this county for a long time. Dr. Priddy was a victim of his own opinion in relation to the vaccination theory in prevention of smallpox, having always adhered to the belief that vaccination was of no moment and depending upon other preventive measures both as to himself and for recommendation to others.  Recently he was in the midst of a fight in his hometown on this subject and while the disease was becoming epidemic in his community, he himself was stricken.  From the beginning his was a serious case, having what doctors called hemorrhage Ous smallpox.  Last week the county health authorities visited his town and pronounced Dr. Priddy's case hopeless.  Death was delayed much beyond the time predicted. Surviving the deceased esquire are his wife Miss Tolley (sic), Dr. John Priddy of California, James B. Priddy, Daniel W. Priddy, Mrs. John Shelton, and Mrs. Thomas Roark of Sale Creek; Jesse Priddy, of Chattanooga, Mrs. Mack Roark and Mrs. John Clinghan, of Meigs County.  No definite announcement was made last night regarding the funeral, it is possibly taking place this morning from the residence.  Because of the nature of the malady that took away this well-known citizen of the northern end of the county, there will be no public service, it was announced. Esquire Priddy has been a resident of Hamilton County most of the time since he was born.  Years ago, he was an active practitioner of medicine, enjoying a widespread patronage in the region of Sale Creek, Coulterville, and Retro.  It is said he was an unusually successful physician until e practically abandoned the profession following an unpleasant experience as a pension examiner during the period when Judge Key was on the federal bench.  In 1900 he was elected to the county court from the old Eleventh district, which in the days of the large county court comprised but a small territory surrounding Sale Creek.  His colleague was Esquire A. H. Morgan, but recently deceased.  During his six years that ended in 1906, Esquire Priddy was generally aligned with the late Esquire H. J. Springfield and was frequently engaged in the hottest of the fights of that period.  He was always diligent of speech and his gift was employed to advantage on numerous occasions when factionalism in the court waxed hot.  He was regarded as always loyal to his district and secured every public improvement possible at the hands of the court.  Throughout his career he was popular with his neighbors, nearly all of whom believed in him and had respect for his ability to secure practical results. 

When the county was redistricted by the legislature of 1905 the old Eleventh district was eliminated and the territory thrown into the new Third.  He and Esquire Morgan were succeeded by Esquires H. R. Caulkins and Henry Seybert.  The legislature of 1911 again divided the territory, creating the new Seventh district.  Elected to represent the new district until the next regular election to select magistrates were Esquires List and McGill.  They served until the election of 1912 when Esquire Priddy again became a candidate and was elected over a field of five candidates.  With him was elected Esquire Vandergriff.  This district comprises the precincts of Retro and Sale Creek.  He had served less than two years of his new term when he died.  He was a republican to politics.

W. J. Springfield, county register, who was doubtless Esq. Priddy's closest personal friend made this comment on the life and characteristics of the deceased last night: "Squire Priddy was a most sincere and true friend at all times to the common people and a man who loved the people of his community.  His last effort, which was successful, was to secure an appropriation to rebuild the New Providence school in his district.  Only recently he secured a workhouse camp for Sale Creek, after trying for more than a year.  He died before the forces, which will be at work there Monday had reached the camp.  In my judgment no man of all that territory would be missed more that Dr. Priddy will be both as a physician and a public official."

1914 Chattanooga   Times

Submitted by Denise DeBerry

Pryor, Laura Bell 

PRYOR- MRS. LAURA BELL, of 1326 Slayton Street, died suddenly at home Sunday at 10:45 a.m. She was a member of the Olivet Baptist church. Survivors are husband Fred Pryor; sisters, Mesdames Anna Mae Pendergrast, Washington, D.C.; Frances Whitehead, Pittsburgh; brothers, Isaac S. Glenn, Rome, Ga.; Frank E. Glenn, Knoxville; James A. Glenn, Cedartown, Ga.; Walter W. West, Washington, D.C.; nieces, Misses Margret Ann and Lucy Glenn, Cedartown, Ga.; Mrs. Elizabeth Woods, Pittsburgh; nephews Walter A., Robert L. and Marion E. Whitehead, Pittsburgh; James H. Glenn, Cedartown, Ga.; a devoted nephew Hewlett Wood, Pittsburgh; sisters-in-law, Mesdames Eddie Marie West, Washington, D.C.; Bobby Glenn, Cedartown, Ga.; Gladys Glenn, Rome, Ga.; devoted friends, Thomas Godfrey, Mrs. Mary McCollum, city; other relatives and many friends.

 Arrangements to be announced.
Chattanooga Times, January 10,1958

Submitted by Karen Chastain

Pulice, Janet Mason

After a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer, Janet PULICE, 63, left to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2004, in her home, surrounded by loved ones. She was born April 22, 1940, in Heavener, Oklahoma to Poley Frank MASON and Reba Agnes MASON. Granddaughter of James Perry MASON & Martha Lou Ellen HAWKINS-MASON.  Hamilton County Marriages: James MASON - Luella HAWKINS - 12/18/1887 She was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church of Panama. She was preceded in death by her parents. Survivors include her husband, Stephen J. PULICE; her sister, Donna Jean CLOUSE of Shady Point; two daughters, Kim Johnson and husband Mike of Oregon, Jodi Eppard and husband Brad of Washington; three sons, Greg BRADLEY and wife Barbara of Washington, Dean BRADLEY of Washington, Donn BRADLEY and wife Kelly of California; a nephew, Lynn Meadors of Ada; two nieces, Sandy Thompson of Skiatook and Debbie Smith of Shady Point; and numerous grandchildren. Visitation will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14 and from 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15. The family will greet friends on Sunday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. at the funeral home.

Services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 16 at the First Baptist Church of Panama with the Rev. Larry Harris officiating. Burial will follow in Heavener Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Grace Manor Funeral Home of Poteau, Oklahoma.

Submitted by Paula Doyle-Bicket  paulabicket@yahoo.com

Ragan, Carl F. 

Carl F. Ragan, of Soddy, retired merchant, died Thursday at 8:25 p.m. in a local hospital after a lingering illness. Mr. Ragan was born in Rockwood, Tenn., the son of the late Joe and Fannie Ragan. He lived for some time in Sale Creek and then came to Soddy at his retirement in 1944. He was a member of the Soddy Presbyterian Church and was its oldest ruling elder. He belonged to the Soddy Lions Club. He was for many years manager of the Western Auto Associate Store in Harriman. He was a veteran of World War I. Mr. Ragan is survived by his wife, Mrs. Iris Roberts Ragan; daughter, Mrs. Bobbie Jo Elliott; Chattanooga; two granddaughters Judith Ann and Carlene Elliott. His brothers are Alva, Ernest and Orman Ragan of Sale Creek, Paul Ragan, Daytona Beach, Fla. There are two sisters, Mrs. Nina Howard Safford of Arizona and Mrs. Virgie Wilson, Los Angeles. The body will be at the home at 2 p.m. today.
Funeral plans will be announced by the Williamson Funeral Home, of Soddy.

