OBITUARIES
Mary Obituary
Mar 29, 2011
Mary Scarbrough Pickard, age 64, of Oak Ridge passed away Tuesday March 29, 2011 at Hillcrest Healthcare North. Mary was born January 2, 1947 to the late Douglas and Ina Henry Scarbrough in Monterey, Tennessee. Mary owned and operated her on business, Pickard's Alterations in Jackson Square's Greenwich Village, for many years. She was a lover of all the fine...
Thomas Obituary
Mar 19, 2011
MULLINIX, THOMAS F. - 86, of Oak Ridge passed away March 19, 2011. Tom was born in Louisville, KY and moved to Oak Ridge in 1945. He retired from Union Carbide after 37 years of service at K-25 as an electrical engineer. He was very active in politics and sports. He was an active member of the Oak Ridge Elks...
Richard Obituary III
Mar 18, 2011
Richard Adrian Walker III, 44, died at his home in Oak Ridge on March 18, 2011. Mr. Walker was born May 1, 1966, in Atlanta, Georgia, to former Oak Ridgers Richard (Dixie) Adrian Walker Jr. and the former Amelia (Mimi) Rector Bell. Mr. Walker served in the U.S. Navy aboard the aircraft carrier USS America; after his military service he...
Gerald Obituary
Mar 18, 2011
Gerald Mack Cordle, age 69, formerly of Oak Ridge, passed away peacefully in his sleep Friday March 18, 2011 at Victorian Square Assisted Living in Rockwood, TN. He was born in Raven, Virginia and grew up in the Oak Ridge area. Gerald was a Veteran of the U.S. Army and retired as a mill worker. He enjoyed fishing, camping, and...
Billie Obituary
Mar 17, 2011
Billie Jean Adams George, 83, of Oak Ridge died at her home on March 17, 2011. Her children Jerry, Jr., Jennifer, and Carolyn were by her side. Words cannot satisfy the loss, nor the love felt due to her passing. Billie was born November 7, 1927 in Wallins Creek, Kentucky to the late William McKinley and Helen Franks Adams. Her...
Betty Obituary
Mar 12, 2011
Betty Lee Norris, age 86, of Oak, passed away Saturday March 12, 2011 at the Golden Living Center-Windwood in Clinton. Betty was born July 16, 1924 in Rogersville, TN to the late Robert E. Lee, Sr. and Ann Jones Lee. Betty was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Oak Ridge, Past President of the Woman's Club, member of...
Mary Obituary
Mar 8, 2011
Mary L. Vella, age 47, of Oak Ridge passed away Tuesday March 8, 2011, after a strong and courageous battle of 22 years with cancer, at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville. Mary was born September 3, 1963 in Hialeah, Florida to George and Norma Baker Purdy. Mary was of the Catholic faith and has been in the Oak...
Virginia Obituary
Feb 17, 2011
Virginia Morgan Defenderfer passed away unexpectedly but peacefully at age 94 on February 17, 2011 at the Oak Ridge Methodist Medical Center. Virginia was born November 6, 1916 in Cottage Grove, TN. Her parents, William Edward Morgan and Inez Elizabeth Hatler Morgan were West Tennessee educators who instilled the values of religion, education, and family to all of their children....
Mr. Arthur Obituary
Feb 12, 2011
Mr. Arthur Paul Snyder, age 66, died in his home on Feb. 12, 2011. He was born Dec. 27, 1944, in Oak Ridge and, except for short periods of residing in Texas and California, made Oak Ridge his home. Paul was the firstborn son of Arthur Herbert Snyder and Margaret Fox Snyder, also of Oak Ridge. Mr. Snyder received his...
Dorothy Obituary
Feb 3, 2011
Dorothy Hyatt, wonderful mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully to be with the Lord, at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge following complications from hip surgery on February 3, 2011. Mrs. Hyatt was born in Sylva, North Carolina on January 18, 1922. She resided in several places growing up in Western North Carolina, including Ravensford, now a part of...
