OBITUARIES
Jean Obituary
Aug 5, 2011
Jean Childress passed away peacefully on Aug. 5, 2011, at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge. Jean was born on Oct. 19, 1921, in Clarksburg W.Va., to William Leslie Hornor and Gertrude Bishop Hornor. She attended Morris Harvey College and West Virginia Wesleyan College where she studied music. Jean was a 53-year resident of Oak Ridge. She worked at The...
Gordon Obituary Sr.
Jul 23, 2011
Gordon William Brewer, Sr., age 82, of Oak Ridge passed away Saturday July 23, 2011 at his home. Gordon was born January 21, 1929 in St. Louis, MO to the late William Riley and Grace Marie Brummett Brewer. Beloved husband to his wife of 59 years Iris, Gordon was a veteran of the United States Navy and was retired from...
Lovie Obituary
Jul 18, 2011
Lovie Mae Bradley Magers of Oak Ridge, TN, passed away peacefully Monday, July 18, 2011, at Summit View of Farragut. She was born January 28, 1912, in Baldwyn, MS. She was a member of Glenwood Baptist Church and Order of the Eastern Star, Chapter 390. She sold ladies apparel at Conley E. Morris, Nettie Lee, J. C. Penney, & Miller's...
Jean Obituary
Jul 15, 2011
Jean C. Petersen, age 90, of Knoxville, TN passed away peacefully on July 15 2011 at her home. Jean was born May 23, 1923 in Pennington Gap, VA to Joseph Franklin and Mary Pennington Carpenter. Jean graduated from Pennington High School and earned a bachelor's degree in business education from James Madison University. Jean moved to Oak Ridge, TN in...
Warren Obituary
Jul 13, 2011
Warren Edward Gritton "Popaw", age 89, of Oak Ridge formerly of Pomona, CA passed away Wednesday July 13, 2011. Warren was born October 4, 1921 in Edgington, IL to the late Clarence and Ethel Robbins Gritton. Warren was known for his loving smile and his love for people. He enjoyed fishing and remodeling planes. Warren was a United States Navy...
Joshua Obituary
Jul 5, 2011
Joshua Raymond Estrada Warren, age 22, of Clinton passed away Tuesday July 5, 2011 in Clinton. Joshua was born November 6, 1988 in Biloxi, Mississippi. Joshua was a devoted loving son to his mother Adela Smith and dad the late Thomas A. Smith. Other than his dad Joshua is preceded in death by his grandparents and is survived by his...
Edith Obituary
Jul 2, 2011
Edith Helen Taylor Forkum Drinnen was born in Baxter, Tennessee, July 4, 1921, the fourth of seven children born to the late Joel Samuel Taylor and Mary Jane Maxwell Taylor. Edith was lifted peacefully from her earthly life on July 2, 2011, two days short of her 90th birthday. She married the late Walter Marion Forkum on December 10, 1937....
Mrs. Ethel Obituary
Jun 29, 2011
Ethel Cook Ragsdale, age 86, of Oak Ridge, Tennessee went home to be with the Lord Wednesday June 29, 2011 at NHC Healthcare. Mrs. Ragsdale was born January 23, 1925 in Newnan, GA to the late Samuel Leigh Cook and Frances Arnold Cook. Ethel received her Bachelor of Business Degree from Aruban University and later a teaching Certificate from the...
Jane Obituary
Jun 18, 2011
Jane Gurney Teasley, 92, of Oak Ridge, died June 18 in the Oak Ridge Methodist Hospital. She was born September 7, 1918, to John O. Gurney and Elizabeth B. Gurney, in Rochester MN, where her father was a medical resident at the Mayo Clinic. She was the last survivor of four children, John, Jeannie and Charles. Jane lived in Oak...
Hazel Obituary
Jun 12, 2011
Hazel Friddle Bailey, of Oak Ridge, formerly of Greer, S.C., died June 12, 2011, from a lengthy battle with kidney disease. Born on Nov. 10, 1920, to the late J. Earle and Mabelle Friddle, she was the widow of the late Posey Bailey. Mrs. Bailey is survived by her children, Mack Bailey of Oak Ridge, and Mrs. Richard (Kathy) Hawkins...
