Cleveland and Athens, TN Obituaries

Robert A. Keith

Oct 30, 2018

Robert A. Keith Jr. age 83 departed this earth on October 30, 2018. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force.  A lifelong resident of Athens, Tn. He will be remembered as talented artist.

He is preceded in death by his wife Eva Porter Keith, his parents Robert A. Keith Sr. and Willie...

Gerald Marlowe Jones

Sep 27, 2018

Gerald Marlowe Jones, age 59, a lifelong resident of Cleveland, TN died Thursday September 27, 2018 at his home. He was raised up in and attended Price Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church. He loved exercising, motorcycles, Nascar and 18 wheelers and most of all his family. A 1979 graduate of Cleveland High School. He was employed with Whirlpool...

Caleb Farley

Sep 27, 2018

Caleb Farley of Monroe County, TN died Thursday September 27, 2018. Survivors and arrangements to be announced.

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Glenn Porter

Sep 23, 2018

Glenn Howard Porter , “Lil Bink ”,age 82  went home to be with the Lord on September 23, 2018 in a local Athens, TN hospital.

He was born May 11, 1936 in Meigs County, Tn. He was a graduate of Cook High School and was his high school football team’s running back. He served his...

Dale Edwards

Sep 17, 2018

Dale Edwards, 36 of Ooltewah, TN, passed away Monday September 17, 2018, in an Alexandria, VA hospital.

He will lie-in-state on Friday from 7:00p.m.  to 8:00p.m  in the chapel  at Taylor Funeral Home with the funeral service  on Saturday at 2:00 p.m at the funeral home with  Keith Jones as the eulogist. Burial in Summit Cemetery.

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Vera Witt

Aug 18, 2018

Vera Elizabeth Witt age 92 a native and lifelong resident of Athens, Tennessee passed away Saturday, August 18, 2018 at her home. She was of the Church of God faith, and was currently attending Calvary Tabernacle. She was a former employee of Athens Furniture Company.

She was preceded in death by her parents Wilson and...

Beulah C. Oggs

Aug 3, 2018

Beulah C. Oggs age 90 of Sweetwater, Tennessee peacefully passed away Friday, August 3, 2018 at National Healthcare Corporation in Athens, Tennessee. She was married to Melvin Hugh Gene Oggs on May 17, 1946.  He preceded her in death May 18, 1996.  She was also proceeded in death by her parents Roy and Ethel Lenoir and granddaughter...

Arnold Lee Simpson

Jul 25, 2018

Arnold Lee “Snapper” Simpson age 65 of Sweetwater, TN. died July 25, 2018 in a  local hospital. He was a native of Etowah, Tn and attended McMinn Central High School. He was a retired employee of Bowater Southern, and served in the U.S. Army. He was loved by all and well known as ‘D. J. Snapper”,…aka –...

Dakota Benton

Jul 10, 2018

Dakota Lamon Benton age 26 of Cleveland, TN. passed July 6, 2018. He was a 2009 honor graduate of McMinn Central High School in Etowah, TN., and had career interest as an apprentice electrician.

He is preceded in death by two uncles, Cletus Benton, and Brian Benton, paternal grandfather Homer Ford, great-grandmother Lillian...

Rosalee Armstrong

Jun 24, 2018

ROSALEE DOUGLAS ARMSTRONG, Age 90 transitioned to her heavenly home on Saturday evening, June 23, 2018 at Life Care Center of Athens. She joins her beloved husband, Joseph (Bojack) Armstrong who passed on before her on April 24, 2018. Rosalee and Joseph celebrated 73 years of marriage on October 24, 2017.

Rosalee was the daughter of the...

Deborah Blair

Jun 9, 2018

Deborah Armenthia Bacon Blair age 70, transitioned this life on Saturday June 9, 2018 at her residence in Cleveland, TN.

She was a member of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church where she served on the mission’s board. She was a member of the Joy Fellowship community service organization, where she really enjoyed being of...

Joyce Marie Mcclendon

May 14, 2018

Marcella (Joyce) Marie McClendon, age 84 peacefully transitioned to Heaven in the early morning hours of Monday, May 14, 2018 at Parkwest Hospital, Knoxville. She was the sixth of seven siblings born into the union of James Aaron Melton and Thursda Thompson Melton. Initially she was a member of North Point Cumberland Presbyterian Church, but later...

Vivian Thompson

May 5, 2018

Mrs. Vivian T. Thompson age 82 of Cleveland, TN, passed Saturday May 5, 2018 at her residence. She was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Cleveland, TN, where she served in the choir, and the women’s club. She was employed by C.M. Hardwick for forty-five years, and was a graduate of Howard High School in Chattanooga, TN....

Joseph Armstrong

Apr 24, 2018

Joseph (BoJack) Armstrong, 92 of Etowah made his heavenly transition on Tuesday morning, April 24, 2018, at the Madisonville Health and Rehab Center. He was a member of Star Bethel Baptist Church of Etowah. Joseph was the son of the late Charlie and Donnie Mae Armstrong. He was also preceded in death by sisters, Annie Mae Boyd, Charlene Scruggs,...

Betty Cantrell

Apr 21, 2018

Betty Jo Cantrell age 76 of Niota, TN passed away April 20, 2018 in a Sweetwater TN. hospital. She was of the Jehovah Witness faith. A former employee of the Kangaroo Convenient Stores. Survivors include one son Dennis Cantrell of Niota, TN. One brother, Howard Fredrick Cantrell of West Palm Beach, Florida, many nieces, nephews, and friends. A memorial...

Vergil Phillip Smith

Apr 20, 2018

Vergil Phillip Smith age 85 of Athens, passed April 20, 2018. He was a member of Cox Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church, where he served as a deacon. He worked in construction for many years as an asphalt finisher.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Minnie and David Smith, two sisters, Oggie...

Charles Anna Morris

Apr 8, 2018

Charles Anna Morris age 76 went home to be with the Lord Saturday, April 7, 2018 at Erlanger Hospital. She was born in Fleming Kentucky and was raised and attended school in War West Virginia. She became a longtime resident of Athens, TN, where she reared her children. She was a happy person. She never complained or worried about...

Perry Bowerman

Mar 26, 2018

Perry B. Bowerman age 74 died Monday March 26, 2018 at his home in Cleveland, TN. He was employed and retired from M&M Mars Company in Cleveland, TN. He was the son of the late Fletcher Bowerman and Velma Benton Bowerman. He is also preceded in death by four sisters, Doris Moss, Elaine Parris, Wilma Bowerman,...

Eric Benion

Mar 21, 2018

Eric Deshon Benion age 46 of Cleveland, TN passed away Wednesday March 21, 2018 at Tennova Hospital in Cleveland, TN.

He was preceded in death by his father Robert Benion and gradfather Eugene Benion Sr. all from Sparta, Ga.

Eric was a member of C.H. Ellison Overcoming Church of God,...

Raymond Mcdermott

Mar 6, 2018

Raymond Daniel McDermott age 55 of Niota, TN died March 5, 2018. He was the son of the late Charles Ray Smith Sr. and Magnolia McDermott. He was employed at Brown Stove works in Cleveland, TN. He is preceded in death also by his brothers, Tommy Brown, and Robert McDermott, and sisters, Angela Pitner and Denise McDermott. Survivors include...