OBITUARIES
Hazel Obituary
Jan 16, 2012
Hazel Lloyd Sims, age 96, formerly of Oak Ridge died Monday January 16, 2012 at the Harriman Care and Rehab Center where she had resided since June 2010. Mrs. Sims was born in Chickamauga, Georgia on December 22, 1915 the third of four children born to the late Charles and Mary Lloyd. She came to Oak Ridge in 1944 to...
Clyde Obituary
Jan 14, 2012
Clyde V. Jenner, age 89, of Oak Ridge passed away Saturday January 14, 2012 at Methodist Medical Center. He was born in Norwood, NY June 19, 1922 to parents Carroll W. and Teresa Sheehan Jenner. Clyde was a veteran of WWII having served in the Philippines and Japan. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee and a member...
Willie Obituary
Jan 12, 2012
Willie Hugh Wilson, age 69, of Clinton passed away Thursday January 12, 2012 at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge. Willie was born May 1, 1942 in New River to the late Claude and Nola Patterson Wilson. He was a member of the Farmers Grove Baptist Church and enjoyed fishing, camping, and working on cars. In addition to his parents...
Virginia Obituary
Jan 7, 2012
Virginia Sleap Wilkinson, age 87, died peacefully at her home in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on Saturday morning, Janumy 7, 2012. Members of her immediate family were with her at the time of her death. She had fought a brave battle with lung cancer over the past year. Virginia was born in Palatka, Florida, on August 14, 1924, and received her...
George Obituary
Jan 1, 2012
George W. Stair, age 86, of Clinton passed away Sunday January 1, 2012 at the Golden Living Center-Windwood in Clinton. Mr. Stair was born January 7, 1925 in Clinton, Tennessee to the late George F. and Edith Bardill Stair. George was a World War II United States Army Veteran and served as a military policeman in the E.T.O. near the...
Elliot Obituary
Dec 30, 2011
Elliot Volkin, distinguished biochemist and founding member of the Jewish Congregation of Oak Ridge, died Friday morning, December 30, 2011. He was 92. He was born April 23, 1919, in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, the youngest of seven children born to Morris and Jennie Volkin, both now deceased. Until his death, Elliot was the last remaining sibling. He graduated Phi Beta...
Harry Obituary
Dec 26, 2011
Harry Richard Livesey, born September 11, 1928 passed away at his home on December 26, 2011 following a long and full life. He was born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin. His family came to Oak Ridge for his father to work on the Manhattan Project at Y-12. Harry graduated Oak Ridge High School in 1945 among the first classes to...
Karl Obituary
Dec 21, 2011
Karl W. West, 86, of Oak Ridge, passed away peacefully December 21, 2011 at his home. He was born October 17, 1925 in Glenville, WV to Albert N. and Dosha Rymer West and was the youngest of four children. After graduating from Glenville High School, he served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. In 1945, as...
Cora Obituary
Dec 16, 2011
Cora Scleanor Cole, age 91, went home to be with the Lord on Friday December 16, 2011 At Methodist Medical Center. Cora was born February 13, 1920 in Luka, Mississippi to the late Harry and Ida Mae Maxwell Crouse. Cora belonged to Highland View Church of Christ. Her church was her life and she was there every time the doors...
Roy Obituary
Dec 11, 2011
Roy Chambers, age 86, of Solway passed away Sunday December 11, 2011 at the Golden Living Center-Windwood in Clinton. Roy was born May 15, 1925 in Scott County, Tennessee to the late George and Mary Elizabeth Thompson Chambers. Roy was an honorably discharged World War II veteran having served in the United States Marine Corp. He married his wife of...
Roy Obituary Jr.
Dec 8, 2011
Roy P. Norris, Jr., age 83, of Oak Ridge passed away Thursday December 8, 2011 at Golden Living Center- Windwood in Clinton. Roy was born February 2, 1928 in Murfreesboro, TN to the late Roy P. Norris, Sr. and Margaret Carlton Norris. After graduation for college Roy moved to Oak Ridge in the early 1950's where he met his future...
Doretha Obituary
Dec 3, 2011
Doretha Doris Savage Livesey, age 78, of Oak Ridge passed away Saturday December 3, 2011 at Methodist Medical Center. Doretha was born February 25, 1933 in Leonard, TX to the late Elmo Edwin and Lilly Lee Jenkins Savage. She was a very active member of Kern Memorial United Methodist Church serving as a Sunday school teacher, working with the youth...
Tony Obituary
Nov 29, 2011
Tony Dean East, 63, of Oak Ridge, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville. He was born Nov. 30, 1947, in Birmingham, Ala., to Quinton T. and Gladys Cotton East, both now deceased. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Oak Ridge and was a clerical worker for Martin Marietta...
Dr. Obituary
Nov 28, 2011
Dr. Barry F. Beck passed away November 28, 2011, at the age of 67 after a series of strokes left him debilitated with "Locked-in syndrome" for over the past 2 years. Born in Hershey, PA to father, Daniel Beck, and mother, Verna Beck, Barry was raised almost entirely in a lower class setting in Rochester, NY. Paving his own path...
Earl Obituary
Nov 16, 2011
Earl Vernon Davis, 84, of Oak Ridge went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday November 16, 2011. Mr. Davis was born on November 16, 1927 in Person County North Carolina to the late Charles Burch Davis, Sr. and Sadie Hawkins Davis. He was a veteran of the United States Army Air Corps and served as an armed courier...
Jackie Obituary
Nov 8, 2011
Jackie Dale Mowery, age 75, of Oak Ridge passed away Tuesday November 8, 2011 at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. Jackie was born January 28, 1936 in Linton, Indiana to the late Everett and Icy Hamlin Mowery. Jackie was a veteran of the United States Air Force and was retired from the Federal Aviation Administration where he was employed as...
Mary Obituary
Nov 7, 2011
Mary Edna Galloway, age 95, of Oak Ridge passed away Monday November 7, 2011 at Briarcliff Health Care. Mrs. Galloway was born January 24, 1916 in Greenville, South Carolina to the late Oliver and Haddie Taylor Chaney. Mrs. Galloway had moved to Oak Ridge in 1944 and was a member of the First Baptist Church. Mrs. Galloway was a homemaker...
Dianne Obituary
Oct 22, 2011
Dianne Elizabeth Donaldson Hamblen, 62, of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, October 22, 2011. Dianne was born to Raymond and Ora Anderson Donaldson in Atlanta, Georgia on September 30, 1949 and grew up in Kingsport, Tennessee, where she graduated from Dobyns Bennett High School. Dianne attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where she was a member of...
Helen Obituary
Oct 9, 2011
Helen Carol England, 90, a former long-time resident of Oak Ridge, passed into the presence of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Sunday afternoon, October 9, 2011. She passed peacefully in her sleep at the home of her daughter and son-in-law Helen and David Pickens in Dunwoody, Georgia. She was born June 1, 1921 in Middlesboro, Kentucky to the late...
Aubrey Obituary
Sep 27, 2011
A.M. Clay (Pap) age 83 of Powell, TN was born January 27, 1928 and departed this life on September 28, 2011 at Park West Medical Center. He is preceded in death by his mother Margaret Vester, father Buster Vester, son Curtis and daughter Diane. He is survived by his wife Debbie Clay, daughters BeLinda Beaton and Sherry Suffridge, special grandson...
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