Chattanooga Times; November 27, 1959

Submitted by Sallie Cox  scox3876@bellsouth.net

Ragan, Iris Roberts

RAGAN, IRIS ROBERTS, 92 of Kingsville, Texas, died Saturday in a local hospital. Formerly of Soddy-Daisy, she was a member of the Soddy-Daisy and Kingsville Presbyterian churches. She was a graduate of Texas University for Women and received a master's degree from the University of Tennessee. She was retired from the Hamilton County Board of Education after 34 years as a teacher and was retired from Texas A&M. She was a member of the Mayflower Chapter No. 141 OES, the Hamilton County Teachers Association and T.E.A. She was the widow of Carl F. Ragan. Survivors include her daughter, Bobbie Elliott, Hixson; sister, Nan H. Roberts, Red Bank; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Everett Gossett officiating. Burial will be in Presbyterian Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2-7 p.m. today at Williamson and Sons Funeral Home, Soddy-Daisy.

Chattanooga Times March 16, 1993.

Submitted by Sallie Cox

Ramsey, Benjamin Franklin 

Benjamin F. Ramsey, age 84, resident of Chattanooga many years, died at his home, 3500 Clio Avenue, East Lake, Sunday morning. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Josie Ramsey; three daughters, Mrs. Lillie Green, Mrs. Belle Dunn, and Mrs. Nettie Smith; two sons, Hale and Nathan Ramsey, all of Chattanooga; several nieces and nephews; also, eighteen grandchildren. His body will remain at the residence until the funeral hour. Funeral services will be held at the Clifton Hills Baptist church at 3 p.m. today with the Rev. H. D. Goolsby and Rev. W. L. Swartz officiating. Pallbearers, Ralph Ledford, James Bledsoe, M. V. Davis, Lonnie Massey, Gordon Hatfield, Lester Gay, W. E. O'Neal and A. G. Harris. Interment Chattanooga Memorial Park, arrangements by Smith Funeral Service.
The Chattanooga Times, February 22, 1937.

Submitted by Claudia O'Leary  cowlady124@hotmail.com

Ramsey, Josie E. 

RAMSEY - Josie E., age 79, died at the residence Saturday evening. Surviving are three daughters. Mrs. Mary Bell Dunn, Mrs. Lillie R. Green of Chattanooga and Mrs. Nettie Smith, Orlando, Fla.; two sons, Adam Hale and Richard Nathan Ramsey of Chattanooga; one sister, Mrs. Mary Bohannan,
Derossett, Tenn.; 18 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 o¹clock Monday afternoon at the Clifton Hill Baptist Church, with Rev. Frank Spurling, Rev. Ollie Linkous and Rev. Bruce Talley officiating. Interment will be in Chattanooga Memorial Park, Honorary
pallbearers will be the Mothers Prayer Band of the Clifton Hill Baptist Church. The body will be at the: residence, 1804 East 35th Street, after 10 a.m.; Sunday. Arrangements are by the National Funeral Home.
The Chattanooga Times, September 21, 1947.

Submitted by Claudia O'Leary  coleary@thefloridacatholic.org

Ramsey, Juanita Leamon 

Juanita Leamon Ramsey, 77, died on Wednesday, May 31, 2006. She was member of Hilltop Baptist Church. She was born to the late Elmer and Lou Burns, preceded in death by her husband, Tom Ramsey and the father of her children, Erby Leamon. She is survived by two daughters, Gayle (Robert) Carroll, Harrison, and Janice (Bill) Burkhart, Cleveland; longtime friend and companion, Kenneth Mullins; brother, Austin Burns, Chattanooga; sister, Frances Humphreys, Harrison; grandchildren, Tammi (Jason) Freeman, Bridget Burkhart, Chad Carroll, Marti (Trevor) Smith; great-grandchildren, Danielle and Ricky Tallent, Tyler, Tanner, and Ashlyn Lanier, Kayla and Bryson Smith and Gavin Carroll and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be on Saturday, at 2 p.m. in the Highway 58 Chapel of Turner Funeral Homes with the Rev. Eric Greeson and the Rev. Jack Rinks officiating. Burial will follow in Old McDonald Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Gene Dill, Johnny and Lamar Burns, Bill Mathis, Sparky Leamon, Trevor Smith and Marty Mullins. Visitation will be Thursday, from 3-8 p.m., Friday, from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. until funeral time in the funeral home. Arrangements are by Turner Funeral Homes, Highway 58 Chapel, (423) 894-2012.
Chattanoogan.com Posted June 1, 2006

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Ramsey, Samuel P. 

Samuel P. Ramsey, 75, of East Ridge, died Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004, at his home. He was a native of Franklin, N.C., but had lived in the Chattanooga area most of his life.He was a member and deacon of South Seminole Baptist Church. He was a 50-year Mason at Whorley Lodge No. 601 and a 32nd-degree member of Scottish Rite and Alhambra Shrine. He attended Western Carolina University. Ramsey was involved in Dizzy Dean Baseball for 20 years and was the first person inducted into the Dizzy Dean Hall of Fame. He was retired from Ramsey Brick Sales after many years of service. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Winfred A. Ramsey and Bobby Ramsey.  He is survived by his loving wife of 51 years, Pat Ramsey, two sons, Barry Ramsey of Chattanooga and Chris Ramsey; one granddaughter, Valerie Ramsey; one great-granddaughter, Caitlyn Marie Ramsey, all of Tampa, Fla.; two sisters, Peggy Pendergrass of Inverness, Fla.; and Patsy (Henry) Claywell of Tampa, Fla.; several nieces and nephews. Memorial services will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at South Seminole Baptist Church with the Rev. Ron Perry, the Rev. Billy Dean and Dr. C.S. Knapp officiating.  Burial will be private. Arrangements by the Chattanooga Funeral Home East Chapel.

Submitted by Robert Tanner  mailto:RATanner2@aol.com

Ramsey, Shirley Lavon 

LOCAL GIRL, 11, ELECTROCUTED

      A low-hanging light socket and a basement shower proved a fatal combination Wednesday afternoon to Shirley Lavon Ramsey, 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Raymond Ramsey, East Chattanooga, Route 2, who was electrocuted while playing under the shower with a 7-year-old girl friend. Seeking relief from soaring temperatures, the girls, dressed in bathing suits, were playing under the basement shower.  Shirley, it was reported, slipped and, for support, grabbed the empty light socket.  She fell to the floor. Told by the other child that "Shirley won't talk to me," Mrs. Ramsey went to the basement and found her daughter lying on the floor.  She was pronounced dead upon arrival at P & S Hospital. Surviving is the parents, a brother, James David Ramsey, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Kyle.  Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at East Chattanooga Church of God, the Reverend E. M. Ellis and H. L. Ritchie officiating.  Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.  The body is at the residence. Shirley graduated last month from Harrison Grammar School and was voted the best all-around pupil.

