HAMILTON COUNTY
James Dove
James R. Dove, 90, of Chattanooga, passed away Tuesday, June 10, 2008, in a local hospital.
Funeral: 1 p.m. today at Mount Canaan Baptist Church with Pastor Ternae Jordan officiating.
Burial: Chattanooga National Cemetery.
Arrangements are by Taylor Funeral Home of Chattanooga Inc.
Pauline Elder
Pauline Elder, 89, of East Ridge, passed away Saturday, June 14, 2008, at her residence.
She was a native of Dayton, Tenn., born to the late Vernon and Vena Elder. She had lived in East Ridge since 1956 and she retired from 3M Co. with over 40 years of service, to take care of her ailing brother. Ms. Elder was of the Baptist faith.
She was preceded in death by several brothers and two sisters.
Survivors include two nephews, Ronnie Iverson, of East Ridge, and Brady Mullins, of Apison.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, in the South Crest Chapel.
Interment will follow in the Lakewood Memory Gardens, South.
Condolences may be sent to www.lane-southcrestchapel.com.
The family will receive friends from 3-8 p.m. Tuesday at the South Crest Chapel of Lane Funeral Home & Crematory, Rossville.
William Erickson
William E. "Bill" Erickson, 77, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 14, 2008.
Bill was a member of Central Baptist Church of Hixson. He was retired from Southern Wholesalers after 35 years of service.
Bill served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary G. Erickson.
Survived by his loving wife, Barbara Erickson; daughter, Denise Erickson (Ron) Beaurivage, of Bedford, N.H.; son, Bill (Janna) Erickson, of Ringgold, Ga., son, Erwin W. (Terry) Brandt, of Nashville; daughter, Patti Brandt (Rusty) Cloud, of Hixson; and 11 lovely grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 18, at the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home with the Rev. Joe Guthrie officiating.
Interment will be in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends from 2-8 p.m. Tuesday, June 17, at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Central Baptist Church of Hixson, 5208 Hixson Pike, Hixson, TN 37343; or to the Ronald McDonald House, 200 Central Ave., Chattanooga, TN 37403.
Please share your thoughts and memories at www.mem.com.
Arrangements are by the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory and Florist, Highway 153, Hixson, TN 37343.
Pete Garmon
Preston Leroy "Pete" Garmon, 80, of Chattanooga, passed away Friday, June 13, 2008, in a local hospital.
Mr. Garmon was born and raised in Gadsden, Ala., and later moved to Chattanooga.
Mr. Garmon was retired from John Cuneo Inc., where he worked as a truck driver. He loved his family and enjoyed watching Auburn football.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Dora Garmon; son, Glenn Garmon; and siblings, Caldwell Garmon, R.C. Garmon, Julia Zelsdorf, Ethel Sheffield, Mamie Ruth Martin, Beatrice Garmon and O.G. "Jack" Garmon Jr. and his parents, Oako and Jessie Mae Garmon.
Mr. Garmon is survived by daughter, Teresa Braswell; daughter-in-law, Connie Garmon; brother, John W. (Dot) Garmon; grandchildren, Josh (Valorie) Garmon, Jacob Garmon, Lori (Bill) Troudt and Amy (Steve) Braz; great-grandchildren, Maddox Garmon, Stephanie Braz, Emily Shadrick, William and Peter Troudt; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 17, 2008, in the Heritage Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Richard Driscoll officiating.
Interment will follow in Lakewood Memory Gardens, East.
Condolences may be sent at www.heritagefh.com.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Meals on Wheels, c/o Southeast Tennessee Nutrition, East 10th Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402; or Children's Miracle Network, 4525 South 2300 East, Salt Lake City, UT, 84117.
The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. today at Heritage Funeral Home, 7454 East Brainerd Road, Chattanooga, TN 37421.
Lloyd Givens
Lloyd Henry Givens, 73, of Soddy-Daisy, passed away Friday, June 13, 2008.
He was retired from General Dynamics and was a U.S. Army veteran.
