Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Rocky Top & Anderson County, TN.

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...

Dorothy Faye (Snodderly)  Taylor

Dorothy Faye (Snodderly) Taylor

Dec 25, 2012

Dorothy Faye Snodderly Taylor, age 77 of Powell, passed away at her nieces residence on Tuesday, December 25, 2012. She was born January 18, 1935 in Blue Diamond, KY to the late Harvey and Dinah Pratt Snodderly. Dorothy attended Oak Grove Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by, husband, Clyde E. "Dink" Taylor; grandparents,...

James Edward Poteet

James Edward Poteet

Dec 24, 2012

James Edward Poteet, age 58, of Lake City, passed away at the Golden Living Health Care Center in Clinton. James was a member of the Valley View Baptist Church. He enjoyed fishing, and spending time with his family and beloved friends. In addition to his parents, James is preceded in death by William Franklin Poteet, and his sister, Rosemary Poteet....

Charles Benjamin Dabney

Charles Benjamin Dabney

Dec 20, 2012

Rev. Charles Benjamin Dabney, age 89 of Lake City, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, December 20, 2012 at his residence. Charles was born June 20, 1923 in Coal Creek, Tn to the late Otis and Marie Harris Dabney. He was a WWII Army Veteran. Charles was a member of the West Side Baptist Church in...

Margaret Ann Matek

Margaret Ann Matek

Dec 15, 2012

Hatmaker Funeral Home 503 S. Main Street Lake City, TN 37769 (865)426-2158 Margaret Ann Matek age 76, of Lake City passed away at the North Knoxville Medical Center on December 15, 2012. Margaret was born on December 10, 1936 in Baltimore, Maryland to the late James Anthony and Susan Fink. She loved to crochet and loved to cook for her...

Lucille (Jobe)  Tindell

Lucille (Jobe) Tindell

Dec 15, 2012

Lucille Jobe Tindell age 77, of Lake City passed away at the Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge on December 15, 2012. Lucille was born on October 1, 1935 in Anderson County to the late Raymond and Dorothy Brown Jobe. She was a member of the Church of God Mountain Assembly of Lake City. She loved baking and cooking for...

Jewell Elaine Walden

Jewell Elaine Walden

Dec 14, 2012

Hatmaker Funeral Home 503 S. Main Street Lake City, TN 37769 (865)426-2158 Jewell Elaine Walden, age 41, of LaFollette passed away at the Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge on December 14, 2012. She was born in Campbell County on May 5, 1971 to George and Effie Murray Wilson. Jewell is preceded in death by her mother Effie Wilson, and...

Larry Wilson

Larry Wilson

Dec 9, 2012

Hatmaker Funeral Home 503 S. Main Street Lake City, TN 37769 (865)426-2158 Larry D. Wilson age 66, of Clinton passed away at home on December 9, 2012 surrounded by his wife, his children, and his sisters. He retired from Martin Marietta. Larry was a member and a deacon of Main Street Baptist Church in Lake City. Survivors Wife of 42...