Like most years, 2018 was marked by the loss of a number of noteworthy members of the community, people who changed the lives of those they served.
A former Chattanooga mayor. The first woman elected to Congress from Tennessee for a full term. Activists. An eccentric radio DJ. They are just some of those who made an indelible mark here in Chattanooga and across the region.
We take a look at some of those people who left us in 2018:
* Lewis Randolph Donelson III, 100, died Jan. 4 at his home in Parkview, Tennessee. The Memphis native helped shape the modern Republican Party in Tennessee and co-founded Memphis law firm Baker Donelson.
* Thomas Chamberlain, 75, died Jan. 15. In the mid-1980s, he served on the board of directors at Erlanger and was its chairman, overseeing the addition of the area’s first air ambulance, Life Force. He also was involved with T.C. Thompson’s Children’s Hospital Foundation.