He is survived by his wife, Peggie Uren Givens; sons, Lee (Debbi) Givens, of Paso Robles, Calif., Stacey (Teri) Givens, of Soddy-Daisy; brother, Earl (Juanita) Givens, of Florida; sister, Judy (Dana) Yates, of Ohio; grandchildren, Amanda, Brandon, Aaron and Shelby.
Graveside service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Chattanooga National Cemetery with the Rev. Edward Stott officiating.
Condolences and memories may be shared at www.williamsonandsons.com.
Arrangements are by Williamson & Sons Funeral Home, 8852 Dayton Pike Soddy-Daisy, TN 37379.
Richard Hodom
Richard Tomas Hodom, 77, of Chattanooga, passed away Friday, June 13, 2008, at a local hospital with family at his side.
He was a member of the Red Bank Cumberland Presbyterian Church. After serving with the U.S. Navy in the Korean War, he worked as a machinist for General Motors in upstate New York. A member of the local Masonic lodge, he was an avid outdoorsman, fishing and trapping for years in the upstate rivers and forests. Courted by Orvis as a young man for his hand-tied trout flies, he eventually settled in the Tennessee Valley. In recent years he could be found on the Montlake golf course enjoying his friends and the occasional birdie.
He is survived by his loving wife of 55 years, Evelyn Hodom; sons, Richard Charles and daughter-in-law, Edith Hodom, Russell Vern Hodom; daughter, Laura and son-in-law, Dr. David Wendt; grandchildren, Selena and Stephanie Hodom, Kimberlee Hodom, Nicholas Patterson, Shaun Patterson and Carter Wendt; great-grandchild, Alana Leonard.
A memorial service was held on Sunday, June 15, in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Forest Prosser officiating.
In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 409410, Atlanta, GA 30384-9410.
Arrangements by Williamson & Sons Funeral Home, Soddy-Daisy.
Marceil Hughes
Marceil Virginia Hughes, 85, formerly of Chattanooga, died Friday, June 13, 2008, in Mauldin, S.C.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Highway 58 Chapel of Turner Funeral Home.
Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from noon until service time Tuesday.
Turner Funeral Home, Highway 58 Chapel, is in charge of the arrangements, 622-3171.
Joe Jackson II
Joe W. Jackson II, 25, formerly of Chattanooga, passed away Sunday, June 15, 2008, in a Meridian, Miss., hospital.
Arrangements will be announced later by Taylor Funeral Home of Chattanooga Inc.
William Keiss Jr.
William Alexander Keiss Jr., 84, of Lookout Mountain and the St. Barnabas Apartments, passed away Tuesday, June 10, 2008.
A celebration of Bill's life will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 17, 2008, at Unitarian Universalist Church on Navajo Drive with the Rev. Jeff Briere officiating.
Burial will be later at Hillside Rest Cemetery at the Methodist Church of Bombay in Bombay, N.Y.
Arrangements by J. Avery Bryan Funeral Home, 747 McCallie Ave., (423) 266-2131.
Michael Linger
Michael Thomas Linger, 51, of Hixson, passed away on Saturday, June 14, 2008, in an area hospital.
Mr. Linger was employed with Value Services as an IT tech.
Survivors include his wife, Wanda Linger, of Hixson; sons, J.R. Coody, of Soddy-Daisy, David Coody, of Orlando, Fla., and Mathew Linger, of Soddy-Daisy; daughters, Samantha and Jennifer Linger, both of Soddy-Daisy; sisters, Elizabeth Berry, of Capetown, South Africa, and Ann, of Durban, South Africa.
A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday in the funeral home chapel.
The family will receive friends from 6-7 p.m. on Tuesday at the funeral home.
We invite you to share your thoughts and memories with the family at www.legacyfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements are by Legacy Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 8911 Dallas Hollow Road, Soddy-Daisy, TN 37379. 24-hour obituary line, 843-5055.
Nancy Marr
Nancy McElhaney Marr, 92, of Chattanooga, died on Saturday, June 14, 2008, in a local health care facility.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Bob Circeo officiating.
Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.
Memorial contributions can be made to the American Heart Association or to the American Diabetes Association.