Thornton Obituary
Jun 2, 2011
Speas Hinshaw, 89, of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, passed away on June 2, 2011. He was a beloved father and grandfather. He was predeceased by his wife of 57 years, Dorothy and his brother Bob Hinshaw. He is survived by his two sons, Steve and Thornton, with his wife Ann and their two children, Sarah and Chris, niece Connie Owens ,...
Jay Obituary
May 25, 2011
Jay A. Lane passed away on May 25th at Parkwest Medical Center. He was born in Jacksboro, TN on January 22, 191. He was the son of Odell and Auretus Lane. Jay served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. After his discharge from the Army, he attended the University of Tennessee. He worked at Y-12 for over thirty...
Donald Obituary
May 24, 2011
Donald Ray Kelsheimer, age 77, of Oak Ridge passed away Tuesday May 24, 2011 at his home. Donald was born October 31, 1933 in Mecca, IN to the late Charles and Bessie Richardson Kelsheimer. He moved to Oak Ridge in 1957 and had worked as a Stack Sampler at K-25until his retirement in 1991. He was a member of West...
Edith Obituary
May 5, 2011
Edith M. Roy, age 86, a resident of Oak Ridge since 2003, passed away quietly Thursday, May 5, 2011 after a long battle with Alzheimer's. Mrs. Roy was the daughter of the late Wayne G. and Margaret McGowan Sr. of Covington, TN. Her brother, Wayne G. McGowan Jr, preceded her in death. Survivors include her husband of 62 years, Vershall...
Selma Obituary
May 3, 2011
Selma Kravit Shapiro died at her home on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011. Selma was born in 1924 and grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts. In the early years her strong interest in the arts and social service was encouraged by her mother, and she attended art classes at the Museum of Fine Art in Boston. At the behest of her father...
Mary Obituary
May 2, 2011
Mary Irene Pieratt Plumlee, age 97, of Oak Ridge passed away Monday May 2, 2011 at her home. Mary was born on January 1, 1914 in Morgan County, Kentucky. She was the eighth child of twelve children of Napoleon and Loulie Ellen Pieratt. She grew up hard and poor on a hillside farm in rural Eastern Kentucky--hoeing corn, making molasses,...
William Obituary
Apr 27, 2011
William Lee. McCullough died April 27, 2011 at the age of 82. He was born October 30, 1928 in Jackson Mississippi, the son of Helen Shoemaker McCullough Damus and the late William Lee McCullough. Mr. McCullough was graduated from the University of Cincinnati and was a registered mechanical engineer in Ohio. He was employed by General Electric for many years...
Joseph Obituary
Apr 21, 2011
Joseph W. Gilliam, age 80, of Oak Ridge passed away Thursday April 21, 2011 at the Methodist Medical Center. Joseph was born September 3, 1930 in Chattanooga, Tennessee to the late Arthur J. Gilliam, Sr. and Della Mae Garner Gilliam. Joseph moved to Oak Ridge in 1947 and was employed at Y-12 as a Dispatcher until his retirement. A member...
Mary Obituary
Apr 17, 2011
Mary Miriam Hildreth Ruble was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee August 12, 1959 and spent the majority of her life in Oak Ridge. She raised three talented children Dustin Bolin, Joy Williams, and Joseph Roszell. She was the daughter of the late Howard and Mickie Hildreth and sister of the late Paul Hildreth. She is survived by her loving husband,...
James Obituary
Apr 4, 2011
James W. Robinette of Oak Ridge, Tennessee passed away on April 4, 2011 at 90 years of age. Mr. Robinette was born June 12, 1920, in Cumberland, Maryland but lived in Japan, Germany, and other parts of the United States as part of his U. S. Army career but considered Tennessee his home. He was a veteran of the Normandy...
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