HAMILTON COUNTY
Zoese Brazell
Zoese Brazell, 83, of Chattanooga, passed Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, in a local hospital.
She was affiliated with Jehovah Witnesses and the Seventh-day Adventist Churches. She worked for the Card and Monroe families for over 40 years.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Brazell; and daughters, Doxie Omega Brazell.
Survivors include her daughter Gustinia (Murray) Stewart; nephews, Pastor Randall Camel, Donald Lounds, Jason Lounds, all of Chattanooga, Daryl Lounds, of Iraq, and Stefan Camel, Atlanta; nieces, Nicole Camel, Jasmine Lounds; great-nephew, Kobe Lounds; great-great-nieces, Jayla Lounds and Ni’Kayla Camel; and great-great-nephew, Jamante Jenkins.
Funeral services will be Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008, at 1 p.m. at Reuben Strickland Memorial Chapel with Pastor Cleveland Hobdy III officiating.
Interment will be in Highland Memorial Gardens.
The body will lie in state after noon in the Chapel.
Mickey Carlisle
Kenneth Michael “Mickey” Carlisle, 56, of Sale Creek, passed away Friday, Aug. 29, 2008.
Mickey was a longtime resident of the Soddy-Daisy area and of the Church of God faith. He enjoyed going to flea markets and fishing.
His sister, Carolyn Carlisle, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his son, Joshua Carlisle, of Hixson; daughters, Tammy Patterson, of Hixson, Carrie Thomas, of Sale Creek and Rebecca Smith, of Pikeville; parents, Charles and Betty Carlisle, of Soddy-Daisy; brother, Charles Robert Carlisle, of Forest Park, Ga., along with seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be Monday at 1 p.m. in the funeral home chapel.
Burial will follow at Granny Walker Cemetery.
Visitation is Sunday after 1 p.m. at the funeral home.
Condolences and memories may be shared at www.williamsonandsons.com.
Arrangements are by Williamson & Sons Funeral Home, 8852 Dayton Pike, Soddy-Daisy, TN 37379.
Christine Carter
Christine Carter departed this life Monday, Aug. 25, 2008, at a local health care facility.
She was a member of Greater Shiloh Baptist Church, where she served on the Usher Board. She was employed at the Chop house and also volunteered at the Community School.
Survivors include the staff and residents of the Davis Home; foster parents, the Rev. and Mrs. Morris W. Johnson and Shiloh members.
Services will be on Sunday, Aug. 31, at 1 p.m. at Greater Shiloh Baptist Church with the Rev. Morris W. Johnson officiating.
Interment in Tuesday, Sept. 2, at 10 a.m. at National Cemetery.
Visitation after noon today at John P. Franklin Funeral Home, 1101 Dodds Avenue, 622-9995.
Victoria Cecil
Victoria Cecil, 78, received ultimate healing and peace and has passed on to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Thursday, August 28, 2008.
She was born in Pakistan and had lived in Chattanooga since 1987. She was a registered nurse and was greatly loved by all of the patients she touched in this profession. She was a member of Tyner United Methodist Church.
Victoria is survived by her husband, Gilbert Cecil; two sons and daughters-in-law, Jonathan and Nighat Cecil, David and Farah Cecil; and a daughter, Sheeba Pervez; seven grandchildren; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Dorothy and Anoose Taj; and sisters-in-law, Mabel Mall and Martha Merrill. She was the eldest of five brothers and two sisters and leaves a large extended family in Pakistan and the United States.
Services will be held 11:30 a.m. today at the North Chapel with Dr. Robert Haskins and Pastor Younis Farthat officiating.
The family will receive friends from 10:30 until 11:30 a.m. today at the funeral home.
Burial will follow at Hamilton Memorial Gardens.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Chattanooga.
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Arrangements are by North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory & Florist.
Jerry Elliott
Jerry Daniel Elliott, 67, a longtime resident of Chattanooga, died Wednesday, August 27, 2008, in Lakeland, Fla.
He had been living in Florida for the past 17 years. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, former employee of Combustion Engineering Co. and was a member of Parkview Baptist Church in Lakeland.
He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Linda Gray Elliott; three children, Craig Elliott and his wife, Kelley, of Cleveland, Tenn., Kristy Watson and her husband, Jim, and Sherry Zinkann and her husband, Eric, all of Lakeland, Fla.; four grandchildren, Kelsey Elliott, Faith and Elijah Watson and Alexis Zinkann; one sister, Brenda Smith, of Kimberling, Mo.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory & Florist with the Rev. John Andrus officiating.
