Obituaries

Obituaries for October 23, 2014

• Linda Booker

  Linda J. Booker, 71, passed away Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014, at Hospice of Chattanooga. She was a graduate of Howard High School, Class of 1962. She was a member of …

• Regina Burns

  Regina Ann "Jean" Burns, 69, of Chattanooga, passed away on Monday, Oct. 20, 2014. Jean was born in Etowah, Tenn., the daughter of Lewis and Marie Galloway. She was raised …

• Betty Curtis

  Betty Laverne Curtis, 79, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. She was a lifelong resident of the Chattanooga and Rossville area where she was …

• John Driver

  John Maurice Driver, 61, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. The family will receive friends from 3-7 p.m. on Sunday at the Highway 58 Chapel of Turner Funeral Home. …

• Minerva Bell Graham

  Minerva Bell Graham, 86, died Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, at the Fort Loudoun Medical Center in Lenoir City. A lifetime resident of Spring City, Minerva Bell was the daughter of …

• Wanda Greene

  Wanda McKinney Greene, 90, formerly of Chattanooga, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. She was born May 21, 1924 to the late Charles A. …

• Jimmy Hall

  Jimmy "Pepaw" Howard Hall, 84, of Chattanooga, died on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. He was born in DeKalb County, Tenn., on July 11, 1930 to the late Benjamin and Lillie …

• Anne Henry

  Anne E. Stewart Henry, 94, departed this life on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014, surrounded by loved ones when she passed. She was born on June 4, 1920 in Hollywood, Ala., …

• J.W. Horton

  Horton, 75, died Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, at Memorial Hospital. Mr. Horton was retired from Combustion Engineering and was a member of Life and Praise Church. He was preceded in …

• Pledger Johnson

  Pledger James Johnson, 70, of Toledo, Ohio, passed away Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014, in the Chattanooga Hospice Care Center. He was a 1962 graduate of Howard High School. He was …

• Peggy Lankford

  Peggy Rana Hope Lankford, 44, of Chattanooga, passed away on Tuesday, Oct.21, 2014. She was a lifelong resident of the Chattanooga area and was of the Baptist faith. Peggy was …

• Evert Lawson

  Charlie Evert Lawson, 97, died Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. Survivors: wife, Beulah Denton Lawson; children, Linda Brown and Jerrie Guffey; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Funeral at 2 p.m. Friday at …

• Jessie Ownbey

  Jessie Ownbey, 80, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. She was a lifelong resident of the Chattanooga area where she owned and operated several restaurants. She enjoyed playing bingo and …

• Marie Peters

  Joyce Marie Peters, 77, departed this life Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. She was preceded in death by her parents, Roy Blake and Thelma Brown; husband, Kenneth Peters; and son, Gary …

• VANDARYL RIVERS

  Vandaryl Lebron Rivers Dec. 20, 1988-Oct. 23, 2011 Gone but not forgotten. It hurts so much, you are so missed. I thank God for the time you spent with us. …

• Alberta Reynolds

  Alberta Bristol Reynolds, 88, of Chattanooga passed Friday, Oct. 10, 2014, at a local hospital. She was preceded in death by her mother, Maude Brown; father, Renza Brown; sister, Ellen …

• Paul Riddle Sr.

  Paul Richard Riddle Sr., 69, went home to be with his Lord and wife on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. He was a member of Rockview Baptist Church of Niota. A …

• Bobby Smith

  Bobby Roy Smith, 44, passed away Monday, Oct. 20, 2014, at his residence. Funeral at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, from Kerby Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Buddy Keith …

• Rico Walder

  Enrico "Rico" Walder, 49, passed away at home surrounded by friends and family on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014. Rico dedicated his life to his passion for reptiles and sharing that …

• Timothy Walthour

  Timothy James Walthour, 36, went to be with the Lord on Monday, Oct. 20, 2014. Tim was a devoted and loving husband, father and son. He served others by sharing …

• T.J. Ware

  LaFAYETTE Thomas Joe "T.J." Ware Sr., 74, passed away on Monday, Oct. 20, 2014. Survivors are his daughters, Stephanie (DeWayne) Harris, Charlene (Larry) Elrod, Loretta Montgomery; son, Thomas Joe (Brenda) …

• Hazel Warren

  Hazel Norene King Warren, 85, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. Hazel was born in Marshall County, Ala., to the late Chester A. and Nellie Buchanan King, before becoming …