Submitted by Susan Kendall  SusieQ1160@aol.com

Rauch,  George

Funeral of George Rauch

Funeral services over the body of George Rauch will be held from the residence, at 626 Poplar Street, at 10 o’clock Sunday morning. Interment will follow in the Jewish cemetery.

The Chattanooga Daily Times, Saturday, November 25, 1911

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Ray, Daisy Mandy Teague

RAY – MRS. DAISY MANDY, 93, of 6201 Laguana Drive, died Thursday in a local hospital. She was the widow of J( ames ) M. Ray and was a member of the Lake Vista United Methodist Church and the Ladies’ Bible Class. Survivors include two sons, Paul Ray, Jack Ray, both of Chattanooga: five daughters, Mrs. Maggie Dunn, Harrison, Tenn., Mrs. Minnie Waters, Mrs. Mary Dunn, Mrs. Mamie Nelson, all of Chattanooga, Mrs. Ruth Englebird, Ringgold, Ga.; eight grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren. Services will be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in the West Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert Smith and the Rev. Sam E. Leidig officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandsons with the Ladies’ Bible Class of her church serving as honorary pallbearers. 

The body is at the Chattanooga Funeral Home, West Chapel, 1724 McCallie Ave.

1981. Chattanooga Times, Saturday, March 7, 1981 .

Note: Daughter of Charles V. & Margaret M. (Epley) Teague.

Ray, James M. 

RAY – JAMES 

M., age 88, 6201 Laguana Dr., died Thursday in a local hospital. He was a member of the Lake Vista United Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Daisy Teague Ray; five daughters, Mrs. Mary Dunn, Miss Minnie Ray, Mrs. T. L. Dunn, Mrs. J. R. Nelson and Mrs. Ruth Englebird; two sons, Paul Ray and Jack Ray, all of Chattanooga; eight grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the West Chapel of the Chattanooga Funeral Home with the Revs. Ray McDougle and Robert Smith officiating. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers meeting at the funeral home at 2:15 p.m. will be R. D. Campbell, Raymond Chambers, Arthur Simcox, Charles E. Teague, Floyd Gilliland and J. L. Teague. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Men’s Bible Class of the Lake Vista United Methodist Church. 

The body is at the Chattanooga Funeral Home, West Chapel.
The Chattanooga Times, Saturday, October 30, 1971

Redden,  John

John Redden, 83, died Friday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. J. Grant, Soddy, Tennessee.  Surviving is his wife, Mrs. Laila Campbell Redden; two daughters, Mrs. George Curvin and Mrs. W. J. Grant; son, Bruce Redden; sisters, Mrs. Alice Hatfield, Mrs. Sara Chancey; brothers, Bill, Ira, Alonzo, Joe, Charley, and Jim Redden; 15 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.  Funeral services will be conducted at the Soddy Church of God at 2:30 EST, Sunday afternoon, the Rev. Marshall Robinson officiating.  Interment in Chancey Cemetery. 

 F. P. Ewton & Sons, Dunlap, in charge.

The Chattanooga Times, February 18, 1950.

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Redman, Virginia Knight 

REDMAN - MRS. VIRGINIA KNIGHT, 48, of Harrison, died Friday in a local hospital.  A lifelong Hamilton County resident, she was an employee of Peyton’s Southeastern Inc., Cleveland, Tenn.  She was the widow of William A. Redman and was of the Baptist faith.  Survivors include three daughters, Connie Hall, Chattanooga, Debbie Boggs, Winter Springs, Fla., and Priscilla Pickel, Cleveland; three sons, John, James and William Redman Jr., all of Chattanooga; two sisters, Barbara Smith, New Iberia, La., Clair Rogers, Chattanooga, and Alice Riddle, Florence, Ala.; brother, Johnny Knight, California; nine grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.  Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. David Bragg officiating.  Burial will be in Bartlebaugh Cemetery.  The family will receive friends 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Valley View Chapel of Lane Funeral Home. 

Chattanooga Times June 7 1986 Pg A8

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Redman,  William Allen

REDMAN - WILLIAM ALLEN, age two months, Rt. 1 Harrison, Tenn., died Tuesday in Children’s Hospital.  Survivors include the parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Alford Redman, Harrison; one brother, James D. Redman of the home; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Knight, Harrison, and Mr. and Mrs. Carter Redman, Big Springs.  The body was taken to the residence of Mr. Johnny Knight of  Harrison Community.  Graveside services will be held Thursday morning at 10:30 a.m. in the Bartlebaugh Cemetery, with Rev. Douglas Cravens officiating. 

 Funeral arrangements are by R. J. Coulter Funeral Home. 

The Chattanooga Times October 30 1957 Pg 11

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Redman, William Alfred  Sr.

REDMAN - WILLIAM ALFRED SR., 50, of Humberd Road, Cleveland Tenn., died Thursday in a Cleveland hospital.  He was a native of Meigs County and had moved to Cleveland six years ago.  He was of the Protestant faith.  Survivors include his wife, Virginia Knight Redman; three daughters, Connie Hall, Harrison, Debbie Boggs, Hayward, Calif., and Priscilla Pickel, Cleveland; three sons, James, John and William A. Redman Jr., all of Cleveland; three sisters, Jimmie Ruth Hughes and Phyllis Jernigan, both of Sante Fe Springs, Calif., and betty O’Rear, Orlando, Fla.; brother, John Carter Redman, Newport, Tenn.; seven grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.  Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home chapel.  Burial will be in Bartlebaugh Cemetery.  The family will receive friends 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today at the Valley View Chapel of Lane Funeral Home. 

The Chattanooga Times, September 8 1984; Pg A8

Submitted by Tonia Hager Cobb  Acmom902@aol.com

Reed, William R. 

REED - Wm. R. Reed, of Marshall, Mo., departed this life Thursday, August 27th, 1896, at his daughter's, Mrs. Robert Ransberger, near Salt Springs. He was born in Hamilton County, Tennessee, Sept 7, 1840 where he lived until 1869, when he came to Cass County; then in 1886 he moved to Saline County, where he resided until his death. Rev. Huggins of Marshall, pastor of the M. E. church, South, conducted the funeral services. His remains were buried in the Salt Springs cemetery. For a number of years he suffered much from the disease, consumption, but God's grace was sufficient for him. But now he has his release from the toils and pains on earth and has mingled with the clouds of witnesses to await the arrival of those who prove faithful until death. What a life of toil, care and sacrifice he has in the past experienced! He leaves many relatives and friends, but we have the consolation that our loss is heavenly gain. He was highly respected by all who knew him, and the death of such a noble citizen is properly regarded as a public calamity and will be deeply mourned, but it comes with crushing affect to the hearts of the devoted wife, children and grandchildren.

