Cleveland and Athens, TN Obituaries

Nov 29, 2021

James Merrill Williams Sr. age 79 passed Monday, November 29, 2021 in a Chattanooga, TN hospital. James graduated from Cook High School in Athens, TN., where he was known for his athletic skills in football and basketball. He was a veteran of the United States Army where he served his country in the Vietnam War.

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Nov 29, 2021

Nellie “Pauline” Dethridge Arnwine, age 83 of Niota, Tn transitioned to her heavenly home on Monday November 29, 2021. She was born on March 11, 1938 to the union of John Artimus and Nellie (Stone) Dethridge. She grew up in Roane county and transitioned to the Oak Grove community when she married Ruben Lincoln “RL” Arnwine in 1961. Pauline...

Nov 27, 2021

William Lane Smith Jr. age 71 passed Saturday, November 27, 2021 at a local Sweetwater, TN. hospital. He was a member of Mt. Cumberland Presbyterian Church of America where he served as an Elder of the church and in the church choir. He was also a member of Equity Lodge #313, and was employed with the International...

Nov 27, 2021

Todd Anthony King aka Muchaka Amal Zukinta age 59 of Long Beach, Calif., passed Saturday, November 27, 2021, from a long battle with COPD.

He is preceded in death by his parents Ada Mae King and Herbert King, his sisters, Deborah Mack and Audrey Conner ( who recently passed September 5, 2021, at her home.),...

Nov 20, 2021

Sylvia Brown age 58 of Etowah, Tennessee went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, November 20, 2021 with her loving family around her. She was a graduate of McMinn Central High School and attended Cleveland State Community College where she aspire to study business. She was employed at Starr Regional Hospital in Etowah in...

Nov 16, 2021

Melvin Roy Hall, Jr. age 93 peacefully transitioned on November 16, 2021 in Richmond, VA. Born on November 18, 1928 in Cleveland, TN, he was the fourth of five children to his parents, Easter Thompson Hall and Melvin Roy Hall, Sr. Melvin attended elementary and high school, at College Hill High School in Cleveland, TN and graduated...

Oct 31, 2021

Gladys Marie Smith McCowan age 78 passed Sunday October 31, 2021 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was of the Baptist faith. She was a quiet very reserve person, who spent her life caring for her children and her late husband William Eugene McCowan. She loved her roses, and spent a great deal of...

Oct 28, 2021

Valerie  Anita Morris age 66 went home to be with the Lord and her Savior surrounded by her loving family, on Thursday October 28, 2021. She was a member of  Everlasting Life Christian Center in Etowah, TN., where she was diligent  in her duties, serving on the usher board.

She was a graduate of McMinn...

Oct 28, 2021

Edna Sue Moss McCowan transitions on October 28, 2021. She grew up on a farm in Riceville, Tennessee. She attended Cook High School and was crowned Homecoming Queen in 1958. She attended college for a little while before settling down with the man of her dreams Kenneth McCowan. They were married for 58 years until his...

Oct 20, 2021

Shelvia Jones McCowan age 58 passed Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at a Cleveland health care facility.

She was a member of Price Memorial  A.M.E. Zion Church in  Cleveland, Tenn. She was a graduate of Cleveland High School, and worked for many years in various capacities in Athens, and Cleveland, Tennessee. She was a tremendous fan...

Oct 8, 2021

Shannon Denise Williams age  52 of Athens, Tennessee passed October 8, 2021 at her residence in Nashville, Tn. She wasliked by everyone and was extremely loving, caring and giving. She had a very big heart for others. Shannon attended Mountain View Elementary and played basketball, she attended McMinn Central High School, where she was a member...

Oct 7, 2021

Mattie Sue Winton Craig age 71 passed Thursday, October 7, 2021 at her home in Athens, TN. She was a house wife and devoted mother, grandmother and caregiver to many adults and children. She loved spending time with her family and friends and cooking big meals for them.

She was preceded in death by her...

Oct 3, 2021

Daisy L. McCleary age 69 of Athens, TN., passed Sunday, October 3, 2021 at her home surrounded by her family. She attended St. Mark A.M.E. Zion Church in Athens, TN, and enjoyed music, pocketbooks, sunglasses, and shopping.

She is preceded in death by her mother Mary White and father Charles White., her husband Richard McCleary,...

Oct 2, 2021

Michael Alan Armstrong age 65 formerly of Grand Rapids, MI passed Saturday, October 2, 2021 in a Cleveland, TN hospital.

He was a graduate of Central State University in Ohio where he obtained his master’s degree in marketing. He was a self-motivated entrepreneur and had started his own mortgage business. He was also employed as...

Sep 30, 2021

Sherry Ann Fuller Wortham passed on Thursday September 30, 2021 in Chattanooga, TN. Sherry was born on March 21, 1950 in Memphis, TN to the late Tommy and Bernice (Mathis) Fuller. She was the middle child of three children the oldest, the late Gloria Jean and the youngest Crystal.

Sherry attended Lane College in Jackson,...

Sep 29, 2021

Andrea Yvette Mooney age 52 passed Wednesday, September 29, 2021 in a Knoxville, Tennessee hospital.

She was a member of Harwell Chapel AME Zion Methodist Church, and gave her life to Christ at a young age, and was on the usher board. She was a graduate of the class of 1987 at McMinn Central High...

Sep 29, 2021

Elder Leuty Nelson McDermott age 79 of Riceville, TN went home to be with Lord, Wednesday, September 29, 2021. He was the pastor of Church of God Sanctified, Madisonville, TN for over 16 years. He was well known all over the East Tennessee area from Knoxville to Chattanooga, from Harriman, TN to Georgetown, TN. He put a...

Sep 23, 2021

Cory LaShawn McGaughey ‘Man’, age 41 formerly of Sweetwater, TN died Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Cory was a graduate of Sweetwater High School and for the last five years worked as a master carpenter. He was  a member of Mt. Bethel Baptist Church in Sweetwater where he grew up, and...

Sep 20, 2021

Roseline Porte, 93 , of Cleveland, Tennessee passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her loving family. She is preceded in death by her parents Clemen and Victoria Gibson and husband, Rufus Porte and grandson Rashad Goldston. She was born April 30,1928 in Monrovia, Liberia and moved to Cleveland in 1980.

She...

Sep 11, 2021

Melvin William Wilkerson-Crawford ‘Klondike’ was born on September 25, 1963 in Harriman, TN. He lived in Knoxville, TN, where he passed away on September 11, 2021. He attended McMinn High School, and was employed for sometime at Niota Golf Course. He was preceded in death by his mother Imerjean Wilkerson and father L.C. Crawford, daughter, Pauline Jalise...