Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Rocky Top & Anderson County, TN.

John L Wilson

John L Wilson

Feb 20, 2013

John L. Wilson, age 87, of Clinton, passed away on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at the Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge. John was born February 4, 1926 in Anderson County, TN to the late Joe A. and Eliza Mayes Wilson. He served as a United States Air Force Veteran during WWII. John was a member of the Valley View...

Jerry David Lisenbee

Jerry David Lisenbee

Feb 15, 2013

Jerry David Lisenbee, age 66, of Clinton, passed away on Friday, February 15, 2013 at his brothers home in Oliver Springs. Jerry was born January 28, 1947 in Lake City, Tn. to the late Kelly and Maude Carroll Lisenbee. He was a member of the Cedar Creek Baptist Church. He enjoyed fishing, reading, and spending time with his family and...

Elsie Jackie (Berry)  Clowers

Elsie Jackie (Berry) Clowers

Feb 7, 2013

Elsie Jackie Clowers, age 89 of Lake City, passed away on Thursday, February 7, 2013 at the Summit View Health Care Center of Lake City. She was born May 9, 1923 in Roane County to the late Arthur and Molly Warick Berry. She was a member of the Fratersville Baptist Church. Elsie enjoyed being around her grandkids and she also...

William Barton "Barton" Chapman

William Barton "Barton" Chapman

Feb 6, 2013

William Barton Chapman, age 95 of Clinton, passed away on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at the Golden Living (Windwood) Center in Clinton. He was born on October 19, 1917 in Campbell County, TN to the late Barton Elmer and Molly Adkins Chapman .Barton was a veteran of the United States Army and Air Force. He was a member of the...

Gladys Carden Bradshaw

Gladys Carden Bradshaw

Feb 2, 2013

Gladys Carden Bradshaw, age 82,of Norris, passed away Saturday, February 2, 2013 at the Methodist Medical Center. She was born May 30, 1930 in Campbell County, Tn. to the late Rev.David L.Phillips and Nora Posey Phillips. Gladys was a member of the First Baptist Church in Norris. She enjoyed traveling, making afghans, quilting, knitting, and spending time with her family...

Billie Louise (Johnson)  George

Billie Louise (Johnson) George

Jan 29, 2013

Billie Louise Johnson George, age 79 of Lake City, passed away on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge. She was born February 13, 1933 in Cordova, Alabama to the late William and Bedie Bridgeman Johnson. Billie was a member of Fratersville Baptist Church. She loved her church and being a member of the prayer line....

Thomas Louis Davis

Thomas Louis Davis

Jan 28, 2013

Thomas Louis Davis, age 67 formerly of Clinton passed away on Monday, January 28, 2013 after a brief illness at the home of his nephew Ralph and Kim Jones of Lake City. He was born August 2, 1945 in Devonia, Tennessee to Furden and Rachel Byrge Davis who are deceased. He was of the Baptist Faith. Thomas loved inventing and...

Ollie Mae Chambers

Ollie Mae Chambers

Jan 27, 2013

Ollie Mae Chambers, age 97 of Clinton passed away on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at her residence. She was born on April 1, 1915 in Elk Valley, TN to the late Willis and Sarah Lawson Hicks .She was a member of Clinch River Baptist Church for over 50 plus years. She enjoyed playing and watching basketball, cooking, and her bible...

Bobbie Jean Chase

Bobbie Jean Chase

Jan 27, 2013

Bobbie Jean Chase, age 80 of Lake City passed away on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at the North Knoxville Medical Center in Powell. She was born on October 17, 1932 in Anderson County, TN to the late Clayton Oscar and Locie Jane Strong Sams .She was a member of Island Ford Baptist Church. She enjoyed gardening, fishing, camping, sewing, playing...

Mary Lillian (Armes)  Smithers

Mary Lillian (Armes) Smithers

Jan 26, 2013

Mary Lillian Armes Smithers of LaFollette passed away Saturday January 26, 2013. Lillian was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and sister. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Jacksboro. Lillian is preceded in death by parents, Virgil and Lucinda Armes and sister, Sally White. She is survived by her husband of 63 years, John Edward...