Farewell, dear uncle, the summer has passed and with it you have passed over the line which separates the mortal from the immortal -- the temporal from the eternal. Sleep on the old and heavy hand of death has stilled thy gentle breast, no rude sound of this stormy land shall mar thy peaceful rest.  T____ Miller

Note from submitter: He was the son of James Landrum Reed and Cynthia Ann McRee, who are both buried at Wallace/McRee Cemetery on Hixson Road near Presbyterian Cemetery. James Landrum Reed was my 3rd great grandfather. Cynthia Ann McRee died shortly after the birth of William Robert Reed and James then married my 3rd great grandmother, Elizabeth Jane McRee, his deceased wife's sister.
I don't know the name of the newspaper that published this obituary, I purchased it from the Cass County, Missouri Historical Society---------------. He is apparently buried in Salt Springs, Missouri.

Submitted by Sallie Cox  scox3876@bellsouth.net

Reed, Rev. James Landrum 

We have recently learned of the death of the Rev. James L. Reed, one of the oldest and best ministers of our Church, an old friend, a correspondent of the Christian Observer, and a man greatly beloved especially in the Synode of Alabama and Tennessee. Though he died two or three months ago, by some strange oversight no notice of his death so far as we know has been published in any of our Church papers. A native of Tennessee, Mr. Reed was educated in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and ordained to the work of the ministry in 1853. For more than a half a century his life was spared to preach the gospel he loved to teach through the religious press. Some fifteen years ago his book, the “Mode of Scriptural Baptism Demonstrated to be Sprinkling,” was published by the Presbyterian Committee of Publication. He was an ardent friend of the temperance cause and the author of several pamphlets and numerous newspaper articles on that subject. He came from the Cumberland Presbyterian Church into the Southern Presbyterian Church about forty years ago, and until the infirmities of age interfered with his ministerial work, was in charge of churches in Alabama. The Rev. Richard C. Red, D.D., professor in Columbia Theological Seminary, is an able and useful son of an honored father.

Note from submitter: Died September 18, 1905; Buried in Wallace-McRea Cemtery, Soddy-Daisy, TN

Unknown Presbyterian Church Publication, 1905

Submitted by Sallie Cox  scox3876@bellsouth.net

Roach, Roosevelt  Sr.

Roach – Roosevelt Sr., age 63, Rt. 1, Ooltewah, Tenn., died Friday morning in a local hospital.  He was a self-employed electrical contractor.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillie A. Roach; five sons, Calvin Roach, Melvin Roach, Roosevelt Roach Jr., Alvin Roach and Allan Roach, all of Chattanooga; two daughters, Mrs. Helen Bell of Hixson, Tenn., and Mrs. Catherine Bettis of Gransville, Tenn.; mother, Mrs. Lillie Mae Phillips;  five brothers, Charles Edward Roach, James Arthur Roach, William Henry Roach, Alvin Anderson Roach and Albert Roach, all of Ringgold; two sisters, Mrs. Addie Viola Ross of Ringgold and Mrs. Lillie Frye of Chattanooga; 21 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday in the east chapel of the Chattanooga Funeral Home with Rev. Jake McKee officiating. Interment will be in New Liberty Cemetery in Catoosa County, Georgia.  Pallbearers will be Fred A. Buchanan, Doyle Everett, Boys Reynolds, Joe Brooks, Glen Carpenter, Roosevelt Touchstone, and Bill Spearman. 

The body is at the Chattanooga Funeral Home, east chapel.

Chattanooga Times 3-11-1972, page 2

Submitted by Connie Lewallen Roach  cjroach7@comcast.net

Roark, Sim Scott 

Sim Scott Roark, 80, of Harrison, died on Sunday, March 26, 2006, in a local hospital.
He attended Friendship Baptist Church, and was a retired member of local IBEW #175.
He was preceded in death by his father and mother, Clay and Era Roark; three brothers, Henry Clay Roark, J.D. Roark and L.J. Roark; and one grandson, Cody Roark. He is survived by his wife, Nell "Buddy" Johnson Roark; daughters, Sharon (Jim) Lovell and Vicki (Tim) Lee; brother, Duane Roark; sisters, Nita Howard, and Nannie Burns; grandchildren, Troy Lovell and Tami (Andy) Downs; great-grandchildren, Make Lovell, Haven Roark and Luke Downs; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. in the Highway 58 chapel of Turner Funeral Home with the Rev. Larry Grisham and the Rev. Herb Conley officiating. Burial will follow in Bald Hill Cemetery with Sammy Roark, Scottie Roark, John Paul Collins, Tommy Johnson, Winfred Cagle and Eddie Bacon serving as pallbearers.
The family will receive friends Wednesday from 4-8 p.m. and Thursday up to the hour of services at the funeral home.
Arrangements are by the Highway 58 Chapel of Turner Funeral Homes Inc., 894-2012.
Chattanoogan.com Posted March 28, 2006

Submitted by Phebe Morgan  mailto:phebem@comcast.net

Robbs, Jack Former Chief of Police Jack Robbs Dies at 75

Jack Robbs, a former chief of police with the Chattanooga Police Department, died Friday, March 20, 1998, in a local hospital. He was 75. Mr. Robbs retired after 32 years with the department.

he was a decorated veteran of the Korean conflict and World War II. He was a recipient of the Purple Heart, the Distinguished Flying Cross and many other medals. He was a Baptist, a Shriner and a past grand master of the Masonic lodge. He was a son of the late Charles F. Robbs, Sr. and Vera Robbs. He was preceded in death by a son, Chuck Robbs; a brother, Lee Robbs; and a sister, Christine Hedrick. Survivors include his wife, Sophie Robbs; three brothers, Gene Robbs, Daytona Beach , Fla., Bill and Ronnie Robbs, both of Chattanooga; two sisters, Mrs. E.K. (Lonita) Wood and Mrs. James (Joyce) Sloan, both of East Ridge; and a granddaughter, Betsy Robbs, Chattanooga.

Arrangements will be announced by Chattanooga Funeral Home, East.