Burial will be in Lakewood Memory Gardens, South.
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The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until time of the service Monday at the funeral home.
Phil Harris
Phil “Fred” Harris, 61, of Soddy-Daisy, passed away Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008.
Share you thoughts and memories at www.legacyfuneralhome.com
24-hour obituary line, (423) 843-5055.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Legacy Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 8911 Dallas Hollow Road, Soddy-Daisy, TN 37379.
Stanley Kell
William Stanley Kell, 54, of Utah, died Friday, Aug. 8, 2008.
Preceded in death by mother, Ruby Kell.
Survivors include wife, Patty; children, Amy (Kade) Shumway, Tracy (Nick) Hernandez, Ryan, Kristy and Julie Kell; granddaughters, Blake and Bella; father, John William Kell; sisters, Willela (Jim) Douthat and Pat (Alan) Smith.
Visitation 2 p.m. today, Aug. 30, 2008, at Signal Mountain United Methodist Church, 3419 Taft Highway, with memorial service to follow at 3 p.m.
Lois Mabry
Lois Mabry, 91, of Chattanooga, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008.
She and her husband, Rodney, were raised in Cartersville, Ga., and were married for 47 years before his death in 1987. They were boating enthusiasts and members of the Chattanooga Boating Club and Lakeshore Yacht Club. They were members of Brainerd United Methodist Church and the Wesley Caudel Sunday School Class where Lois was the pianist for many years. She taught elementary school for 37 years and retired in 1982 from Fort Oglethorpe Elementary.
Since 2002, Lois enjoyed knitting afghans for the patients of Hospice of Chattanooga and was honored in 2006 for having provided 105 afghans for the year 2005 alone.
Lois was also preceded in death by her only sister, Frankie Gilpin, of Newnan, Ga.
Survivors include her two daughters, Gerry (Jimmy) Chamberlain, of Chattanooga, and Jeanne (Jimmy) Moore, of Gulfport, Miss. “Nanny” was so much a part of the lives of her four granddaughters, Kim Narramore, of Chattanooga, Ashley (David) Myers, of Jersey City, N.J., Debbie O’Dwyer, of Miami Beach, Fla., and Becky Smart, of Birmingham, Ala.. Also to cherish her precious memories she leaves her five great-grandchildren, Chamberlain Iocovozzi, Niamh O’Dwyer, Lilli Narramore, Tyler and Jesse Smart.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 31, at the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home with the Rev. Genevieve DeHoog officiating.
Interment will follow in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends for visitation from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 31, at the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Brainerd United Methodist Church, Organ Fund, 4315 Brainerd Road, Chattanooga, TN 37411, or to the Alzheimer’s Association, 7625 Hamilton Park Drive, Chattanooga, TN 37421.
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Arrangements are made by the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home Crematory & Florist, 5401 Highway 153, Hixson, TN 37343.
Rubye Mathews
Rubye E. Mathews, of Chattanooga, died Friday, Aug. 29, 2008, at her residence.
Funeral arrangements will be announce by Hardwick & Sons Funeral Home.
John Moyers
John “Jakie” Moyers, 82, of Chattanooga, died Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008, at his residence after an extended illness with cancer.
Born and raised in Chattanooga his entire life, he was also a lifelong member of East Chattanooga Church of God where he was active up until his illness. He was retired from Chattanooga Boiler & Tank after 20 years of service and was the son of the late Aline and Thomas Moyers.
He was also preceded in death by his son, Ronald Moyers; two brothers, Arnold Moyers and Vernon Moyers; sister, Rozella (Kenneth) Roark.
Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Geraldine Moyers; daughter and son-in-law, Gina and Wendell Whitener, Ooltewah; three grandchildren, Andrew, Hollie and Winston; sister, Erma (DeWayne) Akins; various sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Mary Moyers, Carolyn (Mike) Horton, LaVerne (Edna) Waller, Jimmy (Marie) Goggins, Jerry (Marlene) Goggins; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at East Chattanooga Church of God with the Rev. Fred Smith and the Rev. Don Glenn officiating.
Interment will be in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.
Please share your thoughts and memories online at www.mem.com.
The family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m. today at the Valley View Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory & Florist, 7414 Old Lee Highway.
Jewel Portwood
Jewel Hill Portwood, 76, of Chattanooga, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, at a local hospital.