To send a condolence, please visit www.lane-coulterchapel.com.
The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. today at Lane Funeral Home, Coulter Chapel, 601 Ashland Terrace.
Mary Mills
Mary Ruth Mills, 64, of Hixson, passed away Thursday, June 12, 2008, at a local hospital.
She was a member of Daisy Church of God.
She was preceded in death by her father, Ulysses Wilson.
She is survived by her husband, Wavie G. Mills Jr.; daughters, Carol (Jeremy) Long, Cindy (Randy) Sherlin; mother, Mary Wilson; brother, Wayne Wilson; sisters, Mildred Reno; half brother, Bobby Wilson; grandchildren, Tyler Harris, Wesley Long, and a baby girl due in August.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday in the funeral home chapel with Bishop Sam Philips officiating.
Interment will follow in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.
Family will receive friends from 5-9 p.m. today 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.
LeeAnne Nichols
LeeAnne Roberson Nichols, 67, of Chattanooga, died Sunday, June 15, 2008, at her home bravely fighting a seven-year battle with metastatic renal cell cancer.
Born May 2, 1941, in Birmingham, Ala., the daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. Lee Roberson, founders of Tennessee Temple College, she grew up and lived most of her life in Chattanooga. After graduating from Chattanooga Central High School, LeeAnne went on to attend Tennessee Temple College, where she received her bachelor's degree, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, earning a master's degree.
She married L.W. "Buddy" Nichols in 1965 and had two children, a son, Rob, born in 1967, and a daughter, Caroline, born in 1970. At Tennessee Temple University, LeeAnne was a British literature instructor and a music professor. In 1976, she started the Ladies Chorale, a choir for college ladies at TTU. In the late 1980s, she started a small business known as Personally Yours, dedicated to providing hand-made, custom uniforms for school-related groups.
She was an enthusiastic lover of all things crafty. Together with her husband she was known to custom-craft any number of personalized Christmas, birthday, graduation, or anniversary presents, all of which her family continues to treasure. To her family, what stands out is her legacy of music: from choir directing, to the church choir at Highland Park Baptist Church, to the sound of her piano playing downstairs late at night. Equally at home with Puccini, the Carpenters, or the "Great Hymns of the Faith," her gift of music has come to define her life for everyone privileged to know her.
A member of Woodland Park Baptist Church and Tyner United Methodist Church, her final years were marked by a demonstration of the quality of grace that she had received, a kind of grace that few of us will ever be able to fully understand.
In addition to her mother and father, she was preceded in death by a sister, Joy Roberson, for whom Camp Joy was named.
She is survived by husband, Buddy Nichols, of Chattanooga; son, Rob Nichols and his wife, Meghan, of Atlanta; daughter, Caroline Rowell and her husband, David Rowell, of Hixson; grandchildren, Gabriella Joy Rowell and Ethan Curtis Rowell, of Hixson; sister, June Ormesher and husband, Bill, of Dallas, Texas; brother, John Roberson and wife, Donna, of Florence, Ky.; three nieces and six nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday in Wesley Hall at Tyner United Methodist Church with Dr. Robert Haskins and the Rev. Jack Nichols officiating.
The family will receive friends from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday at the East Brainerd Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, 8214 East Brainerd Road, Chattanooga, TN 37421.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Lee Roberson Foundation.org in care of 2327 Red Tail Lane, Chattanooga, TN 37421.
Please share your thoughts and memories at www.mem.com.
Arrangements are by the East Brainerd Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, 8214 East Brainerd Road, Chattanooga, TN 37421.
June Smith
June Virginia Smith, 90, of Chattanooga, died Saturday June 14, 2008, at her home.
She was born in Hopewell, Va., April 23, 1918, to the late Thomas and Nancy Caldwell.
She was a member of the Chattanooga Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Wilson Smith; son, Roger W. Smith, of East Ridge; daughter, Virginia Carole Green and her husband, John D., of Decatur, Tenn.; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Chattanooga National Cemetery with Pastor Ralph LaFave, Pastor Fred Fuller, Pastor Paul Eirich officiating.