Roberts, H. Cecil 

ROBERTS, H. CECIL, age 60, of 15 Orlando Dr., Red Bank, died Thursday morning in a local hospital. He was the son of the late Addie and W. Robert Roberts of Hixson. He had lived in Hixson all of his life. He was employed by the Texaco Co. as superintendent of the Riverside Terminal for 33 years. He was an active member of the Red Bank Baptist Church for many years and had served as superintendent of the intermediate department of the Sunday school for 23 years. He also served as a deacon and served on several other committees of the church. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in Germany, and was a member of the Masonic Lodge No. 717 F*AM. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mabel Lee Roberts; a daughter, Mrs. Ross M. Haire of Dalton, Ga.; a sister, Mrs. Walter A. Gann of Chattanooga; two brothers, Macon L. Roberts of Chattanooga and Sam Roberts of Hixson, a grandson, Ross M. Haire, Jr. of Dalton, Ga., and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held 3p.m. Friday at the Red Bank Baptist Church with Dr. Ralph Norton officiating. Interment will be in Chattanooga Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be David Roberts, Reed Roberts, Paul Roberts, Bill Cox, Jim Cox, John Cox, W. H. Tittle III, Warren Varner and Robert Varner. The body will be a the Chattanooga Funeral Home, west chapel until 30 minutes before the service when it will be taken to the church to lie in state. Honorary pallbearers will be employees of Texaco, Inc., deacons of the Red Bank Baptist Church, Intermediate No. 2 of the church, Ernest Eldridge, Dr. E. E. Relaman, Jr., Dr. Jess Quillan and neighbors.
The Chattanooga Times, Friday, Aug 9, 1968

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Roberts, James Reed 

ROBERTS,JAMES REED, 67 passed away Saturday afternoon at his residence near Soddy. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ella Roberts, nine daughters, Mrs. W. M. Byrd, of Knoxville, Mrs. R. L. Byrd of Chattanooga; Mrs. Coy Higgins, Mrs. Wilson Payne, Misses Emma, Mavis, Lenora, Nellie and Patricia Roberts, a son, Dennis Roberts, all of Chattanooga; three brothers, W. R. Roberts, of Hixson, J. J. and R. C. Roberts, of Soddy, also nine grandchildren. Funeral service will be held Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock from the residence., the Rev. J. R. McRee officiating. Interment in the Presbyterian cemetery.

 Arrangements by R. J. Coulter Funeral Home.
The Chattanooga Times, Jul 19, 1942

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Roberts, Kate  (Mrs. J. W.)

Mrs. Kate Roberts of Kingsville, Tex., a former resident of Soddy, Tenn., died in a Kingsville hospital early Saturday morning/. She was the widow of J. W. Roberts of Soddy. Survivors are one son, Quincy Roberts, of England; three daughters, Miss Carrie Roberts, Miss Nan Roberts and Mrs. c. f. (Iris) Ragan, all of Kingsville; one granddaughter, Carrie Elliott of Chattanooga; two great grandchildren, also several nieces and nephews. The body will arrive in Chattanooga at noon Monday.

 Funeral arrangements will be announced by Williamson Garrison, Highway 27, Daisy, Tenn.

Chattanooga Times, March 14, 1965

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Roberts, Mabel Lee 

ROBERTS, MABEL LEE, of Dalton, Ga., died Tuesday in a nursing home there. Formerly of Chattanooga, she was a member of Red Bank Baptist Church, its WMU and had worked for many years with the Sunday school there. She was the widow of Henry C. Roberts. Survivors include her daughter, Patsy Haire, two grandsons, Rusty and Matt Haire, all of Dalton, sister, Mrs. W. H. Tittle, Jr. , Chattanooga. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today in Chattanooga Memorial Park with the Rev. Dallas Roscoe officiating. 

Arrangements by Chattanooga Guardian Chapel North.
The Chattanooga Times, August 11, 1988.

Submitted by Sallie Cox  scox3876@bellsouth.net

Roberts, Nannie H. 

ROBERTS, NAN H. 93, of Red Bank, died Tuesday in a local nursing home. Formerly of Kingsville, Texas, she was a member of the Presbyterian Church, retired from Texas A&M University in Kingsville as head of Women's P.E. and had published two books. She served in the WAVES of World War II, received her bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska and master's at the University of Kentucky. Survivors include several nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Presbyterian Cemetery with the Rev. Everett Gossett officiating. The family will receive friends one hour before the service at Williamson and Sons Funeral Home, Soddy-Daisy.

Chattanooga Times, June 8, 1994.

Submitted by Sallie Cox  scox3876@bellsouth.net

Roberts, Paul Bernard 

ROBERTS, PAUL B., 71, of Red Bank, died Thursday in a local hospital. A retired machinist, he was formerly employed as a technician for General Motors and as a machinist at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. He was a member of Red Bank Lodge 717 F&AM and was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was also a member of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 1458. Survivors include his wife, Thelma Hamill Roberts, Red Bank; daughter, Nancy Ann Ritchey, son, Paul t. Roberts, both of Chattanooga; brother, Harry P. Roberts, Jacksonville, Florida; grandchild, Teresa H. Davis, two nieces, two nephews. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Elmer Strait officiating. Masonic services will be conducted by Red Bank Lodge 717 F&AM immediately following the service. Entombment will be in Chattanooga Memorial Park Mausoleum. The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 7-9 today at the Coulter Chapel of Lane Funeral Home.

Chattanooga Times, December 30, 1989.

Submitted by Sallie Cox  scox3876@bellsouth.net

Roberts, Pauline Fussel

ROBERTS, PAULINE F., of Red Bank, died Tuesday in a local hospital. She was a member of Grace Church of the Nazarene. Survivors include her son, David M. Roberts, Maryville, Tenn.;, two sisters, Rachel Rutherford, Chattanooga, and Stella Hemmerty, Nashville, two grandchildren. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Grace Church of the Nazarene with the Rev. Larry Fairbanks officiating. Burial will be in Chattanooga Memorial Park. The body will be at the church one hour before the service Thursday, and the family will receive friends from 6-9 p.m. today at Chattanooga Funeral Home, North.
Chattanooga Times, Wednesday May 22, 1991

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Roberts, Vot 

Vot Roberts of Soddy-Daisy died Thursday, October 17,1996, in a local hospital.  She was 77. Mrs. Roberts, a lifelong resident of the Soddy-Daisy area, was preceded in death by her husband, Reed Roberts. Survivors include a son, Rex Roberts; daughter, Elizabeth Cronan, both of Soddy-Daisy, a sister, Rose Sneed, Daisy, Tenn.; and three grandchildren. A graveside service will be Saturday at 10 a.m. in Hensley Cemetery. The family will receive friends today from 7 to 9 p.m. at Chattanooga Funeral Home, North.

Chattanooga Times, 18 Oct 1996

Submitted by Sallie Cox  scox3876@bellsouth.nethide

Roberts, Carrie 

Roberts, Miss Carrie, of Kingsport, Tex., died there Monday night. She was a former resident of Soddy and the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. W. and Kate Bass Roberts of Soddy. Miss Roberts is survived by two sisters, Mrs. C. F. Ragan of Kingsville; a brother, Quincy Roberts, of England and several nieces and nephews. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. The body will be brought to Daisy for funeral services and interment. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Williamson-Garrison Funeral Home, Daisy.