Charlene Hawkins

Charlene Hawkins

Jan 26, 2013

Charlene "Dean" McCoy Hawkins, age 78 of Lake City passed away on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at her residence. She was born on April 26, 1934 in Anderson County, TN to the late Charlie and Lillie Foust McCoy .She was a member of Clinch River Baptist Church. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends. In addition to her...

Lucille Younker

Lucille Younker

Jan 23, 2013

Lucille Younker, age 87 passed away peacefully on January 23, 2013. She was born on February 20, 1925 in Lake City (Coal Creek) to Luke and Bertha (Hatmaker) Stansberry. She always proudly told about working in the "Secret City", Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where she participated in the making of the Atomic Bomb. She married her first husband, Andrew Foust and...

Sarah E. Jones

Sarah E. Jones

Jan 16, 2013

Hatmaker Funeral Home 503 S. Main Street Lake City, TN 37769 (865)426-2158 Sarah Emogene (Moser) Jones was born in Lafollette, Tennessee on December 13, 1923 and passed away January 16, 2013 in Dayton, Ohio. She was predeceased by her father James Henry Moser, mother, Nora Claxton Moser, and her husband of 57 years, P. Dexter Jones. "Jean" was also predeceased...

Melanie (Disney)  Hill

Melanie (Disney) Hill

Jan 9, 2013

Melanie Ann Disney Hill, age 47 of Lake City, left this world on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at the Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center of Knoxville. She was born December 10, 1965 in Hammond, Indiana to Paul James and Eva Vowell Disney. Melanie was a member of the Guiding Star Baptist Church. She enjoyed sewing, her dog, Obe, gospel and...

Clinton Clay Ward

Clinton Clay Ward

Jan 6, 2013

Clinton Clay Ward, better known as Clay, age 71 of Clinton, passed away on Sunday, January 6, 2013 at the Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge. He was born on May 20, 1941 to the late Haskell and Elizabeth Braden Ward. Clay was a member of the Shultz Hollow Baptist Church. He enjoyed four-wheeling, playing bingo, and spending time with...

Mary Ruth Wade

Mary Ruth Wade

Jan 3, 2013

Mary Ruth Wade, age 75 of Briceville, passed away on Thursday, January 3, 2013 at the North Regional Medical Center of Knoxville. She was born on October 19, 1937 to the late Rev. Charlie and Mable Kelley Miles. She was a member of the Briceville Church of God. She enjoyed puzzle books, cooking, gardening, canning, and spending time with her...

Michael Drake Curran D.D.S.

Michael Drake Curran D.D.S.

Jan 3, 2013

Michael Drake Curran, D.D.S., age 65 of the Catholic Faith, passed away peacefully in his home Thursday, January 3, 2013. Dr. Curran was the retired Founder and Director of the Roane State Community College Dental Hygiene program and was passionate about educating and serving his community and surrounding area with oral health prevention. Preceded in death by mother and father,...

Brenda Sue Kennedy

Brenda Sue Kennedy

Dec 30, 2012

Brenda Sue Kennedy, age 65 of Lake City, passed away on Sunday, December 30, 2012 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. She was born on February 22, 1947 to the late Arthur and Anna Lee Hawkins Keys. She enjoyed making quilts, playing bingo and cards, fishing, cooking, and her flowers. In addition to her parents, Brenda is preceded in...

Louis Bernard Struckman

Louis Bernard Struckman

Dec 27, 2012

Louis B. Struckman Age 87, recently of Dillsboro and long-time resident of Moores Hill, passed away December 27, 2012 at one of his daughter's homes in Tennessee. He worked at Aurora Casket Company 11 years and Stedman Foundry in Aurora for 33 years. Born and raised in Aurora, he would have graduated in 1945, but instead enlisted in the Navy...

Lewis Tackett

Lewis Tackett

Dec 27, 2012

Hatmaker Funeral Home 503 S. Main Street Lake City, TN 37769 (865)426-2158 Lewis Tackett, age 66 of Lake City, Tennessee, received his summons to appear in the presence of His most High God on December 27, 2012. He was born on April 25, 1946 in Anderson County to the late Conda and Mary Alice Duncan Tackett. Awaiting him there was...