She was the daughter of the late Homer and Lula Hill and was preceded in death by her sister, Inez Pointon; and brother, Audey Hill.
Jewel began work as a registered nurse at Knoxville General Hospital and later worked for Children’s Hospital in Chattanooga. She retired as the assistant director of nursing with the Hamilton County Nursing Home.
Survivors include her husband, Eugene Portwood; two sons and daughters-in-law, Mike and Cindy Portwood, of Norman, Okla., Tim and Patrina Portwood, of Chattanooga; four grandchildren, Megan, Kayla, Haylie and Matthew.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Interment will follow at Lakewood Memory Gardens, East.
Please share your thoughts and memories online at www.mem.com.
The family will receive friends from 6–8 p.m. today at the Valley View Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home.
William Powell
William R. Powell, 88, of Chattanooga, went to be with the Lord Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008, at his home.
He was a mighty man of God who served his Lord faithfully. Mr. Powell was loved and adored by his family and friends. He retired from Shearer Amusement Co.
He was preceded in death by his son, William R. Powell Jr.; daughter, Betty Hodges; sister, Mildred Bunch; and brother, Morris Weed.
Survivors include the love of his life, Betty Griffin and man’s best friend, his beloved “Rowdy”. He was the beloved father of sons: William Thames, of McRae, Ga., Richard Dixon, of Hixson, Michael Powell, of Chattanooga and Wayne Powell, of Chattanooga; honorable mention, Robert Kidwell; daughters, Billie McAlister, of Cleveland, Billie Mansel Stewart, of Millersville, Md., Linda Kidwell, of Chattanooga, Deborah White, of Stuart, Fla., Lisa Drummond, of Newnan, Ga.; 26 grandchildren; 50 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren.
Our Daddy “Pop” lived by Romans 12:10 (Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another over yourself).
Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Lane Funeral Home, Coulter Chapel with Pastors Greg and Patty Alex officiating.
Interment will be in Chattanooga National Cemetery.
Visit www.lane-coulterchapel.com to send condolences.
Visitation is 4-9 p.m. Sunday and 5-9 p.m. Monday at Lane Funeral Home, Coulter Chapel, 601 Ashland Terrace.
Mildred Stubblefield
Mildred Roberts Stubblefield, 85, of East Ridge, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, in a local hospital.
She was a member of St. Andrews United Methodist Church. She had worked at Lovemans Department Store for many years and retired from Proffits.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles B. Stubblefield; and a brother, Charles L. Roberts II.
Survivors include her children, Bill Stubblefield and wife, Kathy, of Dalton, Ga., Carolyn Myers and husband, Jim, of Harrison, and Richard Stubblefield and wife, Jacquelen, of East Ridge; grandson, Greg Stubblefield, of Dalton; brother, L.C. Roberts of East Ridge; nephew, Charles L. Roberts III, of Ooltewah; three nieces, Wanda Duda, of Warner Robins, Ga., Brooke Roberts Bourgeois, of Atlanta, and Carrie Francisco, of Ringgold, Ga.
Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory & Florist with the Rev. Amy Nutt officiating.
Burial will be private.
Please share your thoughts and memories at www.mem.com.
The family will receive friends from 6-9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
TENNESSEE
Thomas Gearhart
HENDON — Freddie Thomas Gearhart, 81, passed away Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008, in a local hospital.
Services will be today at 2 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Charles Dockery officiating.
Visitation is today from noon to 2 p.m. at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Hendon Baptist Church, 5238 Hendon Road, Graysville, TN, 37338 for the upkeep of Hendon Cemetery.
Condolences and memories may be shared at www.williamsonandsons.com.
Arrangements are by Williamson & Sons Funeral Home, 8852 Dayton Pike, Soddy-Daisy, TN 37379.
Lisa McGuire
RICEVILLE — Lisa Savannah McGuire, 38, died Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, at Erlanger.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. today in the chapel.
Burial will be in Rogers Creek Cemetery.
Arrangements are by Ziegler Funeral Home, Athens.
Forrestine Robinson
SOUTH PITTSBURG — Forrestine Robinson, 65, died Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008, at her home.
She was a member of Brakebill AME Zion Church.
She was the daughter of the late James and Lucinda Wordlaw Robinson and was preceded in death by sisters, Janie Kelly, Glenda Fennell; and brother, Bobby Robinson.