Chattanooga Times 14 Jul 1965

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Roberts, Mrs. Eliza Ann Croft 

Mrs. Eliza Ann Roberts, sister of Capt. J. D. Croft, of the police department, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. L. Fitzgerald, on Mission ridge, yesterday afternoon after a short illness. Besides her brother, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Fitzgerald and Mrs. Joe C. Roberts. The funeral will be held from the residence this afternoon at 2 o’clock, the Rev. Battle McLester officiating. The following have been requested to act as pall bearers: E. Waterhouse, R. W. Maryman, J. B. Robinson, F. M. Wells, A. L. Clark and Capt. J. L. Harris. The interment will be in Forest Hills.

The Chattanooga Times, October 26, 1912.

Roberts, Flora Welch 

Flora Welch Roberts, 82, of 8324 Gann Road in Hixson, died Friday in a local hospital.
Mrs. Roberts was the daughter of the late Rachel Payne and James Welch and was the widow of Bill Roberts. She was a member of Mountain View Baptist Church. Survivors include her daughter, Edith Morris of San Antonio, Texas; a son, Billy Roberts of Hixson; a sister, Lou Varner of Florida; a brother, Willard Welch of Alabama; three grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in Williamson and Sons Funeral Home with the Rev. Paul Forgey officiating. Burial will be in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends after 3:00 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Submitted by Susan Kendall  SusieQ1160@aol.com

Roberts, Joseph Johnston 

ROBERTS, JOSEPH J. [Johnston] , 79, of Route No. 2, Soddy, Tenn., died Monday morning in a local hospital. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and was a retired school bus driver. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Iva H. Roberts, Soddy, Tenn.; one daughter, Mrs. George (Lucille) Brown, Riverside, Ill.; three grandchildren, Barry, Beverly and Sharon Brown, Riverside; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon from the chapel of the National Funeral Home with Revs. Luther Brown and C. H. Baggett officiating. Interment will be in Presbyterian Cemetery, Soddy. Active pallbearers: Hassel Cox, Elmer Cox, Charles (Bud) Cox, Dennis Roberts, Macon Roberts and Cecil Roberts. The body is at the funeral home.

Chattanooga Times, September 29, 1959
 

Roberts, Macon L. 

Macon L. Roberts of 19 Orlando Drive, Red Bank, died this morning in a local hospital. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Pauline Roberts of Red Bank; one son, David “Dave” Roberts of Maryville, Tenn.

Additional survivors and arrangements will be announced by the North Chapel of the Chattanooga Funeral Home

Submitted by Sallie Cox  scox3876@bellsouth.net

Roberts, Nannie Janet

Roberts, Nannie Janet , 95, of Jacksonville, Fla., died Tuesday in a hospital there. A native of Hixson, she attended Middle Valley Baptist Church before moving to Jacksonville in the early 1930s. She was preceded in death by her husband, Phillip Roberts, and a daughter, Edna Ruth Roberts McMaster. Survivors include two sons, Harry P. Roberts, Jacksonville, and Paul B. Roberts, Red Bank; nine grandchildren, six great-grandchildren. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Duane Highlander officiating. Burial will be in Hensley Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at the Coulter Chapel of Lane Funeral Home.

Chattanooga Times, February 15, 1989

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Roberts, Noah Burdette 

Roberts, PFC. Noah B. 22, Hixson, Tenn. Route 1, who was killed in action near Rome, Italy, June 25, 1944, arrived in Chattanooga late Wednesday afternoon. He was a graduate of Soddy-Daisy High School and employed by the Dixie Mercerizing Company in Lupton City before entering service. Survivors are parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Roberts; sister, Mrs. C. F. Albury, Soddy; brother, Reed Roberts, Soddy. Funeral services will be held in the Dallas Baptist Church near Hixson, Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Rev. J. W. Davenport, Rev. A. A. Johnson and Rev. Tom Dodd officiating. Active pallbearers are to be Robert Varner, Warren Varner, Jim Cox, Bill Cox, John Cox, James Hale, Elmer Hale and Sherman Hale. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the 1940 graduation class of the Soddy-Daisy High School and Soddy Post No. 107 of the American Legion. The body will remain at the funeral home until Saturday morning, at which time it will be take to the home of his parents near Hixson. Interment will be in Hensley Cemetery.

 Arrangements by Eugene Turner Funeral Home.

Chattanooga Times, Thursday, November 17, 1949

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Roberts, Philip Mathew 

FATHER OF TEN CHILDREN DEAD
Philip M. Roberts Passes Away at Home of Daughter, Mrs. John Skiller Philip M. Roberts, a native of Tennessee, a farmer by occupation and for several years a resident of Idaho, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Skillern, 1805 North Tenth Street, yesterday morning. The deceased had reached the age of 77 years. He was a member of the Masonic lodge of Soddy, Tenn. He leaves 10 living children who are Mrs. John Skillern, of Boise: Mrs. Oscar Kaneaster, Mrs. Howard and R. B. Roberts of Twin Falls; Mrs. J. O. Jordan of Boise, William Roberts, Rev. John T. Roberts of North Carolina, Mrs. Arch Buie of Florida, Mrs. W. P. Hayes and Joseph Roberts of Tennessee.

The funeral will take place this afternoon from the residence of Mrs. Skillern, 1805 North tenth Street, Rev. Charles Chalfant will conduct the services.

The Statesman, Boise, Idaho, March 22, 1908

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Roberts, Phillip Washington

Roberts, Phillip Washington, 52, died at his home, R.F.D. No. 1, Hixson, Tenn., at 7 o’clock Tuesday night. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of VFW post No. 1289, Chattanooga. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Nannie Smith Roberts; one daughter, Mrs. Edna Ruth Hamil, Hixson, two sons, Paul Roberts, Hixson and Harry R. Roberts, Richmond, Calif; three sisters, Mrs. Freely Varner, Hixson, Mrs. W. A. Gann, Red Bank and Mrs. Earl Cox, Spring City, Tenn.; four brothers, Sam Clark Roberts, Hixson, Macon Cecil Roberts, Red Bank, three grandchildren, Miss Nancy Ann Roberts and Jack Hamil, Hixson and Miss Rita Layne Roberts, Richmond, Calif. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 o’clock Thursday morning at the Middle Valley Baptist Church. Rev Joe Dick McRee, Rev. Jack Thomson and Rev. Joseph  B____ officiating; pallbearers will be nephews, Reed Roberts, Jim Varner, Bill Varner, Cox Varner, John Varner, Robert Varner and Warren Varner, Honorary; J. T. Kirby, John Varner, Albert Penney, Clint Davidson, Harry Hixson, LeRoy Didridge, J.S. Painter, George Hensley, Dailey Jackson, Andrew Dickerson, Willie Grant, Ben Millsaps and Fred Ganns. The body is at the home. Arrangements are by J. Avery Bryan Company.