Please share your thoughts and memories at www.mem.com.
The family will receive friends from 5-9 p.m. today at the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory and Florist, 404 S. Moore Road, Chattanooga.
Rena Taylor
Rena Mae Taylor, 74, of Chattanooga, passed away Monday, June 9, 2008, in a local nursing facility.
Funeral: noon today in the chapel with Pastor Ronald Tucker officiating.
Burial: Forest Hills Cemetery.
Arrangements are by Taylor Funeral Home of Chattanooga Inc.
GEORGIA
Don Brown
LaFAYETTE -- Donald Brown, 67, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, June 12, 2008.
He was a lifelong resident of North Georgia and a member of Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Ringgold, Ga. Mr. Brown was a member of IBEW Local 175 for 44 years, where he was a former assistant business agent. He retired from Ralph White Electric, Ringgold. Mr. Brown was a member of Quitman Lodge 106 F&AM, Ringgold; Chattanooga Scottish Rite; and the Alhambra Shrine Temple, Chattanooga. He was an avid golfer, fisherman and hunter and loved his "Georgia Bulldogs."
He was preceded in death by sons, Greg Brown and Wayne Brown; parents, James and Stella Brown; and brother, LeBron Brown.
Survivors are his beloved wife, Joanna Brown; sons, Donny Brown, Rossville, Maj. Jimmy (Kelli) Brown, U.S. Army, Virginia; brothers, Ray (Sonyia) Brown, Ringgold, Chuck (Judy) Brown, Fort Oglethorpe; sisters-in-law, Peggy Brown, Fort Oglethorpe, Doris Crowe, Jacksonville, Fla.; brother-in-law, Johnny (Jeanne) Hendrix, Dunlap, Tenn.; grandchildren, Jack Brown, Virginia, Dustin Brown, Ringgold, Cody Brown, Harrison, Courtney Brooke Clonce, Chickamauga, Ga., and Travis Clonce, Cleveland, Tenn.; several nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. today in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Mike Sims and Dr. David Sampson officiating.
Interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
Condolences may be sent at www.heritagefh.com.
The family will receive friends from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. today at Heritage Funeral Home & Crematory, Battlefield Parkway.
Reubin Drewett
LaFAYETTE -- Reubin A. Drewett, 67, of LaFayette, and formerly of Richmond, Va.. died on Sunday, June 15, 2008, after a brief battle with cancer.
He leaves behind his wife of 25 years, Verna Angel Gideon Drewett, of LaFayette; sons and daughter-in-law, R.J. (Jane) Whaley, of Mineral, Va., Herbert Drewett, of Ohio, and George Drewett, of Hopewell, Va.; brother, Tommy Drewett, of Fort Myers, Fla.; and special nieces, Angel (Damon) Maher, of LaFayette and Tammy (Wayne) Wear of Washington; brother-in-law Raymond (Edna) Gideon and sister-in-law, Edith (Jim) Hartline, all of LaFayette; nephews, Andrew (Evelyn) and Branden Gideon.
Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, June 19, 2008, in the funeral home chapel.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the American Cancer Society in his memory.
Online guest book at www.wilsonfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements by the LaFayette Chapel of Wilson Funeral Homes, LaFayette.
Charles Hakes
ROSSVILLE -- Charles LeBron "Chigger" Hakes, 66, died Saturday, June 14, 2008, in a local hospital.
Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday with Pastor Tim Batchelor officiating.
The family will receive friends 5-8 p.m. today at Heritage Funeral Home & Crematory, Battlefield Parkway.
Kathy Kinsey
TRION -- Kathy Lynn Kinsey, 49, died Saturday, June 14, 2008.
Survivors: husband, David Kinsey; sons, Johnny Caylor, Daniel Caylor; daughter, Sasha Kinsey; brother, Sammy Hamilton; sisters, Janice Hartline, Sandra Wilbanks; grandchildren, Darren Caylor, Andrew Caylor, Anniston Lemming.
Services: 1 p.m. today, June 16, at Mason Funeral Home Chapel.