She is survived by her children, Angela (David) Earvin, Kenneth (Amanda) Robinson, Emmett (Kathy) Robinson, Anna Robinson, Elisa (Dwight) Robinson, all of South Pittsburg and Richard (Shannon) Robinson, of Maui, Hawaii; 17 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren; sister, Evelyn Chubb, of Chattanooga; brothers, James (Dorothy), Jimmy, Melvin (Patricia) Robinson, all of South Pittsburg, Robert (Maxine) Robinson, of Chicago, Ill.; special friends, Ann Edwards, Monroe Powers, Ashley Pickett, Ralph Edge and Frenchie; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted from Grace Baptist Church in South Pittsburg on Sunday, Aug. 31, at 2 p.m. CDT with the Rev. John Morris and the Rev. Paul Robinson officiating.
Interment will be in Cumberland View Cemetery in Kimball.
Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.rogersfuneralhome.com.
The family will receive friends today from 6-8 p.m. CDT at Rogers Funeral Home in South Pittsburg.
Geraldine Rollins
WHITWELL — Geraldine Sloan Rollins, 67, passed away Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008.
She was preceded in death by her son, Roger Rollins; parents, Ernest and Maggie Sloan; two sisters; and two brothers.
Survivors include her husband of 52 years, Hershel Rollins; son, Mark Anthony Rollins; daughter, Tammy Ellison, of Whitwell; grandchildren, Mark Rollins Jr., Christopher Rollins, Cody Rollins, Jessica Ellison, Dewayne Ellison.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. CDT Sunday, Aug. 31, with the Rev. Wayne Norris and the Rev. Mac Hampton officiating.
Interment will be at Griffith Creek Cemetery.
Family will receive friends 10 a.m.-9 p.m. CDT today, Aug. 30.
Arrangements are by Whitwell Memorial Funeral Home (423) 658-7777.
Gene Sholl
DAYTON — Gene Sholl passed away Friday, Aug. 29, 2008, due to complications arising from injuries suffered in an automobile collision in September 2007.
Gene was born in Chattanooga, attended local schools and graduated from Chattanooga High School in 1959. He served in the Air National Guard being honorably discharged in 1964. He worked at Lovemans Department Store as a buyer for 10 years before taking a job with a St. Louis Company.
Gene began fulfilling a lifelong dream of higher education in 1990. He obtained a master’s degree in psychology at Lee University and received his Ph.D in 2005.
In recent years Gene has been employed by Bradley Cleveland Services working with adults with severe challenges. He loved his clients and they loved him and called him Granddaddy.
Gene is survived by his wife of 48 years, Glenda Halliburton Sholl, of Dayton; sons, Kevin Sholl, Shawn (Lesley) Sholl and Lance (Stacey) Sholl; daughter, Gina (Jeff) Osterbur; grandchildren, Alexis, Ben and Chase Sholl, Michael, Josh, Brandon and Kaitlyn Osterbur, all of Dayton. He is also survived by his mother, Marjorie Sholl; siblings, Rosie (Sholl) Kuka, Sheila Sholl, Harry Sholl and John Sholl, all of the Chattanooga area.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Melanoma Research Foundation c/o the funeral home.
Graveside services for Gene will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Rhea Memory Gardens in Dayton.
Please share your memories on Gene’s on-line guest register at www.vanderwallfh.com.
The family is being served by Vanderwall Funeral Home in Dayton.
ALABAMA
Jerry Garner
STEVENSON — Jerry Lee Garner, 69, died Friday, Aug. 29, 2008, at his home.
Funeral will be Sunday, Aug. 31, at 3 p.m. CDT at the funeral home chapel.
Interment in Inglis Cemetery in Carnes, Ala.
Visitation will be today 1-9 p.m. CDT at Rudder Funeral Home in Stevenson.
Walter Gilbreath
GUNTERSVILLE — Walter Gilbreath, 89, formerly of Rainsville, passed away Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008.
Funeral will be at 10 a.m CDT today, Aug. 30, from W.T. Wilson Funeral Chapel.
Entombment in Mountain View Mausaleum with W.T. Wilson Funeral Chapel, Rainsville, Ala.
Teresa Noe
FORT PAYNE — Teresa Brown Noe, 48, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, at her residence.
Memorial service will be 2 p.m. CDT Monday, Sept. 1, from Fellowship Christian Center, Rainsville, Ala.
W.T. Wilson Funeral Chapel, Rainsville, Ala., in charge.