The Chattanooga Times, March 11, 1948;      Died March 9, 1948.

FINAL RITES TODAY FOR P. W. ROBERTS Veteran of World War I Died Tuesday-Services are at Middle Valley Funeral services for Philip w. Roberts, a 52-year-old veteran of World War I and a member of a prominent Hamilton County family, will be held this morning at 10:30 at the Middle Valley Baptist Church. The Rev. Joe Dick McRee, retired Presbyterian minister, will officiate. He will be assisted by the Revs. Joseph Bierce of the Grace Church of the Nazarene and Jack Thompson, pastor of the Middle Valley Baptist church. The son of the late W. R. Roberts and Mrs. Roberts, he was born in the Dallas community. He had been in ill health for the past eight years. His death occurred Tuesday. A member of a coast artillery regiment in World War I, Roberts saw combat service in France and also went with the army of occupation to Germany. He had resided in the Dallas Community all his life. Active pallbearers will be Jim, Bill, Thomas and John Cox, Robert Warren Varner and Reed Roberts, all his nephews. Active pallbearers, all veterans of World War I, are J. T. Kirby, John Varner, Albert Penny, Clint Davidson, Harry Hixson, Leroy Eldredge, Jim Painter, George Hensley, Dailey Jackson, Andrew Dickerson, willie Grant, Ben Clift, Joe Penny, Bill Eldridge, Henry Millsaps, Fred Gann, Chester Horn and John Moses. Surviving Mr. Roberts are his wife, Miss Nannie Smith Roberts, a daughter, Mrs. Edna Ruth Hamill of Hixson, two sons, Paul Roberts of Hixson, and Harry P. Roberts of Richmond, Calif; three sisters, Mrs. Freely Varner of Hixson, Mrs. W. A. Gann of Red Bank, and Mrs. Earl Cox of Spring City, Tenn.; four brothers, Clark Roberts and Sam Roberts of Hixson and Macon Roberts and Cecil Roberts of Red Bank.

The Chattanooga Times, March 11, 1948

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Roberts, Zella R. 

Mrs. Zella R. Roberts of Charleston, S.C., formerly of Hixson, died in a Columbia, S.C., hospital today.

She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Frank Blakley, Charleston; one granddaughter, a sister, Mrs. Verna R. Miller and a brother, J. Frank Roberts, both of Chattanooga. The funeral will be held Wednesday in Charleston.

The Chattanooga Times July 4, 1972

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Robinson, Owen O.

Owen O. Robinson, 93, passed away Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004, in a local health care facility.He was born in Cannon County, Tenn., lived most of his life in Chattanooga and was o the Baptist faith.  Mr. Robinson was a former employee of the City of Chattanooga where he worked with the Safety Lane.He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth Carden Robinson; parents, William Hays Robinson and Una Jane Adams Robinson; three brothers, Leonard, Lincoln and Kenneth Robinson; and three sisters, Bonnie Mae Jones, Wenzola Kiger and Reinza Robinson.Survivors include one son, Emmett Robinson, Chattanooga; one daughter, Elizabeth R. Olsen, Tullahoma, Tenn.; one sister, Jeanette Gray, Chattanooga; six grandchildren, Sandra Peterson, Chattanooga, Gary Robinson, Fort Oglethrope, Darrin Robinson, Rossville, John Olsen, Jr., Tullahoma, Rosanna Salmon, Waskom, Texas, and James Olsen, Alexandria, Va.; seven great- grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.Funeral services will at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the East Chapel of the Chattanooga Funeral Home with the Rev. John Andrus officiating.  Interment will be in Chattanooga Memorial Park.

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Robinson, Ruth 

Rossville-Ruth Robinson died Saturday, Dec. 2, 2000, in an area hospital.  She was 85.Mrs. Robinson was a member of the Highland Park Baptist Church and had been switchboard operator for Lookout Oil.Survivors include husband, Owen Robinson; son Emmett O. Robinson, East Ridge; daughter, Elizabeth R. Olson, Tullahoma, Tenn., three sisters, Dorothy Alverson, Rossville, Margaret Holland, Fort Oglethrope, Ga., and Louise Hood, Harrison, Tenn.; brother James Carden, Cleveland, Tenn.; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services will be Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. at East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home. Burial will be in Chattanooga Memorial Park.

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Rogers, G. S. 

G. S. Rogers, aged 60, died yesterday afternoon at 1 o’clock at his home, 3204 East Thirty-fifth street. He is survived by his wife; two sons, George, of this city, and Sevier, of Miami, Fla.; one daughter, Bessie, also of this city; two brothers, L. T. Rogers, of Fort Worth, Tex., and William Rogers, of Oliver Springs. Funeral services will be held at the Cedar Grove Methodist Church Sunday morning at 10 o’clock, the Rev. C. R. Jones, of Dayton, officiating. Six nephews of the deceased will serve as pallbearers: S. W. Rogers, A. B. Quinton, W. J. Quinton, K. D. Jackson, L. T. Jackson and W. Lindsey Jackson.

The Chattanooga Times, Friday, August 20, 1926

Rogers,  Miss Martha Florine and Orsdale, C. L. Van

Death’s Keen Sickle Mows Down Two Young Members of Well Know Family

The grim reaper, whose keen sickle has been mowing down many lives in this community in the last several days, took two members of a well know family Wednesday morning.

At 5:45 o’clock Miss Martha Florin Rogers, aged 15, passed away.
Fifteen minutes later a brother, C. L. Van Orsdale, of Stewart Street, East Chattanooga, answered the summons of the grim reaper.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Miss Rogers passed away at the home of her brother, C. O. Rogers, 541 East Fifth Street. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Rogers, well known residents.
Other survivors are six brothers, C. O., W. C., A. D., Homer and Roy Rogers, also O. L. Van Orsdale, who is in the service at Norfolk, Virginia.
The Chattanooga News October 16, 1918
 

Rogers, Raymond

Raymond Rogers of 1706 Foust St. died Sunday at his residence. He was 60. Mr. Rogers, a lifelong resident of the Chattanooga area, was retired after 30 years with the Chattanooga Fire Department.

Survivors include his wife, Billie Jean Rogers; one daughter, Mrs. Pamela Jean McBride, Cleveland , Tenn. ; his mother, Mrs. Oda Lee Rogers; one sister, Mrs. Doris Liner; one grandson, Phillip McBride, Cleveland. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the South Crest Chapel of Lane Funeral Home with the Rev. R. W. Janeway officiating.

Burial will be in Chattanooga National Cemetery .

