OBITUARIES

Mitzi Friedrich

May 27, 2022

Mitzi Ann Aschenbrenner Friedrich, 90, died May 27 surrounded by her loving family. Mitzi’s life was defined by her faith in her Lord and Savior, her love for her family, her gracious outlook on life and empathy for others.

Mitzi was born April 1932 in Milwaukee, WI to the late Stephen Alexander Aschenbrenner and Mildred Lucille Flora...

Eric King

May 27, 2022

Eric Lee King, 53 of Heiskell, TN passed away on Friday May 27, 2022 in his home surrounded by family, after a long courageous battle with cancer. Eric grew up in the Marlow community, Throughout his life he enjoyed playing pool, going fishing, arrowhead hunting, and ginsenging. He spent many years teaching his friends all about ginsenging that was...

Richard Erickson

May 26, 2022

Richard Lee Erickson, “Moose”, passed away unexpectedly on May 26, 2022, at age 57. He was born August 11, 1964 in Webster, South Dakota as the youngest of 7 children. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Anthony’s Church in Bristol, South Dakota and attended school at Bristol Public School. He was an avid basketball player in high school...

Patricia Dunlap Hartman

May 20, 2022

Patricia Ann Bonney Dunlap Hartman, 83, of Oak Ridge, Tennessee passed away peacefully at home on May 20, 2022, from congestive heart failure. Pat was born on October 29, 1938, in McComb, Mississippi and moved to Oak Ridge in 1943. She is survived by daughter Denise Leslie Dunlap Billings and her husband Tom of Oak Ridge, son Cleon Smith...

Vercella Ellis

May 17, 2022

Vercella Mae Ellis of Knoxville, TN died on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at UT Medical Center in Knoxville due to complications related to a chronic health condition.

She is preceded in death by her mother, Alma Gibbs; husband, Charles Ellis; daughter, Cheryl Knight and son, Tommy Meade. Survived by her brothers, Tyson and Quintin Gibbs and wives...

Mary Jeffries

May 15, 2022

Mary Jane Jeffries, age 75 of Oak Ridge, passed away on Sunday, May 15, 2022.

Mary loved music and enjoyed spending time playing piano, organ, flute, and hand bells.  She assisted her husband James with his ministry for over 40 years teaching Sunday school, youth groups, and children’s choir.  For her career, Mary served in many different...

David Alford

May 12, 2022

David Robert Alford III, age 93, passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2022, at home surrounded by family and friends.

David was born March 15, 1929, in Minneapolis, Minn. to the late David R. Alford Jr. and Florence Weisner Alford.  He attended the University of Minnesota where he met and married his wife, Dorothy Gunderson Alford in...

William Busby

May 12, 2022

William Ed Busby, age 75 of Oak Ridge, passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2022.

Ed enjoyed photography, especially of wildlife and anything outdoors.

Ed was preceded in death by parents, William and Georgia Busby.

Ed is survived by son, Chad Busby and wife Amy; Grandchildren, Tyler and Abigail Busby; Ed is also...

Richard Hochanadel

May 9, 2022

With broken hearts, we announce the sudden passing of the absolute BEST husband, BEST dad, BEST granddad that this world could ever know! He lived life to the fullest every single day of his life, including the day he passed. In true Dicky fashion, he met his Lord and Savior on the golf course. (We know he will be...

Frank Shumaker

May 8, 2022

Frank “Junior” Shumaker, age 39, passed away on Sunday, May 8th, 2022.

Frank touched many lives and will be missed dearly by all.  Spread your wings and soar high.  Junior is remembered by mother, Marilyn Williams; Sisters, Melissa and husband Thomas Megna and kids, Alicia Patrick and husband Jake.

Mei-Ling Cheng

Apr 29, 2022

Mei-Ling Tsai Cheng, age 63, passed away on April 29, 2022, after battling two types of cancer since 2019. She was born on December 22, 1958 to Ke-Yi Tsai and Yu-Mei Fang in Taiwan.

She immigrated to the United States in 1982 with her husband, Dr. Meng-Dawn Cheng, to whom she was married for 39 years. Before...

Lillian Gaston

Apr 21, 2022

Lillian Anne Gaston (Lillee)

Lillee was 46 years old, A resident of Oak Ridge, Tennessee and a native of New Orleans (Algiers), LA who moved here after Katrina. She passed suddenly on April 21 sometime between 3 and 4PM. She was a very loving and devoted mother to Robert Jude Gaston. She was his nurse and advocate....

Wilma Lowe

Apr 21, 2022

Wilma Burleson Lowe passed away on Thursday, April 21, 2022.  Wilma was born on March 27, 1933, to the late William Oscar and Bertha Forbes Burleson in Johnson City, TN.  She attended Happy Valley High School and worked for several years before her marriage.  Since that time Wilma has been a resident of Oak Ridge where she was a...

Robert Gaston

Apr 18, 2022

Robert Jude Gaston (Juju)

Juju was 27 years old, a resident of Oak Ridge, Tennessee a native of New Orleans, LA who moved here with his family after Hurricane Katrina. He was born on January 12, 1995. He passed on April 18, 2022 @ approximately 10:30am in his family’s home. Cause of death stage 4 metastatic colon...

Latona Joyce Walsh

Apr 16, 2022

Latona Joyce Walsh passed away peacefully in her home on April 16. Joyce was born on August 25, 1936 in St. Joseph, MO to parents Lucille White Foster and Earl White. After graduating from high school in 1955, she married her husband of 62 years, James Albert Walsh, and she worked as a telephone operator to help put Jim...

Billie Strickland

Apr 4, 2022

Billie Gean Carroll Strickland, 87, passed away on April 4, 2022 in Oliver Springs, TN.  She was born on December 15, 1934 to Loyd and Eller Hunter.

Billie Gean is survived by her children;  Loyd Carroll of Oliver Springs, TN;  Jan Long (husband Owen) of Oliver Springs, TN;  Judy Hill (husband Jack) of Clinton, TN;  John Carroll...

Helen Prewitt

Apr 3, 2022

Helen Imogene Prewitt passed away peacefully on the third day of April, 2022 at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Joy and Jim Whittemore in Knoxville, Tennessee.  Helen was born on August 4, 1930 in Lenarue, Kentucky.

She is predeceased by her husband of 65 years, John William (Bill) Prewitt, her parents Alice V. Sharp and...

Patricia McGuire

Mar 30, 2022

Patricia Ann (Frier) McGuire, age 79 of Clinton, TN passed away on Wednesday, March 30, 2022.

Pat was preceded in death by parents, Charles Frier and Myrtle Milnor; Brothers, Roy Frier and Monroe Frier.

Pat is survived by children, Robert C. Durand Jr. and wife Vanessa, Tony Durand and wife Terri, Michele Payne and husband...

Patricia Christman

Mar 28, 2022

On March 28th, 2022, at the age of 76 Patricia Lynn Christman went home to be with our Lord. Lynn was born in Elizabethton , TN November 6th, 1946. Lynn was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, previous West Village Christian Church both of Oak Ridge, TN. Lynn spent most of her life here in Oak Ridge and graduated...

Gene Sanslow

Mar 27, 2022

Gene Wilburn Sanslow, 87, passed away  on March 27, 2022, at his home of over 50 years, in Oak Ridge, TN.   He had been recently diagnosed with vascular dementia, after months of seeking answers for his rapidly deteriorating health.  He was a first generation American citizen, born in Lafayette, Colorado on October 14, 1934.  His family was with him....