OBITUARIES
Cleveland and Athens, TN Obituaries
Local obituaries for families in Cleveland and Athens, TN along with the entire East Tennessee area
Cletus Benton
Feb 6, 2017
Cleatus Gene Benton age 59 of Etowah, Tn. died Monday February 6, 2017. He was a graduate of McMinn Central High School, and attended Harwell A.M.E. Zion Church of Etowah. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. He is preceded in death by his parents, Fred and Joyce Benton, sister, Belinda Benton, and brother Johnny Benton. Survivors include four...
Shannon Smith
Jan 26, 2017
Shannon Louise Smith age 49 of Cleveland, TN died Thursday January 26, 2017. Services: Viewing will be 3-7 p.m. on Tuesday January 31, 2017 in the chapel of M.D.Dotson & Sons Funeral Home & Cremation Service- Cleveland, TN. Funeral Will be: Wednesday February 1, 2017 at 1 p.m. at Mount Olive A.M.E. Zion Church, Etowah, TN. Visitation to begin...
Isaiah Parris
Jan 26, 2017
September 8, 1993 – January 26, 2017 Isaiah Jamal Parris, age 23, passed away on January 26, 2017. He was a graduate of McMinn County High School and resided in Cleveland, TN. Known mostly for his lively personality, Isaiah was always the life of the party and took every chance he could to spend time with his family. He...
Robbie Burdine
Jan 18, 2017
Robbie Burdine passed January 18, 2017. Memorial service will be Wednesday January 25, 2017, at 7 p.m. at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Niota, TN. Please send words of love and condolences to the family at [email protected]
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Joe D. Smith
Jan 15, 2017
Joe David Smith, age 89 exchanged earthly life for his eternal home on Sunday January 15, 2017, surrounded by family. Joe was retired from Bowaters Pulp and Paper and had also worked at Oak Ridge Nuclear Plant. He was a veteran of the United States Army having served during the Korean War. Joe was united in marriage to Johnnie...
Ernie Simpson
Dec 27, 2016
Ernie Simpson passed away at his home in Etowah, TN on December 27, 2016 at the age of 72 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was preceded in death by his parents, Marie Harris and Thomas Simpson, his grandmother, Margaret Harris, his brother Thomas Simpson Jr., and his sister Carolyn J. Edington. He served in the United States...
Austin Jerel Dotson
Dec 23, 2016
Austin Jerel Dotson, 28 of Athens, TN went to be with his Lord on December 23, 2016 at a local hospital. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Marshall A. Arnwine and Dorothy R. Arnwine, Virginia Jo Dotson, and great grandmothers Gertha Hicks and Estella Vaught. He was a 2006 Graduate of McMinn County High School, and previously...
Joseph Mizell
Dec 17, 2016
Joseph H. Mizell age 76 of Cleveland, Tn. originally from N. Charleston, South Carolina, member of The C.O.G. Jerusalem Acres. He was known as Evangelist Joseph H. Mizeil. He was a missionary, a bishop of the church, one of twelve apostles, World R.E.A.P. for Christ founder. He established churches, orphanages, clinics, a school in Haiti West Indies, and a...
Aaron Brown
Dec 12, 2016
Aaron Maurice Brown age 48 of Cleveland, TN died Monday, December 12, 2016, in Johnson City, TN. He attended Sequoyah High School and served his country in the United State Army during Desert Storm and the Gulf War. His passions included fishing, video games, and hanging with his homeboys. He is preceded in death by his father John Brown,...
Ruby Denton
Dec 9, 2016
Ruby Lillian Denton age 77, a resident of Charleston, Tn., passed Friday December 9, 2016 in a Cleveland, TN. hospital. She knew the Lord and was of the Baptist faith. Ruby was retired from Maytag with over 30 years working there as a product tester. She was a remarkable person, raising her family, working, and going back to school...
David Simpson
Dec 2, 2016
David Bennylee Simpson age 78 of Etowah, Tn. died Thursday, December 1, 2016 at a local Athens, Tn. hospital. He was a member of Mount Olive A.M.E. Zion Church, where he sang in the male chorus and was a steward and a trustee. He was a 1960 graduate of Cook High School in Athens, Tn. and served his country...
April Rae Williams
Nov 19, 2016
April Rae Jackson Williams age 33 passed away suddenly on Saturday, November 19, 2016 in Cleveland, TN. She was born in Chattanooga, Tn, and known by many as “Lil April”. She graduated from Cleveland High School in 2001.At the age of 16 she began working at Pizza Hut with Jane Miller and Joan Messier. She later worked with them...
Frankie Jo Arnold Massengill
Nov 2, 2016
Frankie Jo Arnold Massengill age 84 formerly of Charleston, Tn. passed away Wednesday evening November 2, 2016 in a health care facility in Antioch, Tn. She was of the Baptist faith and attended Mt. Eagle Baptist Church in Charleston, Tn., before moving to Middle Tennessee. She was retired from Midland Ross (Steel City) in Athens, TN, and enjoyed decorating...
Marva Brooks
Nov 2, 2016
Marva Jo Brooks age 79 was born on July 5, 1937 in Cleveland, Tennessee. She was the fourth of the six children. Marva Jo departed this life on Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at a Chattanooga, Tennessee hospital. She is preceded in death by her parents Thelma S. Lane, William Shelton Lane Sr. husband Walter Brooks, brother William Shelton Lane...
Hugh Richard Latham
Oct 6, 2016
Hugh Richard Latham died Thursday October 6, 2016. Survivors and arrangements to be announced.
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Ruby S. Bunion
Oct 4, 2016
Ruby S. Bunion age 74 a resident of Cleveland, Tn. died Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at a Cleveland hospital. She was a graduate of College Hill High School, and a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. She was a homemaker, and enjoyed cooking, and going to yard sales. She is preceded in death by her parents Leon and Rosa...
Alana Jade King
Oct 2, 2016
Alana Jade King age 21 died suddenly Sunday October 2, 2016 in Athens, Tn. She was a nursing student at Cleveland State Community College, and an assistant manager at Subways in Athens, Tn. She was a member of the AGAPE Center A.O.H. Church of God in Athens, and a graduate of McMinn County High School class of 2013. A...
Johnny Wayne Wortham
Sep 26, 2016
Professor Johnny Wayne Wortham departed this life on September 26th 2016. A native of Jackson, Tennessee, Johnny was born on April 4, 1947 to Johnny and Bernice Wortham. A graduate of Merry High School in 1965, Johnny entered Union University and later joined the United States Air Force where he served until 1970 as an Aircraft Radio Technician with...
Robert "Bob" King
Sep 21, 2016
Robert L ‘ Bob’ King age 82 was born in Riceville, Tennessee as the 7th of eight children born to George and Gertrude King. He is preceded in death by his parents, George and Gertrude, and all his siblings, Dan, Gussie, Herbert, Alexander (Alec), George, Mary, Elsie, and Viola, and by his daughter-in-law, Kellee, whom he adored. He leaves...