 
Romines, Lillie Fay 

ROMINES - MRS. LILLIE FAY, 58, of McDonald, Tenn., died Friday at her residence.  A native of Huntsville, Ala., she moved to McDonald in 1973.  She was a member of Corinth Baptist Church, where she had taught the Ladies’ Sunday School Class.  Survivors include her husband, john C. Romines; two daughters, Shirley Banks, Springville, Ala., and Brenda Blunt, Greenville, Ill., seven sons, Johnny Gann, Livingston, Tenn., Tim Gann, Acworth, Ga., Wayne Gann, Larry Gann, Terry Gann, John Romines Jr. and Scott Romines, all of McDonald; six sisters; 13 grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.  Survives will be held at 4:30 p.m. Sunday in Corinth Baptist Church with the Rev. Harold Long, the Rev. Darrell Henry and the Rev. B. C. Kimmons officiating.  Burial will be in Corinth Cemetery.  The body will be at the church one hour before the service.  The family will receive friends after 3 p.m. today at the Valley View Chapel of Lane Funeral Home. 

The Chattanooga Times  September 8 1984 Pg A8

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Roper, Alexander Murray 

Alexander Murray Roper, aged 34, died last night at 8:45 o'clock at a local hospital following an illness of only a few weeks duration. He has for the past six months been a purchasing agent for the Signal Mountain Portland Cement company of this city, and was until that time connected with the American Steel company and the Cuban Portland Cement Works, of Havana, Cuba. He lived in Cuba for ten years before coming to this city with his family to reside and was well known among the Americans there. He was a member of the Cheraw Lodge, F. and A. M., of Cheraw, S.C. for several years. He is survived by his widow and one daughter, Mary Elizabeth, both of this city. Mr. Roper had also been a member of the Episcopal church for many years. 

His body was removed to Wann's funeral parlor last night, and the complete arrangements will be announced later.
Chattanooga Times, September 12, 1923

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Rose , George W.  

George W. Rose died Jan 21, 1920 Chattanooga, TN.

George W. Rose, aged 64 died at a local sanitarium Wednesday morning following a lingering illness.

He is survived by his wife, four daughters, Mrs. R. Hodgkins, Mrs. Edward Hart, Mrs. Frank Roth, and Miss Charlotte Rose; three brother, J. W. & L .N. and J. M. Rose, and a sister, Mrs. J. B. Lewis.

He was a member of the Woodmen of the World, and Mountain City lodge No. 549, F. & A. M.

Funeral services conducted by the Rev R. O. Bell, will be held at the residence, 1105 Whiteside Street this afternoon at 2 o'clock.

Interment will follow in Forest Hills Cemetery.

The services at the grave will in charge of the Masonic Fraternity. Jan 22, 1920

 Chattanooga Times, January 22, 1920

Rose, Glenn Walter 

Rose, Glenn Walter of Walker Road, Soddy-Daisy, died Monday in a Chattanooga hospital.  He attended Mountain View Baptist Church and was preceded in death by his parents, Brooks and Viola Owens Rose; brother, W. R. Rose; and two sisters, Louellen Seals and Ruby Berry.  Survivors include his wife, Martha Jo Rose; two daughters, Glenda Snyder and Vickie Parton; two sons, Mike and Kenny Rose, all of Soddy-Daisy; three grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.  Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Paul Forgey officiating.  Burial will be in Varner Cemetery.
Arrangements by Williamson & Sons Funeral Home, Soddy-Daisy.
Obituary date August 16, 1989.

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Rose,  Robert 

Robert Rose - The funeral services of Robert Rose, who died Saturday at the home of his daughter Mrs. James Cunningham, were held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock.  Interment was in Presbyterian cemetery.  Mr. Rose was 70 years old and was one of the oldest citizens of Soddy.  He leaves a wife, several sons and two daughters.
Died September 27, 1920.

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Rose, Sarah Jane Crow
Daughter of Finn Matthews & Rebecca A. Cooper Moreland Crow

Mrs. Sarah Jane Rose - Mrs. Rose, 84, lifelong Chattanoogan, died yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Julia Humble, 2917 Curtis Street. Mrs. Rose was the widow of James J. Rose and was the last surviving charter member of the King Memorial Methodist Church. Survivors, four daughters, Mrs. Humble, Mrs. Lillie Evans, Mrs. Effie Gaines and Mrs. Dessie Gaines, Chattanooga; three sons, C. M. and G. T. Rose, Chattanooga, and A. F. Rose, Flint, Michigan; thirty-three grandchildren, thirty-two great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the King Memorial church today at 2:30 p.m., the Revs. C. E. Wilson, J. N. Bull and C. P. Hardin officiating. Interment will be in Greenwood cemetery.  Pallbearers: T. C. Solomon, G. W. Perry, Bob Burns, Cromer Blair, L. J. LeCroy and W. L. Sims.  Members of the Outland class will be honorary pallbearers. ROSE-MRS. SARAH JANE, 84, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Julia Humble, 2917 Curtis Street, yesterday morning.  Survivors, four daughters, Mrs. Humble, Mrs. Lillie Evans, Mrs. Effie Gaines, Mrs. Dessie Gaines; sons, C. M. and G. T. rose, Chattanooga; A. F. Rose, Flint, Michigan.  The body is at the residence 1907 Stewart Street.  Funeral today, 2:30 at King Memorial church.  Revs. C. E. Wilson, J. N. Bull and C. P. Hardin.  Interment Greenwood cemetery, 

arrangements by Henson-Wallace Funeral Home.

The Chattanooga Times  Friday, May 2, 1941, page 15

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Rose, William George (Bill)

William George (Bill) Rose - 43 of Soddy, Tenn., died at the residence Tuesday night after a lingering illness.  He was a member of the Oak Street Baptist Church and was employed by the Soddy Marine Hosiery Mill and managed the Soddy Knothole baseball team.  He was a veteran of World War II. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Ora Rose, Soddy; son, Vance Rose, Soddy; daughter, Mrs. Noel Underwood, Soddy; mother, Mrs. Viola Rose, Soddy; two sisters, Mrs. A. L. Seale(e), Hixson, Tenn.: Mrs. Ruby Berry, Chattanooga; brother, Glenn Rose, Soddy; two grandchildren, Sharon Underwood, Soddy; Noel Underwood Jr., Soddy; several aunts and uncles and nieces and nephews. funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Oak Street Baptist Church, the Revs. Vester Bennett and Paul Coffelt officiating.  Interment Presbyterian Cemetery.  Active pallbearers will be Ross Stephenson, Oscar Legg, Ray Irvin, Phillip Davis, Arnold Weeks, Frank Schmidt Jr.; honorary pallbearers will be members of the Soddy Knothole baseball team and employees of Soddy Marine Hosiery Mill.  The body is at the Williamson Funeral Home in Soddy.
Date of death October 7, 1958

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