Gloria Obituary
Feb 2, 2011
Gloria Ann "Tut" Chesney, age 83, of Clinton formerly of Oak Ridge passed away Wednesday February 2, 2011 at her home in Clinton. Gloria was born February 16, 1927 in Asheville, North Carolina to the late John Sullivan and Anna Elizabeth Gilliam Fullam. Gloria moved to Oak Ridge over 64 years ago and was of the Baptist faith. She enjoyed...
Ltc. Obituary
Jan 31, 2011
Ltc. Milkovich, George, age 96 of Oak Ridge died on Jan. 31, 2011, after an extended illness. George was born in Midland, PA, July 17, 1914, of Milan and Mary Milkovich. George played football in high school, and later played college football at the University of Kentucky and the University of New Mexico. He joined the U. S. Army in...
Jacob Obituary
Jan 25, 2011
Jacob Frederick "Fred" Manneschmidt, of Oak Ridge, died on Jan. 25, 2011, at his home, five days before his 88th birthday. Mr. Manneschmidt was a member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, where he served as lay reader, usher, and on various committees. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Barbara Vaughan Manneschmidt, their sons, Jay and wife, Jennie,...
Richard Obituary
Jan 24, 2011
Richard John Weinberger, age 64, of Gatlinburg passed away Monday January 24, 2011 at the Norris Health and Rehab Center. Richard was born January 3, 1947 in Oak Ridge to Arthur Joseph and Esther harper Weinberger. Richard attended St. Mary's School, was a graduate of Oak Ridge High School, and received his Master's in Education from the University of Tennessee....
Teresa Obituary
Jan 20, 2011
Teresa L. Zanoni, age 63, of Harriman passed away Thursday January 20, 2011 at her home surrounded by her family. Teresa was born January 27, 1947 in Oak Ridge and was a member of Big Emory Baptist Church. Teresa was a past director of the Red Cross Learn to Swim Program, enjoyed making doll house miniatures, but most of all...
David Obituary
Jan 20, 2011
David King, age 73, of Oak Ridge passed away Thursday January 20, 2011 at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge. Mr. King was born April 30, 1937 in Whitley County Kentucky to the late Dewey and Flora Ross King. Mr. King was a veteran of the United States Navy having served from 1955 to 1959. David along with his wife...
Donald Obituary
Jan 17, 2011
Donald Sheldon Scott, 84, passed away January 17, 2011 at the Methodist Medical Center. Don was born December 22, 1926 in Steubenville Ohio, the son of John Sheldon Scott and Ethel Alberta Scott. Don was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Pacific Theater, with the Headquarters Troop, 1st Cavalry Division of the US Army, and was a...
Betty Obituary
Jan 14, 2011
Betty Jeane Matthews Jackson, age 78, of Oliver Springs passed away Friday January 14, 2011 at NHC Healthcare of Oak Ridge. Betty was born January 5, 1933 in Lecompte, Louisiana to the late Franklin H and Emily Patterson Matthews. A graduate of Forrest Hill High School where she was a member of an All State basketball and softball team. During...
Herman Obituary Jr.
Jan 6, 2011
Herman L. Holsopple Jr., age 85, of Oak Ridge, passed away Thursday Jan. 6, 2011, at the Harriman Care and Rehab Center in Harriman, Tenn. Herman was born May 6, 1925, in Jacksonville, Fla., to the late Herman L. Holsopple Sr. and Jean Criswell Leib Holsopple. Herman and his family moved to Oak Ridge in 1958, where he was employed...
Leon Obituary
Jun 2, 2010
Leon Eugene Morse, who came to Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project and made his home here for six decades, died on June 2 at Suburban Hospital in Rockville, MD. He was 95. He had moved to Maryland in late April. The son of Hungarian immigrants, Mr. Morse was born in Brooklyn, NY on December 25, 1915. The fact that...
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