Cleveland and Athens, TN Obituaries

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...

Angela Pitner Mckoy

Sep 18, 2016

OBITUARY Angela Raenita Pitner- McKoy age 46 of Cleveland, TN. passed Saturday, September 17, 2016. Angie was a proud graduate of Cleveland High School Class of 1987. She was well loved. And will be greatly missed by all who knew her. She professed her faith in Christ at an early age and attended Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and Household...

Delores Lindsey

Sep 14, 2016

Delores Jean Cansler Lindsey age 83 of Cleveland, Tn. went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, September 14, 2016 in a local hospital. She was a faithful member of Church of God Sanctified in Cleveland, Tn., serving in the choir, on the usher board, and missionary ministry until her health began to decline. She is preceded in death...

James "Rico" Blair, Jr.

Sep 13, 2016

James Alvin ‘Rico’ Blair Jr. age 75 passed away at his home Tuesday, September 13, 2016 in Cleveland, Tn. He was a member of Church of God Sanctified in Cleveland, TN., where he served as a trustee and a Sunday School member. He attended college Hill High School and was employed by Maytag for 45 plus years, and retired...

Theodore Lewis Mcclendon

Sep 3, 2016

Theodore Louis McClendon age 79 departed this life September 3, 2016 at a Sweetwater health care facility. He was the son of the late Oscar and Georgia Bell McClendon, and is also preceded in death by special Aunt Lillian Morris, sister Janet McClendon and brother Charles McClendon. He professed his faith in Christ at an early age and joined...

Eula Dean Swafford Kennedy

Aug 24, 2016

Eula Dean Swafford Kennedy age 69 of Cleveland died Wednesday August 24, 2016 in an Athens, Tn health care facility. She was a member of Trinity Methodist Church in Cleveland, Tn., and attended College Hill School. She spent well over 36 years working in Philadelphia, Pa., at the Einstein Hospital in the housekeeping division. To many that knew her...